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Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Former UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1983

Summary

Former UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1983

Field	Value
name	Hampstead
parliament	uk
map1	Hampstead1974
map_entity	Greater London
map_size	200px
map_year	1974
year	1885
abolished	1983
type	Borough
elects_howmany	One
previous	Middlesex
next	Hampstead and Highgate
region	England
county	County of London

Hampstead was a borough constituency, centered on the Hampstead area of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who was elected using the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Hampstead and Highgate constituency.

Hampstead in the Metropolitan area, boundaries used 1885–1918

Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1918–1950

Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1950–1974

A map showing the wards of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of St John, Hampstead.

1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead

1974–1983: London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Hampstead Town, Kilburn, Priory, Swiss Cottage and West End.

The parliamentary borough of Hampstead was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the civil parish of St John, Hampstead, Middlesex. The parish had previously formed part of the Parliamentary County of Middlesex. Hampstead lay within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and in 1889 this became the County of London. In 1900 the county was divided into twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, with the civil parish becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.

Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn under the Representation of the People Act 1918, with boundaries in London realigned to those of the metropolitan boroughs. Accordingly, the Hampstead constituency was defined by the legislation as being identical in area to the metropolitan borough of the same name. When the next redistribution was carried out under the Representation of the People Act 1948, the term "parliamentary borough" was replaced with "borough constituency". The renamed Hampstead Borough Constituency continued with the same boundaries, with the changes coming into effect for the 1950 general election.

In 1965 both the County of London and the metropolitan boroughs were abolished. Hampstead became part of the larger London Borough of Camden. The wards of the borough were altered in 1973, with Swiss Cottage ward replacing Hampstead Central in the constituency's definition. These boundaries were used until 1983, when the seat was abolished.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1885	Sir Henry Holland
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1888 by-election	Edward Hoare
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1902 by-election	Thomas Milvain
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1905 by-election	John Fletcher
Coalition Conservative}}"		1918	George Balfour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1922	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1941 by-election	Charles Challen
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1950	Henry Brooke
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1966	Ben Whitaker
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1970	Geoffrey Finsberg
1983	constituency abolished: see Hampstead & Highgate

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 5,981

|reg. electors = 5,981

Holland was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.

Holland was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Knutsford, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 8,272

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 10,280

|reg. electors = 11,301

|reg. electors = 11,467

Election in the 1910s

| reg. electors = 32,544

Elections in the 1920s

| reg. electors = 38,781

| reg. electors = 39,711

| reg. electors = 40,309

| reg. electors = 63,861

Elections in the 1930s

| reg. electors = 64,527

| reg. electors = 65,575

Elections in the 1940s

| reg. electors = 65,511

| reg. electors = 55,446

Elections in the 1950s

| reg. electors = 71,119

| reg. electors = 72,946

| reg. electors = 72,423

| reg. electors = 69,438

Elections in the 1960s

| reg. electors = 67,990

| reg. electors = 67,798

Elections in the 1970s

| reg. electors = 71,918

| reg. electors = 63,847

| reg. electors = 64,078

| reg. electors = 64,004

References

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918

References

T F T Baker. (1989). "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington".
. (1885). "The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria". *Eyre and Spottiswoode*.
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Fourth Schedule: New Boroughs
Youngs, Frederic A Jr.. (1979). "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England". [[Royal Historical Society]].
Representation of the People Act 1918. Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies
{{Rayment-hc. h. 1. (March 2012)
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918". Macmillan Press.
(1969). "British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949". Political Reference Publications.
(1983). "British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973". Parliamentary Research Services.
(1980). "Election Expenses". [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].

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