Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Shoreditch and Finsbury | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
1950–1974 (1974) | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Shoreditch Finsbury |
Replaced by | Islington South & Finsbury Hackney South & Shoreditch |
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.