Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1950 by the merger of the former seats of City of London and Westminster Abbey. It was named 'City of London and Westminster South' from 1974 to 1997.
From 1983 to 1997 the following twelve wards of the City of Westminster were part of the constituency: Baker Street, Belgrave, Bryanston, Cavendish, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Millbank, St George’s, St James’s, Victoria, and West End.
The seat covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway. In Westminster it covers the areas of Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St. James's, Soho, parts of Covent Garden, parts of Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Paddington and Bayswater.
The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified Cities of London and Westminster constituency are:
- The entire City of London
- From the City of Westminster: Bryanston and Dorset Square; Churchill; Hyde Park; Knightsbridge and Belgravia; Marylebone High Street; St James'; Tachbrook; Vincent Square; Warwick; West End
In the London Assembly, the area of the seat in the City of London is covered by the City and East constituency, and the area in Westminster by the West Central constituency.
Read more about this topic: Cities Of London And Westminster (UK Parliament Constituency)
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