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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:13:16 GMT
EIGHTH TERM 1910-1913
KENSINGTON, NORTH 20th February 1911 Cause: Resignation of C. Skinner (MR) on 7th February 1911 Electorate: 13,762 Turnout: 49.6%
C.B. Levita (MR) 3,913 (57.3%) A.G. McArthur (Prog) 2,915 (42.7%)
WESTMINSTER 16th October 1911 Cause: Death of C.Y. Sturge (MR) on 23rd July 1911 Electorate: 9,827
P. Gates (MR) unop.
CITY OF LONDON 30th October 1911 Cause: Resignation of N.L. Cohen (MR) on 17th October 1911 Electorate: 25,633
Hon. G. Johnstone (MR) unop.
WOOLWICH 22nd November 1911 Cause: Resignation of E.A.H. Jay (MR) on 7th November 1911 Electorate: 21,936 Turnout: 67.9%
H.K. Wood (MR) 7,727 (51.9%) W.S. Sanders (Lab) 7,171 (48.1%)
MARYLEBONE, WEST 7th February 1912 Cause: Resignation of Miss A.S. Lawrence (MR) on 23rd January 1912 Electorate: 12,698 Turnout: 38.6%
Lord Greville (MR) 3,831 (78.1%) Dr. M. Sophia Jevons (Ind) 1,075 (21.9%) (Jevons was supported by St. Marylebone Women's Local Government Association)
MARYLEBONE, EAST 28th February 1912 Cause: Resignation of H.A. Pakenham (MR) on 13th February 1912 Electorate: 9,872
E.R. Debenham (MR) unop.
ISLINGTON, NORTH 13th May 1912 Cause: Resignation of J.C. Hill (MR) on 30th April 1912 Electorate: 15,849 Turnout: 50.4%
R.J. Cooper (MR) 4,222 (52.8%) I.H. Stranger (Prog) 3,773 (47.2%)
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM: None
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:18:08 GMT
NINTH TERM 1913-1919
CITY OF LONDON 9th May 1913 Cause: Resignation of S. Sankey (MR) on 29th April 1913 Electorate: 25,773
W.W. Grantham (MR) unop.
TOWER HAMLETS, MILE END 13th August 1913 Cause: Death of C.S. Stettauer (Prog) on 24th July 1913 Electorate: 6,765 Turnout: 49.8%
G.A. Dutfield (MR) 1,743 (51.7%) Hon. H.L.F. Moulton (Prog) 1,627 (48.3%)
ISLINGTON, WEST 21st February 1914 Cause: Death of H.L. Jephson (Prog) on 31st January 1914 Electorate: 10,280
W.A. Nicholls (Prog) unop.
MARYLEBONE, WEST 6th July 1914 Cause: Death of Sir E. White (MR) on 14th June 1914 Electorate: 12,482
E.W. Morrison-Bell (MR) unop.
FINSBURY, HOLBORN 9th November 1914 Cause: Resignation of R.I. Tasker (MR) on 27th October 1914 Electorate: 11,571
H.H. Tasker (MR) unop.
TOWER HAMLETS, LIMEHOUSE 14th January 1915 Cause: Resignation of B.B. Evans (Prog) on 15th December 1914 Electorate: 7,599
H. Marks (Prog) unop.
CITY OF LONDON 1st March 1915 Cause: Resignation of W.H. Pannell (MR) on 9th February 1915 Electorate: 25,125
C.A. Hanson (MR) unop.
LEWISHAM 8th May 1915 Cause: Resignation of C.W. Bellairs (MR) on 27th April 1915 Electorate: 34,619
W.H. Le May (MR) unop.
From this time until the end of the Ninth Term, vacancies were filled by appointment under the Elections and Registration Act, 1915.
