St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency) explained

St Pancras East
Type:Borough
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Elects Howmany:one
Previous:Marylebone

St Pancras East was a parliamentary constituency in the St Pancras district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Thomas GibbLiberal
1886Robert WebsterConservative
1899Sir Thomas WrightsonConservative
1906Hugh LeaLiberal
1910 (Jan)Joseph MartinLiberal
1918 changeLabour
1918constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

Webster resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s

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;