Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erith and Crayford was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK's Parliament.
Quick Facts 1955–1997, Created from ...
Erith and Crayford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1955–1997 | |
Created from | Dartford |
Replaced by | Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford |
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It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford.
For its final 32 years it was in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London but for its first ten years instead in Kent, divided among two council districts, below the higher tier of Kent County Council.