Finchley (full name: Finchley and Friern Barnet) was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1997 with the area becoming part of the new constituency of Finchley and Golders Green A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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The constituency covered Finchley and Friern Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. ... Friern Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough of northern outer London. ...
Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Since the abolition of the Lambeth Central constituency in 1983, the constituency has included all of Kennington and Stockwell, and the northern parts of Clapham and Brixton as well as the area commonly known as Vauxhall.
The local government wards in the constituency are currently divided between Labour and Liberal Democrats on Lambeth Council, with a lone Conservative representing Clapham Town ward until losing the seat in the 2006 local elections.
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