Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = North Staffordshire
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Shoreditch and Finsbury was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Shoreditch district of the East End of London and the adjacent and Finsbury area. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1966: Shoreditch and FinsburyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Brown
votes = 17,456
percentage = 71.1
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. E. Sims
votes = 5,957
percentage = 24.3
change = −7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Union Movement
candidate = Sir Oswald Mosley
votes = 1,126
percentage = 4.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,499
percentage = 46.9
change = +10.1Election box turnout
votes = 24,519
percentage = 53.5
change = −2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +5.0

References

* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Richard Kimber's political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832]
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