Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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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		Member	Party	Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950	Ernest Thurtle	Labour	Died in office August 1954
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1954 by-election	Victor Collins	Labour	Resigned August 1958 on being raised to the peerage
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1958 by-election	Michael Cliffe	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1964	Ronald Brown	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Geoffrey Rippon	7,879	18.6
		John Platts-Mills	7,602	18.0
		George Hensher	4,297	10.4
Majority			14,631	34.6
Turnout			41,928	73.4
	win (new seat)

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General election 1951: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Geoffrey Rippon	11,399	27.4
Majority			18,763	45.2
Turnout			41,561	73.2
	hold		Swing

1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Victor Collins	18,082	78.19
		Malcolm Agnew	5,043	21.81
Majority			13,039	56.38
Turnout			23,125
	hold		Swing

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General election 1955: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Malcolm Agnew	9,216	26.5
Majority			16,284	46.9
Turnout			34,716	77.4
	hold		Swing

1958 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Cliffe	10,215	76.04
		Thomas Whipham	3,219	23.96
Majority			6996	52.08
Turnout			13,434
	hold		Swing

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General election 1959: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Whipham	11,178	33.0
Majority			11,566	34.0
Turnout			33,922	34.1
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger J L Bramble	8,412	31.6
Majority			9,795	36.8
Turnout			26,619	55.7
	hold		Swing

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General election 1966: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Sims	5,957	24.3
		Oswald Mosley	1,126	4.6
Majority			11,499	46.9
Turnout			24,519	53.5
	hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Shoreditch and Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Sims	7,166	33.1
Majority			7,308	33.8
Turnout			21,640	48.7
	hold		Swing

References

• Richard Kimber's political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832