Parliamentary representation from Middlesex
The historic county of Middlesex in south east England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Middlesex.
From early times the City of London and the rest of Middlesex had different sheriffs and other administrative arrangements. However apart from this the historic county was not divided, for administrative purposes, until 1889. In that year the urbanised east of the county became part of the new administrative county of London; administered by the London County Council. The less built up north and west of the county formed the administrative county of Middlesex; administered by Middlesex County Council.
In 1965 the Greater London Council was formed. Greater London absorbed the administrative county of London and surrounding territory, including almost all of the administrative county of Middlesex. The south west part of the historic county was transferred to the administrative county of Surrey. A smaller part of the historic county, in the Potters Bar area, was transferred to the administrative county of Hertfordshire. In 1995 the village of Poyle, which had been a small area in the north of Spelthorne, was transferred to Berkshire.
The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Middlesex, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889 and 1965. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Middlesex. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.
List of constituencies
Article names are followed by. The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.In the distribution of seats in effect from 1974 to 1983 the official name of the Greater London seats included a London Borough prefix. In most cases this is not used in the article names. There were also instances when a distinctive constituency name had, at different periods, been prefixed by different borough names. In those cases the distinctive constituency name alone is usually used in the article name. See the notes column for further details.
Key to abbreviations:-
- BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency, UC University constituency.
- B shire county of Berkshire, GL Greater London, H administrative/shire county of Hertfordshire, L administrative county of London, M1 historic county of Middlesex, M2 administrative county of Middlesex, S administrative/shire county of Surrey.
Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county
| Constituency | Type | From | To | MPs | Notes |
| Acton | CC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Ealing, 1974-1983 |
| Acton | BC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Ealing, 1974-1983 |
| Barons Court | BC | 1955 | 1974 | 1 | L, GL |
| Bethnal Green | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | L, GL |
| Bethnal Green and Bow | BC | 1974 | 1983 | 1 | GL: Tower Hamlets, 1974-1983 |
| Bethnal Green and Bow | BC | 1997 | * | 1 | GL: Tower Hamlets, 1974-1983 |
| Bethnal Green and Stepney | BC | 1983 | 1997 | 1 | GL |
| Bethnal Green North East | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| Bethnal Green South West | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| Bow and Bromley | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Poplar, 1918–1950 |
| Bow and Poplar | BC | 1983 | 1997 | 1 | GL |
| Brent Central | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Brent East | BC | 1974 | next | 1 | GL |
| Brent North | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL |
| Brent South | BC | 1974 | next | 1 | GL |
| Brentford | CC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, M2 |
| Brentford and Chiswick | CC | 1918 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Brentford and Isleworth | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL: Hounslow, 1974-1983 |
| Chelsea | BC | 1868 | 1997 | 2 | M1, L, GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983 |
| Chelsea | BC | 1868 | 1997 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983 |
| Chelsea and Fulham | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Ealing | CC | 1885 | 1945 | 1 | M1, M2 |
| Ealing | BC | 1885 | 1945 | 1 | M1, M2 |
| Ealing Acton | BC | 1983 | 1997 | 1 | GL |
| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | GL |
| Ealing Central and Acton | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Ealing East | BC | 1945 | 1950 | 1 | M2 |
| Ealing North | BC | 1950 | next | 1 | M2, GL |
| Ealing South | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Ealing Southall | BC | 1983 | * | 1 | GL |
| Ealing West | BC | 1945 | 1950 | 1 | M2 |
| Edmonton | BC | 1918 | * | 1 | M2, GL: Enfield, 1974-1983 |
| Enfield | CC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, M2 |
| Enfield East | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Enfield North | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL |
| Enfield Southgate | BC | 1983 | * | 1 | GL |
| Enfield West | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Feltham | BC | 1955 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Feltham and Heston | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL: Hounslow, 1974-1983 |
| Finchley | CC | 1918 | 1997 | 1 | M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983 |
| Finchley | BC | 1918 | 1997 | 1 | M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983 |
| Finchley and Golders Green | BC | 1997 | * | 1 | GL |
| Finsbury | BC | 1832 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Finsbury | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| Finsbury Central | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Finsbury East | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Fulham | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Hammersmith, 1974-1983 |
| Fulham | BC | 1955 | 1997 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Hammersmith, 1974-1983 |
| Fulham East | BC | 1918 | 1955 | 1 | L |
| Fulham West | BC | 1918 | 1955 | 1 | L |
| Hackney | BC | 1868 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Hackney Central | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Hackney Central | BC | 1955 | 1983 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Hackney North | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| [Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney North and Stoke Newington] | BC | 1950 | * | 1 | L, GL: Inc. Stoke Newington & Hackney North 1950-74 |
| Hackney South | BC | 1885 | 1955 | 1 | M1, L |
| Hackney South and Shoreditch | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL |
| Hammersmith | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Hammersmith | BC | 1983 | 1997 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Hammersmith | BC | next | * | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | GL |
| Hammersmith North | BC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | L, GL |
| Hammersmith South | BC | 1918 | 1955 | 1 | L |
| Hampstead | BC | 1885 | 1983 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983 |
| Hampstead and Highgate | BC | 1983 | next | 1 | GL |
| Hampstead and Kilburn | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Harrow | CC | 1885 | 1945 | 1 | M1, M2 |
| Harrow Central | BC | 1950 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Harrow East | BC | 1945 | * | 1 | M2, GL |
| Harrow West | BC | 1945 | * | 1 | M2, GL |
| Hayes and Harlington | BC | 1950 | * | 1 | M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-83 |
| Hendon | CC | 1918 | 1945 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Hendon | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | M2, GL |
| Hendon North | BC | 1945 | 1997 | 1 | M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983 |
