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Strand (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
1

Created from
  
Westminster

Strand (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Westminster, Westminster Abbey

Strand was a parliamentary constituency in the Strand district of the City of Westminster. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Map of 9475 Strand, Norway

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It corresponded to the following areas of civil administration:

  • Liberty of the Rolls
  • St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster
  • St Clement Danes
  • St Martin in the Fields
  • St Mary le Strand
  • St Paul Covent Garden
  • Precinct of the Savoy
  • 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;

  • Unionist: Walter Hume Long
  • Liberal:
  • References

    Strand (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia