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Islington South & Finsbury

Islington South and Finsbury
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Islington South and Finsbury in Greater London.
County Greater London
Electorate 67,613 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of parliament Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Islington South West, and Shoreditch and Finsbury
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European Parliament constituency London

Islington South and Finsbury /ˈɪzlɪŋtən sθ ənd fɪnzbri/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Emily Thornberry of the Labour Party.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Islington wards of Barnsbury, Bunhill, Clerkenwell, Pentonville, St Mary, St Peter, and Thornhill.

1983–2010: As above, save that Pentonville was abolished and Canonbury East, Canonbury West, Hillmarton, Holloway were created or added to the seat.

2010–present: As above minus Hillmarton, and Thornhill; plus Caledonian ward; note Canonbury East and West ward from this date merged into Canonbury.

The seat covers the southern part of the London Borough of Islington, including Barnsbury, Canonbury, major parts of Holloway, Kings Cross and the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, which includes Bunhill, Pentonville and Clerkenwell.


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