Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974
Shoreditch and Finsbury Former Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons County Greater London 1950 –1974 (1974 ) Seats One Created from Shoreditch Finsbury Replaced by Islington South & Finsbury Hackney South & Shoreditch
Shoreditch and Finsbury was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Shoreditch district of the East End of London and the adjacent Finsbury area. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election , partially replacing the previous Shoreditch and Finsbury constituencies, which had seen a significant fall in population.
Shoreditch and Finsbury was itself abolished for the February 1974 general election , when its territory was divided between two new constituencies: Islington South & Finsbury and Hackney South & Shoreditch.
Boundaries Shoreditch and Finsbury in London 1950-74 The constituency consisted of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch and the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury . In 1965, Shoreditch was absorbed into the London Borough of Hackney and Finsbury into the London Borough of Islington ; however the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the seat disappeared in 1974.
Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1950s General election 1955 : Shoreditch and Finsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Victor Collins 25,500 73.4 +0.8 Conservative Malcolm Agnew 9,216 26.5 -0.9 Majority 16,284 46.9 +1.7 Turnout 34,716 77.4 +4.2 Labour hold Swing
General election 1959 : Shoreditch and Finsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Cliffe 22,744 67.0 -6.4 Conservative Thomas Whipham 11,178 33.0 +6.5 Majority 11,566 34.0 -12.9 Turnout 33,922 34.1 -43.3 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1960s General election 1964 : Shoreditch and Finsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ronald Brown 18,207 68.4 +1.4 Conservative Roger J L Bramble 8,412 31.6 -1.4 Majority 9,795 36.8 +2.8 Turnout 26,619 55.7 +21.6 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1970s General election 1970 : Shoreditch and Finsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ronald Brown 14,474 66.9 -4.2 Conservative Roger Sims 7,166 33.1 +8.8 Majority 7,308 33.8 -13.1 Turnout 21,640 48.7 -4.8 Labour hold Swing
References
Richard Kimber's political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3) 1950 Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West 1955 Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West