1885–1918: The parish of St John, Hampstead.
1918–1974: The
Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead 1974–1983:
London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide,
Belsize,
Hampstead Town,
Kilburn, Priory, Swiss Cottage and West End. The parliamentary borough of Hampstead was created by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the
civil parish of St John,
Hampstead,
Middlesex. The parish had previously formed part of the
Parliamentary County of Middlesex. Hampstead lay within the area of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and in 1889 this became the
County of London. In
1900 the county was divided into twenty-eight
metropolitan boroughs, with the civil parish becoming the
Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead. When the next redistribution was carried out under the
Representation of the People Act 1948, the term "parliamentary borough" was replaced with "borough constituency". The renamed Hampstead Borough Constituency continued with the same boundaries, with the changes coming into effect for the
1950 general election. In
1965 both the County of London and the metropolitan boroughs were abolished. Hampstead became part of the larger
London Borough of Camden. The wards of the borough were altered in 1973, with
Swiss Cottage ward replacing Hampstead Central in the constituency's definition. These boundaries were used until 1983, when the seat was abolished. ==Members of Parliament==