History
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election from the north-eastern part of the former East Surrey constituency that was abolished and broken up by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The constituency covered a much larger area than it does today and was reduced in 1918 to create the Mitcham constituency and in 1950 to create the Merton and Morden constituency (both subsequently merged to create the Mitcham and Morden constituency).
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