List of parliamentary constituencies in London 1885-1918

Parliamentary Constituencies in London
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This is a list of constituencies returning members of parliament (MPs) to the parliament of the United Kingdom from the coming into effect of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 until the Representation of the People Act 1918.

The 1885 act attempted, wherever possible, to create single-member constituencies with roughly equal population. Previously parliamentary boroughs had generally been represented by two MPs, with a few having more than that number. The legislation allowed parliamentary boroughs to have multiple members, but divided the boroughs into single-member "divisions". The divisions were distinct constituencies although the name off the parent borough formed a part of their formal title. Thus the constituency generally known as Dulwich was officially "The Dulwich Division of the Borough of Camberwell" or "Camberwell, Dulwich Division".

The "Metropolis" or area administered by the Metropolitan Board of Works, became the County of London in 1889, and the parliamentary constituencies were used as electoral divisions for elections to the London County Council, with two councillors elected for each constituency. Details of these can be found in the article List of members of the London County Council 1889–1919.

Metropolitan constituencies

Parliamentary Borough	Number of MPs	Divisions	Notes
City of London	2	None	Representation reduced from 4 MPs.
Battersea and Clapham	2	Battersea Clapham	New borough formed from two Surrey parishes of Battersea and Clapham. The parishes previously formed part of the Mid and Eastern Divisions of the Parliamentary County of Surrey respectively.
Bethnal Green	2	North East South West	New borough formed from part of existing Hackney constituency
Camberwell	3	Dulwich North Peckham	New borough formed part of existing Lambeth Borough and part of Eastern Division of the Parliamentary County of Surrey.
Chelsea	1	None	Reduced in size to single parish of Chelsea. Remainder became new boroughs of Fulham, Hammersmith and Kensington.
Deptford	1	None	Formed from part of the existing Borough of Greenwich.
Finsbury	3	Central East Holborn	Formed from part of existing Finsbury Borough (remainder formed Islington).
Fulham	1	None	Formed from part of existing Chelsea Borough.
Greenwich	1	None	Representation reduced to 1 MP. Extensive boundary changes with areas passing to new Deptford and Woolwich constituencies.
Hackney	3	Central North South	Borough reduced to single parish of Hackney. Remainder became new boroughs of Bethnal Green and Shoreditch.
Hammersmith	1	None	Formed from part of existing Chelsea Borough.
Hampstead	1	None	Formed from part of Parliamentary County of Middlesex.
Islington	4	East North South West	Formed from part of existing Finsbury Borough.
Kensington	2	North South	Formed from part of existing Chelsea Borough.
Lambeth	4	Brixton Kennington North Norwood	Formed from part of existing Lambeth Borough and part of Eastern Division of the Parliamentary County of Surrey. Remainder of former Lambeth constituency formed new Camberwell and Newington Boroughs.
Lewisham	1	None	Formed from the parishes of Lee and Lewisham, formerly part of the Western Division of the Parliamentary County of Kent.
Marylebone	2	East West	Formed from part of the existing Marylebone Borough. Remainder became Paddington and St Pancras Boroughs.
Newington	2	Walworth West	Formed from part of existing Lambeth Borough.
Paddington	2	North South	Formed from part of the existing Marylebone Borough.
St George Hanover Square	1	None	Formed part of existing Westminster Borough.
St Pancras	4	North East South West	Formed from part of the existing Marylebone Borough.
Shoreditch	2	Haggerston Hoxton	Formed from part of existing Hackney Borough.
Southwark	3	Bermondsey Rotherhithe West	Representation increased from 2 MPs.
Strand	1	None	New borough formed mostly from part of existing Westminster Borough plus Liberty of the Rolls from Finsbury.
Tower Hamlets	7	Bow and Bromley Limehouse Mile End Poplar St George in the East Stepney Whitechapel	Representation increased from 2 to 7 MPs.
Wandsworth	1	None	New borough formed from parishes in the Parliamentary County of Surrey: Putney and Wandsworth from the Mid Division and Streatham and Tooting Graveney from the Eastern Division.
Westminster	1	None	Reduced in area with parts forming new St George Hanover Square and Strand constituencies. Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs.
Woolwich	1	None	New borough formed partly from part of existing Greenwich Borough and partly from areas in Western Division of the Parliamentary County of Kent.

Suburban constituencies

The boundaries of the Metropolis had been based on the Registrar General's definition of London as it existed in 1851. However, within a few years the built up area of London had extended beyond this into the counties of Essex, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. The boundary commissioners charged with forming new constituencies were given the power to reflect such population change either by creating new parliamentary boroughs where a large urban area had formed, or where suburban areas had a sufficiently large population and distinct identity they might form a division of the parliamentary county in which they lay.

Parliamentary Borough	Number of MPs	Divisions	Notes
Croydon	1	None	Formed from part of the East Division of the Parliamentary County of Surrey
West Ham	2	North South	Formed from part of South Division of Parliamentary County of Essex.

County Division	Notes
Essex, Southern or Romford Division	Included Barking, Dagenham, East Ham, Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch, Ilford, Little Ilford, Romford and Wanstead.
Essex, South-Western or Walthamstow Division	Comprised Leyton, Walthamstow and Woodford.
Kent, North-Western or Dartford Division	Included Beckenham, Crayford, East Wickham, Erith, Foots Cray, North Cray, Orpington, St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cray
Kent, Western or Sevenoaks Division	Included Bexley, Bromley, Chelsfield, Chislehurst, Cudham, Downe, Farnborough, Hayes, Keston, Knockholt, Mottingham and West Wickham.
Middlesex, Brentford Division	Comprised Heston, Isleworth, New Brentford, Norwood, Old Brentford and Twickenham.
Middlesex, Ealing Division	Comprised Acton, Chiswick, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Perivale.
Middlesex, Enfield Division	Comprised Friern Barnet, Edmonton, Enfield, Monken Hadley and South Mimms.
Middlesex, Harrow Division	Comprised Edgware, Great Stanmore, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hendon, Kingsbury, Little Stanmore, Pinner, West Twyford and Willesden.
Middlesex, Hornsey Division	Comprised Finchley and Hornsey.
Middlesex, Tottenham Division	Comprised the parish of Tottenham.
Middlesex, Uxbridge Division	Comprised Ashford, Cowley, Cranford, East Bedfont, Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Laleham, Littleton, Northolt, Ruislip, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury-on-Thames, Teddington, Uxbridge and West Drayton.
Surrey, Kingston Division	Included Cobham, East Molesey, Esher, Ham, Hook, Kew, Kingston upon Thames, Malden, Petersham, Richmond and West Molesey.
Surrey, Mid or Epsom Division	Included Cheam, Chessington, Epsom, Ewell, Mortlake and Sutton.
Surrey, North-Eastern or Wimbledon Division	Comprised Addington, Beddington, Carshalton, Caterham, Chelsham, Coulsdon, Farleigh, Merton, Mitcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Warlingham, Wimbledon and Woodmansterne.