Constituencies Abolished in 1974
The Boundary Commissions' Second Periodical Review was completed in 1969, but not implemented until the February 1974 election. Many of the constituencies it abolished were in inner city areas, which were losing population.
| Created | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Arundel and Shoreham | 1950 | Split into Arundel and Shoreham |
| Barons Court | 1955 | Divided between Fulham and Hammersmith North |
| Bexley | 1945 | |
| Billericay | 1950 | Revived 1983 |
| Bilston | 1918 | |
| Birmingham All Saints | 1955 | |
| Birmingham Aston | 1918 | |
| Bradford East | 1885 | |
| Brierley Hill | 1950 | |
| Bristol Central | 1918 | |
| Brixton | 1885 | |
| Bromley | 1918 | |
| Chigwell | 1955 | |
| Clapham | 1885 | |
| Coventry East | 1945 | |
| Coventry North | 1950 | |
| Coventry South | 1950 | revived 1997 |
| Croydon South | 1955 | largely renamed Croydon Central, new Croydon South created further south |
| Dudley | 1832 | Split into Dudley East and Dudley West |
| Ealing South | 1950 | |
| East Ham North | 1918 | |
| East Ham South | 1918 | |
| Enfield East | 1950 | |
| Enfield West | 1950 | |
| Epping | 1885 | |
| Fife West | 1885 | |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | 1885 | |
| Glasgow Gorbals | 1918 | |
| Glasgow Woodside | 1950 | |
| Heston and Isleworth | 1945 | |
| Hull North | 1950 | Strictly Kingston-upon-Hull North. Revived 1983 |
| Islington East | 1885 | |
| Islington Southwest | 1950 | |
| Kensington North | 1885 | |
| Kensington South | 1885 | |
| King's Lynn | 1298 | |
| Leicester North East | 1950 | Reformed as Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West |
| Leicester North West | 1950 | |
| Leicester South East | 1950 | |
| Leicester South West | 1950 | |
| Lewisham North | 1950 | |
| Lewisham South | 1950 | |
| Luton | 1885 | Split into Luton East and Luton West |
| Manchester Cheetham | 1950 | |
| Manchester Exchange | 1918 | |
| Merton and Morden | 1950 | |
| Middlesbrough East | 1918 | |
| Middlesbrough West | 1918 | |
| Norfolk Central | 1950 | |
| Northampton | 1295 | Split into Northampton North and Northampton South |
| Nottingham Central | 1918 | |
| Nottingham South | 1885 | Revived 1983 |
| Paddington North | 1885 | Merged into Paddington |
| Paddington South | 1885 | |
| Poplar | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
| Portsmouth Langstone | 1950 | |
| Portsmouth West | 1950 | |
| Reading | 1955 | 1st creation 1295-1950 |
| Rhondda East | 1918 | |
| Rhondda West | 1918 | |
| Rowley Regis and Tipton | 1950 | |
| Sedgefield | 1918 | Revived 1983 |
| Smethwick | 1918 | |
| South Buckinghamshire | 1950 | |
| South Northamptonshire | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1832 to 1918 |
| Southwark | 1950 | 1st creation 1295-1885 |
| Tavistock | 1330 | First represented 1295 |
| Torquay | 1885 | |
| Torrington | 1950 | |
| Walthamstow East | 1918 | Merged into Walthamstow |
| Walthamstow West | 1918 | |
| Wandsworth Central | 1918 | |
| Wednesbury | 1868 | |
| Wembley North | 1945 | |
| Wembley South | 1945 | |
| West Bromwich | 1885 | Split into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West |
| West Ham North | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
| West Ham South | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
| Willesden East | 1918 | |
| Willesden West | 1918 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Former United Kingdom Parliament Constituencies
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