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St Pancras West was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

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:

• Unionist: Felix Cassel
• Liberal: James H. Scott

Felix Cassel's resignation on becoming a Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces required a by-election.

References

1. ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 44. ISBN 9781349022984..
2. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907.
3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901.
4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)

• Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
• History of the London Borough of Camden
• Politics of the London Borough of Camden