St Pancras South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Pancras South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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1918–1950
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Created from St Pancras South and St Pancras West
Replaced by Holborn and St Pancras South and St Pancras North

St Pancras South West was a 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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Boundaries

St Pancras Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The constituency comprised the south western part of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. It consisted of wards Four, Five and Seven, as they existed in 1918.

In 1950 the constituency was split between Holborn and St Pancras South (wards Five and Seven) and St Pancras North (ward Four).

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Richard Barnett Coalition Conservative
1929 William Carter Labour
1931 Sir George Mitcheson Conservative
1945 Haydn Davies Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

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Comyns Carr
General election 1918: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Richard Barnett 7,11958.6
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 4,67938.5
Independent Joseph Charles Sherrott3522.9
Majority2,44020.1
Turnout 12,15045.2
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Barnett 8,289 49.4 -9.2
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 5,53333.0-5.5
Labour George Horne2,94717.6New
Majority2,75616.4-3.7
Turnout 16,76957.9+12.7
Unionist hold Swing -1.8
General election 1923: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Barnett 7,097 42.0 -7.4
Labour George Horne5,32131.4+13.8
Liberal William Charles Pilley4,50526.6-6.4
Majority1,77610.6-5.8
Turnout 16,92356.9-1.0
Unionist hold Swing -10.6
General election 1924: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Barnett 11,877 57.9 +15.9
Labour Ernest Bennett 8,63042.1+10.7
Majority3,24715.8+5.2
Turnout 20,50766.9+10.0
Unionist hold Swing +2.6
General election 1929: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Carter 12,010 45.6 +3.5
Unionist Patrick Spens 10,23138.8-19.1
Liberal Haydn Davies 4,10315.6New
Majority1,7796.8N/A
Turnout 26,34462.0-4.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +11.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Mitcheson 18,737 71.4 +25.6
Labour William Carter 7,51428.6-17.0
Majority11,22342.8N/A
Turnout 26,25162.5+0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.4
General election 1935: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Mitcheson 13,035 55.0 -16.4
Labour James Edmond Sears10,67045.0+16.4
Majority2,36510.0-32.8
Turnout 23,70559.4-3.1
Conservative hold Swing -16.4

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: St Pancras South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Haydn Davies 9,533 61.9 +16.9
Conservative Lionel Heald 5,86238.1-16.9
Majority3,67123.8N/A
Turnout 15,41561.2+1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +16.9

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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