Hoxton (UK Parliament constituency)

Hoxton
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Shoreditch
Created from	Hackney

Hoxton was a borough constituency centred on the Hoxton district of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

Hoxton in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

A map showing the wards of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916

The constituency was created in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough of Shoreditch in the East End of London. The area was administered as part of the Tower division of the county of Middlesex.

The division consisted of the Church, Hoxton, Moorfields and Wenlock wards.

In 1889 there were administrative changes. The territory of the constituency was severed from Middlesex and included in the new County of London. The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.

In 1900 local government in London was rationalised. The civil parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch became part of a larger Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1918, the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch constituted a single parliamentary division of Shoreditch. The Hoxton division was abolished.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	James Stuart	Liberal
	1900	Claude George Drummond Hay	Conservative
	1910	Christopher Addison	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Stuart	3,084	60.1
	Conservative	Robert Arthur Germaine	2,047	39.9
Majority			1,037	20.2
Turnout			8,469	60.6

General Election 1886: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Stuart	2,324	52.8
	Conservative	Robert Arthur Germaine	2,079	47.2
Majority			245	5.6
Turnout			8,469	52.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.3

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Stuart	3,410	61.5
	Conservative	Claude George Drummond Hay	2,114	38.1
	Independent Labour	R. Donald	19	0.4
Majority			1,296	23.4
Turnout			8,011	69.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.9

James Stuart

General Election 1895: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Stuart	2,990	51.1
	Conservative	Claude George Drummond Hay	2,862	48.9
Majority			128	2.2
Turnout			8,789	66.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.6

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude George Drummond Hay	2,866	52.5
	Liberal	James Stuart	2,595	47.5
Majority			271	5.0
Turnout			7,789	70.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1906: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude George Drummond Hay	3,489	55.9
	Liberal	H. Ward	2,753	44.1
Majority			736	11.8
Turnout			7,754	80.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1910s

C. Addison

General Election January 1910: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Addison	3,736	52.4
	Conservative	Claude George Drummond Hay	3,398	47.6
Majority			338	4.8
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.3

General Election December 1910: Hoxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Addison	3,489	55.5
	Conservative	Francis Francis	2,795	44.5
Majority			694	11.0
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)