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St. Pancras North was a borough 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 1885 and abolished in 1983 with the area becoming part of the new constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.
Boundaries
A map showing the wards of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras wards of one and two, and the part of ward number three lying to the north and west of a line running along the middle of Camden Road from a point where that road is intersected by the eastern boundary of the metropolitan borough to the point where that road crosses the Regent's Canal and thence westward along the middle of that canal to the western boundary of Ward number three.
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras wards of one, two, three and four.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Camden wards of Camden, Chalk Farm, Gospel Oak, Grafton, Highgate, and St John's.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Cochrane-Baillie was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lamington.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
John Lorden |
9,156 |
37.7 |
-3.7 |
|
Labour |
John Gilbert Dale |
8,165 |
33.6 |
+7.0 |
|
Liberal |
Willoughby Dickinson |
6,979 |
28.7 |
-3.3 |
Majority |
991 |
4.1 |
-5.3 |
Turnout |
24,300 |
66.0 |
+14.1 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1923: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James Marley |
10,931 |
43.0 |
+9.4 |
|
Unionist |
John Lorden |
8,085 |
31.9 |
-5.8 |
|
Liberal |
Henry Delacombe Roome |
6,363 |
25.1 |
-3.6 |
Majority |
2,846 |
11.1 |
N/A |
Turnout |
25,379 |
68.2 |
+2.2 |
|
Labour gain from Unionist |
Swing |
+7.6 |
|
General election 1924: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Ian Fraser |
13,964 |
46.7 |
+14.8 |
|
Labour |
James Marley |
13,171 |
44.1 |
+1.1 |
|
Liberal |
Henry Delacombe Roome |
2,748 |
9.2 |
-15.9 |
Majority |
793 |
2.6 |
N/A |
Turnout |
29,883 |
79.2 |
+11.0 |
|
Unionist gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1929: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James Marley |
17,458 |
48.5 |
+4.4 |
|
Unionist |
Ian Fraser |
14,343 |
39.9 |
-6.8 |
|
Liberal |
Frederick L. Coysh |
4,177 |
11.6 |
+2.4 |
Majority |
3,115 |
8.6 |
N/A |
Turnout |
35,978 |
76.0 |
-3.2 |
|
Labour gain from Unionist |
Swing |
+5.6 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Ian Fraser |
22,490 |
63.9 |
+24.0 |
|
Labour |
James Marley |
12,257 |
34.8 |
-13.7 |
|
Communist |
W G Shepherd |
456 |
1.3 |
New |
Majority |
10,233 |
29.1 |
N/A |
Turnout |
35,203 |
73.4 |
-2.6 |
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1935: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Ian Fraser |
16,888 |
53.7 |
-10.2 |
|
Labour |
Henry Montague Tibbles |
13,287 |
42.3 |
+7.5 |
|
Liberal |
William Otterburn Hall |
1,259 |
4.0 |
New |
Majority |
3,601 |
11.4 |
-17.7 |
Turnout |
31,434 |
68.3 |
-5.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
By-election 1937: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Robert Grant-Ferris |
11,744 |
50.6 |
-3.1 |
|
Labour |
Henry Montague Tibbles |
11,476 |
49.4 |
+7.1 |
Majority |
268 |
1.2 |
-10.2 |
Turnout |
23,220 |
50.9 |
-13.4 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George House |
16,738 |
63.8 |
+21.5 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Grant-Ferris |
9,108 |
34.7 |
-19.0 |
|
Independent |
J.B. Gilmour |
403 |
1.5 |
New |
Majority |
7,630 |
29.1 |
N/A |
Turnout |
36,979 |
71.0 |
+2.7 |
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
By-election 1949: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
16,185 |
57.5 |
-6.3 |
|
Conservative |
Neil Shields |
11,118 |
39.5 |
+4.8 |
|
Communist |
John Mahon |
854 |
3.0 |
New |
Majority |
5,067 |
18.0 |
-10.9 |
Turnout |
43,229 |
65.1 |
-5.9 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
29,163 |
55.75 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Harvey |
19,028 |
36.38 |
|
|
Liberal |
Peter Maurice Charles Whitton |
3,148 |
6.02 |
New |
|
Communist |
Tom Ahern |
967 |
1.85 |
|
Majority |
10,135 |
19.37 |
|
Turnout |
52,306 |
79.64 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
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General election 1951: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
31,191 |
60.50 |
|
|
Conservative |
Charles A. B. Borrett |
20,362 |
39.50 |
|
Majority |
10,829 |
21.00 |
|
Turnout |
51,553 |
78.30 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1955: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
24,670 |
56.63 |
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Royle |
17,588 |
40.38 |
|
|
Communist |
John Nicolson |
1,303 |
2.99 |
New |
Majority |
7,082 |
16.25 |
|
Turnout |
43,561 |
69.43 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1959: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
22,256 |
54.12 |
|
|
Conservative |
David Mitchell |
15,949 |
38.79 |
|
|
National Labour |
William Webster |
1,685 |
4.10 |
New |
|
Communist |
John Nicolson |
1,230 |
2.99 |
|
Majority |
6,307 |
15.33 |
|
Turnout |
41,120 |
69.47 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
20,516 |
61.04 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kenneth Warren |
11,954 |
35.57 |
|
|
Communist |
John Nicolson |
1,140 |
3.39 |
|
Majority |
8,562 |
25.47 |
|
Turnout |
33,610 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1966: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Robinson |
20,951 |
64.18 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Moorhouse |
10,440 |
31.98 |
|
|
Communist |
John Nicolson |
1,253 |
3.84 |
|
Majority |
10,511 |
32.20 |
|
Turnout |
32,644 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: St Pancras North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Stallard |
16,497 |
59.31 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Moorhouse |
10,648 |
38.28 |
|
|
Communist |
Gordon McLennan |
670 |
2.41 |
|
Majority |
5,849 |
21.03 |
|
Turnout |
27,815 |
62.21 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
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