Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Finsbury Borough constituency
Created:	1832, 1918
Abolished:	1885, 1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	1832–1885: two; 1918–1950:one

The parliamentary borough of Finsbury was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885, and from 1918 to 1950. The constituency included part of the historic county of Middlesex north of the City of London. It was named after the Finsbury division of Ossulstone hundred.

Contents 1 History 1.1 History 1832-1885 1.2 History 1918-1950 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1832-1885 2.2 MPs 1918-1950 3 Election results 4 Sources

[edit] History

[edit] History 1832-1885

The original constituency was created by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, which carried into effect the redistribution of parliamentary seats under the Reform Act 1832.

The parliamentary borough was defined in Schedule O of the Boundaries Act as:

The several Parishes of Saint Luke, Saint George the Martyr, Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, Saint George Bloomsbury, Saint Mary Stoke Newington, and St. Mary Islington; the several Liberties or Places of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents, Ely Place, the Rolls, Glass House Yard, and the Charter House; Lincolns Inn and Grays Inn; the Parish of St. James and St. John Clerkenwell, except that Part thereof which is situate to the North of the Parish of Islington; those Parts of the respective Parishes of Saint Sepulchre and Saint Andrew Holborn and of Furnivals Inn and Staple Inn respectively, which are situated without the Liberty of the City of London.

The constituency was split into three parliamentary boroughs by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, named Finsbury, Central Division; Finsbury, East Division and Finsbury, Holborn Division.

[edit] History 1918-1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 created a new Finsbury parliamentary borough in the County of London, identical to the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. In 1950, it was merged with the neighbouring constituency of Shoreditch to became Shoreditch and Finsbury.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

The parliamentary borough returned two members of parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Robert Grant			Robert Spankie
1834		Thomas Slingsby Duncombe	Liberal
1835					Thomas Wakley	Liberal
1852					Thomas Challis	Liberal
1859					William Cox
1859					Samuel Morton Peto	Liberal
1861		William Cox
1865		William Torrens McCullagh Torrens			Sir Andrew Lusk	Liberal
1885	constituency abolished: see Finsbury Central; Finsbury East and Holborn

[edit] MPs 1918-1950

The borough was a single-member constituency.

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Archer-Shee, DSO	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1923	George Masterman Gillett	Labour
	1931		National Labour
	1935	Rev George Saville Woods	Labour Co-operative
	1945	John Platts-Mills	Labour
	1948		Labour Independent Group
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Sources

• Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4 c.64)
• Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c.64)
• Youngs, F. A., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.1, Southern England, London, 1979