Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark 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 1918 general election.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Arthur Cohen Liberal 1888 by-election Richard Causton Liberal 1910 William Dunn Conservative 1910 Edward Strauss Liberal1918 constituency abolished
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Cohen resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Causton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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: Edward Strauss Unionist:
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