Limehouse was a borough constituency centred on the Limehouse district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Its most prominent MP was Labour's Clement Attlee, party leader from 1935 to 1955, and Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.

Boundaries

In 1885 the area was administered as part of the county of Middlesex. It was located in the Tower division, in the east of the historic county. The neighbourhood of Limehouse formed a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets. The parliamentary division was part of the East End of London.

In 1889 the Tower division of Middlesex was severed from the county, for administrative purposes. It became part of the County of London. In 1900 the lower tier of local government in London was re-modelled. Limehouse became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

When a re-distribution of parliamentary seats took place in 1918, the constituency became a division of Stepney. It comprised the wards of Limehouse North, Limehouse South, Mile End Old Town North East, Mile End Old Town South East, and Ratcliffe.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1885 Edward Samuel Norris Conservative 1892 John Wallace Liberal 1895 Harry Samuel Conservative 1906William Pearce Liberal 1916 Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal 1922 Clement Attlee Labour Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1942–1945)Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945–1951)Contested Walthamstow West following redistribution1950 Constituency abolished

Election results Election results 1885–1918 Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Election results 1918–1950 Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

References

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)