# Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

## Members of Parliament

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

## Election results
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Marylebone West :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,498 | 27.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,490 | 72.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,566 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Seager Hunt | 3,064 | 61.2 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal | Henry Seymour Trower | 1,942 | 38.8 | +26.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,122 | 22.4 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,006 | 66.2 | −6.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,566 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -10.6 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Marylebone West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Seager Hunt | 2,913 | 54.1 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal | John Charles Foulger | 2,476 | 45.9 | +7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 437 | 8.2 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,389 | 66.9 | +0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,052 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
General election 1895: Marylebone West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Horace Townsend-Farquhar | 3,734 | 62.2 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal | Bertram Straus | 2,273 | 37.8 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,461 | 24.4 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,007 | 69.9 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,593 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +8.1 | |
Townsend-Farquhar was elevated to the peerage.
1898 Marylebone West by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Samuel Scott | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

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

### Elections in the 1910s

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