{"history":[],"article":{"id":"ee4cc722-9e84-44f6-818e-b09d149ff7aa","title":"Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)","slug":"finchley-uk-parliament-constituency","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Finchley \n**Parliament:** uk \n**Year:** 1950 \n**Abolished:** 1997 \n**Type:** Borough \n**Elects Howmany:** One \n**Next:** [Finchley & Golders Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley-and-golders-green-uk-parliament-constituency) (newly created seat) · [Chipping Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/chipping-barnet-uk-parliament-constituency) (in part) \n**Region:** England \n**County:** 1918–1965 [Middlesex](https://bliptext.com/articles/middlesex) · 1965–1997 [Greater London](https://bliptext.com/articles/greater-london) \n**Year 2:** 1918 \n**Abolished 2:** 1950 \n**Type 2:** County \n**Previous 2:** [Hornsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/hornsey-uk-parliament-constituency) (bulk of seat formed former western part of) · [Enfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/enfield-uk-parliament-constituency) (as to the Friern Barnet part) \n**Elects Howmany 2:** One \n:::\n\n# \n**Finchley** was a [constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-kingdom-constituencies) represented in the [House of Commons](https://bliptext.com/articles/house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom).\nIt elected one [Member of Parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/member-of-parliament-united-kingdom) (MP) by [first-past-the-post voting](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post-voting); its longest-serving and best-known MP was [Margaret Thatcher](https://bliptext.com/articles/margaret-thatcher), [Prime Minister](https://bliptext.com/articles/prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom) from 1979 to 1990.\nAlthough boundary changes meant that she never again attained the large majority by which she won in 1959, her constituents nonetheless returned her by comfortable (9,000) majorities at general elections throughout [her premiership](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiership-of-margaret-thatcher).\nThe seat was abolished in 1997 and split between the [Finchley and Golders Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley-and-golders-green-uk-parliament-constituency) and [Chipping Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/chipping-barnet-uk-parliament-constituency) constituencies.\n# [Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1918–45 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Finchley1918.png]\n# [Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945–50 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Finchley1945.png]\n# [Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Final///Middlesex///constituencies///%281955-74%29.svg]\n\n# Boundaries\nIn 1918 the constituency was created as a county division of [Middlesex](https://bliptext.com/articles/middlesex), centred on the town of [Finchley](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley), which before 1918 had been located in the [Hornsey constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/hornsey-uk-parliament-constituency).\nIn 1934 the Finchley district became a [Municipal Borough](https://bliptext.com/articles/municipal-borough).\nIn 1945 there was an interim redistribution of parliamentary constituencies to split those with more than 100,000 electors, prior to the general redistribution of 1950.\nMiddlesex was significantly affected by the interim changes.\nIn 1950 the seat was re-classified as a borough constituency, with the boundaries reverting to those of 1918.\nIn 1965 the area of the constituency changed counties from Middlesex to London.\nSpecifically its areas joined with others to form the [London Borough of Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/london-borough-of-barnet) of [Greater London](https://bliptext.com/articles/greater-london).\n\n# Members of Parliament\n\n# Elections\n\n## Elections in the 1910s\n\n## Elections in the 1920s\n\n## Elections in the 1930s\nLiberal candidate [Lady Domini Crosfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/domini-crosfield) withdrew following the formation of the National Government.\n**General Election 1939–40**\nAnother General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940, but it was postponed after the outbreak of [World War II](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-ii).\nThe political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939, and by the end of that year the following candidates had been selected:\n\n## Elections in the 1940s\n\n## Elections in the 1950s\n

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\n\n## Elections in the 1990s\n\n# Notes and references\n\n# Sources","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:39:28.355Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T21:39:28.355Z","search_vector":"'constitu':4 'finchley':1 'parliament':3 'uk':2","search_content":" \n**Name:** Finchley \n**Parliament:** uk \n**Year:** 1950 \n**Abolished:** 1997 \n**Type:** Borough \n**Elects Howmany:** One \n**Next:** [Finchley & Golders Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley-and-golders-green-uk-parliament-constituency) (newly created seat) · [Chipping Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/chipping-barnet-uk-parliament-constituency) (in part) \n**Region:** England \n**County:** 1918–1965 [Middlesex](https://bliptext.com/articles/middlesex) · 1965–1997 [Greater London](https://bliptext.com/articles/greater-london) \n**Year 2:** 1918 \n**Abolished 2:** 1950 \n**Type 2:** County \n**Previous 2:** [Hornsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/hornsey-uk-parliament-constituency) (bulk of seat formed former western part of) · [Enfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/enfield-uk-parliament-constituency) (as to the Friern Barnet part) \n**Elects Howmany 2:** One \n \n\n# \n**Finchley** was a [constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-kingdom-constituencies) represented in the [House of Commons](https://bliptext.com/articles/house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom).\nIt elected one [Member of Parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/member-of-parliament-united-kingdom) (MP) by [first-past-the-post voting](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post-voting); its longest-serving and best-known MP was [Margaret Thatcher](https://bliptext.com/articles/margaret-thatcher), [Prime Minister](https://bliptext.com/articles/prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom) from 1979 to 1990.\nAlthough boundary changes meant that she never again attained the large majority by which she won in 1959, her constituents nonetheless returned her by comfortable (9,000) majorities at general elections throughout [her premiership](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiership-of-margaret-thatcher).\nThe seat was abolished in 1997 and split between the [Finchley and Golders Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley-and-golders-green-uk-parliament-constituency) and [Chipping Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/chipping-barnet-uk-parliament-constituency) constituencies.\n# [Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1918–45 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Finchley1918.png]\n# [Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945–50 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Finchley1945.png]\n# [Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Final///Middlesex///constituencies///%281955-74%29.svg]\n\n# Boundaries\nIn 1918 the constituency was created as a county division of [Middlesex](https://bliptext.com/articles/middlesex), centred on the town of [Finchley](https://bliptext.com/articles/finchley), which before 1918 had been located in the [Hornsey constituency](https://bliptext.com/articles/hornsey-uk-parliament-constituency).\nIn 1934 the Finchley district became a [Municipal Borough](https://bliptext.com/articles/municipal-borough).\nIn 1945 there was an interim redistribution of parliamentary constituencies to split those with more than 100,000 electors, prior to the general redistribution of 1950.\nMiddlesex was significantly affected by the interim changes.\nIn 1950 the seat was re-classified as a borough constituency, with the boundaries reverting to those of 1918.\nIn 1965 the area of the constituency changed counties from Middlesex to London.\nSpecifically its areas joined with others to form the [London Borough of Barnet](https://bliptext.com/articles/london-borough-of-barnet) of [Greater London](https://bliptext.com/articles/greater-london).\n\n# Members of Parliament\n\n# Elections\n\n## Elections in the 1910s\n\n## Elections in the 1920s\n\n## Elections in the 1930s\nLiberal candidate [Lady Domini Crosfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/domini-crosfield) withdrew following the formation of the National Government.\n**General Election 1939–40**\nAnother General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940, but it was postponed after the outbreak of [World War II](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-ii).\nThe political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939, and by the end of that year the following candidates had been selected:\n\n## Elections in the 1940s\n\n## Elections in the 1950s\n \n \n\n## Elections in the 1960s\n \n \n \n \n\n## Elections in the 1970s\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Elections in the 1980s\n \n \n \n \n\n## Elections in the 1990s\n\n# Notes and references\n\n# Sources","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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