St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Pancras South East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181950
Created from St Pancras South and St Pancras East
Replaced by Holborn and St Pancras South and St Pancras North

St. Pancras South East 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 in 1918 by the division of St Pancras South into South East and South West divisions, and abolished in 1950.

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Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

St Pancras South East in London 1918-50 StPancrasSouthEast.png
St Pancras South East in London 1918-50
St Pancras Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras wards of six and eight, and the part of ward number three lying to the south and east of a line running along the middle of Camden Road from a point where that road is intersected by the eastern boundary of the metropolitan borough to the point where that road crosses the Regent's Canal and thence westward along the middle of that canal to the western boundary of Ward number three.

In 1950 the constituency was split between Holborn and St Pancras South (wards Six and Eight) and St Pancras North (ward Three).

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1918 John Hopkins Unionist
1923 Herbert Romeril Labour
1924 John Hopkins Unionist
1929 Herbert Romeril Labour
1931 Sir Alfred Beit Conservative
1945 Santo Jeger Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: St Pancras South-East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Hopkins 4,884 37.8
Liberal Richard Reiss 3,59427.8
Independent Percy Adams*2,26317.5
Labour Herbert Romeril 2,18916.9
Majority1,29010.0
Turnout 12,93047.2
Unionist win (new seat)

* Some records describe Adams as an Independent, while others state that Adams, Hopkins and Reiss all supported the Coalition Government. One states that Coalition Government endorsement was initially issued to Reiss but subsequently withdrawn.

However, Craig records that Adams initially received the coupon with Liberal endorsement, and this was later withdrawn, with Craig claiming to be free of any party allegiance and previously having been outspokenly against the coalition.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: St Pancras South-East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Hopkins 8,753 47.5 +9.7
Labour Herbert Romeril 5,60930.5+13.6
Liberal Leonard Franklin 4,05322.0-5.8
Majority3,14417.0+7.0
Turnout 18,41560.1+12.9
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: St Pancras South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Romeril 7,866 41.6 +11.1
Unionist John Hopkins 7,17437.9-9.6
Liberal George Swaffield3,89020.5-1.5
Majority6923.7N/A
Turnout 18,950
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.3
General election 1924: St Pancras South-East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Hopkins 12,538 54.5 +16.6
Labour Herbert Romeril 10,46345.5+3.9
Majority2,0759.0+5.3
Turnout 23,00172.6
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: St Pancras South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Romeril 13,173 47.9 +2.4
Unionist Alfred Beit 10,54338.3-16.2
Liberal Elizabeth Edwardes3,79813.8New
Majority2,6309.6N/A
Turnout 30,14466.8-5.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: St Pancras South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Beit 18,064 66.7 +28.4
Labour Herbert Romeril 8,68432.1-15.8
Communist Shaukat Usmani 3321.2New
Majority9,38034.6N/A
Turnout 27.08065.5-1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: St Pancras South East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Beit 11,976 51.0 -15.7
Labour Santo Jeger 10,34044.0+11.9
Liberal Laurence George Bowman 1,1815.0New
Majority1,6367.0-27.6
Turnout 23,49760.4-5.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: St Pancras South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Santo Jeger 10,030 59.6 +15.6
Conservative Alfred Beit 5,32031.6-19.4
Liberal Audrey Blackman 1,4748.8+3.8
Majority4,71028.0N/A
Turnout 16,82464.3+3.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.