Politics
The first borough council was elected on November 1, 1900, when Conservative-supported Unionist and Moderate candidates took control. From 1903 to 1906 the Progressive Party held power. From 1906 to 1925 the Municipal Reform Party (allied to the Conservatives) controlled the borough. In 1925 a Ratepayer's Association stood in place of the Municipal Reformers, replacing them as majority party. From 1928 to 1931, the Labour Party held control, with the Ratepayers holding power from 1931 to 1934. In 1934 Labour regained power, which it held until the abolition of the borough in 1965.
The number of councillors returned at each election to the council was as follows:
- Local elections
| Year | 1900 | 1903 | 1906 | 1909 | 1912 | 1919 | 1922 | 1925 | 1928 | 1931 | 1934 | 1937 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionists | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Moderates | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Progressives | 10 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |||||||
| Liberals | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pro-conservatives | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Municipal Reform | 34 | 46 | 48 | 32 | 47 | 6 | |||||||
| Ratepayers Assoc | 40 | 27 | 47 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||
| Labour | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 47 | 48 | 47 | ||||
| Unofficial Labour | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Communist | 1 |
No Municipal Reform candidates were nominated after 1946, and Conservative candidates were nominated at local elections for the first time.
| Year | 1949 | 1953 | 1956 | 1959 | 1962 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 24 | 37 | 29 | 32 | |
| Conservative | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Vacancies | 5 |
For elections to Parliament, the borough initially formed the two constituencies of Finsbury Central and Finsbury East. In 1918 a new constituency of Finsbury was formed which was identical with the metropolitan borough. By 1950 the population of the borough had declined to such an extent that the Finsbury constituency was merged with the neighbouring constituency of Shoreditch to became Shoreditch and Finsbury.
There are some street nameplates which retain the label "Borough of Finsbury"
Read more about this topic: Metropolitan Borough Of Finsbury
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“The word “revolution” itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the “revolution” of a wheel which returns in the end to the same place; the “revolving door” of a politics which has “liberated” women only to use them, and only within the limits of male tolerance.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country—and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”
—Charles Krauthammer (b. 1950)
“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)