Holborn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

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

Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

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.

Holborn in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918

Holborn in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50

Quick Facts 1885–1950, Seats ...

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.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Duncan	3,651	65.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Dadabhai Naoroji	1,950	34.8	−3.1
Majority			1,701	30.4	+6.2
Turnout			5,601	57.1	−9.4
Registered electors			9,802
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gainsford Bruce	4,398	56.2	−9.0
	Liberal	William Compton	3,433	43.8	+9.0
Majority			965	12.4	−18.0
Turnout			7,831	68.8	+11.7
Registered electors			11,383
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gainsford Bruce	4,949	66.6	+1.4
	Lib-Lab	George Bateman^[3]	2,477	33.4	−1.4
Majority			2,472	33.2	+2.8
Turnout			7,426	60.8	+3.7
Registered electors			12,214
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.4

Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hall	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Remnant	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Remnant	3,881	58.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	Stephen Miall	2,706	41.1	New
Majority			1,175	17.8	N/A
Turnout			6,587	71.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,242
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Remnant	4,847	68.2	+9.3
	Liberal	Richard Stapley	2,262	31.8	-9.3
Majority			2,585	36.4	+18.6
Turnout			7,109	82.6	+11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Remnant	4,313	72.8	+4.6
	Liberal	C. R. Cooke-Taylor	1,615	27.2	-4.6
Majority			2,698	45.6	+9.2
Turnout			5,928	68.9	-13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	James Remnant	6,874	86.3	+13.5
	Independent Labour	John Hazelwood Worrall	1,091	13.7	New
Majority			5,783	72.6	+27.0
Turnout			7,965	39.1	−29.8
Registered electors			20,371
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Remnant	8,996	70.5	−15.8
	Liberal	John Salter Stooke-Vaughan	3,757	29.5	New
Majority			5,239	41.0	−31.6
Turnout			12,753	47.2	+8.1
Registered electors			26,991
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Remnant	7,892	59.4	−11.1
	Liberal	John Salter Stooke-Vaughan	3,349	25.2	−4.3
	Labour	Augustus West	2,044	15.4	New
Majority			4,543	34.2	−6.8
Turnout			13,285	48.8	+1.6
Registered electors			27,218
	Unionist hold		Swing	−3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Remnant	11,428	75.5	+16.1
	Labour	W.W. Messer	3,718	24.5	+9.1
Majority			7,710	51.0	+16.8
Turnout			15,146	55.1	+6.3
Registered electors			27,490
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.5

1928 Holborn by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stuart Bevan	6,365	59.7	−15.8
	Labour	Percy Allott	2,238	21.0	−3.5
	Liberal	Thomas Morton	2,062	19.3	New
Majority			4,127	38.7	−12.3
Turnout			10,665	39.0	−16.1
Registered electors			27,357
	Unionist hold		Swing	−6.2

General election 1929: Holborn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stuart Bevan	10,093	56.8	−18.7
	Labour	Fitzroy William Hickinbottom	4,530	25.5	+1.0
	Liberal	Thomas Morton	3,150	17.7	N/A
Majority			5,563	31.3	−19.7
Turnout			17,773	54.1	−1.0
Registered electors			32,862
	Unionist hold		Swing	−9.9

General election 1931: Holborn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Bevan	16,094	84.7	+27.9
	Labour	Fitzroy W. Hickinbottom	2,916	15.3	-10.2
Majority			13,178	69.4	+28.1
Turnout			33,543	56.7	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19.1

General election 1935: Holborn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Tasker	11,654	72.9	-11.8
	Labour	Richard S. Jeffries	4,325	27.1	+11.8
Majority			7,329	45.8	-23.6
Turnout			32,641	49.0	-7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Aitken	6,061	54.1	-18.8
	Labour	Irene Marcousé	5,136	45.9	+18.8
Majority			925	8.2	-37.6
Turnout			16,394	68.3	+19.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.8