St Pancras South East — UK General Election Results

St Pancras South East was won by Labour at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 4,710 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in St Pancras South East from 1918 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1918–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 John Wells Wainwright Hopkins (Unionist) 4,884 37.8% Richard Leopold Reiss (Liberal) 1,290 (10.0 pts) 47.2%
1922 John Wells Wainwright Hopkins (Unionist) 8,753 47.5% Herbert George Romeril (Labour) 3,144 (17.1 pts) 60.1%
1923 Herbert George Romeril (Labour) 7,866 41.6% John Wells Wainwright Hopkins (Unionist) 692 (3.7 pts) 61.0%
1924 John Wells Wainwright Hopkins (Unionist) 12,538 54.5% Herbert George Romeril (Labour) 2,075 (9.0 pts) 72.6%
1929 Herbert George Romeril (Labour) 13,173 47.9% Alfred Lane Beit (Unionist) 2,630 (9.6 pts) 66.8%
1931 Alfred Lane Beit (Conservative) 18,064 66.7% Herbert George Romeril (Labour) 9,380 (34.6 pts) 65.5%
1935 Alfred Lane Beit (Conservative) 11,976 51.0% Santo Wayburn Jeger (Labour) 1,636 (7.0 pts) 60.4%
1945 Santo Wayburn Jeger (Labour) 10,030 59.6% Alfred Lane Beit (Conservative) 4,710 (28.0 pts) 64.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Wells Wainwright Hopkins Unionist 4,88437.8% Yes
Richard Leopold Reiss Liberal 3,59427.8% No
Percy Adams Independent 2,26317.5% No
Herbert George Romeril Labour 2,18916.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Wells Wainwright Hopkins Unionist 8,75347.5% Yes
Herbert George Romeril Labour 5,60930.5% No
Leonard Benjamin Franklin Liberal 4,05322.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert George Romeril Labour 7,86641.6% Yes
John Wells Wainwright Hopkins Unionist 7,17437.9% No
George Swaffield Liberal 3,89020.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Wells Wainwright Hopkins Unionist 12,53854.5% Yes
Herbert George Romeril Labour 10,46345.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert George Romeril Labour 13,17347.9% Yes
Alfred Lane Beit Unionist 10,54338.3% No
Elizabeth Edwardes Liberal 3,79813.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Lane Beit Conservative 18,06466.7% Yes
Herbert George Romeril Labour 8,68432.1% No
Shaukat Usmani Communist 3321.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Lane Beit Conservative 11,97651.0% Yes
Santo Wayburn Jeger Labour 10,34044.0% No
Laurence George Bowman Liberal 1,1815.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Santo Wayburn Jeger Labour 10,03059.6% Yes
Alfred Lane Beit Conservative 5,32031.6% No
Audrey Blackman Liberal 1,4748.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 10.0 pts 1922: Unionist margin 17.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 3.7 pts 1924: Unionist margin 9.0 pts 1929: Labour margin 9.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 34.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1945: Labour margin 28.0 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

St Pancras South East has been contested at 8 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won St Pancras South East in the 1945 general election?

Labour won St Pancras South East in 1945 with 10,030 votes (59.6%), a majority of 4,710 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won St Pancras South East since 1918?

Since 1918, St Pancras South East has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in St Pancras South East?

The closest result on record for St Pancras South East was 1923, when Labour beat Unionist by just 692 votes (3.7 percentage points).

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