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Margaret Thatcher became the Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Finchley (in North London) at the 1959 General Election, after a long search for a constituency with a local Conservative Association that would select her as its candidate.

She had previously stood as the Conservative candidate for Dartford in the 1951 General Election, losing to Labour.

She won the constituency of Finchley at the 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, February 1974, October 1974, 1979, 1983 and 1987 General Elections. She stood down in 1992.

Following boundary changes, the bulk of her former constituency of Finchley was incorperated into a new constituency called Finchley and Golders Green. It was won by Labour's Rudi Vis at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 General Elections.

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