Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney was a two-seat constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created under the Representation of the People Act, 1867 from the former northern parishes of the Tower Hamlets constituency and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885.
The constituency existed in its two-seat form for three general elections and returned two Liberal Party Members at each election until its abolition. At abolition it was noted intense house- and apartment building had occurred within its boundaries and it was divided into seven single seats.
Boundaries
The vestry of the civil parish of Hackney became a local government authority in 1855.The parliamentary borough of Hackney was established in 1868 and its area formed part of the east of the historic county of Middlesex. It comprised:
| Parishes included | Population in 1871 | Population in 1881 | Total electorate 7 Dec 1868 | Total electorate of 20 Nov 1884 |
| The Parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch | not known | not known | 40,613 | 48,076 |
| The Parish of St Matthew, Bethnal Green | non known | not known | 40,613 | 48,076 |
| The Parish of St John, Hackney | 115,110 | 163,681 | 40,613 | 48,076 |
The area thus formed the northern rump of Shoreditch and rest of the north of the former parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets. The area was to the east of Islington and Hornsey, south of Tottenham in its county and west of Walthamstow in Essex.
In 1885 the two-member constituency was abolished. In 1889 the former area, for administrative purposes, became part of the London County Council local authority. In 1900 the main civil vestry was dissolved and the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was created. Since 1965 it has been part of Greater London.
Members of Parliament
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.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
- Election declared void on petition
Elections in the 1880s
The death of Fawcett caused a by-election.