| Hendon South | BC | 1945 | 1997 | 1 | M2, GL: Barnet, 1974-1983 |
| Heston and Isleworth | BC | 1945 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Holborn | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L: Inc. Finsbury, 1885–1918 |
| Holborn and St Pancras | BC | 1983 | * | 1 | GL |
| Holborn and St Pancras South | BC | 1950 | 1983 | 1 | L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983 |
| Hornsey | CC | 1885 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
| Hornsey | BC | 1885 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
| Hornsey and Wood Green | BC | 1983 | * | 1 | GL |
| Islington Central | BC | 1974 | 1983 | 1 | GL |
| Islington East | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Islington North | BC | 1885 | * | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Islington South | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| Islington South and Finsbury | BC | 1974 | * | 1 | GL |
| Islington South West | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | L, GL |
| Islington West | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| Kensington | BC | 1974 | 1997 | 1 | GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983 |
| Kensington | BC | next | * | 1 | GL: Kensington and Chelsea, 1974-1983 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | GL |
| Kensington North | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Kensington South | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Limehouse | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Stepney, 1918–1950 |
| [Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster] | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | L, GL: See City of London and Westminster South |
| Cities of London and Westminster | BC | 1997 | * | 1 | L, GL: See City of London and Westminster South |
| City of London | BC | 1298 | 1950 | 4 | M1, L 1, GL |
| City of London | BC | 1298 | 1950 | 6 | M1, L 1, GL |
| City of London | BC | 1298 | 1950 | 4 | M1, L 1, GL |
| City of London | BC | 1298 | 1950 | 2 | M1, L 1, GL |
| City of London and Westminster South | BC | 1974 | 1997 | 1 | GL: See Cities of London and Westminster |
| London University | UC | 1868 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L |
| Marylebone | BC | 1832 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Marylebone East | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Marylebone West | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Middlesex | CC | 1290 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Middlesex | CC | 1290 | 1885 | 4 | M1 |
| Middlesex | CC | 1290 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Mile End | BC | 1885 | 1950 | 1 | M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918; Stepney, 1918–1950 |
| Paddington | BC | 1974 | 1983 | 1 | GL |
| Paddington North | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Paddington South | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL |
| Poplar | BC | 1885 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918 |
| Poplar and Canning Town | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | GL: Inc. part of historic county of Essex |
| Poplar and Limehouse | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| South Poplar | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L 2 |
| Regent's Park and Kensington North | BC | 1997 | next | 1 | GL |
| Ruislip-Northwood | BC | 1950 | next | 1 | M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-83 |
| Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| St George | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918 |
| St George Hanover Square | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L: See Westminster St George's 1918-1950 |
| St Marylebone | BC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | L, GL: City of Wesrminster, 1974-1983 |
| St Pancras East | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| St Pancras North | BC | 1885 | 1983 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Camden, 1974-1983 |
| St Pancras South | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| St Pancras South East | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| St Pancras South West | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| St Pancras West | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Shoreditch | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| Shoreditch and Finsbury | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | L, GL |
| Shoreditch Haggerston | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Shoreditch Hoxton | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Southall | BC | 1945 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Ealing, 1974-1983 |
| Southgate | BC | 1950 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Enfield, 1974-1983 |
| Spelthorne | CC | 1918 | * | 1 | M2, S |
| Spelthorne | BC | 1918 | * | 1 | M2, S |
| Stepney | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918 |
| Stepney | BC | 1950 | 1974 | 1 | M1, L, GL: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918 |
| Stepney and Poplar | BC | 1974 | 1983 | 1 | GL: Tower Hamlets, 1974-1983 |
| Stoke Newington | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| Strand | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Tottenham | CC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
| Tottenham | BC | 1950 | * | 1 | M1, M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
| Tottenham North | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | M2 |
| Tottenham South | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | M2 |
| Tower Hamlets | BC | 1832 | 1885 | 2 | M1 |
| Twickenham | CC | 1918 | * | 1 | M2, GL: Richmond upon Thames, 1974-1983 |
| Twickenham | BC | 1918 | * | 1 | M2, GL: Richmond upon Thames, 1974-1983 |
| Uxbridge | CC | 1885 | next | 1 | M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-1983 |
| Uxbridge | BC | 1885 | next | 1 | M2, GL: Hillingdon, 1974-1983 |
| Uxbridge and South Ruislip | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Wembley North | BC | 1945 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Wembley South | BC | 1945 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Westminster | BC | 1545 | 1918 | 2 | M1, L |
| Westminster | BC | 1545 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L |
| Westminster Abbey | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L |
| Westminster North | BC | 1983 | 1997 | 1 | GL |
| Westminster North | BC | next | * | 1 | GL |
| Westminster St George's | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L: See St George Hanover Square 1885-1918 |
| Whitechapel | BC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | M1, L: Tower Hamlets, 1885–1918 |
| Whitechapel and St George's | BC | 1918 | 1950 | 1 | L: Stepney, 1918–1950 |
| Willesden East | BC | 1918 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Willesden West | BC | 1918 | 1974 | 1 | M2, GL |
| Wood Green | CC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
| Wood Green | BC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | M2, GL: Haringey, 1974-1983 |
Notes:-1 Not technically part of the administrative county of London, but it was surrounded by it and was not part of any other administrative county.2 This constituency is strictly the South Poplar division of Poplar. As 'Poplar South Poplar' would include the borough name twice, the official name of the constituency is referred to as 'South Poplar'. The existing article calls the seat 'Poplar South'. A redirect exists from the official name to the article name.