Holborn was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holborn district of Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Holborn & St Pancras South.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of- so much of the Holborn District as comprises the Parishes of— St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr, and Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place. The St Giles District: Gray's Inn, Furnival's Inn, Staple Inn, and Lincoln's Inn.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty 1885 Francis Duncan Conservative 1888 Gainsford Bruce Conservative 1892 Sir Charles Hall Conservative 1900 Sir James Remnant Conservative 1912 Unionist 1928 Stuart Bevan Unionist 1935 Sir Robert Tasker Conservative 1945 Max Aitken Conservative 1950 constituency abolished: see Holborn and St Pancras South

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Bruce is appointed a judge on the Queen's Bench of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: Sir James Farquharson Remnant Liberal:

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

New constituency Ahead of the 1950 General Election, Holborn was reconstituted as Holborn and St Pancras South. This was brought about by joining the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn with part of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras: wards Five and Seven of the St Pancras South West constituency, and wards Six and Eight of St Pancras South East.

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