Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency)
- Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Lewisham
Type = Borough
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1918
members = one
Lewisham was a borough constituency in the Lewisham district of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It was replaced by the new Lewisham East and Lewisham West constituencies.
During its existence Lewisham was a safe Conservative seat. In Lewisham, between 1885 and 1906, the electorate more than doubled and over this period the population of poorer people in the constituency grew. [Henry Pelling, "Social Geography of British Elections, 1885-1910" (Macmillan, 1967), p. 35.] Over the six general elections of 1885, 1886, 1892, 1906 and January and December 1910 the average Conservative share of the vote in Lewisham was 63.0%. [Ibid.]
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