Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK constituency Whitechapel and St George's was a parliamentary constituency in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

File:WhitechapelStGeorges1918.png

Whitechapel and St George's in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.

File:Stepney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

A map showing the wards of Stepney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

The constituency was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in the East End of London. It comprised the local government wards of Mile End New Town, St George-in-the-East North, St George-in-the-East South, Shadwell, Spitalfields East, Spitalfields West, Tower, Whitechapel Middle, and Whitechapel South.

In 1950 the seat was one of three which were combined to form a single Stepney constituency, covering the whole of the Metropolitan Borough.

In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	James Kiley	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Charles James Mathew	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Harry Gosling	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1930	J. H. Hall	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Barnett Janner	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1935	J. H. Hall	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1942	Walter Edwards	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stoker Edwards	Template:Replace	83.4
		Eustace John B. Nelson	1,113	8.9
		Maximilian Kohn Staub	965	7.7
Majority			9,347	74.5
Turnout			18,887	66.4
	hold		Swing	n/a

1942 Whitechapel and St George's by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stoker Edwards	Template:Replace	n/a
	hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. H. Hall	Template:Replace	54.7
		Barnett Janner	11,093	45.3
Majority			2,281	9.4
Turnout			38,626	63.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.2

General election 1931: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Barnett Janner	Template:Replace	46.5
		J. H. Hall	9,864	41.6
		Harry Pollitt	2,658	11.2
		Ted Lewis	154	0.7
Majority			1,149	4.9
Turnout			38,214	62.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+5.0

1930 Whitechapel and St George's by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. H. Hall	Template:Replace	39.2
		Barnett Janner	7,445	34.1
		Loel Guinness	3,735	17.1
		Harry Pollitt	2,106	9.6
Majority			1,099	5.1
Turnout			37,013	59.0
	hold		Swing	+18.7

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Gosling	Template:Replace	63.2
		Frank H. Sedgwick	4,521	20.8
		Loel Guinness	3,478	16.0
Majority			9,180	42.4
Turnout			35,996	60.3
	hold		Swing	+12.7

General election 1924: Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Gosling	Template:Replace	58.5
		Harry Nathan	7,193	41.5
Majority			2,954	17.0
Turnout			25,496	68.0
	hold		Swing	+4.5

File:1918 Harry Gosling.jpg

Gosling

General election 1923: Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Gosling	Template:Replace	54.0
		James Kiley	6,656	46.0
Majority			1,156	8.0
Turnout			24,800	58.3
	hold		Swing	-3.5

1923 Whitechapel and St George's by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Gosling	Template:Replace	57.0
		James Kiley	6,198	42.1
	National Prohibition Party	S. M. Holden	130	0.9
Majority			2,200	14.9
Turnout			24,333	60.5
	hold		Swing	+6.1

General election 1922: Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Mathew	Template:Replace	40.2
		James Kiley	5,839	37.4
		Alfred Instone	3,502	22.4
Majority			428	2.8
Turnout			24,333	64.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1910s

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

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)

General election 1918: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Kiley	Template:Replace	34.9
		Robert Ambrose	2,522	29.2
	Whitechapel Street-Sellers' and Costers' Union	John Roland Raphael	614	7.1
Majority			503	5.7
Turnout			23,366	37.0
	win (new seat)