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Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. 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 voting system. It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency. ==Boundaries== The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was initially composed of four wards of the metropolitan borough: Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms and Park.〔 Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 C.64), Schedule 9〕 When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.〔Representation of the People Act 1948, (1948, C.65), Schedule 1〕 However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.〔Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552)〕 Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies. From 1950 to 1974 Battersea North consisted of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage and Winstanley wards.〔The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)〕〔F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979〕 In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. Renamed Wandsworth, Battersea North, the seat was defined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park and Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury and St John's were transferred from Battersea South.〔The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674)〕 These boundaries were used until abolition. The constituency was abolished for the election of 1983, and was subsumed by the new Battersea seat, where it formed 61.5% of the total constituency (with the addition of the Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards from Battersea South). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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