| Finchley Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
| Finchley County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
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 the first past the post system of election; its best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. It was abolished in 1997.
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Boundaries
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. The local government areas included in the seat were the Finchley and Friern Barnet Urban Districts. 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 which took effect in 1950. Middlesex was significantly affected by the interim changes. This constituency had a minor revision. In the 1945-1950 Parliament it included the Municipal Borough of Finchley, part of the Municipal Borough of Hornsey, and part of the Friern Barnet Urban District.
In the redistribution of 1950, the seat was re-classified as a borough constituency. The boundaries reverted to those which had existed before 1945, with the constituency comprising the Municipal Borough of Finchley and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
In 1965 the area of the constituency was joined to other districts to form the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London.
In the 1974 changes to parliamentary boundaries, the constituency was redefined as comprising the wards of East Finchley, Finchley, Friern Barnet, St Paul's, and Woodhouse. The boundaries were left unchanged in the 1983 redistribution.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | John Newman | Conservative | ||
| 1923 | Thomas Atholl Robertson | Liberal | ||
| 1924 | Sir Edward Cadogan | Conservative | ||
| 1935 | John Crowder | Conservative | ||
| 1959 | Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | Later Baroness Thatcher; Leader of the Conservative Party 1975-90; Prime Minister 1979-90 | |
| 1992 | Hartley Booth | Conservative | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished | |||
Results
| General Election 1992: Finchley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Hartley Booth | 21,039 | 51.2 | −2.7 | |
| Labour | A. C. Marjoram | 14,651 | 35.7 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | H. F. Leighter | 4,568 | 11.1 | −2.8 | |
| Green | Ashley Gunstock | 564 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | S. A. Johnson | 130 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | J. D. Macrae | 129 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,388 | 15.5 | -6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 77.6 | +8.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Finchley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | 21,603 | 53.9 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | J. R. M. Davies | 12,690 | 31.7 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal | D. Howarth | 5,580 | 13.9 | −7.3 | |
| Gremloid Party | Lord Buckethead | 131 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Gold Party | M. J. St Vincent | 59 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,913 | 22.2 | -2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 69.4 | +0.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Finchley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | 19,616 | 51.1 | -1.4 | |
| Labour | L. G. Spigel | 10,302 | 26.8 | -5.9 | |
| Liberal | Margaret Joachim | 7,763 | 20.2 | +7.0 | |
| Ecology | S. J. Wilkinson | 279 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 235 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Ban Every Licensing Law Society | A. J. Noonan | 75 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | H. M. Anscomb | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Law and Order in Gotham City | A. P. Whitehead | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Anti-Censorship | D. A. Webb | 28 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Party of Associates with Licensees | B. C. Wareham | 27 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Belgrano Blood-Hunger | B. C. Wedmore | 13 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,314 | 24.2 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 69.0 | -2.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1979: Finchley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | 20,918 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | Richard May | 13,040 | 32.7 | ||
| Liberal | A. Paterson | 5,254 | 13.2 | ||
| National Front | W. Verity | 534 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent Democrat | E. Lloyd | 86 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,878 | 19.8 | |||
| Turnout | 71.8 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | UK Parliament constituency 1918 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Finchley and Golders Green |
| UK Parliament constituency 1918 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Chipping Barnet |
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| Preceded by Sidcup |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1975 – 1979 |
Succeeded by Cardiff South East |
| Preceded by Cardiff South East |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1979 – 1990 |
Succeeded by Huntingdon |
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