Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)

Marylebone West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	St Marylebone
Created from	Marylebone

Marylebone West was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Marylebone West in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was formerly part of the two-seat Marylebone constituency. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The previous Parliamentary borough of Marylebone was split up in the boundary review of 1884-85. The new Parliamentary borough consisted of the parish of St Marylebone, and therefore had identical boundaries to the St Marylebone Vestry which was the main institution of local government. The Commissioners divided the parish into two Divisions, each of which contained four of the parishes' eight wards. Marylebone West division was defined as containing the Bryanston, Hamilton Terrace, New Church Street, and Portman wards. The population in 1881 was 83,871.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Frederick Seager Hunt	Conservative
	1895	Sir Horace Brand Townsend Farquhar	Liberal Unionist
	1898 by-election	Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

Elections results

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
1885 General Election Electorate: 7,566 Turnout: 5,490 (72.6%)		Conservative win Majority: 1,498 (27.2%)		Frederick Seager Hunt	Conservative	3,093	56.3
				Henry Seymour Trower	Independent Liberal	1,595	29.1
				Sir Henry Edmund Knight	Liberal	701	12.8
				Rev. Joseph Robert Diggle	Independent	101	1.8
1886 General Election Electorate: 7,566 Turnout: 5,006 (66.2%) -6.4		Conservative hold Majority: 1,122 (22.4%)		Frederick Seager Hunt	Conservative	3,064	61.2	+4.9
				Henry Seymour Trower	Liberal	1,942	38.8	+9.7
1892 General Election Electorate: 8,052 Turnout: 5,389 (66.9%) +0.7		Conservative hold Majority: 437 (8.2%)		Frederick Seager Hunt	Conservative	2,913	54.1	–7.1
				John Charles Foulger	Liberal	2,476	45.9	+7.1
1895 General Election Electorate: 8,593 Turnout: 6,007 (69.9%) +3.0		Liberal Unionist win Majority: 1,461 (24.4%)		Sir Horace Brand Townsend-Farquhar, Bt.	Liberal Unionist	3,734	62.2	(+8.1)
				Bertram Stuart Straus	Liberal	2,273	37.8	–8.1
3 February 1898 by-election[2]		Conservative win		Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt.	Conservative	unopposed
1900 General Election Electorate: 8,792 Turnout: 5,019 (57.1%) –12.8		Conservative hold Majority: 1,955 (39.0%)		Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt.	Conservative	3,487	69.5	(+7.3)
				William Hastings Sands	Liberal	1,532	30.5	–7.3
1906 General Election Electorate: 8,365 Turnout: 6,237 (74.6%) +17.5		Conservative hold Majority: 655 (10.6%)		Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt.	Conservative	3,446	55.3	–14.2
				Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston	Liberal	2,791	44.7	+14.2
January 1910 General Election Electorate: 8,576 Turnout: 6,925 (80.7%) +6.1		Conservative hold Majority: 1,977 (28.6%)		Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt.	Conservative	4,451	64.3	+9.0
				Capt. Hon. Donald Alexander Forbes	Liberal	2,474	35.7	–9.0
December 1910 General Election Electorate: 8,576 Turnout: 5,855 (68.3%) –12.4		Conservative hold Majority: 2,003 (34.2%)		Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Bt.	Conservative	3,929	67.1	+2.8
				Arthur Hewett Spokes	Liberal	1,926	32.9	–2.8

References

1. "Boundary Commission (England and Wales). Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales 1885", Part II.--Boroughs, C. 4287-I, p. 61-62.
2. Sir Horace Farquhar was elevated to the peerage - Baron Farquhar - on 20 January 1898.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 35. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.