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).

Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.

Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Members of Parliament

Notes:-

a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip. b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.

Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Edwin Cornwall Unionist:

Elections in the 1920s

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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 Chater Liberal: Ormond Lewis

References

Politics of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Bethnal Green