Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).
1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
Members of Parliament YearMemberWhip 1885 George Howell Liberal 1895 Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree Conservative 1906 Sir Edwin Cornwall Liberal 1916 Coalition Liberal 1922 National Liberal 1922 Garnham Edmonds Liberal 1923 Walter Windsor Labour 1929 Harry Nathan Liberal February 1933 a Independent Liberal June 1934 b Labour 1935 Dan Chater Labour 1950 constituency abolished - see Bethnal Green
Notes:- a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip. b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.
Election results Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General election 1914–15:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Edwin Cornwall Unionist:
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 and by the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: Dan ChaterReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939. Liberal: Ormond LewisThe Liberal Magazine, 1939.
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