BATTERSEA and CLAPHAM, CLAPHAM 7th December 1915 Cause: Death of R.M. Sebag-Montefiore (MR) on 19th November 1915 Appointment: W.H.P. Gibson
TOWER HAMLETS, STEPNEY 21st December 1915 Cause: Resignation of Hon. A.C.S. Chichester (MR) on 7th December 1915 Appointment: D. Hazel
LEWISHAM 4th April 1916 Cause: Resignation of W.H. Le May (MR) on 21st March 1916 Appointment: R. Jackson
FINSBURY, CENTRAL 30th May 1916 Cause: Death of L.W.S. Rostron (MR) on 14th May 1916 Appointment: J. Little
MARYLEBONE, WEST 30th May 1916 Cause: Resignation of Lord Greville (MR) on 16th May 1916 Appointment: E. Sanger
FULHAM 31st October 1916 Cause: Death of E.G. Easton (MR) on 2nd August 1916 Appointment H.G. Norris
HACKNEY, SOUTH 31st October 1916 Cause: Resignation of G.K. Naylor (MR) on 4th September 1916 Appointment: C. Winkley
TOWER HAMLETS, BOW and BROMLEY 3rd April 1917 Cause: Resignation of M. Hilbery (MR) on 9th March 1917 Appointment: W.C. Bersey
TOWER HAMLETS, MILE END 1st May 1917 Cause: Resignation of G.A. Dutfield (MR) on 18th July 1916 Appointment: G.B. Piggott
CITY OF LONDON 16th October 1917 Cause: Resignation of Hon. G. Johnstone (MR) on 31st July 1917 Appointment: J. Robarts
ISLINGTON, EAST 18th December 1917 Cause: Resignation of E. Smallwood (Prog) on 10th December 1917 Appointment: A.C. Denham
STRAND 5th March 1918 Cause: Death of C. Probyn (MR) on 10th February 1918 Appointment: J.M. Gatti
CITY OF LONDON 23rd April 1918 Cause: Death of J.W. Domoney (MR) on 23rd March 1918 Appointment: G.R. Blades
SOUTHWARK, WEST 15th October 1918 Cause: Deth of A. Wilson (Prog) on 16th July 1918 Appointment: Duchess of Marlborough
CAMBERWELL, DULWICH 15th October 1918 Cause: Death of C. Wilkinson (MR) on 20th June 1918 Appointment: H.N. Knights
LEWISHAM 15th October 1918 Cause: Death of F.H. Carter (MR) on 11th March 1918 Appointment: R.D. Roberts
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
City of London (Resignation of Sir C. Hanson, Bt. on 20th January 1919)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:21:41 GMT
TENTH TERM 1919-1922
CITY OF LONDON 1st December 1919 Cause: Resignation of Sir G.R. Blades (MR) on 11th November 1919 Electorate: 27,039
G. Head (MR) unop.
SOUTHWARK, NORTH 13th May 1920 Cause: Resignation of the Duchess of Marlborough (Prog) on 27th April 1920 Electorate: 20,075 Turnout: 20.0%
J.O. Devereux (Prog) 2,314 (57.6%) H.S. Morrison (Lab) 1,703 (42.4%)
WANDSWORTH, CLAPHAM 2nd May 1921 Cause: Death of H.F. Golds (MR) on 9th April 1921 Electorate: 30,796 Turnout: 35.5%
C.H.M. Jacobs (MR) 7,293 (66.7%) F. Thoresby (Lab) 3,638 (33.3%)
WANDSWORTH, STREATHAM 9th May 1921 Cause: Resignation of A.C. Thomas (MR) on 26th April 1921 Electorate: 24,390
F.B. Galer (MR) unop.
BATTERSEA, SOUTH 28th June 1921 Cause: Death of W. Hammond (MR) on 10th June 1921 Electorate: 36,449 Turnout: 26.4%
W. Hall (MR) 6,358 (66.2%) Mrs. C.S. Ganley (Lab) 3,247 (33.8%)
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Woolwich, West (Resignation of P.R.O.A. Simner on 28th February 1922)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:22:49 GMT
ELEVENTH TERM 1922-1925
LAMBETH, KENNINGTON 29th April 1922 Cause: Death of Sir J.W. Benn, Bt. (Prog) on 10th April 1922 Electorate: 31,490 Turnout: 29.1%
H. Gosling (Lab) 3,871 (42.2%) A.U.M. Hudson (MR) 3,378 (36.9%) G. Brittain (Prog) 1,917 (20.9%)
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Bethnal Green, South West (Death of Rev. S.D. Headlam on 18th November 1924)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:27:17 GMT
TWELFTH TERM 1925-1928
POPLAR, BOW and BROMLEY 11th January 1926 Cause: Death of C.E. Sumner (Lab) on 8th December 1925 Electorate: 31,486
T.J. Blacketer (Lab) unop.
HAMPSTEAD 4th March 1926 Cause: Resignation of A.T. Taylor (MR) on 6th February 1926 Electorate: 35,836
F.G. Howard (MR) unop.
STEPNEY, MILE END 15th March 1926 Cause: Resignation of Mrs. J. Scurr (Lab) on 17th February 1926 Electorate: 21,029 Turnout: 40.1%
J.B. Dodge (Anti-Soc) 4,116 (48.8%) Dr. Esther Rickards (Lab) 3,843 (45.6%) R.G. Randall (Prog) 475 (5.6%) (Dodge joined the Municipal Reform group on taking his seat)
LEWISHAM, WEST 28th October 1926 Cause: Resignation of E.G. Sawyer (MR) on 29th September 1926 Electorate: 41,441
F. Leigh-Pollitt (MR) unop.
KENSINGTON, SOUTH 14th July 1927 Cause: Death of H.V. Rowe (MR) on 17th June 1927 Electorate: 34,796
F.E. Williams (MR) unop.
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Westminster, St. George's (Elevation of H.J. Greenwood to Alderman on 25th October 1927)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:31:04 GMT
THIRTEENTH TERM 1928-1931
KENSINGTON, SOUTH 17th October 1929 Cause: Death of F.E. Williams (MR) on 23rd March 1929 Electorate: 37,505 Turnout: 18.0%
Miss C. Keeling (MR)5,816 (86.0%) Mrs. M.L. Piercy (Lab) 943 (14.0%)
WESTMINSTER, ABBEY 31st October 1929 Cause: Death of Sir J.M. Gatti (MR) on 14th September 1929 Electorate: 30,325 Turnout: 19.9%
S. Gluckstein (MR) 3,782 (62.6%) Dr. M.I. Finucane (Lab) 2,259 (37.4%)
PADDINGTON, SOUTH 6th February 1930 Cause: Death of H.B. Lewis-Barned (MR) on 29th December 1929 Electorate: 29,739
J.T. Scriven (MR) unop.
PADDINGTON, NORTH 13th March 1930 Cause: Death of Sir H. Hunter (MR) on 22nd February 1930 Electorate: 36,045 Turnout: 20.9%
F.S. Henwood (MR) 4,327 (57.5%) C.T. Hendin (Lab) 3,200 (42.5%)
CITY OF LONDON 2nd April 1930 Cause: Death of J. Gunton (MR) on 5th March 1930 Electorate: 27,494
W.P. Neal (MR) unop.
POPLAR, SOUTH 16th April 1930 Cause: Resignation of G.W. Mills (Lab) on 19th March 1930 Electorate: 37,200
D.M. Adams (Lab) unop.
KENSINGTON, NORTH 14th May 1930 Cause: Death of D. Davis (MR) on 11th April 1930 Electorate: 43,531
P.G.T. Buchan-Hepburn (MR) unop.
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM: None
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:34:28 GMT
FOURTEENTH TERM 1931-1934
WESTMINSTER, ST. GEORGE'S 17th March 1932 Cause: Resignation of J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon (MR) on 26th February 1932 Electorate: 30,384
E.W.H. Wood (MR) unop.
SOUTHWARK, SOUTH EAST 2nd July 1932 Cause: Resignation of Dr. Stella Churchill (Lab) on 17th June 1932 Electorate: 29,868 Turnout: 8.3%
G.R. Strauss (Lab) 1,935 (77.9%) A.S. Quick (Ind) 374 (15.1%) A.E. Aylward (Com) 173 (7.0%) (Quick was supported by local Liberal, National Liberal, and Conservative MPs)
ISLINGTON, NORTH 14th July 1932 Cause: Death of F.L. Dove (MR) on 11th June 1932 Electorate: 47,737 Turnout: 10.0%
S.C. Harper (MR) 2,610 (54.7%) Mrs. F.K. Corbet (Lab) 2,158 (45.3%)
CAMBERWELL, NORTH 16th July 1932 Cause: Resignation of C.A.G. Manning (Lab) on 1st July 1932 Electorate: 27,153 Turnout: 14.9%
T.E. Williams (Lab) 2,599 (64.1%) P. Baker (MR) 1,345 (33.1%) H. Evans (Com) 113 (2.8%)
STEPNEY, MILE END 27th July 1932 Cause: Death of J. Scurr (Lab) on 10th July 1932 Electorate: 24,515 Turnout: 24.3%
Dr. S. Hastings (Lab) 4,116 (69.0%) F. Barker (MR) 1,853 (31.0%)
CHELSEA 23rd February 1933 Cause: Death of Sir E.L. Meinertzhagen (MR) on 6th January 1933 Electorate: 26,529
B.F. Marsden-Smedley (MR) unop.
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Camberwell, Dulwich (Death of H.A. Wilmot on 21st December 1933)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:37:08 GMT
FIFTEENTH TERM 1934-1937
WANDSWORTH, CLAPHAM 22nd October 1934 Cause: Death of C.H.M. Jacobs (MR) on 4th September 1934 Electorate: 35,111 Turnout: 23.4%
B.W. Mills (MR) 5,378 (65.6%) Miss H. Browning (ILP) 2,825 (34.4%)
CAMBERWELL, NORTH 13th December 1934 Cause: Resignation of T.E. Williams (Lab) on 26th November 1934 Electorate: 25,633
C.G. Ammon (Lab)unop.
