Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Whitechapel is part of the historic county of Middlesex, in the far east of the county. The constituency was on the north bank of the River Thames. It was bordered by the constituencies of: City of London to the west; Hoxton & Bethnal Green South West to the north; and Stepney & St George's in the East to the east.

From 1889 the district was included in the administrative County of London. In 1900 the constituency became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

In the redistribution of 1918 Whitechapel was incorporated in a new Whitechapel and St George's constituency.

{{Compact ToC election decades|

|decade1 = 1880s

|decade2 = 1890s

|decade3 = 1900s

|decade4 = 1910s

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File:Sir_Samuel_Montagu.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Whitechapel{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=57}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Montagu

|votes=2,353

|percentage=54.4

|change=

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Phineas Cowan

|votes=1,972

|percentage=45.6

|change=

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=381

|percentage=8.8

|change=

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,325

|percentage=70.4

|change=

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,140

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Montagu

|votes=2,179

|percentage=57.8

|change=+3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=William Le Poer Trench

|votes=1,592

|percentage=42.2

|change=-3.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=587

|percentage=15.6

|change=+6.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,771

|percentage=61.4

|change=-9.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,140

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+3.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Montagu

|votes=2,327

|percentage=56.4

|change=-1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=William Le Poer Trench

|votes=1,800

|percentage=43.6

|change=+1.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=527

|percentage=12.8

|change=-2.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,127

|percentage=71.0

|change=+9.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,813

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Samuel Montagu

|votes=2,009

|percentage=50.4

|change=-6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Sir William Henry Porter, 2nd Baronet|William Porter

|votes=1,977

|percentage=49.6

|change=+6.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=32

|percentage=0.8

|change=-12.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 3,986

|percentage=68.0

|change=-3.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,864

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-6.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Stuart_Samuel.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Samuel

|votes=1,679

|percentage=51.1

|change=+0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=David Hope Kyd

|votes=1,608

|percentage=48.9

|change=-0.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=71

|percentage=2.2

|change=+1.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,287

|percentage=65.7

|change=-2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,004

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Samuel

|votes=1,925

|percentage=55.1

|change=+4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=David Hope Kyd

|votes=1,569

|percentage=44.9

|change=-4.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=356

|percentage=10.2

|change=+8.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,494

|percentage=81.7

|change=+16.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,279

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+4.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Samuel

|votes=1,963

|percentage=58.3

|change=+3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Weir Greenlees

|votes=1,402

|percentage=41.7

|change=-3.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=561

|percentage=16.6

|change=+6.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 3,365

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+3.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Whitechapel

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Samuel

|votes=1,731

|percentage=59.2

|change=+0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Edgar Monteagle Browne

|votes=1,191

|percentage=40.8

|change=-0.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=540

|percentage=18.4

|change=+1.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 2,922

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+0.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=1913 Whitechapel by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Stuart Samuel

|votes=1,722

|percentage=52.5

|change=-6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Edgar Monteagle Browne

|votes=1,556

|percentage=47.5

|change=+6.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=166

|percentage=5.0

|change=-13.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 3,278

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-6.7

}}

{{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 autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Stuart Samuel
• Unionist:

{{Election box begin|

|title=1916 Whitechapel by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Kiley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{reflist}}

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)

{{Historic constituencies in London

| 1832 = n

| 1868 = n

| 1885 = y

| 1918 = n

| 1950 = n

| 1955 = n

| 1974 = n

| 1983 = n

| 1997 = n

}}

Category:Politics of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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:Whitechapel