St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)

St. Pancras South 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 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

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St Pancras South in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Sir Julian Goldsmid	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886		Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1896 b-e	Herbert Jessel	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1906	Philip Whitwell Wilson	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jan. 1910	Herbert Jessel	Liberal Unionist
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Julian Goldsmid	Template:Replace	52.6
		John Blundell Maple	2,003	47.4
Majority			222	5.2
Turnout			4,228	78.9
Registered electors			5,357
	win (new seat)

General election 1886: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Julian Goldsmid	Template:Replace	68.1
		Edward John Beale	897	31.9
Majority			1,018	36.2
Turnout			2,812	52.5
Registered electors			5,357
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+20.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Julian Goldsmid	Template:Replace	54.9
		Edward John Beale	2,033	45.1
Majority			437	9.8
Turnout			4,503	73.7
Registered electors			6,106
	hold		Swing	−13.2

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George Montagu Harris

General election 1895: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Julian Goldsmid	Template:Replace	66.5
		George Montagu Harris	1,223	33.5
Majority			1,210	33.0
Turnout			3,656	66.0
Registered electors			5,542
	hold		Swing	+11.6

Goldsmid's death prompted a by-election.

1896 St Pancras South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Jessel	Template:Replace	65.7
		George Montagu Harris	1,375	34.3
Majority			1,256	31.4
Turnout			4,006	72.3
Registered electors			5,544
	hold		Swing	−0.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Jessel	Template:Replace	67.1
		Norman Philip Hamilton	1,113	32.9
Majority			1,160	34.2
Turnout			3,386	57.4
Registered electors			5,894
	hold		Swing	+0.6

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Philip Whitwell Wilson

General election 1906: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Philip Whitwell Wilson	Template:Replace	50.7
		Herbert Jessel	2,048	49.3
Majority			61	1.4
Turnout			4,157	78.0
Registered electors			5,329
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+17.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Jessel	Template:Replace	58.8
		Philip Whitwell Wilson	1,925	41.2
Majority			825	17.6
Turnout			4,675	84.4
Registered electors			5,536
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.5

General election December 1910: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Jessel	Template:Replace	58.1
		Florance Montefiore Guedalla	1,744	41.9
Majority			671	16.2
Turnout			4,159	75.1
Registered electors			5,536
	hold		Swing	−0.7

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;

• Unionist: Herbert Jessel
• Liberal: Florance Montefiore Guedalla

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