Election Results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 1945: Finsbury Electorate: 21,615 Turnout: 13,815 (63.9%) +7.7 |
Labour hold Majority: 5,757 (41.6%) +30.0 |
John Faithful Fortescue Platts-Mills | Labour | 9,786 | 70.8 | +15.0 | ||
| Frederick Frank Arthur Burden | Conservative | 4,029 | 29.2 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1935: Finsbury Electorate: 42,736 Turnout: 24,008 (56.2%) −1.9 |
Labour Co-op gain from National Labour Majority: 2,808 (11.6%) +37.8 |
Rev. George Savile Woods | Labour Co-op | 13,408 | 55.8 | +18.9 | ||
| Sir George Masterman Gillett | National Labour | 10,600 | 44.2 | −18.9 | ||||
| General Election 1931: Finsbury Electorate: 47,222 Turnout: 27,425 (58.1%) −7.9 |
National Labour gain from Labour Majority: 7,159 (26.2%) N/A |
Sir George Masterman Gillett | National Labour | 17,292 | 63.1 | N/A | ||
| Thomas Edward Williams | Labour | 10,133 | 36.9 | −19.6 | ||||
| General Election 1929: Finsbury Electorate: 48,225 Turnout: 31,851 (66.0%) −0.3 |
Labour hold Majority: 8,944 (28.2%) +25.4 |
George Masterman Gillett | Labour | 17,970 | 56.5 | +9.5 | ||
| William Ray | Conservative | 9,026 | 28.3 | −15.9 | ||||
| William John Pinard | Liberal | 4,855 | 15.2 | +6.4 | ||||
| General Election 1924: Finsbury Electorate: 39,701 Turnout: 26,330 (66.3%) +12.5 |
Labour hold Majority: 720 (2.8%) −6.0 |
George Masterman Gillett | Labour | 12,363 | 47.0 | +4.6 | ||
| Rear-Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor | Conservative | 11,643 | 44.2 | +10.6 | ||||
| Robert Shaw | Liberal | 2,324 | 8.8 | −15.2 | ||||
| General Election 1923: Finsbury Electorate: 39,109 Turnout: 21,024 (53.8%) −0.5 |
Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 1,844 (8.8%) +30.1 |
George Masterman Gillett | Labour | 8,907 | 42.4 | +19.1 | ||
| Sir Martin Archer-Shee | Conservative | 7,063 | 33.6 | −11.0 | ||||
| Alfred Henry Scott | Liberal | 5,054 | 24.0 | −6.4 | ||||
| General Election 1922: Finsbury Electorate: 38,705 Turnout: 21,018 (54.3%) +14.8 |
Conservative hold Majority: 2,998 (14.2%) −13.4 |
Martin Archer-Shee | Conservative | 9,382 | 44.6 | −19.2 | ||
| Harry Gilpin | Liberal | 6,384 | 30.4 | −5.8 | ||||
| George Masterman Gillett | Labour | 4,903 | 23.3 | N/A | ||||
| Christopher Roland Morden | Independent Labour | 349 | 1.7 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1918: Finsbury Electorate: 34,873 Turnout: 13,763 (39.5%) |
Coalition Conservative win Majority: 3,801 (27.6%) |
Martin Archer-Shee | Coalition Conservative | 8,782 | 63.8 | |||
| Harry Evan Auguste Cotton | Liberal | 4,981 | 36.2 | |||||
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