Marylebone East (UK Parliament constituency)

Marylebone East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Marylebone East in London
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Marylebone
Replaced by	St Marylebone

Marylebone East 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 wards of Cavendish Square, Dorset Square and Regent's Park, Portland Place, and St John's Wood Terrace.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative
	1889	Edmund Boulnois	Conservative
	1906	Lord Robert Cecil	Conservative
	1910	James Boyton	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Beresford

General election 1885: Marylebone East ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beresford	3,130	58.9
	Liberal	Daniel Grant	2,186	41.1
Majority			944	17.8
Turnout			5,316	77.2
Registered electors			6,884
	Conservative win (new seat)

Beesly

General election 1886: Marylebone East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beresford	3,101	65.7	+6.8
	Liberal	Edward Spencer Beesly	1,616	34.3	−6.8
Majority			1,485	31.4	+13.6
Turnout			4,717	68.5	−8.7
Registered electors			6,884
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.8

Beresford was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 Aug 1886: Marylebone East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beresford	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Beresford resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 19 Jul 1889: Marylebone East^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Boulnois	2,579	55.3	−10.4
	Liberal	Granville Leveson-Gower	2,086	44.7	+10.4
Majority			493	10.6	−20.8
Turnout			4,665	67.3	−1.2
Registered electors			6,930
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Marylebone East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Boulnois	3,122	57.6	−8.1
	Liberal	George Whale	2,300	42.4	+8.1
Majority			822	15.2	−16.2
Turnout			5,422	71.7	+3.2
Registered electors			7,564
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.1

General election 1895: Marylebone East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Boulnois	3,379	64.7	+7.1
	Liberal	Alan Gardner	1,845	35.3	−7.1
Majority			1,534	29.4	+14.2
Turnout			5,224	68.1	−3.6
Registered electors			7,670
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Marylebone East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Boulnois	3,106	73.4	+8.7
	Liberal	James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell	1,126	26.6	−8.7
Majority			1,980	46.8	+17.4
Turnout			4,232	60.7	−7.4
Registered electors			6,972
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.7

Cecil

General election 1906: Marylebone East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cecil	2,827	56.6	−16.8
	Liberal	Adolph Max Langdon	2,167	43.4	+16.8
Majority			660	13.2	−33.6
Turnout			4,994	75.8	+15.1
Registered electors			6,588
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.8

Elections in the 1910s

Jebb

General election January 1910: Marylebone East ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Boyton	3,134	54.6	−2.0
	Liberal	Robert Moon	1,905	33.2	−10.2
	Ind. Conservative	Richard Jebb	702	12.2	New
Majority			1,229	21.4	+8.2
Turnout			5,741	84.9	+9.1
Registered electors			6,759
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General election December 1910: Marylebone East ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Boyton	3,376	57.8	+13.2
	Liberal	Robert Moon	1,605	32.2	−1.0
Majority			1,771	25.6	+14.2
Turnout			4,981	73.7	−11.2
Registered electors			6,759
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 Craig)
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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