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Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

Boundaries

Finchley constituency within the Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-45.
Finchley constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945-50.

In 1918 the constituency was created as a county division of Middlesex, centred on the town of Finchley. 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
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 John Newman Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Thomas Atholl Robertson Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 Hon. Sir Edward Cadogan Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 John Crowder Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1959 Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher Conservative Later Baroness Thatcher; Leader of the Conservative Party 1975-90; Prime Minister 1979-90
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 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 Democrats 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
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)

Successors and Predecessors

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition
1975 – 1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1979 – 1990
Succeeded by