Overview
Holborn was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holborn district of Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Holborn & St Pancras South.
Boundaries
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of-
so much of the Holborn District as comprises the Parishes of—
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr, and
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place.
The St Giles District:
Gray's Inn,
Furnival's Inn,
Staple Inn, and
Lincoln's Inn.
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