Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitechapel and St George's was a parliamentary constituency in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Whitechapel and St George's | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Stepney |
Created from | St George and Whitechapel |
It was created for the 1918 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in the East End of London. It comprised the local government wards of Mile End New Town, St George-in-the-East North, St George-in-the-East South, Shadwell, Spitalfields East, Spitalfields West, Tower, Whitechapel Middle, and Whitechapel South.
In 1950 the seat was one of three which were combined to form a single Stepney constituency, covering the whole of the Metropolitan Borough.
In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | James Kiley | Liberal | |
1922 | Charles James Mathew | Labour | |
1923 | Harry Gosling | Labour | |
1930 | J. H. Hall | Labour | |
1931 | Barnett Janner | Liberal | |
1935 | J. H. Hall | Labour | |
1942 | Walter Edwards | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stoker Edwards | 10,460 | 83.4 | +28.7 | |
Conservative | E.J.B. Nelson | 1,113 | 8.9 | New | |
Liberal | Maximilian Kohn Staub | 965 | 7.7 | -37.6 | |
Majority | 9,347 | 74.5 | +65.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,887 | 66.4 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stoker Edwards | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. H. Hall | 13,374 | 54.7 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | Barnett Janner | 11,093 | 45.3 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 2,281 | 9.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,626 | 63.3 | +1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Barnett Janner | 11,013 | 46.5 | +25.7 | |
Labour | J. H. Hall | 9,864 | 41.6 | -21.6 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 2,658 | 11.2 | New | |
New Party | Ted Lewis | 154 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,149 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,214 | 62.0 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. H. Hall | 8,544 | 39.2 | -24.0 | |
Liberal | Barnett Janner | 7,445 | 34.1 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Loel Guinness | 3,735 | 17.1 | +1.1 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 2,106 | 9.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,099 | 5.1 | -37.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,013 | 59.0 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.7 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gosling | 13,701 | 63.2 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Frank H. Sedgwick | 4,521 | 20.8 | -20.7 | |
Unionist | Loel Guinness | 3,478 | 16.0 | New | |
Majority | 9,180 | 42.4 | +25.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,996 | 60.3 | -7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Gosling | 10,147 | 58.5 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Harry Nathan | 7,193 | 41.5 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 2,954 | 17.0 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,496 | 68.0 | +9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Gosling | 7,812 | 54.0 | +13.8 | |
Liberal | James Kiley | 6,656 | 46.0 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 1,156 | 8.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,800 | 58.3 | -5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Gosling | 8,398 | 57.0 | +16.8 | |
Liberal | James Kiley | 6,198 | 42.1 | +4.7 | |
National Prohibition Party | S. M. Holden | 130 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,200 | 14.9 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,333 | 60.5 | -3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Mathew | 6,267 | 40.2 | +11.0 | |
Liberal | James Kiley | 5,839 | 37.4 | +2.5 | |
Unionist | Alfred Instone | 3,502 | 22.4 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 428 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,333 | 64.1 | +27.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Kiley | 3,025 | 34.9 | ||
Labour | Robert Ambrose | 2,522 | 29.2 | ||
C | Unionist | George Alfred Cohen | 2,489 | 28.8 | |
Whitechapel Street-Sellers' and Costers' Union | John Roland Raphael | 614 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 503 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,366 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)