St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency).

St Marylebone
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Westminster North
Created from	Marylebone East and Marylebone West

St Marylebone was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Marylebone district of Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

St Marylebone in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-50

St Marylebone in the Parliamentary County of London, 1950-74

Boundaries

Wards of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough in 1916

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone wards of Bryanston Square, Cavendish, Church Street, Dorset Square and Regent's Park, Hamilton Terrace, Langham, Park Crescent, Portman, and St John’s Wood Terrace.

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone wards of Bell Street, Bryanston Square, Cavendish Square, Church Street, Dorset Square, Hamilton Terrace, Lord’s, Park Crescent, Portman Square, and St John’s Wood Terrace.

1974-1983: The City of Westminster wards of Baker Street, Cavendish, Church Street, Lord's, and Regent's Park.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Samuel Scott	Conservative
	1922	Sir Douglas Hogg	Conservative
	1928 by-election	Sir Rennell Rodd	Conservative
	1932 by-election	Alec Cunningham-Reid	Conservative
	1945	Sir Wavell Wakefield	Conservative
	1963 by-election	Quintin Hogg	Conservative
	1970 by-election	Kenneth Baker	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Westminster North

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979: St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	14,899	59.9
	Labour	Joseph Hegarty	6,586	26.5
	Liberal	Edward Mann	2,459	9.9
	Ecology	Jonathon Porritt	691	2.8
	National Front	C Elrick	239	1.0
Majority			8,313	33.4
Turnout			24,874

General Election 10 October 1974:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	13,660	54.9
	Labour	Patricia J Moberly	7,157	28.8
	Liberal	Bernard Silver	4,067	16.3
Majority			6,503	26.1
Turnout				57.1

General Election 28 February 1974:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	15,683	54.6
	Labour	J Merriton	6,996	24.3
	Liberal	Bernard Silver	5,599	19.5
	Independent Powellite	W Davies	470	1.64
Majority			8,717	30.4
Turnout				66.1

St Marylebone by-election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	10,684	63.49	+1.40
	Labour	Keith Morrell	4,542	26.99	-2.32
	Liberal	Michael Vann	1,038	6.19	-2.41
	National Front	Malcolm Skeggs	401	2.38	N/A
	Fourth World Group	John Papworth	163	0.97	N/A
Majority			6,142	36.5
Turnout			16,828
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 18 June 1970:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quintin Hogg	17,639	62.1
	Labour	Keith W. Morrell	8,325	29.3
	Liberal	Michael B.J. Vann	2,443	8.6
Majority			9,314	32.8
Turnout				59.6

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Quintin McGarel Hogg	17,443
	Labour	Cyril Cooper	9,382
	Liberal	Arthur WR Capel	3,258
Majority
Turnout

General Election 15 October 1964:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Quintin McGarel Hogg	18,117
	Labour	Peter William Plouviez	9,324
	Liberal	Arthur WR Capel	4,776
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959: St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Wavell Wakefield	23,278	64.5
	Labour	Benjamin Hooberman	8,507	23.6
	Liberal	Edwin M Wheeler	4,304	11.9
Majority			14,771	40.9
Turnout				65.5

General Election 26 May 1955: St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Wavell Wakefield	26,302	70.7
	Labour	Ivan M Yates	10,903	29.3
Majority			15,399	41.4
Turnout				64.5

General Election 25 October 1951: St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Wavell Wakefield	28,783	67.3
	Labour	William Balfour	13,964	32.7
Majority			14,819	34.7
Turnout				70.3

General Election 23 February 1950: St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Wavell Wakefield	26,310	60.7
	Labour	John Ernest Silkin	12,890	29.7
	Liberal	Bjorn Guy	4,149	9.6
Majority			13,420	31.0
Turnout				75.2

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 July 1945: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Wavell Wakefield	15,891	47.9
	Labour	Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs	10,740	32.4
	Independent Conservative	Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid	3,824	11.5
	Liberal	Thomas Lodge	2,711	8.2
Majority			5,151	15.5
Turnout			48,570	68.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid	31,183	79.6
	Labour	Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs	8,088	20.4
Majority			23,175	59.2
Turnout			67,728	57.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Marylebone by-election, 28 April 1932

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid	11,677	52.3
	Independent Conservative	Sir B.P. Blackett	10,664	47.7
Majority			1,013	4.6
Turnout			72,601	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 27 October 1931: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. James Rennell Rodd	39,976	86.7
	Labour	Dr. E.A. Whitfield	6,147	13.3
Majority			33,829	73.4
Turnout			72,601	63.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. James Rennell Rodd	26,247	61.4
	Labour	David Amyas Ross	10,960	25.7
	Liberal	Cyril Moses Picciotto	5,520	12.9
Majority			15,287	35.7
Turnout			74,517	57.3
	Unionist hold		Swing

St Marylebone by-election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. James Rennell Rodd	12,859	56.1
	Labour	David Amyas Ross	6,721	29.4
	Liberal	Basil Andrew Murray	3,318	14.5
Majority			6,138	26.7
Turnout			53,107	43.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

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Hogg

General Election 29 October 1924: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg	24,359	73.5
	Labour	G.E. Elmer	8,782	26.5
Majority			8,339	33.2
Turnout			50,611	65.5
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg	16,763	66.6	n/a
	Labour	James Jonas Dodd	8,424	33.4	n/a
Majority			8,339	33.2	n/a
Turnout			47,998	52.5	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 15 November 1922: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: St. Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Samuel Edward Scott	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

References

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