Editing Newington, London (section)

===Local governance===
The parish of '''Newington St Mary''' was part of the [[Brixton (hundred)|Brixton]] Hundred of [[Surrey]] and this contained all of the manor of [[Walworth]]. Before the creation of elected [[County Council]]s, in 1889, the county [[Magistrate]]s were responsible for ensuring compliance with local bye-laws and [[Local ordinance|ordinance]]s, so that with the creation of the new Surrey County Sessions House at Newington Causeway in 1792 Newington was the [[County Town]], until [[Kingston on Thames]] was designated as such in 1893. In 1855 it came within the area of responsibility of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] and the parish vestry was incorporated as a local authority. In 1889 it became part of the [[County of London]]. There was a reorganisation of local government in 1900 and the parish became part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark]] and the vestry was abolished. The [[civil parish]] was finally abolished in 1930. The parish was of {{convert|633|acre|km2}} and the population peaked in 1901 at 121,863.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10191002&c_id=10001043|title=Newington CP/AP/Vest through time – Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

Newington is a ward within the [[London Borough of Southwark]] and the [[UK Parliament|Parliamentary]] seat of [[Bermondsey and Old Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey and Old Southwark]].  It is represented by Councillors Eleanor Kerslake and [[Alice Macdonald]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and James Coldwell, Independent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Councillors and MPs|url=https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-and-mps|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Southwark Council}}</ref>