County Hampshire | Number of members 1 | |
Created from Portsmouth Central and Portsmouth North Replaced by Portsmouth Central, Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South | ||
Portsmouth West was a borough constituency in the city Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
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History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Charles Dickens, Fratton, Guildhall, Nelson, North End, Portsea, and St Mary.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Fratton, Nelson, North End, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.
References
Portsmouth West (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA