St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = St Pancras West

|type = Borough

|parliament = uk

|year = 1885

|abolished = 1918

|elects_howmany = one

|previous = Marylebone

|next = St Pancras South West

|}}

St Pancras West 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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

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colspan="2"|YearMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| Harry Levy-Lawson

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1892

| Harry Graham

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Sir William Collins

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1910

| Felix Cassel

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1916

| Richard Barnett

| Unionist

colspan="2" align="center"| 1918

|colspan="2"| constituency abolished

Elections

= Elections in the 1880s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: St Pancras West{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=44}}.The Liberal Year Book, 1907.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Levy-Lawson

|votes = 2,954

|percentage = 54.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Haweis James

|votes =2,485

|percentage = 45.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 469

|percentage = 8.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,439

|percentage = 76.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,103

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: St Pancras West

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Levy-Lawson

|votes = 2,567

|percentage = 50.6

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Graham

|votes =2,503

|percentage = 49.4

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 64

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,070

|percentage = 71.4

|change = −5.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,103

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −3.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1890s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: St Pancras West

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Graham

|votes =2,984

|percentage = 50.4

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Levy-Lawson

|votes = 2,942

|percentage = 49.6

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 42

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,926

|percentage = 76.4

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,754

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: St Pancras WestDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Graham

|votes =3,104

|percentage = 57.7

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Collins

|votes = 2,273

|percentage = 42.3

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 831

|percentage = 15.4

|change = +14.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,377

|percentage = 74.6

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,208

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1900s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: St Pancras West

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Graham

|votes =3,220

|percentage = 67.5

|change = +9.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Godfrey Benson

|votes = 1,553

|percentage = 32.5

|change = −9.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,667

|percentage = 35.0

|change = +19.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,773

|percentage = 64.2

|change = −10.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,431

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +9.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: St Pancras West

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Collins

|votes = 3,230

|percentage = 55.9

|change = +23.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Graham

|votes =2,545

|percentage = 44.1

|change = −23.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 685

|percentage = 11.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,775

|percentage = 79.3

|change = +15.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,282

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +23.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: St Pancras WestDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Collins

|votes = 3,553

|percentage =50.1

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Edmund Dickinson

|votes = 3,543

|percentage = 49.9

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10

|percentage = 0.2

|change = −11.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,096

|percentage = 82.6

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,589

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −5.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: St Pancras West

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Felix Cassel

|votes = 3,385

|percentage =50.1

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Collins

|votes = 3,376

|percentage =49.9

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,761

|percentage = 78.7

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,589

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

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:

Felix Cassel's resignation on becoming a Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces required a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 1916: St Pancras West

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Barnett

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{Historic constituencies in London

| 1832 = n

| 1868 = n

| 1885 = y

| 1918 = n

| 1950 = n

| 1955 = n

| 1974 = n

| 1983 = n

| 1997 = n

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Pancras West UK Parliament constituency}}

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918

Category:History of the London Borough of Camden

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