# Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Shoreditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Shoreditch district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Shoreditch and Finsbury constituency.

## Boundaries

Throughout its existence, the constituency's boundaries were contiguous with those of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Whip |
| | 1918 | Christopher Addison | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Ernest Griffith Price | National Liberal |
| | 1923 | Ernest Thurtle | Labour |
| | 1931 | Charles Summersby | Liberal National |
| | 1935 | Ernest Thurtle | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | National Liberal | Christopher Addison | 9,532 | 55.9 | |
| | Unionist | Robert Standish Sievier | 3,414 | 20.0 | |
| | National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union | Alfred Walton | 2,072 | 12.2 | |
| | Liberal | Henry Chancellor | 1,524 | 8.9 | |
| | National | Thomas Warwick | 504 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,118 | 35.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,046 | 37.3 | |
| | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) | National Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Ernest Griffith Price | 9,084 | 37.6 | New |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 8,834 | 36.5 | New |
| | Liberal | Christopher Addison | 6,273 | 25.9 | +17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 250 | 1.1 | −34.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,191 | 47.4 | +10.1 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 13,874 | 56.6 | +20.1 |
| | Liberal | Ernest Griffith Price | 10,658 | 43.4 | +17.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,216 | 13.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,532 | 47.4 | 0.0 |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +1.3 | |
General election 1924: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 16,608 | 53.0 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | Harold Reckitt | 14,748 | 47.0 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,860 | 6.0 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,356 | 59.5 | +12.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | |
General election 1929: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 20,552 | 51.5 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal | Harold Reckitt | 12,981 | 32.6 | −13.6 |
| | Unionist | Antony Bulwer-Lytton | 6,334 | 15.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,571 | 18.9 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,867 | 64.3 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.4 | |

### Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Charles Summersby | 19,596 | 56.7 | New |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 14,988 | 43.3 | −8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,608 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,584 | 55.9 | −8.6 |
| | National Liberal gain from Labour | National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 18,602 | 61.4 | +18.1 |
| | National Liberal | Somerset Stopford Brooke | 11,673 | 38.6 | −18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,929 | 22.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,275 | 51.9 | −4.0 |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +18.1 | |

### Election in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
* Labour: Ernest Thurtle
* Liberal National: James Houseman
* British Union: Michael Goulding
General election 1945: Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 11,592 | 74.0 | +12.6 |
| | National Liberal | Frederick L Boult | 4,081 | 26.0 | −12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,511 | 48.0 | +25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,673 | 57.6 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |