Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stoke Newington Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Stoke Newington was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election, and abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, and largely replaced by the newly created Hackney North & Stoke Newington constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Sir George William Henry Jones | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Dr George Ernest Spero | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir George William Henry Jones | Conservative | |
| 1945 | David Weitzman QC | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Hackney North & Stoke Newington | ||
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
