Islington South & Finsbury

Islington South and Finsbury
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
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
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Islington South and Finsbury /ˈɪzlɪŋtən saʊθ 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.