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.

St Pancras South
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Marylebone
Replaced by	St Pancras South East and St Pancras South West

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Julian Goldsmid	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1896 b-e	Herbert Jessel	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Philip Whitwell Wilson	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Herbert Jessel	Liberal Unionist
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Goldsmid	2,225	52.6
	Conservative	John Blundell Maple	2,003	47.4
Majority			222	5.2
Turnout			4,228	78.9
Registered electors			5,357
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Julian Goldsmid	1,915	68.1	+20.7
	Liberal	Edward John Beale	897	31.9	−20.7
Majority			1,018	36.2	N/A
Turnout			2,812	52.5	−26.4
Registered electors			5,357
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+20.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Julian Goldsmid	2,470	54.9	−13.2
	Liberal	Edward John Beale	2,033	45.1	+13.2
Majority			437	9.8	−26.4
Turnout			4,503	73.7	+21.2
Registered electors			6,106
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−13.2

George Montagu Harris

General election 1895: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Julian Goldsmid	2,433	66.5	+11.6
	Liberal	George Montagu Harris	1,223	33.5	−11.6
Majority			1,210	33.0	+23.2
Turnout			3,656	66.0	−7.7
Registered electors			5,542
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+11.6

Goldsmid's death prompted a by-election.

1896 St Pancras South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Jessel	2,631	65.7	−0.8
	Liberal	George Montagu Harris	1,375	34.3	+0.8
Majority			1,256	31.4	−1.6
Turnout			4,006	72.3	+6.3
Registered electors			5,544
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−0.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Jessel	2,273	67.1	+0.6
	Liberal	Norman Philip Hamilton	1,113	32.9	−0.6
Majority			1,160	34.2	+1.2
Turnout			3,386	57.4	−8.6
Registered electors			5,894
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+0.6

Philip Whitwell Wilson

General election 1906: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Whitwell Wilson	2,109	50.7	+17.8
	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Jessel	2,048	49.3	−17.8
Majority			61	1.4	N/A
Turnout			4,157	78.0	+20.6
Registered electors			5,329
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+17.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Jessel	2,750	58.8	+9.5
	Liberal	Philip Whitwell Wilson	1,925	41.2	−9.5
Majority			825	17.6	N/A
Turnout			4,675	84.4	+6.4
Registered electors			5,536
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.5

General election December 1910: St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Jessel	2,415	58.1	−0.7
	Liberal	Florance Montefiore Guedalla	1,744	41.9	+0.7
Majority			671	16.2	−1.4
Turnout			4,159	75.1	−9.3
Registered electors			5,536
	Liberal Unionist 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

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 43. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.