Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hackney
Type = Borough
Year = 1868
Abolition = 1885
members = two

Hackney was a two seat constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom created under the Representation of the People Act, 1867 from the division of the county constituency of Middlesex and reformed under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 as Hackney North, Hackney Central and Hackney South.

The constituency existed in this two seat form for three general elections and returned two Liberal Party Members at each until its abolition and division into one seat constituencies.

Boundaries

The vestry of the civil parish of Hackney became a local government authority in 1855. The parish had a population in 1871 of 115,110 and in 1881 of 163,681.

The parliamentary borough of Hackney was established in 1868 and its area formed part of the eastern half of the historic county of Middlesex. It was situated to the north of Shoreditch and Tower Hamlets (although Hackney itself was accounted the northernmost of the Hamlets in the nineteenth century). The area was to the east of Islington and Hornsey, south of Tottenham and west of Walthamstow in the historic county of Essex.

In 1885 the parliamentary borough was split into Central, North and South divisions. In 1889 the area, for administrative purposes, became part of the London County Council local authority. In 1900 the civil vestry was dissolved and the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was created (with the same boundaries as before). Since 1965 it has been part of Greater London.

Members of Parliament

* "Constituency created" (1868)
*"Constituency abolished" (1885)

Elections

Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.

Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.

Election box begin
title=General Election 1868: Hackney (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Reed
votes = 14,785
percentage = 35.95
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Holms
votes = 12,243
percentage = 29.77
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Salisbury Butler
votes = 6,825
percentage = 16.59
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = C.L. Webb
votes = 2,633
percentage = 6.40
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = L.S. Dickson
votes = 2,575
percentage = 6.26
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.J. Homer
votes = 2,021
percentage = 5.04
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 41,132
percentage = 50.64
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 40,613

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title=General Election 1874: Hackney (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Holms
votes = 6,968
percentage = 34.54
change = -4.77Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Reed
votes = 6,893
percentage = 34.17
change = -1.78Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W.J. Gill
votes = 6,310
percentage = 31.28
change = +24.88Election box turnout
votes = 20,171
percentage = 24.68
change = -25.96Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 40,870
* "Election declared void on petition"

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title=By-Election 25 April 1874: Hackney (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Holms
votes = 10,905
percentage = 35.90
change = +1.36Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Fawcett
votes = 10,476
percentage = 34.49
change = +34.49Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W.J. Gill
votes = 8,994
percentage = 29.61
change = -1.67Election box turnout
votes = 30,375
percentage = 37.16
change = +12.48Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 40,870

Election box begin
title=General Election 1880: Hackney (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Fawcett
votes = 18,366
percentage = 40.19
change = +5.70Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Holms
votes = 16,997
percentage = 37.20
change = +1.30Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = G.C.F. Bartley
votes = 10,332
percentage = 22.61
change = -7.00Election box turnout
votes = 45,693
percentage = 52.19
change = +15.03Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 43,773
* "Appointment of Fawcett as Postmaster General and Holms as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 7 May 1880: Hackney (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Fawcett
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Holms
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Fawcett"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 20 November 1884: HackneyElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = James Stuart
votes = 14,540
percentage = 62.99
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. MacAlister
votes = 8,543
percentage = 37.01
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,997
percentage = 25.98
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 23,083
percentage = 48.01
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 48,076Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Constituency abolished (1885)"

References

* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
* "Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910". by Henry Pelling (Macmillan 1967)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885", edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)