Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bexley Borough 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 | |
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| 1945 | Janet Adamson | Labour | |
| 1946 | Ashley Bramall | Labour | |
| 1950 | Edward Heath | Conservative | |
| February 1974 | constituency abolished: see Sidcup | ||
[edit] References
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Huyton |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1970 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Sidcup |
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1945 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies represented by a sitting Prime Minister | United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
