It was renamed in 1918 as "Westminster St George's", and abolished in 1950.
Boundariesedit
St George Hanover Square in the Metropolitan area 1885–1918St George's in the Parliamentary County of London 1918–50Westminster Metropolitan Borough wards in 1916
1885–1918edit
From 1885 to 1918, when the constituency was known as St George Hanover Square, it was defined as being coterminous with the civil parish of the same name.[1] In 1900 the parish was included for local government purposes in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. This did not affect the name or boundaries of the constituency until 1918.[2]
1918–1950edit
The Boundary Commission report of 1918 (Cd. 8756), at Schedule-Part II no. 78, defined the constituency as the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster:
The constituency also included "the part of the Charing Cross Ward which lies to the south and west of a line drawn from the ward boundary at the centre of Wellington Arch, along the middle of Constitution Hill, thence along the middle of the road to the north and east of the Queen Victoria Memorial, thence along the middle of Spur Road to boundary of St. Margaret Ward". This area included the remainder of the grounds of Buckingham Palace which were not in the Victoria Ward, but contained no electors. The boundary commissioners proposals were enacted by Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1918.
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
^"Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
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Westminster St George s originally named St George s Hanover Square was a parliamentary constituency in 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 system of election Westminster St George sFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty of London1885 1950SeatsOneCreated fromWestminsterReplaced byCities of London and Westminster Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 2 1 1885 1918 2 2 1918 1950 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1880s 4 2 Elections in the 1890s 4 3 Elections in the 1900s 4 4 Elections in the 1910s 4 5 Elections in the 1920s 4 6 Elections in the 1930s 4 7 Elections in the 1940s 5 ReferencesHistory editThe constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and was then named St George Hanover Square after the parish of the same name It was renamed in 1918 as Westminster St George s and abolished in 1950 Boundaries edit nbsp St George Hanover Square in the Metropolitan area 1885 1918 nbsp St George s in the Parliamentary County of London 1918 50 nbsp Westminster Metropolitan Borough wards in 19161885 1918 edit From 1885 to 1918 when the constituency was known as St George Hanover Square it was defined as being coterminous with the civil parish of the same name 1 In 1900 the parish was included for local government purposes in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster This did not affect the name or boundaries of the constituency until 1918 2 1918 1950 edit The Boundary Commission report of 1918 Cd 8756 at Schedule Part II no 78 defined the constituency as the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Conduit A small ward running from the top of Regent Street down through Hanover Square the eastern side of Berkeley Square and down to the Ritz on Piccadilly Grosvenor Covering the whole of Mayfair and the northern half of Hyde Park Hamlet of Knightsbridge The southern half of Hyde Park together with Knightsbridge and part of the museums area north of South Kensington including the Royal Albert Hall Knightsbridge St George s The area of Belgravia Victoria A very large ward running from Buckingham Palace south to include Victoria Station and Pimlico The constituency also included the part of the Charing Cross Ward which lies to the south and west of a line drawn from the ward boundary at the centre of Wellington Arch along the middle of Constitution Hill thence along the middle of the road to the north and east of the Queen Victoria Memorial thence along the middle of Spur Road to boundary of St Margaret Ward This area included the remainder of the grounds of Buckingham Palace which were not in the Victoria Ward but contained no electors The boundary commissioners proposals were enacted by Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1918 Members of Parliament editYear Member Party1885 Lord Algernon Percy Conservative1887 George Goschen Liberal Unionist1893 Conservative1900 Hon Heneage Legge Conservative1906 Hon Alfred Lyttelton Liberal Unionist1912 Unionist1913 Sir Alexander Henderson Unionist1916 Sir George Reid Unionist1918 Sir Newton Moore Unionist1918 Walter Long Unionist1921 James Erskine Anti Waste League Independent Conservative1923 Unionist1929 Sir Laming Worthington Evans Unionist1931 Duff Cooper Conservative1945 Arthur Howard Conservative1950 constituency abolishedElections editElections in the 1880s edit nbsp PhillimoreGeneral election 1885 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Algernon Percy 5 256 67 7Liberal Walter Phillimore 2 503 32 3Majority 2 753 35 4Turnout 7 759 73 9Registered electors 10 500Conservative win new seat General election 1886 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Algernon