St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency) facts for kids
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St Pancras East was a parliamentary constituency in the St Pancras district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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History
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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Thomas Gibb | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Robert Webster | Conservative | |
| 1899 | Sir Thomas Wrightson | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Hugh 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Gibb | 2,416 | 52.7 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Grant Webster | 2,170 | 47.3 | ||
| Majority | 246 | 5.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,586 | 77.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,913 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| General election 1886: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Grant Webster | 2,327 | 56.0 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Gibb | 1,826 | 44.0 | -8.7 | |
| Majority | 501 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,153 | 70.2 | -7.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,913 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| General election 1892: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Grant Webster | 2,621 | 54.6 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Gibb | 2,180 | 45.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 441 | 9.2 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,801 | 72.8 | +2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,598 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
| General election 1895: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Grant Webster | 2,612 | 52.9 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | 2,322 | 47.1 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 290 | 5.8 | −3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,934 | 70.6 | −2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,988 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Webster resigned, causing a by-election.
| 1899 St Pancras East by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 2,610 | 51.9 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | 2,423 | 48.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 187 | 3.8 | −2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,033 | 70.0 | −0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,191 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| General election 1900: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 3,016 | 58.9 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal | John Meir Astbury | 2,106 | 41.1 | −6.0 | |
| Majority | 910 | 17.8 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,122 | 70.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,248 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
| General election 1906: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hugh Lea | 4,208 | 64.4 | +23.3 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 2,327 | 35.6 | −23.3 | |
| Majority | 1,881 | 28.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,535 | 82.1 | +11.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,961 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.3 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| General election January 1910: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Lib-Lab | Joseph Martin | 4,276 | 54.4 | −10.0 | |
| Conservative | Walter Preston | 3,586 | 45.6 | +10.0 | |
| Majority | 690 | 8.8 | −20.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,862 | 82.9 | +0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,487 | ||||
| Lib-Lab hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
| General election December 1910: St Pancras East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Lib-Lab | Joseph Martin | 3,891 | 56.0 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | John Hopkins | 3,038 | 43.7 | −1.9 | |
| Suffragist | Herbert Jacobs | 22 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 853 | 12.3 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 6,951 | 73.3 | −9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,487 | ||||
| Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
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;
- Liberal: Joseph Martin
- Unionist: John Hopkins
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