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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.
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History
The 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.
1885-1918
From 1885 to 1918, when the constituency was known as St George Hanover Square, it was defined as being coterminus with the civil parish of the same name. 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.
1918-1950
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.
Elections in the 1930s
In the 1931 general election, Duff Cooper, Conservative was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1920s
In the 1924 general election, James Erskine, Unionist was elected unopposed.
In the 1923 general election, James Erskine, now an official Unionist, was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1910s
In the 1918 by-election, Sir Newton Moore, Conservative was elected unopposed.
In the 1916 by-election, Sir George Reid, Conservative was elected unopposed.
In the 1913 by-election, Sir Alexander Henderson, Conservative was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1900s
In the 1906 by-election, Alfred Lyttelton, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1890s
In the 1895 general election, George Goschen, Conservative was elected unopposed.
In the 1895 by-election, George Goschen, Conservative was elected unopposed.
In the 1892 general election, George Goschen, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1880s
In the 1886 general election, Lord Algernon Percy, Conservative was elected unopposed.