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Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 centred on the Finsbury
Finsbury

Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London....
 district of North London
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
. It returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) to the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
, elected by the first past the post system.

Boundaries The constituency was created, in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament....
 of Finsbury
Finsbury

Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London....
, in the historic county of Middlesex
Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
 to the north of the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
.






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Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 centred on the Finsbury
Finsbury

Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London....
 district of North London
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
. It returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) to the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
, elected by the first past the post system.

History


The constituency was created when the two-member Finsbury constituency
Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

The parliamentary borough of Finsbury was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885, and from 1918 to 1950....
 was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the British House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally-populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalize representation across the UK....
 for the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885

The 1885 UK general election was from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884 and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885....
. It was abolished for the 1918 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which women could vote....
, when it was replaced by a new single-member Finsbury constituency
Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

The parliamentary borough of Finsbury was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885, and from 1918 to 1950....
.

Boundaries

The constituency was created, in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament....
 of Finsbury
Finsbury

Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London....
, in the historic county of Middlesex
Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
 to the north of the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the British House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally-populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalize representation across the UK....
 provided that the constituency was to consist of the parish of St James and St John, Clerkenwell.

The seat was mostly located in the Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. Clerkenwell was once known as London's "Little Italy" due to its extensive Italian population from the 1850s to the 1960s....
 district, with a detached portion at Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated north of Charing Cross.Muswell Hill is in London postal district N postcode area and the area is mostly in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency....
 containing about 5% of the population. The two areas were connected for historic reasons. The Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910, explains that the Knights of St John had once owned more than half of Finsbury Central, including a deer park at Muswell Hill.

In 1889 Clerkenwell was severed from Middlesex, for administrative purposes, to become part of the County of London
County of London

The County of London was a ceremonial counties of England and administrative counties of England of England from 1889 to 1965. It bordered Middlesex to the north and west, Essex to the north east, Kent to the south east and Surrey to the south....
. Muswell Hill was not transferred from Middlesex.

In 1894, when the lower tier of local government in Middlesex was altered, the Muswell Hill area formed part of the Hornsey Urban District, which became the Municipal Borough of Hornsey
Municipal Borough of Hornsey

Hornsey was a local government district in east Middlesex from 1867 to 1965.In 1867, a Local board of health was formed for part of the civil parish of Hornsey ....
 in 1903.

In 1900 the lower tier of local government in London was rationalised. The old local boards and parish vestries were replaced, in the Clerkenwell area, by the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury

The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington....
.

The local government changes did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until the redistribution of 1918, when the Central division ceased to be a separate constituency.

Members of Parliament


ElectionMemberParty
  1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885

The 1885 UK general election was from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884 and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885....
 Howard Spensley Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
  1886
United Kingdom general election, 1886

The 1886 UK general election took place from 1–27 July 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the United Kingdom general election, 1885 as the Conservative Party , led by Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals -...
 Frederick Thomas Penton Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  1892
United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 UK general election was held from 4 July ? 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the United Kingdom general election, 1886....
 Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji was a Parsi people intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader. His book, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, brought into the limelight the drain of India's wealth into Britain....
 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
  1895
United Kingdom general election, 1895

The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives, led by Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who obtained a large majority over Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Liberals in combination with the Liberal Unionists who now formed a government with them....
 William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  1906
United Kingdom general election, 1906

The United Kingdom general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.The Liberal Party , led by sitting minority Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Henry Campbell-Bannerman, won a large majority in the election....
 William Charles Steadman
William Charles Steadman

William Charles Steadman, usually known as W. C. Steadman , was a prominent trade unionist and politician.Born in Poplar, London, Steadman began work at the age of eight, and in 1866 became a barge builder....
 Liberal-Labour
Liberal-Labour (UK)

The Liberal-Labour movement refers to the practice of local Liberal Party associations accepting and supporting candidates who were financially maintained by Trade unions....
  1910 Martin Archer-Shee Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
1918
United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which women could vote....
 constituency abolished: see Finsbury
Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

The parliamentary borough of Finsbury was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885, and from 1918 to 1950....


Election results