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Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Created from
  
Southwark

Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Southwark, Southwark North

Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Elections in the 1890s

In August 1892 upon his appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Causton was required to resign and seek re-election. He was re-elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Edward Anthony Strauss
  • Unionist:
  • References

    Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia