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Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997

Field	Value
name	Finchley
parliament	uk
year	1950
abolished	1997
type	Borough
elects_howmany	One
next	Finchley and Golders Green (newly created seat)
Chipping Barnet (in part)
region	England
county	1918–1965 Middlesex
1965–1997 Greater London
year2	1918
abolished2	1950
type2	County
previous2	Hornsey (bulk of seat formed former western part of)
Enfield (as to the Friern Barnet part)
elects_howmany2	One

Chipping Barnet (in part) 1965–1997 Greater London Enfield (as to the Friern Barnet part)

Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1918–1945

Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945–1950

Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974.

Finchley was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by first-past-the-post voting; its longest-serving and best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.

Although boundary changes meant that she never again attained the large majority by which she won in 1959, her constituents nonetheless returned her by comfortable (9,000) majorities at general elections throughout her premiership.

The seat was abolished in 1997 and split between the Finchley and Golders Green and Chipping Barnet constituencies.

Boundaries

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Finchley and Friern Barnet.
1945–1950: The Municipal Borough of Finchley, part of the Municipal Borough of Hornsey, and part of the Urban District of Friern Barnet.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Finchley, and the Urban District of Friern Barnet.
1974–1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of East Finchley, Finchley, Friern Barnet, St Paul's, and Woodhouse.

In 1918 the constituency was created as a county division of Middlesex, centred on the town of Finchley, which before 1918 had been located in the Hornsey constituency. In 1934 the Finchley district became a Municipal Borough.

In 1945 there was an interim redistribution of parliamentary constituencies to split those with more than 100,000 electors, prior to the general redistribution of 1950. Middlesex was significantly affected by the interim changes.

In 1950 the seat was re-classified as a borough constituency, with the boundaries reverting to those of 1918.

In 1965 the area of the constituency changed counties from Middlesex to London. Specifically its areas joined with others to form the London Borough of Barnet of Greater London.

Members of Parliament

Event	Member	Party
Unionist Party (UK)}}"		1918	John Newman
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1923	Atholl Robertson
Unionist Party (UK)}}"		1924	Edward Cadogan
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1935	John Crowder
1959	Margaret Thatcher
1992	Hartley Booth
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors=28,848

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors=30,843

|reg. electors=31,650 |reg. electors=32,984 |reg. electors=50,243

Elections in the 1930s

Liberal candidate Lady Domini Crosfield withdrew following the formation of the National Government. General Election 1939–40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940, but it was postponed after the outbreak of World War II. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939, and by the end of that year the following candidates had been selected:

Conservative: John Crowder
Liberal: Humphrey Razzall
Labour: Cyril Lacey

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1990s

Sources

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)

References

British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
"Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
(9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.

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