In 1885 the Strand Parliament constituency was formed covering a similar area, also including St Martin in the Fields.

[4] Strand District was originally within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works and nominated one member to the MBW.

The district board established its headquarters at 22 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, in 1857, on a site leased from the Duke of Bedford.

The bill sought to abolish the vestries and district boards in London and replace them with twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs.

[6] The campaign met with no success, and on November 1, 1900, the Strand District became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster.