Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)

Bexley
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bexley in Kent for the 1955 general election
CountyKent
(pre-1965)
Greater London
(post-1965)
1945–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created fromDartford
Replaced byBexleyheath, Sidcup

Bexley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bexley district of what is now southeast London, which existed from 1945 to 1974. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Its most famous MP was Edward Heath, who held the seat from 1950 until 1974, when he was re-elected in the newly-established seat of Sidcup. Heath served as Prime Minister from June 1970 to March 1974, resigning shortly after the February 1974 general election.

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