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Whitechapel and St George's was a parliamentary constituency in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

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Whitechapel and St George's in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
Stepney Met. B Ward Map 1916
A map showing the wards of Stepney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

The constituency was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in the East End of London. It comprised the local government wards of Mile End New Town, St George-in-the-East North, St George-in-the-East South, Shadwell, Spitalfields East, Spitalfields West, Tower, Whitechapel Middle, and Whitechapel South.

In 1950 the seat was one of three which were combined to form a single Stepney constituency, covering the whole of the Metropolitan Borough.

In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 James Kiley Liberal
1922 Charles James Mathew Labour
1923 Harry Gosling Labour
1930 J. H. Hall Labour
1931 Barnett Janner Liberal
1935 J. H. Hall Labour
1942 Walter Edwards Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stoker Edwards 10,460 83.4 +28.7
Conservative E.J.B. Nelson 1,113 8.9 New
Liberal Maximilian Kohn Staub 965 7.7 -37.6
Majority 9,347 74.5 +65.1
Turnout 18,887 66.4 +3.1
Labour hold Swing N/A
1942 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stoker Edwards Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. H. Hall 13,374 54.7 +13.1
Liberal Barnett Janner 11,093 45.3 -1.2
Majority 2,281 9.4 +4.5
Turnout 38,626 63.3 +1.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.2
General election 1931: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barnett Janner 11,013 46.5 +25.7
Labour J. H. Hall 9,864 41.6 -21.6
Communist Harry Pollitt 2,658 11.2 New
New Party Ted Lewis 154 0.7 New
Majority 1,149 4.9 N/A
Turnout 38,214 62.0 +1.7
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +5.0
1930 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. H. Hall 8,544 39.2 -24.0
Liberal Barnett Janner 7,445 34.1 +13.3
Conservative Loel Guinness 3,735 17.1 +1.1
Communist Harry Pollitt 2,106 9.6 New
Majority 1,099 5.1 -37.3
Turnout 37,013 59.0 -1.3
Labour hold Swing +18.7

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 13,701 63.2 +4.7
Liberal Frank H. Sedgwick 4,521 20.8 -20.7
Unionist Loel Guinness 3,478 16.0 New
Majority 9,180 42.4 +25.4
Turnout 35,996 60.3 -7.7
Labour hold Swing +12.7
General election 1924: Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 10,147 58.5 +4.5
Liberal Harry Nathan 7,193 41.5 -4.5
Majority 2,954 17.0 +9.0
Turnout 25,496 68.0 +9.7
Labour hold Swing +4.5
1918 Harry Gosling
Gosling
General election 1923: Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 7,812 54.0 +13.8
Liberal James Kiley 6,656 46.0 +8.6
Majority 1,156 8.0 +5.2
Turnout 24,800 58.3 -5.8
Labour hold Swing -3.5
1923 Whitechapel and St George's by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 8,398 57.0 +16.8
Liberal James Kiley 6,198 42.1 +4.7
National Prohibition Party S. M. Holden 130 0.9 New
Majority 2,200 14.9 +12.1
Turnout 24,333 60.5 -3.6
Labour hold Swing +6.1
General election 1922: Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Mathew 6,267 40.2 +11.0
Liberal James Kiley 5,839 37.4 +2.5
Unionist Alfred Instone 3,502 22.4 -6.4
Majority 428 2.8 N/A
Turnout 24,333 64.1 +27.1
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stepney, Whitechapel and St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Kiley 3,025 34.9
Labour Robert Ambrose 2,522 29.2
C Unionist George Alfred Cohen 2,489 28.8
Whitechapel Street-Sellers' and Costers' Union John Roland Raphael 614 7.1
Majority 503 5.7
Turnout 23,366 37.0
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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