Mitcham was a constituency comprising the emerging Mitcham, Wallington and Beddington suburbs of South London and until 1945 that of Carshalton, its largest of the area's four traditional divisions, in its south-west. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.
It was created for the 1918 general election from part of Wimbledon when it reached southwards up onto the North Downs, further south than Croydon South, and was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Two of its MPs became Home Secretary, one after changing seat of candidature, on boundary reforms.
Boundaries 1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Beddington and Wallington, Carshalton, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).
1945–1974: The Boroughs of Beddington and Wallington, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1918 Thomas Worsfold Conservative Resigned 1923 1923 by-election James Chuter Ede LabourSubsequently, MP for South Shields; Home Secretary 1945–51; Leader of the House of Commons 1951 1923 Richard Meller Conservative Died 1940 1940 by-election Malcolm Robertson Conservative 1945 Tom Braddock Labour 1950 Robert Carr Conservative Leader of the House of Commons 1972; Home Secretary 1972–74; subsequently MP for Carshalton February 1974: constituency abolished: see Mitcham and Morden
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