Boundaries
The constituency is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south-east London. Before 1983, a constituency with similar boundaries was called Woolwich West. It adjoins the following constituencies:
- Bromley and Chislehurst
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Greenwich and Woolwich
- Lewisham East
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
It is made up of seven electoral wards from the Royal Borough of Greenwich:
- Coldharbour and New Eltham, Eltham North, Eltham South, Eltham West, Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Middle Park and Sutcliffe, Shooters Hill
Read more about this topic: Eltham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word boundaries:
“It is the story-teller’s task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.”
—Graham Greene (1904–1991)
“Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)