Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Balham and Tooting
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1950
members = one

Balham and Tooting was a constituency in South London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. It was in a part of the County of London, which was located in the area of the historic county of Surrey.

During the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats, the area was part of the Wandsworth constituency.

The constituency comprised the Tooting ward and part of the Balham ward, of the Metropolitan Borough, as they existed in 1918. The rest of the Balham ward was in another of the Wandsworth divisions, Clapham.

The constituency was surrounded by Wandsworth Central to the north-west, Battersea South to the north, Clapham to the north-east, Streatham to the east and south-east, Mitcham to the south and Wimbledon to the west.

In the redistribution which took effect with the United Kingdom general election, 1950 the Tooting ward and part of Balham ward were included in the redrawn Wandsworth Central seat. The rest of Balham ward remained in the Clapham constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election results

References

* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
*Rayment