Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hampstead was a borough constituency, centered on the Hampstead area of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who was elected using the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Hampstead | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County of London |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Middlesex |
| Replaced by | Hampstead & Highgate |
It was created for the 1885 general election,[1] and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Hampstead and Highgate constituency.
1885–1918: The parish of St John, Hampstead.[2]
The parliamentary borough of Hampstead was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the civil parish of St John, Hampstead, Middlesex.[3] The parish had previously formed part of the Parliamentary County of Middlesex.[4] Hampstead lay within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and in 1889 this became the County of London. In 1900 the county was divided into twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, with the civil parish becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.[4]
Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn under the Representation of the People Act 1918, with boundaries in London realigned to those of the metropolitan boroughs. Accordingly, the Hampstead constituency was defined by the legislation as being identical in area to the metropolitan borough of the same name.[4][5] When the next redistribution was carried out under the Representation of the People Act 1948, the term "parliamentary borough" was replaced with "borough constituency". The renamed Hampstead Borough Constituency continued with the same boundaries, with the changes coming into effect for the 1950 general election.[6]
In 1965 both the County of London and the metropolitan boroughs were abolished. Hampstead became part of the larger London Borough of Camden.[4] The changes were not reflected in parliamentary boundaries until 1970. The constituency was officially renamed "Camden, Hampstead Borough Constituency" and was defined as comprising seven wards of the London Borough, namely Adelaide, Belsize, Hampstead Town, Kilburn, Priory, Swiss Cottage and West End.[7] The wards of the borough were altered in 1973, with Swiss Cottage ward replacing Hampstead Central in the constituency's definition.[4] These boundaries were used until 1983, when the seat was abolished.
Members of Parliament
Elections in the 1880s
Holland was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.
Holland was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Knutsford, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Election in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
- ^ T F T Baker; Diane K Bolton; Patricia E C Croot (1989). "Hampstead: Local Government". In C R Elrington (ed.). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington. pp. 130–138. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Fourth Schedule: New Boroughs
- ^ a b c d e Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 305, 742–745. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918. Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (London Borough of Camden) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/605, retrieved 26 February 2023
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 10. ISBN 0102374805.
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918