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St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Created from
  
Marylebone

St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Marylebone, St Pancras South West

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.

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 Maximilian Schoenbrunn Cassel
  • Liberal: James H Scott
  • On 16 October 1916, a by-election was held, after the resignation of Felix Cassel to become Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces. Due to the War-time electoral pact the Conservative candidate Richard Whieldon Barnett was unopposed and elected.

    References

    St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia