Hackney North was a

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in "The Metropolis" (later the

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). It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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History

Elections have been held here since

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in 1265 for the

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. Under the

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of 1832 and from then onward, Hackney formed part of the new Parliamentary Borough of

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. This much larger area than today's borough with that name was only divided with the creation of the two seat constituency of Hackney at the 1868 general election, comprising the large parishes of

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and Shoreditch. This was a creation of the Second Reform Act or the officially termed

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, 1867. Hackney's increased democratic representation provided suffrage for the first time to working-class men but was originally intended to increase the number of seats held in the House of Commons by the Conservative Party. The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 when the two-member Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was split into three single-member divisions. The seat, officially the Northern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act, 1948 for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

Boundaries

1885–1918

In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of: *The Parish of Stoke Newington (previously part of the Parliamentary Borough of Finsbury) *No. 1 or

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of Hackney Parish *No. 2 or West Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish *The part of No. 5 or Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish north of the centres of Evering Road, Upper Clapton Road, and Southwold Road.Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., ''Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.''

1918–1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Seats in the

were redefined in terms of wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs that had been created in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. The

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was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney North was defined as consisting of : *Stamford Hill Ward *The part of Clapton Park Ward to the north of a line drawn along the centres of Glenarm Road, Glyn Road and Redwald Road to its junction with Maclaren Street, thence across the recreation grounds in Daubeney Road to the borough boundary at a point fifty feet north of a boundary post situate at the junction of the Waterworks River with the River Lea at Lead Mill Point. *The part of West Hackney Ward to the north and west of the centre of Shacklewell Lane.Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, ''Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats'' Stoke Newington was removed from the seat, and became a separate constituency.

Redistribution

The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The Borough of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. The bulk of Hackney North passed to the Stoke Newington and Hackney North seat.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hackney North (Uk Parliament Constituency) 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 Parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Hackney