Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was initially composed of four wards of the metroplitan borough: Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms and Park. When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South. However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950. Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies. From 1950 to 1974 Battersea North consisted of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage and Winstanley wards.

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. Renamed Wandsworth, Battersea North, the seat was defined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park and Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury and St John's were transferred from Battersea South. These boundaries were used until abolition.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Richard Morris	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Shapurji Saklatvala	Communist
	1923	Henry Cairn Hogbin	Liberal
	1924	Shapurji Saklatvala	Communist
	1929	William Stephen Saunders	Labour
	1931	Arthur Marsden	Conservative
	1935	William Stephen Saunders	Labour
	1940	Francis Douglas	Labour
	1946	Douglas Jay	Labour
1983		''Constituency abolished: see Battersea

Election results

William Saunders resigned in 1940, leading to a by-election.

F C R Douglas was appointed Governor of Malta, leading to a by-election.

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