Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitechapel and St George's | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | St George and Whitechapel |
Replaced by | Stepney |
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.
It was created for the 1918 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
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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 | |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Eustace John 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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- 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)