Hackney Central was a
borough constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
in what was then the
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney.
Formation and boundaries
The borough was one of twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs c ...
, in
London
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. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
The constituency was created under the
Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 from
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 &n ...
, and abolished for the
1950 general election. It was recreated for the
1955 general election, and abolished again for the
1983 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The wards of Dalston and De Beauvoir Town, and part of Hackney ward.
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Downs, Hackney, and Kingsland, and part of West Hackney ward.
1955–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Albion, Chatham, Kenninghall, Kingsland, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Pembury, Rushmore, and Town Hall.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, Downs, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Rectory, and Wick.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885-1950
MPs 1955-1983
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
*Labour:
Fred Watkins
*Conservative: William Arthur
Fearnley-Whittingstall[The Law Journal - Volume 86 (1938)]
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
*
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
* Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. .
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1955
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Hackney