Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)

Clapham
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Clapham in London 1885-1918
1885–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	East Surrey (one and a half parishes of)
Replaced by	Streatham and Lambeth Central
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	Battersea South

Clapham was a borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created in time for the 1885 general election then altered in periodic national boundary reviews, principally in 1918, and abolished before the February 1974 general election. In its early years (until 1918) the seat was officially named Battersea and Clapham Parliamentary Borough: No. 2—The Clapham Division.