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holborn, pancras, south, parliament, constituency, holborn, pancras, south, parliamentary, constituency, centred, holborn, district, central, london, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, first, past, post, voting,. Holborn and St Pancras South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holborn district of Central 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 Holborn and St Pancras SouthFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsHolborn amp St Pancras South in London 1950 74County1950 1965 County of London1965 1983 Greater London1950 1983SeatsOneCreated fromHolborn St Pancras South East and St Pancras South WestReplaced byHolborn amp St PancrasThe constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Holborn and St Pancras Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1950s 3 2 Elections in the 1960s 3 3 Elections in the 1970s 4 ReferencesBoundaries Edit A map showing the wards of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916 1950 1974 The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn and wards five six seven and eight of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras 1974 1983 The London Borough of Camden wards of Bloomsbury Euston Holborn King s Cross Regent s Park and St Pancras Members of Parliament EditElection Member Party1950 Santo Jeger Labour1953 by election Lena Jeger Labour1959 Geoffrey Johnson Smith Conservative1964 Lena Jeger Labour1979 Frank Dobson Labour1983 constituency abolished see Holborn and St PancrasElection results EditElections in the 1950s Edit General election 1950 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Santo Jeger 19 223 48 51Conservative Peter John Feilding Chapman Walker 17 993 45 41Liberal Hilda Buckmaster 2 411 6 08Majority 1 230 3 10Turnout 39 627 72 10Labour win new seat General election 1951 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Santo Jeger 20 332 50 18Conservative Louis Gluckstein 18 573 45 84Liberal Isaac Joseph Hyam 1 616 3 99Majority 1 759 4 34Turnout 40 521 73 70Labour hold Swing1953 Holborn and St Pancras South by election 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 15 784 52 11 1 93Conservative William Timothy Donovan 13 808 45 59 0 25Liberal Isaac Joseph Hyam 695 2 29 1 70Majority 1 976 6 52 2 18Turnout 30 287Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 17 126 49 62Conservative William Timothy Donovan 16 195 46 92Liberal Isaac Joseph Hyam 1 193 3 46Majority 931 2 70Turnout 34 514 67 30Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1959 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 17 065 50 98Labour Lena Jeger 16 409 49 02Majority 656 1 96 N ATurnout 33 474 69 01Conservative gain from Labour SwingElections in the 1960s Edit General election 1964 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 15 873 54 33Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 13 117 44 90Independent Ali Mohammad Bongo Abbas 226 0 77 NewMajority 2 756 9 43 N ATurnout 29 216 67 52Labour gain from Conservative SwingGeneral election 1966 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 16 128 59 49Conservative Julian Michael Edmund Byng 10 982 40 51Majority 5 146 19 98Turnout 27 110 65 54Labour hold SwingElections in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 12 448 55 15Conservative Julian Michael Edmund Byng 10 125 44 85Majority 2 323 10 30Turnout 22 573Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 12 414 49 31Conservative Robert Frederick James Parsons 8 223 32 54Liberal Thomas Hibbert 4 632 18 33 NewMajority 4 191 16 77Turnout 25 269 64 81Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Lena Jeger 11 790 55 94Conservative Robert Frederick James Parsons 6 349 30 12Liberal Frederick Michael John Lee 2 938 13 94Majority 5 441 25 82Turnout 21 077 53 81Labour hold Swing 4 6General election 1979 Holborn and St Pancras South Party Candidate Votes Labour Frank Dobson 12 026 49 31Conservative Robert Key 9 703 39 79Liberal Thomas Hibbert 2 190 8 98National Front F Theobald 334 1 37 NewWorkers Revolutionary P Farrell 134 0 55 NewMajority 2 323 9 52Turnout 12 361 60 40Labour hold SwingReferences Edit 1953 by Elections by elections co uk Archived from the original on 10 October 2012 Retrieved 12 January 2022 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with H part 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Holborn and St Pancras South UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1106268138, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,