St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency)

St Pancras East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one

St Pancras East was a parliamentary constituency in the St Pancras district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

St Pancras East in London, 1885-1918

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Thomas Eccleston Gibb Liberal
1886 Robert Grant Webster Conservative
1899 Sir Thomas Wrightson Conservative
1906 Hugh Cecil Lea Liberal
1910 (Jan) Joseph Martin Liberal
1918 change Labour
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: St Pancras East [1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Eccleston Gibb 2,416 52.7 n/a
Conservative Robert Grant Webster 2,170 47.3 n/a
Majority 246 5.4 n/a
Turnout 77.6 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: St Pancras East [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Grant Webster 2,327 56.0 +8.7
Liberal Thomas Eccleston Gibb 1,826 44.0 -8.7
Majority 501 12.0 17.4
Turnout 70.2 -7.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.7

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: St Pancras East [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Grant Webster 2,621
Liberal Thomas Eccleston Gibb 2,180
Majority 441
Turnout 72.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: St Pancras East [1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Grant Webster 2,612 52.9
Liberal Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe 2,322 47.1
Majority 5.8
Turnout 70.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Pancras East by-election, 1899[1][2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 2,610 51.9
Liberal Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe 2,423 48.1
Majority 187 3.8
Turnout 70.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: St Pancras East [1][2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir Thomas Wrightson 3,016 58.9
Liberal John Meir Astbury 2,106 41.1
Majority 910 17.8
Turnout 70.7
Conservative hold Swing
Lea
General Election 1906: St Pancras East [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hugh Cecil Lea 4,208 64.4
Conservative Sir Thomas Wrightson 2,327 35.6
Majority 1,881 28.8
Turnout 82.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Martin
General Election January 1910: St Pancras East [1][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Joseph Martin 4,276 54.4
Conservative Walter Reuben Preston 3,586 45.6
Majority 8.8
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: St Pancras East [1][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Joseph Martin 3,891 56.0
Conservative John Wells Wainwright Hopkins 3,038 43.7
Suffragist Herbert Jacobs 22 0.3 n/a
Majority 853 12.3
Turnout 6,951 73.3
Liberal hold Swing

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;

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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