Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney was a two seat constituency

Constituency

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in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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created under the Representation of the People Act, 1867 from the division of the county constituency of Middlesex

Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency. It was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885....
and reformed under 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....
as Hackney North

Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney North was a United Kingdom constituencies in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
, Hackney Central

Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
and Hackney South

Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South was a United Kingdom constituencies in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London.It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from United Kingdom general election, 1885 until it was abolished for the United Kingdom general election, 1955 becomin...
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The constituency existed in this two seat form for three general elections and returned two Liberal Party

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....
Members

Member of Parliament

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at each until its abolition and division into one seat constituencies.

vestry of the civil parish of Hackney

Hackney (parish)

Hackney was a parish in the ancient county of Middlesex. The parish church of Church of St John-at-Hackney, was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th century parish church dedicated to Augustine of Canterbury ....
became a local government authority in 1855.

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Hackney was a two seat constituency

Constituency

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

Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)

Liberal Party (UK)

Member of Parliament

Boundaries

The vestry of the civil parish of Hackney

Hackney (parish)

Parliamentary borough

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of Hackney was established in 1868 and its area formed part of the eastern half of 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....
. It was situated to the north of Shoreditch

Shoreditch

Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located north east of Charing Cross....
and Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London, England and north of the River Thames in East London, England, taking in much of the East End of London....
(although Hackney itself was accounted the northernmost of the Hamlets in the nineteenth century). The area was to the east of Islington

Islington

Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district in London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy A1 road #Upper Street....
and Hornsey

Hornsey

Hornsey is a district in London Borough of Haringey in north London in England. Whilst Hornsey was formerly the name of a parish and later a municipal borough of Middlesex, today, the name refers only to the London district....
, south of Tottenham

Tottenham

Tottenham is an urban area of North London, England in the London Borough of Haringey, situated north-east of Charing Cross....
and west of Walthamstow

Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, North East London, England, England, located north east of Charing Cross. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and the River Lea valley....
in the historic county of Essex

Essex

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In 1885 the parliamentary borough was split into Central

Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South was a United Kingdom constituencies in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London.It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from United Kingdom general election, 1885 until it was abolished for the United Kingdom general election, 1955 becomin...
divisions. In 1889 the area, for administrative purposes, became part of the London County Council

London County Council

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected....
local authority. In 1900 the civil vestry was dissolved and the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney

Metropolitan Borough of Hackney

The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney....
was created (with the same boundaries as before). Since 1965 it has been part of Greater London

Greater London

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Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1868)

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 UK general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom....	Sir Charles Reed	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....	John Holms John Holms John Holms , was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician.Holms was a partner in W. Holms Bros, spinners, of Glasgow. He entered Parliament for Hackney in 1860, and served in the second Liberal Government 1880-1885 of William Gladstone as a Lord of the Treasury from 1880 to 1882 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Tr...	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....
1874	Henry Fawcett Henry Fawcett Henry Fawcett was a blindness England statesman and economist.He was born in Salisbury, and educated at King's College School and the University of Cambridge, where he became Fellow of Trinity Hall....	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....
1884	James Stuart James Stuart (politician) James Stuart was a United Kingdom educator and politician. He was born in Markinch, Fife, and attended St Andrews University before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge....	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....

Constituency abolished (1885)

Elections

Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.

Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.

Election declared void on petition

Appointment of Fawcett as Postmaster General
United Kingdom Postmaster General

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and Holms as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Death of Fawcett

Constituency abolished (1885)