Merton and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)

Merton and Morden
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	County of London
1950 (1950)–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Mitcham & Morden
Created from	Wimbledon

Merton and Morden was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Merton and Morden Urban District, but is now part of the London Borough of Merton. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election from part of the Wimbledon constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. It was replaced by the Mitcham and Morden constituency.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Robert Ryder	Conservative
	1955	Humphrey Atkins	Conservative
	1970	Janet Fookes	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)