St Pancras South West (UK Parliament constituency)

St Pancras South West was a 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

File:St Pancras Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The constituency comprised the south western part of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. It consisted of wards Four, Five and Seven, as they existed in 1918.

In 1950 the constituency was split between Holborn and St Pancras South (wards Five and Seven) and St Pancras North (ward Four).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Richard Barnett	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	William Carter	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Sir George Mitcheson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Haydn Davies	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

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Comyns Carr

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Comyns Carr	4,679	38.5
		Joseph Charles Sherrott	352	2.9
Majority			2,440	20.1
Turnout			12,150	45.2
	win (new seat)

General election 1922: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Barnett	Template:Replace	49.4
		Arthur Comyns Carr	5,533	33.0
		George Horne	2,947	17.6
Majority			2,756	16.4
Turnout			16,769	57.9
	hold		Swing	-1.8

General election 1923: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Barnett	Template:Replace	42.0
		George Horne	5,321	31.4
		William Charles Pilley	4,505	26.6
Majority			1,776	10.6
Turnout			16,923	56.9
	hold		Swing	-10.6

General election 1924: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Barnett	Template:Replace	57.9
		Ernest Bennett	8,630	42.1
Majority			3,247	15.8
Turnout			20,507	66.9
	hold		Swing	+2.6

General election 1929: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Carter	Template:Replace	45.6
		Patrick Spens	10,231	38.8
		Haydn Davies	4,103	15.6
Majority			1,779	6.8
Turnout			26,344	62.0
	gain from		Swing	+11.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Mitcheson	Template:Replace	71.4
		William Carter	7,514	28.6
Majority			11,223	42.8
Turnout			26,251	62.5
	gain from		Swing	+21.4

General election 1935: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Mitcheson	Template:Replace	55.0
		James Edmond Sears	10,670	45.0
Majority			2,365	10.0
Turnout			23,705	59.4
	hold		Swing	-16.4

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: George Mitcheson
• Labour: Haydn Davies

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: St Pancras South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Haydn Davies	Template:Replace	61.9
		Lionel Heald	5,862	38.1
Majority			3,671	23.8
Turnout			15,415	61.2
	gain from		Swing	+16.9