The historic county of Middlesex in south east England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Middlesex.

From early times the City of London and the rest of Middlesex had different sheriffs and other administrative arrangements. However apart from this the historic county was not divided, for administrative purposes, until 1889. In that year the urbanised east of the county became part of the new administrative county of London; administered by the London County Council. The less built up north and west of the county formed the administrative county of Middlesex; administered by Middlesex County Council.

In 1965 the Greater London Council was formed. Greater London absorbed the administrative county of London and surrounding territory, including almost all of the administrative county of Middlesex. The south west part of the historic county (then the Staines Urban District and the Sunbury on Thames Urban District but from 1974 the borough of Spelthorne) was transferred to the administrative county of Surrey. A smaller part of the historic county, in the Potters Bar area, was transferred to the administrative county of Hertfordshire. In 1995 the village of Poyle, which had been a small area in the north of Spelthorne, was transferred to Berkshire.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Middlesex, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889 and 1965. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Middlesex. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

In the distribution of seats in effect from 1974 to 1983 the official name of the Greater London seats included a London Borough prefix. In most cases this is not used in the article names. There were also instances when a distinctive constituency name had, at different periods, been prefixed by different borough names. In those cases the distinctive constituency name alone is usually used in the article name. See the notes column for further details.

Key to abbreviations:-

  • (Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency, UC University constituency.
  • (Administrative County in Notes) B shire county of Berkshire, GL Greater London (from 1965), H administrative/shire county of Hertfordshire (from 1965), L administrative county of London (1889–1965), M1 historic county of Middlesex (to 1889), M2 administrative county of Middlesex (1889–1965), S administrative/shire county of Surrey (from 1965).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes
ActonCC (1918–1950)191819831M2, GL: Ealing, 1974-1983
BC (1950–1983)
Barons CourtBC195519741L, GL
Bethnal GreenBC195019741L, GL
Bethnal Green and BowBC197419831GL: Tower Hamlets, 1974-1983
1997*
Bethnal Green and StepneyBC198319971GL
Bethnal Green North EastBC188519501M1, L
Bethnal Green South WestBC188519501M1, L
Bow and BromleyBC188519501M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Poplar, 1918–1950
Bow and PoplarBC198319971GL
Brent CentralBCnext*1GL
Brent EastBC1974next1GL
Brent NorthBC1974*1GL
Brent SouthBC1974next1GL
BrentfordCC188519181M1, M2
Brentford and ChiswickCC191819741M2, GL
Brentford and IsleworthBC1974*1GL: Hounslow, 1974-1983
ChelseaBC186819972 (1868–1885)M1, L, GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983
1 (1885–1997)
Chelsea and FulhamBCnext*1GL
EalingCC (1885–1918)188519451M1, M2
BC (1918–1945)
Ealing ActonBC198319971GL
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's
Bush
BC1997next1GL
Ealing Central and ActonBCnext*1GL
Ealing EastBC194519501M2
Ealing NorthBC1950next1M2, GL
Ealing SouthBC195019741M2, GL
Ealing SouthallBC1983*1GL
Ealing WestBC194519501M2
EdmontonBC1918*1M2, GL: Enfield, 1974-1983
EnfieldCC188519501M1, M2
Enfield EastBC195019741M2, GL
Enfield NorthBC1974*1GL
Enfield SouthgateBC1983*1GL
Enfield WestBC195019741M2, GL
FelthamBC195519741M2, GL
Feltham and HestonBC1974*1GL: Hounslow, 1974-1983
FinchleyCC (1918–1950)191819971M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983
BC (1950–1997)
Finchley and Golders GreenBC1997*1GL
FinsburyBC183218852M1
191819501L
Finsbury CentralBC188519181M1, L
Finsbury EastBC188519181M1, L
FulhamBC188519181M1, L, GL: Hammersmith, 1974-1983
19551997
Fulham EastBC191819551L
Fulham WestBC191819551L
HackneyBC186818852M1
Hackney CentralBC188519501M1, L, GL
19551983
Hackney NorthBC188519501M1, L
Hackney North and Stoke
Newington
BC1950*1L, GL: Inc. Stoke Newington & Hackney North 1950-74
Hackney SouthBC188519551M1, L
Hackney South and ShoreditchBC1974*1GL
HammersmithBC188519181M1, L, GL
19831997
next*
Hammersmith and FulhamBC1997next1GL
Hammersmith NorthBC191819831L, GL
Hammersmith SouthBC191819551L
HampsteadBC188519831M1, L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983
Hampstead and HighgateBC1983next1GL
Hampstead and KilburnBCnext*1GL
HarrowCC188519451M1, M2
Harrow CentralBC195019831M2, GL
Harrow EastBC1945*1M2, GL
Harrow WestBC1945*1M2, GL
Hayes and HarlingtonBC1950*1M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-83
HendonCC191819451M2, GL
BC1997next
Hendon NorthBC194519971M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983
Hendon SouthBC194519971M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983
Heston and IsleworthBC194519741M2, GL
HolbornBC188519501M1, L: Inc. Finsbury, 1885–1918
Holborn and St PancrasBC1983*1GL
Holborn and St Pancras SouthBC195019831L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983
HornseyCC (1885–1918)188519831M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983
BC (1918–1983)
Hornsey and Wood GreenBC1983*1GL
Islington CentralBC197419831GL
Islington EastBC188519741M1, L, GL
Islington NorthBC1885*1M1, L, GL
Islington SouthBC188519501M1, L
Islington South and FinsburyBC1974*1GL
Islington South WestBC195019741L, GL
Islington WestBC188519501M1, L
KensingtonBC197419971GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983
next*
Kensington and ChelseaBC1997next1GL
Kensington NorthBC188519741M1, L, GL
Kensington SouthBC188519741M1, L, GL
LimehouseBC188519501M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Stepney, 1918–1950
Cities of London and WestminsterBC195019741L, GL: See City of London and Westminster South
1997*
City of LondonBC129819504 (1295-1654)M1, L 1, GL
6 (1654–1658)
4 (1658–1885)
2 (1885–1950)
City of London and Westminster
South
BC197419971GL: See Cities of London and Westminster
London UniversityUC186819501M1, L
MaryleboneBC183218852M1
Marylebone EastBC188519181M1, L
Marylebone WestBC188519181M1, L
MiddlesexCC129018852 (1290-1654)M1
4 (1654–1658)
2 (1658–1885)
Mile EndBC188519501M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Stepney, 1918–1950
PaddingtonBC197419831GL
Paddington NorthBC188519741M1, L, GL
Paddington SouthBC188519741M1, L, GL
PoplarBC188519741M1, L, GL: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918
Poplar and Canning TownBC1997next1GL: Inc. part of historic county of Essex
Poplar and LimehouseBCnext*1GL
South PoplarBC191819501L 2
Regent's Park and Kensington NorthBC1997next1GL
Ruislip-NorthwoodBC1950next1M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-83
Ruislip, Northwood and PinnerBCnext*1GL
St GeorgeBC188519181M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918
St George Hanover SquareBC188519181M1, L: See Westminster St George's 1918-1950
St MaryleboneBC191819831L, GL: City of Wesrminster, 1974-1983
St Pancras EastBC188519181M1, L
St Pancras NorthBC188519831M1, L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983
St Pancras SouthBC188519181M1, L
St Pancras South EastBC191819501L
St Pancras South WestBC191819501L
St Pancras WestBC188519181M1, L
ShoreditchBC191819501L
Shoreditch and FinsburyBC195019741L, GL
Shoreditch HaggerstonBC188519181M1, L
Shoreditch HoxtonBC188519181M1, L
SouthallBC194519831M2, GL: Ealing, 1974-1983
SouthgateBC195019831M2, GL: Enfield, 1974-1983
SpelthorneCC (1918–1974)1918*1M2, S
BC (1974-*)
StepneyBC188519181M1, L, GL: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918
19501974
Stepney and PoplarBC197419831GL: Tower Hamlets, 1974-1983
Stoke NewingtonBC191819501L
StrandBC188519181M1, L
TottenhamCC188519181M1, M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983
BC1950*
Tottenham NorthBC191819501M2
Tottenham SouthBC191819501M2
Tower HamletsBC183218852M1
TwickenhamCC (1918–1945)1918*1M2, GL: Richmond upon Thames, 1974-1983
BC (1945-*)
UxbridgeCC (1885–1974)1885next1M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-1983
BC (1974-next)
Uxbridge and South RuislipBCnext*1GL
Wembley NorthBC194519741M2, GL
Wembley SouthBC194519741M2, GL
WestminsterBC154519182 (1545-1885)M1, L
1 (1885–1918)
Westminster AbbeyBC191819501L
Westminster NorthBC198319971GL
next*
Westminster St George'sBC191819501L: See St George Hanover Square 1885-1918
WhitechapelBC188519181M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918
Whitechapel and St George'sBC191819501L: Stepney, 1918–1950
Willesden EastBC191819741M2, GL
Willesden WestBC191819741M2, GL
Wood GreenCC (1918–1950)191819831M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983
BC (1950–1983)

Notes:-

  • 1 Not technically part of the administrative county of London, but it was surrounded by it and was not part of any other administrative county.
  • 2 This constituency is strictly the South Poplar division of Poplar. As 'Poplar South Poplar' would include the borough name twice, the official name of the constituency is referred to as 'South Poplar'. The existing article calls the seat 'Poplar South' (which is in the usual form for a borough constituency, but does not match the unusual official name of the seat). A redirect exists from the official name to the article name.

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes
Chipping BarnetBC1997 1*1GL: Inc. Whetstone, Friern Barnet and parts of Cockfosters and Southgate from Mx
HertsmereCC1983*1H: Includes Potters Bar from Mx
South HertfordshireCC197419831H: Includes Potters Bar from Mx
WindsorCC1997*1B: Includes Poyle from Mx

Note:-

  • 1 The constituency is in Greater London and mostly forms part of the historic county of Hertfordshire. The seat was created in 1974, but it was not until the 1997 redistribution that it included part of the historic county of Middlesex.

Summaries

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Type1290129815451832186818851918194519501955197419831997next
Borough-1257404252494943373432
County11111710722----
University----1111------
Total12369485360515143373432

Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period

Type129012981545165416581832186818851918194519501955197419831997next
Borough-46861216414353494943373432
County2224222710722----
University------1111------
Total2681281419495461515143373432

Results

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 86 87 89 1892 1895 99 1900 1906 07 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 15 16
Brentford Coope Bigwood Rutherford Compton Joynson-Hicks
Ealing Hamilton Nield
Enfield Pleydell-Bouverie Bowles Branch Newman
Harrow Ambrose Cox Gibb Mallaby-Deeley
Hornsey McGarel-Hogg Stephens Balfour Dundas Jones
Tottenham Howard Alden
Uxbridge Dixon-Hartland C. Mills A. Mills

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

Constituency 1918 20 21 1922 23 1923 24 1924 1929 29 1931 32 34 1935 38 41 43 1945 45 48
Ealing / Ealing East (1945) Nield Sanderson
Hornsey Jones Ward Wallace Gammans
Twickenham Joynson-Hicks Ferguson Murray-Philipson Critchley Keeling
Wood Green Locker-Lampson Baxter
Finchley Newman Robertson Cadogan Crowder
Harrow / Harrow W (1945) Mosley Salmon Bower
Brentford and Chiswick Morden Mitchell Noel-Baker
Hendon / Hendon North (1945) Cunliffe-Lister Blair Ayrton-Gould
Spelthorne Pilditch Blaker Pargiter
Uxbridge Peel Burney Llewellin Beswick
Willesden East Mallaby-Deeley Johnstone Stanley Somerville Hammersley Orbach
Acton Brittain Shillaker Duggan Longhurst Sparks
Enfield Bowles Fermor-Hesketh Henderson Applin Henderson Applin Bull Davies
Tottenham South Malone Alden Malone Messer Palmer Messer
Willesden West Pinkham Furness Viant Tate Viant
Edmonton Warren Broad Rutherford Broad Durbin Albu
Tottenham North Prescott Morrison Doran Morrison Irving
Ealing West Hudson
Harrow East Skinnard
Hendon South Lucas-Tooth
Heston and Isleworth Williams
Southall Ayles
Wembley North Hobson
Wembley South Barton

1950 to 1974

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1950 51 1951 53 55 1955 57 58 59 1959 60 61 62 1964 1966 68 1970 70 71 72
Acton Sparks Holland Floud Baker Spearing
Brentford and Chiswick Lucas Smith Barnes
Ealing North Hudson Barter Molloy
Ealing South Maude Batsford
Edmonton Albu
Enfield East Davies Mackie
Enfield West Macleod Parkinson
Feltham N/A Hunter Kerr
Finchley Crowder Thatcher
Harrow Central Bishop Grant
Harrow East Harvey Courtney Roebuck Dykes
Harrow West Bower Braithwaite Page
Hayes and Harlington Ayles Skeffington Sandelson
Hendon North Orr-Ewing Gorst
Hendon South Lucas-Tooth Thomas
Heston and Isleworth Harris Hayhoe
Hornsey D. Gammans M. Gammans Rossi
Ruislip Northwood Crowder
Southall Pargiter Bidwell
Southgate Baxter Berry
Spelthorne Craddock Atkins
Tottenham Messer Brown Atkinson
Twickenham Keeling Cooke Jessel
Uxbridge Beswick Curran Ryan Curran Shersby
Wembley North Bullus
Wembley South Russell
Willesden East Orbach Skeet Freeson
Willesden West Viant Pavitt
Wood Green Irving Butler

See also

References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
  • The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
  • The House of Commons 1558-1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
  • The House of Commons 1660-1690, by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
  • The House of Commons 1715-1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
  • The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
  • The House of Commons 1790-1820, by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) out of copyright
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