Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Holborn
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Holborn and St Pancras South
Created from Finsbury

Holborn was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holborn district of Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Holborn in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918 FinsburyHolborn.png
Holborn in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918
Holborn in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50 Holborn1918.png
Holborn in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Holborn & St Pancras South.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of-

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Francis Duncan Conservative
1888 Gainsford Bruce Conservative
1892 Sir Charles Hall Conservative
1900 Sir James Remnant Conservative
1912 Unionist
1928 Stuart Bevan Unionist
1935 Sir Robert Tasker Conservative
1945 Max Aitken Conservative
1950 constituency abolished: see Holborn and St Pancras South

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Charles Harrison Charles Harrison.jpg
Charles Harrison
General election 1885: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Duncan 4,047 62.1
Liberal Charles Harrison 2,47337.9
Majority1,57424.2
Turnout 6,52066.5
Registered electors 9,802
Conservative win (new seat)
Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji.jpg
Dadabhai Naoroji
General election 1886: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Duncan 3,651 65.2 +3.1
Liberal Dadabhai Naoroji 1,95034.8−3.1
Majority1,70130.4+6.2
Turnout 5,60157.1−9.4
Registered electors 9,802
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
Earl Compton Earl Compton.jpg
Earl Compton
By-election, 29 Nov 1888: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gainsford Bruce 4,398 56.2 −9.0
Liberal William Compton 3,43343.8+9.0
Majority96512.4−18.0
Turnout 7,83168.8+11.7
Registered electors 11,383
Conservative hold Swing -9.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gainsford Bruce 4,949 66.6 +1.4
Lib-Lab George Bateman [3] 2,47733.4−1.4
Majority2,47233.2+2.8
Turnout 7,42660.8+3.7
Registered electors 12,214
Conservative hold Swing +10.4

Bruce is appointed a judge on the Queen's Bench of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

1892 Holborn by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Hall Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1895: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Hall Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 Holborn by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Remnant Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1900: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Remnant Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1906: Holborn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Remnant 3,881 58.9 N/A
Liberal Stephen Miall2,70641.1New
Majority1,17517.8N/A
Turnout 6,58771.3N/A
Registered electors 9,242
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Remnant 4,847 68.2 +9.3
Liberal Richard Stapley 2,26231.8-9.3
Majority2,58536.4+18.6
Turnout 7,10982.6+11.3
Conservative hold Swing +9.3
General election December 1910: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Remnant 4,313 72.8 +4.6
Liberal C. R. Cooke-Taylor 1,61527.2-4.6
Majority2,69845.6+9.2
Turnout 5,92868.9-13.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.6

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist James Remnant 6,87486.3+13.5
Independent Labour John Hazelwood Worrall1,09113.7New
Majority5,78372.6+27.0
Turnout 7,96539.1−29.8
Registered electors 20,371
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Remnant 8,996 70.5 −15.8
Liberal John Salter Stooke-Vaughan3,75729.5New
Majority5,23941.0−31.6
Turnout 12,75347.2+8.1
Registered electors 26,991
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Remnant 7,892 59.4 −11.1
Liberal John Salter Stooke-Vaughan3,34925.2−4.3
Labour Augustus West2,04415.4New
Majority4,54334.2−6.8
Turnout 13,28548.8+1.6
Registered electors 27,218
Unionist hold Swing −3.4
General election 1924: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Remnant 11,428 75.5 +16.1
Labour W.W. Messer3,71824.5+9.1
Majority7,71051.0+16.8
Turnout 15,14655.1+6.3
Registered electors 27,490
Unionist hold Swing +3.5
1928 Holborn by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Stuart Bevan 6,365 59.7 −15.8
Labour Percy Allott 2,23821.0−3.5
Liberal Thomas Morton 2,06219.3New
Majority4,12738.7−12.3
Turnout 10,66539.0−16.1
Registered electors 27,357
Unionist hold Swing −6.2
General election 1929: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Stuart Bevan 10,093 56.8 −18.7
Labour Fitzroy William Hickinbottom4,53025.5+1.0
Liberal Thomas Morton 3,15017.7N/A
Majority5,56331.3−19.7
Turnout 17,77354.1−1.0
Registered electors 32,862
Unionist hold Swing −9.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Bevan 16,094 84.7 +27.9
Labour Fitzroy W. Hickinbottom2,91615.3-10.2
Majority13,17869.4+28.1
Turnout 33,54356.7+2.6
Conservative hold Swing +19.1
General election 1935: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Tasker 11,654 72.9 -11.8
Labour Richard S. Jeffries4,32527.1+11.8
Majority7,32945.8-23.6
Turnout 32,64149.0-7.7
Conservative hold Swing -11.8

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Max Aitken 6,061 54.1 -18.8
Labour Irene Marcousé 5,13645.9+18.8
Majority9258.2-37.6
Turnout 16,39468.3+19.3
Conservative hold Swing -18.8

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References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. ↑ "Liberals and Labour Candidates". Kirkintilloch Herald . 22 June 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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