Marylebone East (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Marylebone East
Type:Borough
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Elects Howmany:one
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Marylebone East was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was formerly part of the two-seat Marylebone constituency. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The wards of Cavendish Square, Dorset Square and Regent's Park, Portland Place, and St John's Wood Terrace.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885Lord Charles BeresfordConservative
1889Edmund BoulnoisConservative
1906Lord Robert CecilConservative
1910James BoytonConservative
1918constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Beresford was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

Beresford resigned, causing a by-election.