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Westminster St George's, originally named St George's, Hanover Square, was a parliamentary constituency in Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election.
History
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was then named "St George Hanover Square" after the parish of the same name.
It was renamed in 1918 as "Westminster St George's", and abolished in 1950.
Boundaries
St George Hanover Square in the Metropolitan area 1885–1918
St George's in the Parliamentary County of London 1918–50
Westminster Metropolitan Borough wards in 1916
1885–1918
From 1885 to 1918, when the constituency was known as St George Hanover Square, it was defined as being coterminous with the civil parish of the same name. In 1900 the parish was included for local government purposes in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. This did not affect the name or boundaries of the constituency until 1918.
1918–1950
The Boundary Commission report of 1918 (Cd. 8756), at Schedule-Part II no. 78, defined the constituency as the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster:
The constituency also included "the part of the Charing Cross Ward which lies to the south and west of a line drawn from the ward boundary at the centre of Wellington Arch, along the middle of Constitution Hill, thence along the middle of the road to the north and east of the Queen Victoria Memorial, thence along the middle of Spur Road to boundary of St. Margaret Ward". This area included the remainder of the grounds of Buckingham Palace which were not in the Victoria Ward, but contained no electors. The boundary commissioners proposals were enacted by Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1918.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Percy's resignation caused a by-election.
By-election, 9 Feb 1887: St George's, Hanover Square |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
George Goschen |
5,702 |
78.7 |
New |
|
Liberal |
James Haysman |
1,545 |
21.3 |
New |
Majority |
4,157 |
57.4 |
N/A |
Turnout |
7,247 |
65.4 |
N/A |
Registered electors |
11,079 |
|
|
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/color" | |
[[Liberal Unionist|Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|
Elections in the 1890s
Goschen was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
1906 by-election: St George's, Hanover Square |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Unionist |
Alfred Lyttelton |
Unopposed |
|
Liberal Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1910s
1913 by-election: St George's, Hanover Square |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Alexander Henderson |
Unopposed |
|
Unionist hold |
1916 by-election: St George's, Hanover Square |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Reid |
Unopposed |
|
Unionist hold |
1918 by-election: St George's, Hanover Square |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Newton Moore |
Unopposed |
|
Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1920s
1921 Westminster St George's by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Anti-Waste League |
James Erskine |
7,244 |
57.5 |
New |
C |
Unionist |
Herbert Jessel |
5,356 |
42.5 |
-47.7 |
Majority |
1,888 |
15.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
12,600 |
39.8 |
-0.1 |
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[[Anti-Waste League|Template:Anti-Waste League/meta/shortname]] gain from Unionist |
Swing |
N/A |
|
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
General election 1922: Westminster St George's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Ind U |
James Erskine |
11,252 |
55.9 |
New |
|
Unionist |
Leslie Wilson |
7,559 |
37.6 |
-52.6 |
|
Liberal |
Mary Sophia Allen |
1,303 |
6.5 |
-3.3 |
Majority |
3,693 |
18.3 |
N/A |
Turnout |
20,114 |
62.2 |
+21.3 |
|
Independent Unionist gain from [[Anti-Waste League|Template:Anti-Waste League/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1929: Westminster St George's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Laming Worthington-Evans |
22,448 |
78.1 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Joseph George Butler |
6,294 |
21.9 |
New |
Majority |
16,154 |
56.2 |
N/A |
Turnout |
28,742 |
53.3 |
N/A |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|
Elections in the 1930s
1931 Westminster St George's by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Duff Cooper |
17,242 |
59.9 |
-18.2 |
|
Ind. Conservative |
Ernest Petter |
11,532 |
40.1 |
New |
Majority |
5,710 |
19.8 |
-36.4 |
Turnout |
28,774 |
53.1 |
-0.2 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|
General election 1935: Westminster St George's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Duff Cooper |
25,424 |
84.6 |
+6.5 |
|
Labour |
Anne Fremantle |
4,643 |
15.4 |
-6.5 |
Majority |
20,781 |
69.2 |
+13.0 |
Turnout |
30,067 |
55.2 |
+1.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
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Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Westminster St George's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Arthur Howard |
13,086 |
67.2 |
-17.4 |
|
Common Wealth |
Wilfred Brown |
5,314 |
27.3 |
New |
|
Independent |
Dorothy Crisp |
1,069 |
5.5 |
New |
Majority |
7,772 |
39.9 |
-29.3 |
Turnout |
19,469 |
57.2 |
+2.0 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|