Hammersmith South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hammersmith South was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in west 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 system.
The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.
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