Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Whitechapel. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Whitechapel RegD/PLU/PLPar
Whitechapel Lon_SDist
Whitechapel SubD
Whitechapel Church SubD
Whitechapel North SubD
Whitechapel St Mark EP
Whitechapel St Paul Dock Street EP
Whitechapel St Jude EP
St John the Evangelist in the East EP
Whitechapel St Mary With St Jude EP
Whitechapel St Paul With St Mark EP
Whitechapel CP
Whitechapel EP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Whitechapel.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Whitechapel.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Tower Hamlets Whitechapel PBDivCon	1885	1918
Stepney Whitechapel and St Georges PBDivCon	1918	1948

Additional constituencies that covered Whitechapel may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Whitechapel:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Whitechapel CP
Stepney CP
Tower Hamlets LB
Stepney MetB
Whitechapel RegD/PLU/PLPar
Tower Hamlets District
London/Tower O41area
London RegC
Middlesex AncC
Inner London
Greater London AdmC
London AdmC
Middlesex and London AdmC
London GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Whitechapel.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Tower Hamlets PBCon	1832	1884
Tower Hamlets Whitechapel PBDivCon	1885	1917
Stepney Mile End PBDivCon	1918	1948
Stepney BCon	1949	1973
Tower Hamlets Stepney and Poplar BCon	1974	1982
Bethnal Green and Stepney BCon	1983	1996
Bethnal Green and Bow BCon	1997	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Whitechapel. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.