Percy UnopposedConservative holdPercy s resignation caused a by election nbsp GoschenBy election 9 Feb 1887 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist George Goschen 5 702 78 7 NewLiberal James Haysman 1 545 21 3 NewMajority 4 157 57 4 N ATurnout 7 247 65 4 N ARegistered electors 11 079Liberal Unionist hold Swing N AElections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist George Goschen UnopposedLiberal Unionist holdGoschen was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty requiring a by election By election 29 Jun 1895 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Goschen UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1895 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Goschen UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Heneage Legge 3 852 75 1 N ALiberal William Everitt 1 278 24 9 NewMajority 2 574 50 2 N ATurnout 5 130 52 2 N ARegistered electors 9 820Conservative hold Swing N AGeneral election 1906 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Heneage Legge 4 264 66 1 9 0Liberal Manmath Chandra Mallik 2 191 33 9 9 0Majority 2 073 32 2 18 0Turnout 6 455 69 0 16 8Registered electors 9 359Conservative hold Swing 9 01906 by election St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton UnopposedLiberal Unionist holdElections in the 1910s edit nbsp LytteltonGeneral election January 1910 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 5 383 78 6 12 5Liberal Mackenzie Bell 1 469 21 4 12 5Majority 3 914 57 2 25 0Turnout 6 852 76 5 7 5Registered electors 8 954Liberal Unionist hold Swing 12 5 nbsp BellGeneral election December 1910 St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 4 398 78 7 0 1Liberal Mackenzie Bell 1 188 21 3 0 1Majority 3 210 57 4 0 2Turnout 5 586 62 4 14 1Registered electors 8 954Liberal Unionist hold Swing 0 11913 by election St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Alexander Henderson UnopposedUnionist hold nbsp Reid1916 by election St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Unionist George Reid UnopposedUnionist hold1918 by election St George s Hanover Square 3 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Newton Moore UnopposedUnionist holdGeneral election 1918 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Walter Long 10 453 90 2 11 5Liberal Mackenzie Bell 1 140 9 8 11 5Majority 9 313 80 4 23 0Turnout 11 593 39 9 22 5Unionist hold Swing 11 5C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit 1921 Westminster St George s by election Party Candidate Votes Anti Waste League James Erskine 7 244 57 5 NewC Unionist Herbert Jessel 5 356 42 5 47 7Majority 1 888 15 0 N ATurnout 12 600 39 8 0 1Anti Waste League gain from Unionist Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government nbsp Mary AllenGeneral election 1922 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Ind Unionist James Erskine 11 252 55 9 NewUnionist Leslie Wilson 7 559 37 6 52 6Liberal Mary Sophia Allen 1 303 6 5 3 3Majority 3 693 18 3 N ATurnout 20 114 62 2 21 3Ind Unionist gain from Anti Waste League SwingGeneral election 1923 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Erskine UnopposedRegistered electorsUnionist gain from Ind Unionist SwingGeneral election 1924 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Unionist James Erskine UnopposedRegistered electorsUnionist hold Swing nbsp Worthington EvansGeneral election 1929 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Unionist Laming Worthington Evans 22 448 78 1 N ALabour Joseph George Butler 6 294 21 9 NewMajority 16 154 56 2 N ATurnout 28 742 53 3 N AUnionist hold Swing N AElections in the 1930s edit 1931 Westminster St George s by election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Duff Cooper 17 242 59 9 18 2Ind Conservative Ernest Petter 11 532 40 1 NewMajority 5 710 19 8 36 4Turnout 28 774 53 1 0 2Conservative hold Swing N A1931 general election Westminster St George s 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Duff Cooper UnopposedConservative hold nbsp Duff CooperGeneral election 1935 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Conservative Duff Cooper 25 424 84 6 6 5Labour Anne Fremantle 4 643 15 4 6 5Majority 20 781 69 2 13 0Turnout 30 067 55 2 1 9Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Westminster St George s Party Candidate Votes Conservative Arthur Howard 13 086 67 2 17 4Common Wealth Wilfred Brown 5 314 27 3 NewIndependent Dorothy Crisp 1 069 5 5 NewMajority 7 772 39 9 29 3Turnout 19 469 57 2 2 0Conservative hold Swing N AReferences editLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with S part 1 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 Chap 23 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty eighth and forty ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1885 pp 111 198 London Government Act 1899 Schedule 1 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig FWS ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press ISBN 9781349022984 Election results 1931 PoliticsResources Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Westminster St George 27s UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1186086759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
