Admin When was the Clapham constituency created in the UK?
Clapham was a borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament 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.
Who was the leader of the Clapham Sect?
…and afterward (from 1797) the Clapham Sect, of which Wilberforce was the acknowledged leader.…. Henry Thornton. …a leading member of the Clapham Sect, an austere, evangelical branch of the Church of England, and was a close associate of William Wilberforce in his campaign against slavery.
What was the main cause of the Clapham group?
Meanwhile they plugged away at their primary cause: the abolition of slavery. In 1807, eighteen years after the first vote, these Christians rejoiced as parliament abolished the slave trade. The members of the Clapham Sect supposed that slavery would wither away of its own accord.
What was the seat of Clapham in 1918?
1918–1950: In the redistribution of 1918 the seat was altered to remove half of the wards which constituted Battersea (into a new seat of Battersea South) and to instead consist of the local government wards of Clapham North and Clapham South, together with a part of Balham.
Members of the Clapham Sect, and those associated with them, included: Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845), leader of the movement for the abolition of slavery, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and brewer. William Dealtry (1775–1847), Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Clapham, mathematician.
Who was a Member of Parliament in 1920?
Members of Parliament 1920-1960 Richard Acland Barnstaple, Gravesend 1935-1955 William Adamson West Fife 1910-1931 Frank Allaun Salford East 1955-1983 William Allen West Belfast 1929-1931 Leo Amery Brightspark, Birmingham 1911-1945