Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1885 William John Evelyn Conservative 1888 Charles Darling Conservative 1897 Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton Conservative 1906 C. W. Bowerman Labour 1931 Denis Hanley Conservative 1935 Walter Green Labour 1945 John Wilmot Labour 1950 Jack Cooper Labour 1951 Sir Leslie Plummer Labour 1963 John Silkin Labour1974 constituency abolished
Election results Election in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Election in the 1940s
Election in the 1930s
Election in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
Caused by Evelyn's resignation.
References
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974) Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901 Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918