Constituencies Abolished in 1997
The Boundary Commissions' Fourth Periodical Review was completed in 1995. It recommended various changes, although most of the abolitions resulting from these took place in Scotland.
| Created | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| East Angus | 1983 | Northern half merged with Tayside North and coastal half renamed Angus |
| Boothferry | 1983 | Southern section merged with Glanford and Scunthorpe to create Brigg and Goole, middle section merged with southern half of Beverley to create Haltemprice and Howden, northern section merged with northern Bridlington to create Yorkshire East |
| Bow and Poplar | 1983 | |
| Bridlington | 1950 | Majority incorporated into new Beverley and Holderness seat. |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 1918 | Merged with part of Ross, Cromarty and Skye to form Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
| Carmarthen | 1542 | |
| Chelmsford | 1885 | |
| Chelsea | 1868 | |
| Chertsey and Walton | 1885 | |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury | 1918 | Divided into Tewkesbury and Cotswold |
| Clackmannan | 1983 | Merged with southern parts of Perth and Kinross to form Ochil |
| Clwyd North West | 1983 | |
| Colchester North | 1983 | Split into Essex North and Colchester |
| Colchester South and Maldon | 1983 | Rural parts merged with half of Chelmsford to create Maldon and Chelmsford East, remainder becoming part of Colchester |
| Coventry South East | 1974 | |
| Coventry South West | 1974 | |
| Croydon North East | 1955 | |
| Croydon North West | 1955 | |
| Dudley East | 1974 | |
| Dudley West | 1974 | |
| East Berkshire | 1983 | |
| East Lindsey | 1983 | |
| Fulham (1955 to 1997) | 1955 | Second creation: first abolished in 1918 |
| Glasgow Garscadden | 1974 | Replaced by Glasgow Anniesland |
| Glasgow Central | 1885 | Recreated 2005 |
| Glasgow Hillhead | 1918 | Replaced by Glasgow Kelvin |
| Glasgow Provan | 1955 | |
| Gloucestershire West | 1950 | Second creation: first abolished 1885 Replaced by Forest of Dean |
| Hamilton | 1918 | Most of constituency became Hamilton South, remainder merged with Motherwell South to become Hamilton North and Bellshill |
| Hendon North | 1945 | |
| Hendon South | 1945 | |
| Holland with Boston | 1918 | Replaced by Boston and Skegness and South Holland and The Deepings |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 1983 | Replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
| Langbaurgh | 1983 | Succeeded by Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
| Littleborough and Saddleworth | 1983 | |
| Liverpool Broadgreen | 1983 | |
| Liverpool Mossley Hill | 1983 | |
| Mid Staffordshire | 1983 | |
| Monklands East | 1983 | |
| Monklands West | 1983 | |
| Motherwell North | 1983 | |
| Motherwell South | 1983 | Most of constituency became part of Hamilton North and Bellshill |
| New Forest | 1885 | New Forest and Christchurch from 1918 until 1950. Replaced by New Forest East and New Forest West. |
| Newham North East | 1974 | All of constituency became part of East Ham |
| Newham North West | 1974 | All of constituency became part of West Ham |
| Newham South | 1974 | Bulk of constituency split between East Ham and West Ham with a small part going into Poplar and Canning Town |
| Norwood | 1885 | |
| North Bedfordshire | 1983 | |
| North Hertfordshire | 1983 | |
| North West Surrey | 1974 | Succeeded by Surrey Heath |
| Plymouth Drake (1974 to 1997) | 1974 | Second creation: first creation 1918 to 1950 |
| Ravensbourne | 1974 | |
| Richmond and Barnes | 1983 | Enlarged and renamed Richmond Park |
| Ross, Cromarty and Skye | 1983 | Replaced by Ross, Skye and Inverness West |
| Salford East | 1950 | Enlarged and renamed Salford |
| South East Staffordshire | 1983 | Effectively renamed Tamworth |
| Southend East | 1950 | Became Rochford and Southend East |
| South Hams | 1983 | |
| South West Cambridgeshire | 1983 | |
| South West Clwyd | 1983 | |
| South Worcestershire | 1950 | |
| Swindon | 1918 | Split to form Swindon North and Swindon South |
| Wallsend | 1918 | Lost its eponymous town with most of the remainder becoming North Tyneside |
| Wanstead and Woodford | 1974 | |
| Warley East | 1974 | Merged with half of Warley West to become Warley |
| Warley West | 1974 | Split between Warley and Halesowen and Rowley Regis |
| West Hertfordshire | 1983 | succeeded by Hemel Hempstead |
| Westminster North | 1983 | Recreated at the 2010 general election |
| Worthing | 1945 |
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