Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bexley constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1945 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Bexley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bexley district of South-East London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
The MP when the constituency was abolished, the incumbent Prime Minister Edward Heath, contested and won the Sidcup constituency in 1974. He represented the new seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 1983.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Janet Adamson | Labour | |
| 1946 | Ashley Bramall | Labour | |
| 1950 | Edward Heath | Conservative | |
| February 1974 | constituency abolished: see Sidcup | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
