St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)

St Pancras North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

St Pancras North in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

St Pancras North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
County County of London
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Holborn & St Pancras
Created from Marylebone

St. Pancras North 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 in 1885 and abolished in 1983 with the area becoming part of the new constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.

Contents

Boundaries

Politics and history of the constituency

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Notes
1885 Thomas Henry Bolton Liberal
1886 Charles Cochrane-Baillie Conservative later Baron Lamington
1890 by-election Thomas Henry Bolton Liberal Bolton was re-elected in 1892 as a Liberal, but later joined the Liberal Unionists
1893? Liberal Unionist Party
1895 Edward Robert Pacy Moon Conservative
1906 Willoughby Hyett Dickinson Liberal later 1st Baron Dickinson
1918 John William Lorden Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1923 James Marley Labour
1924 William Jocelyn Ian Fraser Conservative Party
1929 James Marley Labour
1931 William Jocelyn Ian Fraser Conservative Party later Baron Fraser of Lonsdale
1937 by-election Robert Grant Grant-Ferris Conservative Party later Baron Harvington
1945 George House Labour
1949 by-election Kenneth Robinson Labour Minister of Health 1964–1968
1970 Albert Stallard Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Holborn & St Pancras

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979:

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General Election 10 October 1974:

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General Election 28 February 1974:

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General Election 18 June 1970:

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Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966:

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General Election 15 October 1964:

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Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959:

constituency of St Pancras North
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Electorate , Turnout 69.47%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Robinson 22,256 54.12
Conservative DB Mitchell 15,949 38.79
National Labour Bill Webster 1,685 4.10
Communist J Nicolson 1,230 2.99
Majority 6,307 15.34
Turnout 69.47%
General Election 26 May 1955:

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General Election 25 October 1951:

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General Election 23 February 1950:

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Labour Kenneth Robinson
Conservative John Edgar Harvey
Liberal P W C Whitton
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Election in the 1940s

By-election, 10 March 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Robinson 16,185 57.5 -6.3
Conservative N.S. Shields 11,118 39.5 +4.8
Communist J. Mahon 854 3.0 N/A
Majority 5,067 18.0
Turnout 43,229 65.1
General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: St. Pancras, North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George House 16,738 63.8 +14.4
Conservative Robert Grant Grant-Ferris 9,108 34.7 -15.9
Independent J.B. Gilmore 403 1.5 N/A
Majority 7,630 29.1
Turnout 36,979 71.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935:

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General Election 27 October 1931:

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Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929:

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General Election 29 October 1924:

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General Election 6 December 1923:

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Electorate 37,221 Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Marley 10,931
Conservative John William Lorden 8,085
Liberal H D Roome 6,363
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General Election 15 November 1922:

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Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: St. Pancras, North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative John William Lorden 7,260 41.4
Liberal Sir Willoughby Dickinson 5,596 32.0
Labour J.G. Dale 4,651 26.6
Majority 1,664 9.4
Turnout 33,747 51.9
Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

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