Brentford (UK Parliament constituency)


Brentford was a constituency named after the former town of Brentford in Middlesex — it included other more westerly districts of present west London including Hounslow and Twickenham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for that of 1918.

Boundaries

The local government district of Brentford, the civil parishes of Heston, Isleworth, Norwood, and Twickenham, and part of the civil parish of Hanwell.
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The constituency was toward the south-west of Middlesex, in present outer west-southwest London. It was one of seven divisions of the residual county and named after its medieval market town of Brentford, on the north bank of the River Thames. The seat bordered the "Ealing" division to the north and north-east, "Kingston" to the south-east and the "Uxbridge" division from the north-west to south-west. In 1965 the town of Brentford became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.
Brentford had been the husting place for the two-member county of Middlesex since 1700, 155 years after the formation of the second breakaway urban division of Middlesex, the two-member seat of Westminster. The seat was formed as one of seven divisions of Middlesex created in 1885. The county as a whole saw 47 members replacing 18 before 1885, the greatest absolute rise in seats of any county at a national boundary review.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Coope's death caused a by-election.

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;