# Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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. In 1965, Shoreditch was absorbed into the London Borough of Hackney and Finsbury into the London Borough of Islington; however the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the seat disappeared in 1974.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1950 | Ernest Thurtle | Labour | Died in office August 1954 |
| | 1954 by-election | Victor Collins | Labour | Resigned August 1958 on being raised to the peerage |
| | 1958 by-election | Michael Cliffe | Labour |
| | 1964 | Ronald Brown | Labour |
| Feb 1974 | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 22,150 | 53.2 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 7,879 | 18.6 | |
| | Labour Independent Group | John Platts-Mills | 7,602 | 18.0 | |
| | Liberal | George Hensher | 4,297 | 10.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,631 | 34.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,928 | 73.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 30,162 | 72.6 | +19.4 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 11,399 | 27.4 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,763 | 45.2 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,561 | 73.2 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Victor Collins | 18,082 | 78.19 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Agnew | 5,043 | 21.81 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,039 | 56.38 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,125 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Victor Collins | 25,500 | 73.4 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Agnew | 9,216 | 26.5 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,284 | 46.9 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,716 | 77.4 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1958 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Cliffe | 10,215 | 76.04 | +2.59 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Whipham | 3,219 | 23.96 | −2.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6996 | 52.08 | +5.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,434 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1959: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Cliffe | 22,744 | 67.0 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Whipham | 11,178 | 33.0 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,566 | 34.0 | −12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,922 | 34.1 | −43.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald Brown | 18,207 | 68.4 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Roger J L Bramble | 8,412 | 31.6 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,795 | 36.8 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,619 | 55.7 | +21.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald Brown | 17,456 | 71.1 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Roger Sims | 5,957 | 24.3 | −7.3 |
| | Union Movement | Oswald Mosley | 1,126 | 4.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,499 | 46.9 | +10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,519 | 53.5 | −2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Shoreditch and Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald Brown | 14,474 | 66.9 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative | Roger Sims | 7,166 | 33.1 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,308 | 33.8 | −13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,640 | 48.7 | −4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |