Parish of Islington; those Parts of the respective Parishes of Saint Sepulchre and Saint Andrew Holborn and of Furnivals Inn and Staple Inn respectively, which are situated without the Liberty of the City of London. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided the constituency, by then highly populated, into seven new single member constituencies. Four were divisions of a new Parliamentary Borough of Islington; while the Finsbury Parliamentary Borough was divided into three, named Central Division, East Division and Holborn Division. 1918–1950 seat The Representation of the People Act 1918 created a new single-member Finsbury Parliamentary borough in the County of London, identical to the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. In 1950, it was merged with the neighbouring borough of Shoreditch to become Shoreditch and Finsbury. Members of Parliament MPs 1832–1885 The parliamentary borough returned two members of parliament MPs 1918–1950 The borough was a single-member constituency. Elections Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s General Election 1939–40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: George Woods National Labour: Frederick Burden Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1860s Caused by Duncombe's death. Elections in the 1850s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1830s Caused by Grant's appointment as Governor of Bombay References Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4 c.64) Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c.64) Youngs, F. A., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.1, Southern England, London, 1979 Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Political history of Middlesex