Stoke Newington was a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of London from 1918 – 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries The constituency was identical in area to the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.
History The seat 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.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 George Jones Conservative 1923 Ernest Spero Liberal 1924 George Jones (knighted in 1928) Conservative 1945 David Weitzman Labour 1950 constituency abolished: see Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: George Jones Labour: David Weitzman Liberal: Harold GordonThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 British Union: Edward Whinfield
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