Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)

Sidcup
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyGreater London
1974 (1974)1983
SeatsOne
Created fromBexley
Replaced byOld Bexley and Sidcup[1]

Sidcup was a parliamentary constituency centred on Sidcup, an outer suburb of London in the London Borough of Bexley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency. It was held throughout that time by Edward Heath, who was still Prime Minister for four days between the indecisive February general election and his resignation from the post on 4 March.

  1. ^ "'Sidcup', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.