In its early years the borough was coterminous with the ancient
Tower Hamlets, an area which covered the area of the modern
London Borough of Tower Hamlets as well as
Shoreditch and
Hackney (the parish rather than the larger modern borough), thus extending from the edge of the
City of London to the
Lea. In 1868, the borough was split in two, with the southern part retaining the name.
Tower Hamlets in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1868 to 1885.
The
Representation of the People Act 1867 widened the parliamentary franchise and also effected a redistribution of seats. This, along with a rapidly increasing population in the East End, resulted in the existing entity being reduced, shedding the parishes of Bethnal Green, Hackney and Shoreditch forming a separate
Hackney constituency. The reformed Tower Hamlets was defined as comprising:[3]
The Whitechapel Union (Holy Trinity Minories, Mile End New Town,
Norton Folgate, Old Artillery Ground, St Botolph Without Aldgate, St Katherine by the Tower, Spitalfields, Whitechapel.)
Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.
Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.
^
abYoungs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London:
Royal Historical Society. p. 749.
ISBN0-901050-67-9.
^Representation of the People Act 1867 c.102, Schedule C
In its early years the borough was coterminous with the ancient
Tower Hamlets, an area which covered the area of the modern
London Borough of Tower Hamlets as well as
Shoreditch and
Hackney (the parish rather than the larger modern borough), thus extending from the edge of the
City of London to the
Lea. In 1868, the borough was split in two, with the southern part retaining the name.
Tower Hamlets in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1868 to 1885.
The
Representation of the People Act 1867 widened the parliamentary franchise and also effected a redistribution of seats. This, along with a rapidly increasing population in the East End, resulted in the existing entity being reduced, shedding the parishes of Bethnal Green, Hackney and Shoreditch forming a separate
Hackney constituency. The reformed Tower Hamlets was defined as comprising:[3]
The Whitechapel Union (Holy Trinity Minories, Mile End New Town,
Norton Folgate, Old Artillery Ground, St Botolph Without Aldgate, St Katherine by the Tower, Spitalfields, Whitechapel.)
Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.
Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.
^
abYoungs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London:
Royal Historical Society. p. 749.
ISBN0-901050-67-9.
^Representation of the People Act 1867 c.102, Schedule C