County Greater London Created from Shoreditch, Finsbury | Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Shoreditch, Finsbury, Islington South and Finsbury, Hackney South and Shoreditch | ||
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
The constituency consisted of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch and the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. Shoreditch was absorbed into the London Borough of Hackney in 1964, and Finsbury was absorbed into the London Borough of Islington; however, the boundaries were unchanged until the seat's abolition.