Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)
Mitcham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County of London, then Greater London
1918 (1918)1974 (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

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