# St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)

St Marylebone was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Marylebone district of Central London. It 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, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

## Boundaries
### Statutory description

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.

### No substantive change

As shown by the maps, inset, there was no change in substance to the outer ward boundaries of this constituency during its lifetime.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1918 | Sir Samuel Scott | Unionist |
| 1922 | Sir Douglas Hogg | Unionist |
| 1928 | Sir Rennell Rodd | Unionist |
| 1932 | Alec Cunningham-Reid | Conservative |
| 1945 | Sir Wavell Wakefield | Conservative |
| 1963 | Quintin Hogg | Conservative |
| 1970 | Kenneth Baker | Conservative |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Samuel Scott | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Douglas Hogg | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
General election 1923: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Douglas Hogg | 16,763 | 66.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | James Jonas Dodd | 8,424 | 33.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,339 | 33.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,187 | 52.5 | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1924: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Douglas Hogg | 24,359 | 73.5 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | George Edward Elmer | 8,782 | 26.5 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,339 | 47.0 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,141 | 65.5 | +13.0 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +6.9 | |
1928 St Marylebone by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Rennell Rodd | 12,859 | 56.1 | −17.4 |
| | Labour | David Amyas Ross | 6,721 | 29.4 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal | Basil Murray | 3,318 | 14.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,138 | 26.7 | −20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,898 | 43.1 | −22.4 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -10.1 | |
General election 1929: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Rennell Rodd | 26,247 | 61.4 | −12.1 |
| | Labour | David Amyas Ross | 10,960 | 25.7 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | Cyril Picciotto | 5,520 | 12.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,287 | 35.7 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,727 | 57.3 | −8.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -4.5 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rennell Rodd | 39,976 | 86.7 | +25.3 |
| | Labour | Ernest Whitfield | 6,147 | 13.3 | −12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,829 | 73.4 | +36.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,123 | 63.5 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +18.3 | |
1932 St Marylebone by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alec Cunningham-Reid | 11,677 | 52.3 | −34.4 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Basil Blackett | 10,664 | 47.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,013 | 4.6 | −68.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,341 | 30.8 | −32.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alec Cunningham-Reid | 31,183 | 79.6 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Jacobs | 8,008 | 20.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,175 | 59.2 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,271 | 57.9 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
* Conservative: Alec Cunningham-Reid
* Labour: Elizabeth Jacobs
General election 1945: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 15,891 | 47.9 | −31.7 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Jacobs | 10,740 | 32.4 | +12.0 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Alec Cunningham-Reid | 3,824 | 11.5 | New |
| | Liberal | Thomas Lodge | 2,711 | 8.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,151 | 15.5 | −43.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,166 | 68.3 | +10.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 26,310 | 60.7 | +12.8 |
| | Labour | John Silkin | 12,890 | 29.7 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal | Bjorn Guy | 4,149 | 9.6 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,420 | 31.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,349 | 75.2 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1951: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 28,783 | 67.3 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | William Balfour | 13,964 | 32.7 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,819 | 34.6 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,747 | 70.3 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
General election 1955: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 26,302 | 70.7 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Ivan Michael Yates | 10,903 | 29.3 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,399 | 41.4 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,205 | 64.5 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
General election 1959: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 23,278 | 64.5 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Hooberman | 8,507 | 23.6 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal | Edwin Michael Wheeler | 4,304 | 11.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,771 | 40.9 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,089 | 65.5 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1963 St Marylebone by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Quintin Hogg | 12,495 | 54.97 | −9.53 |
| | Labour | Peter William Plouviez | 7,219 | 31.76 | +8.19 |
| | Liberal | Edwin Michael Wheeler | 3,016 | 13.27 | +1.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,276 | 23.21 | −17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,730 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1964: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Quintin Hogg | 18,117 | 56.23 |
| | Labour | Peter William Plouviez | 9,324 | 28.94 |
| | Liberal | Arthur William R. Capel | 4,776 | 14.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,793 | 27.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,217 | 64.43 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Quintin Hogg | 17,443 | 56.67 | |
| | Labour | Cyril Cooper | 9,382 | 30.48 | |
| | Liberal | Arthur William R. Capel | 3,258 | 10.58 | |
| | Anti Common Market | Christopher Newman Frere-Smith | 445 | 1.45 | New |
| | Independent | Evan Jeremy Miller | 252 | 0.82 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,061 | 26.19 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,780 | 65.08 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Quintin Hogg | 17,639 | 62.1 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Keith W. Morrell | 8,325 | 29.3 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal | Michael B.J. Vann | 2,443 | 8.6 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,314 | 32.8 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,407 | 59.6 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1970 St Marylebone by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 10,684 | 63.49 | +1.40 |
| | Labour | Keith W. Morrell | 4,542 | 26.99 | −2.32 |
| | Liberal | Michael B.J. Vann | 1,038 | 6.19 | −2.41 |
| | National Front | Malcolm Skeggs | 401 | 2.38 | New |
| | Fourth World Group | John Papworth | 163 | 0.97 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,142 | 36.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,828 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 15,683 | 54.6 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | J Merriton | 6,996 | 24.3 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal | Bernard Silver | 5,599 | 19.5 | +10.9 |
| | Independent Powellite | W Davies | 470 | 1.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,717 | 30.3 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,748 | 66.1 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 13,660 | 54.9 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Patricia Moberly | 7,157 | 28.8 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal | Bernard Silver | 4,067 | 16.3 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,503 | 26.1 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,884 | 57.1 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 | |
General election 1979: St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 14,899 | 59.9 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Joseph Hegarty | 6,586 | 26.5 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal | Edward Mann | 2,459 | 9.9 | −6.4 |
| | Ecology | Jonathon Porritt | 691 | 2.8 | New |
| | National Front | Charles Elrick | 239 | 1.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,313 | 33.4 | +7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,874 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |