Stoke Newington 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 of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...

in the parliamentary county of

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from 1918 – 1950. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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Boundaries

The constituency was identical in area to the

Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it became part of the London Borough of Hackney. Formation and boundaries Predecessor authorities The borough was the suc ...

History

The seat was created under the

Representation of the People Act 1918 The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The Act extended the franchise in parliamentary elections, also ...

for the 1918 general election, and abolished under the

Representation of the People Act 1948 The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including ...

for the 1950 general election, and largely replaced by the newly created Hackney North & Stoke Newington constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

* denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

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; * Conservative:

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* Labour:

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* Liberal: Harold GordonThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 *

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: Edward Whinfield

References

* {{Historic constituencies in London , 1832 = n , 1868 = n , 1885 = n , 1918 = y , 1950 = n , 1955 = n , 1974 = n , 1983 = n , 1997 = n Parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Hackney Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Stoke Newington