Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)

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Whitechapel
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Whitechapel in London
18851918
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Created from Tower Hamlets
Replaced by Whitechapel St George's

Whitechapel was a parliamentary constituency in the Whitechapel district of East London. In 1885 the seat was established as a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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History and Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Whitechapel is part of the historic county of Middlesex, in the far east of the county. The constituency was on the north bank of the River Thames. It was bordered by the constituencies of: City of London to the west; Hoxton & Bethnal Green South West to the north; and Stepney & St George's in the East to the east.

From 1889 the district was included in the administrative County of London. In 1900 the constituency became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

In the redistribution of 1918 Whitechapel was incorporated in a new Whitechapel and St George's constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1885 Sir Samuel Montagu, Bt Liberal
1900 Sir Stuart Samuel, Bt Liberal
1916 by-election James Kiley Liberal
1918 constituency abolished: see Whitechapel and St George's

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

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Montagu
General election 1885: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Montagu 2,353 54.4
Conservative Phineas Cowan1,97245.6
Majority 3818.8
Turnout 4,32570.4
Registered electors 6,140
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Montagu 2,179 57.8 +3.4
Conservative William Le Poer Trench 1,59242.2−3.4
Majority 58715.6+6.8
Turnout 3,77161.4−9.0
Registered electors 6,140
Liberal hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Montagu 2,327 56.4 −1.4
Conservative William Le Poer Trench 1,80043.6+1.4
Majority 52712.8−2.8
Turnout 4,12771.0+9.6
Registered electors 5,813
Liberal hold Swing -1.4
General election 1895: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Montagu 2,009 50.4 −6.0
Conservative Sir William Henry Porter, 2nd Baronet1,97749.6+6.0
Majority 320.8−12.0
Turnout 3,98668.0−3.0
Registered electors 5,864
Liberal hold Swing -6.0

Elections in the 1900s

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Samuel
General election 1900: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stuart Samuel 1,679 51.1 +0.7
Conservative David Hope Kyd1,60848.9−0.7
Majority 712.2+1.4
Turnout 3,28765.7−2.3
Registered electors 5,004
Liberal hold Swing +0.7
General election 1906: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stuart Samuel 1,925 55.1 +4.0
Conservative David Hope Kyd1,56944.9−4.0
Majority 35610.2+8.0
Turnout 3,49481.7+16.0
Registered electors 4,279
Liberal hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stuart Samuel 1,963 58.3 +3.2
Conservative Weir Greenlees 1,40241.7−3.2
Majority 56116.6+6.4
Turnout 3,365
Liberal hold Swing +3.2
General election December 1910: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stuart Samuel 1,731 59.2 +0.9
Conservative Edgar Monteagle Browne1,19140.8−0.9
Majority 54018.4+1.8
Turnout 2,922
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
1913 Whitechapel by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stuart Samuel 1,722 52.5 −6.7
Unionist Edgar Monteagle Browne1,55647.5+6.7
Majority 1665.0−13.4
Turnout 3,278
Liberal hold Swing -6.7

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 autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

1916 Whitechapel by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Kiley Unopposed
Liberal hold

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 57. ISBN   9781349022984.