St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)

St. Pancras South East 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 1918 by the division of St Pancras South into South East and South West divisions, and abolished in 1950.

Boundaries

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St Pancras South East in London 1918-50

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1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras wards of six and eight, and the part of ward number three lying to the south and east 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.

In 1950 the constituency was split between Holborn and St Pancras South (wards Six and Eight) and St Pancras North (ward Three).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	John Hopkins	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Herbert Romeril	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	John Hopkins	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Herbert Romeril	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Sir Alfred Beit	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Santo Jeger	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: St Pancras South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Reiss	3,594	27.8
		Percy AdamsTemplate:Asterisk	2,263	17.5
		Herbert Romeril	2,189	16.9
Majority			1,290	10.0
Turnout			12,930	47.2
	win (new seat)

Template:Asterisk Some records describe Adams as an Independent, while others state that Adams, Hopkins and Reiss all supported the Coalition Government. One states that Coalition Government endorsement was initially issued to Reiss but subsequently withdrawn.

However, Craig records that Adams initially received the coupon with Liberal endorsement, and this was later withdrawn, with Craig claiming to be free of any party allegiance and previously having been outspokenly against the coalition.

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: St Pancras South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Romeril	5,609	30.5
		Leonard Franklin	4,053	22.0
Majority			3,144	17.0
Turnout			18,415	60.1
	hold		Swing

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General election 1923: St Pancras South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hopkins	7,174	37.9
		George Swaffield	3,890	20.5
Majority			692	3.7
Turnout			18,950
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+10.3

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General election 1924: St Pancras South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Romeril	10,463	45.5
Majority			2,075	9.0
Turnout			23,001	72.6
	hold		Swing

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General election 1929: St Pancras South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alfred Beit	10,543	38.3
		Elizabeth Edwardes	3,798	13.8
Majority			2,630	9.6
Turnout			30,144	66.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: St Pancras South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Romeril	8,684	32.1
		Shaukat Usmani	332	1.2
Majority			9,380	34.6
Turnout			27.080	65.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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General election 1935: St Pancras South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Santo Jeger	10,340	44.0
		Laurence George Bowman	1,181	5.0
Majority			1,636	7.0
Turnout			23,497	60.4
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: St Pancras South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alfred Beit	5,320	31.6
		Audrey Blackman	1,474	8.8
Majority			4,710	28.0
Turnout			16,824	64.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing