Erith and Crayford was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK's Parliament.
It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith and Thamesmead and Bexleyheath and Crayford.
For its final 32 years it was in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London but for its first ten years instead in Kent, divided among two council districts, below the higher tier of Kent County Council.
Boundaries
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Erith, and the Urban District of Crayford.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford North, Crayford Town, Crayford West, Erith Town, and Northumberland Heath.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford, Erith, North End, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes1955 Norman Dodds Labour Co-op Previously MP for Dartford from 1945. Died 19651965 by-election James Wellbeloved Labour1981 SDP1983 David Evennett Conservative Contested and lost Bexleyheath and Crayford in 1997. Subsequently, MP for the seat from 20051997 constituency abolished: see Erith and Thamesmead & Bexleyheath and Crayford
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
References