Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)

Finchley
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County1918–1965 Middlesex
1965–1997 Greater London
1950–1997
SeatsOne
Replaced byFinchley & Golders Green (newly created seat)
Chipping Barnet (in part)
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromHornsey (bulk of seat formed former western part of)
Enfield (as to the Friern Barnet part)
Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1918–45
Finchley within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945–50
Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974.

Finchley was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by first-past-the-post voting; its longest-serving and best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Although boundary changes meant that she never again attained the large majority by which she won in 1959, her constituents nonetheless returned her by comfortable (9,000) majorities at general elections throughout her premiership.

The seat was abolished in 1997 and split between the Finchley and Golders Green and Chipping Barnet constituencies.