| Shoreditch and Finsbury | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Greater London |
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.
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.
| 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 | constituency abolished | |||