Newington Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Walworth
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark South East
Created from	Southwark

Walworth (strictly the Walworth division of Newington) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Walworth district of South London, within the Newington Vestry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

Walworth constituency in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party[2]
	1885	Lewis Henry Isaacs	Conservative
	1892	William Saunders	Liberal
	1895 by-election	Sir James Bailey	Conservative
	1906	Charles James O'Donnell	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	James Arthur Dawes	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 36. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.