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Strand (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918

Field	Value
name	Strand
type	Borough
parliament	uk
image	[[Image:Strand1885.png	250px	]]
caption	Strand in London
year	1885
abolished	1918
elects_howmany	One
previous	Westminster
next	Westminster Abbey

|}} Strand was a parliamentary constituency in the Strand district of the City of Westminster. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Strand District (comprising the Liberty of the Rolls, Precinct of the Savoy, St Anne, Soho, St Clement Danes, St Mary le Strand, and St Paul Covent Garden) and the parishes of St James, Westminster, and St Martin in the Fields.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1885	William Henry Smith
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1891	Frederick Smith
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1910	Walter Long
1918	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 11,264 |reg. electors = 11,264

Smith was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Smith was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, requiring a by-election.

Strand

Smith's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 11,081

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 8,109

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors=8,019

|reg. electors=8,019 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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Walter Long
Liberal:

References

. (1885). "The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria". *Eyre and Spottiswoode*.
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
The Liberal Year Book, 1907
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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