St_Pancras_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
St Pancras South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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.
| St Pancras South West | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | St Pancras South and St Pancras West |
| Replaced by | Holborn and St Pancras South and St Pancras North |
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).
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Richard Barnett | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1929 | William Carter | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir George Mitcheson | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Haydn Davies | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Richard Barnett | 7,119 | 58.6 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 4,679 | 38.5 | ||
| Independent | Joseph Charles Sherrott | 352 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | 2,440 | 20.1 | |||
| Turnout | 12,150 | 45.2 | |||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Richard Barnett | 8,289 | 49.4 | -9.2 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 5,533 | 33.0 | -5.5 | |
| Labour | George Horne | 2,947 | 17.6 | New | |
| Majority | 2,756 | 16.4 | -3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 16,769 | 57.9 | +12.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Richard Barnett | 7,097 | 42.0 | -7.4 | |
| Labour | George Horne | 5,321 | 31.4 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal | William Charles Pilley | 4,505 | 26.6 | -6.4 | |
| Majority | 1,776 | 10.6 | -5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 16,923 | 56.9 | -1.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -10.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Richard Barnett | 11,877 | 57.9 | +15.9 | |
| Labour | Ernest Bennett | 8,630 | 42.1 | +10.7 | |
| Majority | 3,247 | 15.8 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 20,507 | 66.9 | +10.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Carter | 12,010 | 45.6 | +3.5 | |
| Unionist | Patrick Spens | 10,231 | 38.8 | -19.1 | |
| Liberal | Haydn Davies | 4,103 | 15.6 | New | |
| Majority | 1,779 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,344 | 62.0 | -4.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.3 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Mitcheson | 18,737 | 71.4 | +25.6 | |
| Labour | William Carter | 7,514 | 28.6 | -17.0 | |
| Majority | 11,223 | 42.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,251 | 62.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +21.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Mitcheson | 13,035 | 55.0 | -16.4 | |
| Labour | James Edmond Sears | 10,670 | 45.0 | +16.4 | |
| Majority | 2,365 | 10.0 | -32.8 | ||
| Turnout | 23,705 | 59.4 | -3.1 | ||
| Conservative 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[2]
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Haydn Davies | 9,533 | 61.9 | +16.9 | |
| Conservative | Lionel Heald | 5,862 | 38.1 | -16.9 | |
| Majority | 3,671 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 15,415 | 61.2 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.9 | |||