St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Pancras South
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
SeatsOne
Created from Marylebone
Replaced by St Pancras South East and St Pancras South West

St. Pancras South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

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Boundaries

St Pancras South in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918 StPancrasSouth1885.png
St Pancras South in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir Julian Goldsmid Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1896 b-e Herbert Jessel Liberal Unionist
1906 Philip Whitwell Wilson Liberal
Jan. 1910 Herbert Jessel Liberal Unionist
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Julian Goldsmid 2,225 52.6
Conservative John Blundell Maple 2,00347.4
Majority2225.2
Turnout 4,22878.9
Registered electors 5,357
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Julian Goldsmid 1,915 68.1 +20.7
Liberal Edward John Beale [2] 89731.920.7
Majority1,01836.2N/A
Turnout 2,81252.526.4
Registered electors 5,357
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +20.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Julian Goldsmid 2,470 54.9 13.2
Liberal Edward John Beale [2] 2,03345.1+13.2
Majority4379.826.4
Turnout 4,50373.7+21.2
Registered electors 6,106
Liberal Unionist hold Swing 13.2
George Montagu Harris George Montagu Harris.jpg
George Montagu Harris
General election 1895: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Julian Goldsmid 2,433 66.5 +11.6
Liberal George Montagu Harris1,22333.511.6
Majority1,21033.0+23.2
Turnout 3,65666.07.7
Registered electors 5,542
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +11.6

Goldsmid's death prompted a by-election.

1896 St Pancras South by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Jessel 2,631 65.7 0.8
Liberal George Montagu Harris1,37534.3+0.8
Majority1,25631.41.6
Turnout 4,00672.3+6.3
Registered electors 5,544
Liberal Unionist hold Swing 0.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Jessel 2,273 67.1 +0.6
Liberal Norman Philip Hamilton1,11332.90.6
Majority1,16034.2+1.2
Turnout 3,38657.48.6
Registered electors 5,894
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +0.6
Philip Whitwell Wilson Philip Wilson.jpg
Philip Whitwell Wilson
General election 1906: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Philip Whitwell Wilson 2,109 50.7 +17.8
Liberal Unionist Herbert Jessel 2,04849.317.8
Majority611.4N/A
Turnout 4,15778.0+20.6
Registered electors 5,329
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +17.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Jessel 2,750 58.8 +9.5
Liberal Philip Whitwell Wilson 1,92541.29.5
Majority82517.6N/A
Turnout 4,67584.4+6.4
Registered electors 5,536
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.5
General election December 1910: St Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Jessel 2,415 58.1 0.7
Liberal Florance Montefiore Guedalla1,74441.9+0.7
Majority67116.21.4
Turnout 4,15975.19.3
Registered electors 5,536
Liberal Unionist hold Swing 0.7

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 43. ISBN   9781349022984.
  2. 1 2 "St Pancras". London Standard . 6 July 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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