- Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Mitcham Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons County County of London, then Greater London 1918–1974 Number of members One Replaced by Mitcham and Morden Created from Wimbledon Mitcham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Mitcham suburb of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election from part of the Wimbledon constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Sir Thomas Worsfold Coalition Conservative 1923 by-election James Chuter Ede Labour 1923 Sir Richard Meller Conservative 1940 by-election Sir Malcolm Robertson Conservative 1945 Tom Braddock Labour 1950 Robert Carr Conservative Feb 1974 constituency abolished References
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- Politics of Merton
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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