St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)
St Pancras North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
St Pancras North in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918. | |
St Pancras North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950. | |
St Pancras North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1974. | |
County | County of London |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Holborn & St Pancras and Hampstead & Highgate[1] |
Created from | Marylebone |
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
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 | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | Thomas Henry Bolton | Liberal | ||
1886 | Charles Cochrane-Baillie | Conservative | later Baron Lamington | |
1890 by-election | Thomas Henry Bolton | Liberal | Bolton was re-elected in 1892 as a Liberal, but later joined the Liberal Unionists | |
1893? | Liberal Unionist Party | |||
1895 | Edward Robert Pacy Moon | Conservative | ||
1906 | Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | Liberal | later 1st Baron Dickinson | |
1918 | John William Lorden | Coalition Conservative | ||
1922 | Conservative | |||
1923 | James Marley | Labour | ||
1924 | William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | Conservative Party | ||
1929 | James Marley | Labour | ||
1931 | William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | Conservative Party | later Baron Fraser of Lonsdale | |
1937 by-election | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | Conservative Party | later Baron Harvington | |
1945 | George House | Labour | ||
1949 by-election | Kenneth Robinson | Labour | Minister of Health 1964–1968 | |
1970 | Albert Stallard | Labour | ||
1983 | constituency abolished: see Holborn & St Pancras |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1906 St Pancras North[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | 4,094 | 60.8 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Robert Pacy Moon | 2,643 | 39.2 | -17.4 | |
Majority | 1,451 | 21.6 | 34.8 | ||
Turnout | 84.0 | +12.8 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
General Election January 1910 St Pancras North[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | 4,970 | 58.0 | ||
Conservative | H A Pakenham | 3,603 | 42.0 | ||
Majority | 1,367 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 85.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election December 1910 St Pancras North[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | 4,407 | 57.7 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Moon | 3,230 | 42.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,177 | 15.4 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,637 | 76.5 | -9.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
General Election 14 December 1918: St. Pancras, North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist |
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7,260 | 41.4 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | 5,596 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 4,651 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 1,664 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 33,747 | 51.9 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 15 November 1922: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | John William Lorden | 9,156 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 8,165 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Willoughby Hyett Dickinson | 6,979 | 28.7 | ||
Majority | 991 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 6 December 1923: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Marley | 10,931 | 43.0 | +9.4 | |
Unionist | John William Lorden | 8,085 | 31.9 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Delacombe Roome | 6,363 | 25.1 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 2,846 | 11.1 | 15.2 | ||
Turnout | 68.2 | +2.2 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.6 | |||
General Election 29 October 1924: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | 13,964 | 46.7 | ||
Labour | James Marley | 13,171 | 44.1 | ||
Liberal | Henry Delacombe Roome | 2,748 | 9.2 | ||
Majority | 793 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 79.2 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 30 May 1929: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Marley | 17,458 | 48.5 | +4.4 | |
Unionist | William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | 14,343 | 39.9 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | Fred Coysh | 4,177 | 11.6 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 3,115 | 8.6 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 76.0 | -3.2 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 27 October 1931: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | 22,490 | 63.9 | ||
Labour | James Marley | 12,257 | 34.8 | ||
Communist | W G Shepherd | 456 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 10,233 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 73.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 14 November 1935: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser | 16,888 | 53.7 | ||
Labour | Henry Montague Tibbles | 13,287 | 42.3 | ||
Liberal | William Otterburn Hall | 1,259 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 3,601 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 68.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St Pancras North by-election, 1937 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 11,744 | 50.6 | ||
Labour | Henry Montague Tibbles | 11,476 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 268 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 50.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: St. Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George House | 16,738 | 63.8 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 9,108 | 34.7 | -15.9 | |
Independent | J.B. Gilmore | 403 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,630 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,979 | 71.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
St Pancras North by-election, 1949 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 16,185 | 57.5 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Neil Stanley Shields | 11,118 | 39.5 | +4.8 | |
Communist | John Mahon | 854 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,067 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 43,229 | 65.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 23 February 1950: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 29,163 | 55.75 | ||
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 19,028 | 36.38 | ||
Liberal | Peter Maurice Charles Whitton | 3,148 | 6.02 | ||
Communist | T Aherne | 967 | 1.85 | ||
Majority | 10,135 | 19.38 | |||
Turnout | 79.64 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 25 October 1951: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 31,191 | 60.50 | ||
Conservative | Charles A. B. Borrett | 20,362 | 39.50 | ||
Majority | 10,829 | 21.01 | |||
Turnout | 78.30 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 26 May 1955: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 24,670 | 56.63 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle | 17,588 | 40.38 | ||
Communist | John Nicolson | 1,303 | 2.99 | ||
Majority | 7,082 | 16.26 | |||
Turnout | 69.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 8 October 1959: St Pancras North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 22,256 | 54.12 | ||
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 15,949 | 38.79 | ||
National Labour | William Webster | 1,685 | 4.10 | ||
Communist | John Nicolson | 1,230 | 2.99 | ||
Majority | 6,307 | 15.34 | |||
Turnout | 69.47 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 15 October 1964: St Pancras North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Robinson | 20,516 | 61.04 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Robin Warren | 11,954 | 35.57 | ||
Communist | John Nicolson | 1,140 | 3.39 | ||
Majority | 8,562 | 25.47 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 31 March 1966: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rt Hon. Kenneth Robinson | 20,951 | 64.18 | ||
Conservative | Cecil James Olaf Moorhouse | 10,440 | 31.98 | ||
Communist | John Nicolson | 1,253 | 3.84 | ||
Majority | 10,511 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 18 June 1970: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert William Stallard | 16,497 | 59.31 | ||
Conservative | Cecil James Olaf Moorhouse | 10,648 | 38.28 | ||
Communist | Gordon McLennan | 670 | 2.41 | ||
Majority | 5,849 | 21.03 | |||
Turnout | 27,815 | 62.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 28 February 1974: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert William Stallard | 14,761 | 52.76 | ||
Conservative | John Major | 7,926 | 28.33 | ||
Liberal | Paul J Medlicott | 4,825 | 17.25 | ||
Communist | Gordon McLennan | 466 | 1.67 | ||
Majority | 6,835 | 24.43 | |||
Turnout | 27,978 | 67.53 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 10 October 1974: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert William Stallard | 14,155 | 58.53 | ||
Conservative | John Major | 6,602 | 27.30 | ||
Liberal | Paul J Medlicott | 3,428 | 14.17 | ||
Majority | 7,553 | 31.23 | |||
Turnout | 24,185 | 58.10 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 3 May 1979: St Pancras North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert William Stallard | 14,556 | 54.23 | ||
Conservative | P Kirwan | 9,110 | 33.94 | ||
Liberal | M Valentine | 2,654 | 9.89 | ||
National Front | S Andrews | 360 | 1.34 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | G Jones | 159 | 0.59 | ||
Majority | 5,446 | 20.29 | |||
Turnout | 26,839 | 63.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'St Pancras North', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)