was a
Parliamentary Constituency represented in the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918 and revived again for a short time from 1983 to 1997. It was based around
Woolwich , now in the
London Borough Of Greenwich in south-east
London .
Will Crooks ,
Member Of Parliament for Woolwich 1903-1910 and 1910-1918, was one of the first
Labour MPs in the
United Kingdom .
In 1918, the seat was split into
Woolwich East and
Woolwich West , reunited in 1983. In
1997 , the seat was split up along different lines, with part of it going into neighbouring
Erith And Thamesmead , and part of it merging with the
Greenwich seat to form the new
Greenwich And Woolwich seat.
