Members of Parliament
Since the seat's creation in 1997, the Member of Parliament has been Simon Hughes, who has sat for the various Bermondsey seats since a by-election in 1983, as a Liberal MP until 1988 and as a Liberal Democrat since then.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Simon Hughes | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Bermondsey and Old Southwark | ||
Read more about this topic: North Southwark And Bermondsey (UK Parliament Constituency)
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