Lambeth (UK Parliament constituency)

Lambeth was a constituency 1832—1885 loosely equivalent in area to the later administrative units: the London Borough of Lambeth and the south-west and centre of the London Borough of Southwark.

[1] Under original proposals it would have been greater, taking all of Dulwich and Brixton and possibly two parishes to the east.

The commissioners appointed to fix parliamentary boundaries attempted to equalise the seven new "metropolitan" constituencies of London in number of voters and in population.

The portions closest to the river were heavily built up, but the southern sections were mainly rural.

[2] The boundaries were detailed in the schedules of the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, and consisted of: The area was unchanged when parliamentary seats were next redistributed under the Reform Act 1867.