Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)

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Whitechapel and St George's
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181950
Seatsone
Created from St George and Whitechapel
Replaced by Stepney

Whitechapel and St George's was a parliamentary constituency in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

It was created for the 1918 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Whitechapel and St George's in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950. WhitechapelStGeorges1918.png
Whitechapel and St George's in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
A map showing the wards of Stepney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Stepney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Stepney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

The constituency was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in the East End of London. It comprised the local government wards of Mile End New Town, St George-in-the-East North, St George-in-the-East South, Shadwell, Spitalfields East, Spitalfields West, Tower, Whitechapel Middle, and Whitechapel South.

In 1950 the seat was one of three which were combined to form a single Stepney constituency, covering the whole of the Metropolitan Borough.

In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 James Kiley Liberal
1922 Charles James Mathew Labour
1923 Harry Gosling Labour
1930 J. H. Hall Labour
1931 Barnett Janner Liberal
1935 J. H. Hall Labour
1942 Walter Edwards Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stoker Edwards 10,460 83.4 +28.7
Conservative Eustace John B. Nelson1,1138.9new
Liberal Maximilian Kohn Staub9657.7−37.6
Majority 9,34774.5+65.1
Turnout 18,88766.4+3.1
Labour hold Swing n/a
1942 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stoker Edwards unopposed n/a n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. H. Hall 13,374 54.7 +13.1
Liberal Barnett Janner 11,09345.3−1.2
Majority 2,2819.4+4.5
Turnout 38,62663.3+1.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.2
General election 1931: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barnett Janner 11,013 46.5 +25.7
Labour J. H. Hall 9,86441.6−21.6
Communist Harry Pollitt 2,65811.2New
New Party Ted Lewis 1540.7New
Majority 1,1494.9N/A
Turnout 38,21462.0+1.7
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +5.0
1930 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. H. Hall 8,544 39.2 −24.0
Liberal Barnett Janner 7,44534.1+13.3
Conservative Loel Guinness 3,73517.1+1.1
Communist Harry Pollitt 2,1069.6New
Majority 1,0995.1−37.3
Turnout 37,01359.0−1.3
Labour hold Swing +18.7

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gosling 13,701 63.2 +4.7
Liberal Frank H. Sedgwick4,52120.8−20.7
Unionist Loel Guinness 3,47816.0New
Majority 9,18042.4+25.4
Turnout 35,99660.3−7.7
Labour hold Swing +12.7
General election 1924: Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gosling 10,147 58.5 +4.5
Liberal Harry Nathan 7,19341.5−4.5
Majority 2,95417.0+9.0
Turnout 25,49668.0+9.7
Labour hold Swing +4.5
Gosling 1918 Harry Gosling.jpg
Gosling
General election 1923: Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gosling 7,812 54.0 +13.8
Liberal James Kiley 6,65646.0+8.6
Majority 1,1568.0+5.2
Turnout 24,80058.3−5.8
Labour hold Swing -3.5
1923 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Gosling 8,398 57.0 +16.8
Liberal James Kiley 6,19842.1+4.7
National Prohibition Party S. M. Holden 1300.9New
Majority 2,20014.9+12.1
Turnout 24,33360.5−3.6
Labour hold Swing +6.1
General election 1922: Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Mathew 6,267 40.2 +11.0
Liberal James Kiley 5,83937.4+2.5
Unionist Alfred Instone3,50222.4−6.4
Majority 4282.8N/A
Turnout 24,33364.1+27.1
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Kiley 3,025 34.9
Labour Robert Ambrose 2,52229.2
C Unionist George Alfred Cohen2,48928.8
Whitechapel Street-Sellers' and Costers' UnionJohn Roland Raphael6147.1
Majority 5035.7
Turnout 23,36637.0
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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