Marylebone West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Marylebone West in London
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromMarylebone
Replaced bySt Marylebone

Marylebone West was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone, in 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 voting system.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was formerly part of the two-seat Marylebone constituency. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The previous Parliamentary borough of Marylebone was split up in the boundary review of 1884–85. The new Parliamentary borough consisted of the parish of St Marylebone, and therefore had identical boundaries to the St Marylebone Vestry which was the main institution of local government. The Commissioners divided the parish into two Divisions, each of which contained four of the parishes' eight wards. Marylebone West division was defined as containing the Bryanston, Hamilton Terrace, New Church Street, and Portman wards. The population in 1881 was 83,871.[1]

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Frederick Hunt Conservative
1895 Sir Horace Farquhar Liberal Unionist
1898 Sir Samuel Scott Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Marylebone West [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Seager Hunt 3,093 56.3
Independent Liberal Henry Seymour Trower 1,595 29.1
Liberal Henry Edmund Knight 701 12.8
Independent Joseph Diggle 101 1.8
Majority 1,498 27.2
Turnout 5,490 72.6
Registered electors 7,566
Conservative win (new seat)

Diggle stood in order to test the eligibility of Church of England clergyman to stand as candidates, but if he had won he would have been disqualified from sitting in the Commons.

General election 1886: Marylebone West [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Seager Hunt 3,064 61.2 +4.9
Liberal Henry Seymour Trower 1,942 38.8 +26.0
Majority 1,122 22.4 -4.8
Turnout 5,006 66.2 -6.4
Registered electors 7,566
Conservative hold Swing -10.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Marylebone West [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Seager Hunt 2,913 54.1 -7.1
Liberal John Charles Foulger 2,476 45.9 +7.1
Majority 437 8.2 -14.2
Turnout 5,389 66.9 +0.7
Registered electors 8,052
Conservative hold Swing -7.1
Straus
General election 1895: Marylebone West [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Horace Townsend-Farquhar 3,734 62.2 +8.1
Liberal Bertram Straus 2,273 37.8 −8.1
Majority 1,461 24.4 +16.2
Turnout 6,007 69.9 +3.0
Registered electors 8,593
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +8.1

Townsend-Farquhar was elevated to the peerage.

1898 Marylebone West by-election[2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Scott Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Marylebone West [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Scott 3,487 69.5 +7.3
Liberal William Hastings Sands 1,532 30.5 −7.3
Majority 1,955 39.0 +14.6
Turnout 5,019 57.1 −12.8
Registered electors 8,792
Conservative hold Swing +7.3
Johnston
General election 1906: Marylebone West [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Scott 3,446 55.3 −14.2
Liberal Henry Hamilton Johnston 2,791 44.7 +14.2
Majority 655 10.6 −28.4
Turnout 6,237 74.6 +17.5
Registered electors 8,365
Conservative hold Swing -14.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Marylebone West [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Scott 4,451 64.3 +9.0
Liberal Donald Alexander Forbes 2,474 35.7 -9.0
Majority 1,977 28.6 +18.0
Turnout 6,925 80.7 +6.1
Conservative hold Swing +9.0
General election December 1910: Marylebone West [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Scott 3,929 67.1 +2.8
Liberal Arthur Hewett Spokes 1,926 32.9 -2.8
Majority 2,003 34.2 +5.6
Turnout 5,855 68.3 -12.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

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;

References

  1. ^ "Boundary Commission (England and Wales). Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales 1885", Part II.--Boroughs, C. 4287-I, p. 61-62.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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