Battersea South (UK Parliament Constituency) - Boundaries

Boundaries

The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and originally consisted of five wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea: Bolingbroke, Broomwood, St John, Shaftesbury and Winstanley.

When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the boundaries of the constituency were altered to contain only four wards, and Winstanley ward was transferred to Battersea North. However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950. Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies. From 1950 to 1974 Battersea South consisted of Bolingbroke, Broomwood, Lavender, Nightingale, St John, Shaftesbury, Stormont and Thornton wards.

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. Renamed Wandsworth, Battersea South, the seat was defined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Balham, Earlsfield, Fairfield, Nightingale and Northcote. The Shaftesbury and St John's wards were transferred to Battersea North, while the new constituency incorporated areas previously in the Clapham and Putney seats. These boundaries were used until abolition.

The constituency was abolished in 1983. Most of its area (Balham, Fairfield and Northcote) went to the recreated Battersea seat, with part (Earlsfield and Nightingale) passing to Tooting.