WANDSWORTH, CENTRAL 27th June 1935 Cause: Resignation of C.T. Wilson (MR) on 29th May 1935 Electorate: 28,711 Turnout: 31.7%
G.W. Currie (Lab) 4,662 (51.3%) E. Rees (MR) 4,429 (48.7%)
FULHAM, EAST 10th December 1935 Cause: Death of H. Barnes (Lab) on 12th October 1935 Electorate: 37,353 Turnout: 43.9%
Dame Beatrix M. Lyall (MR) 8,532 (52.1%) J.E. MacColl (Lab) 7,858 (47.9%)
PADDINGTON, SOUTH 15th January 1936 Cause: Death of J.T. Scriven (MR) on 18th November 1935 Electorate: 28,132
H.G. Studholme (MR) unop.
KENSINGTON, SOUTH 30th January 1936 Cause: Death of Miss C. Keeling (MR) on 5th December 1935 Electorate: 37,003
Countess of Limerick (MR) unop.
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM: None
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:50:11 GMT
SIXTEENTH TERM 1937-1946
LEWISHAM, WEST 28th April 1938 Cause: Death of M. Campbell-Johnston (MR) on 12th March 1938 Electorate: 51,966
G.P. Hardy-Roberts (MR) unop.
HACKNEY, CENTRAL 16th May 1938 Cause: Death of Mrs. M.O'B. Harris (Lab) on 19th April 1938 Electorate: 36,634 Turnout: 27.0%
Mrs. M.C. Jay (Lab) 5,640 (56.9%) M. Moustardier (MR) 4,269 (43.1%)
WANDSWORTH, CLAPHAM 19th May 1938 Cause: Death of B.W. Mills (MR) on 16th April 1938 Electorate: 35,933 Turnout: 35.3%
J.R. Battley (Lab) 6,366 (50.2%) N.A.H. Bower (MR) 6,309 (49.8%)
CAMBERWELL, DULWICH 24th November 1938 Cause: Death of F.C. Eaton (MR) on 17th October 1938 Electorate: 31,771
C. Pearce (MR) unop.
POPLAR, BOW and BROMLEY 16th February 1939 Cause: Death of E. Cruse (Lab) on 15th December 1938 Electorate: 29,613
T.J. Goodway (Lab) unop.
From this time until the end of the Sixteenth Term, vacancies were filled by appointment under the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939.
CAMBERWELL, DULWICH 6th February 1940 Cause: Resignation of Viscount Sandon (MR) in 1939 Appointment: F.G. Woollard
CITY OF LONDON 6th February 1940 Cause: Death of Sir P.C. Simmons (MR) on 18th September 1939 Appointment: Sir W.H. Webbe
WANDSWORTH, CENTRAL 6th February 1940 Cause: Resignation of G.W. Currie (Lab) on 27th December 1939 Appointment: J.W. Bowen
ST. MARYLEBONE 5th March 1940 Cause: Death of Sir E. Sanger (MR) on 26th December 1939 Appointment: R. Stiles Allen
SOUTHWARK, CENTRAL 5th March 1940 Cause: Death of H. Day (Lab) on 16th September 1939 Appointment: E.G. Saunders
WANDSWORTH, PUTNEY (Two seats) 5th March 1940 Cause: Resignation of A. Bellamy (MR) on 16th February 1940 and Resignation of R.G. Taylor (MR) on 19th February 1940 Appointments: H.F. Ryan and Rt. Hon. Viscount Cranley
ISLINGTON, EAST 30th April 1940 Cause: Resignation of D. Kimball (MR) on 2nd March 1940 Appointment: L. Walker
WANDSWORTH, BALHAM and TOOTING 30th April 1940 Cause: Resignation of G.F. Doland (MR) on 4th April 1940 Appointment: W.C. Bonney
KENSINGTON, NORTH 19th November 1940 Cause: Resignation of I. Power (Lab) on 18th October 1940 Appointment: D.H. Daines
ISLINGTON, SOUTH 1st July 1941 Cause: Resignation of J. Dugdale (Lab) on 17th June 1941 Appointment: G.L. Parker
BETHNAL GREEN, NORTH EAST 29th July 1941 Cause: Resignation of Mrs. R. Keeling (Lab) on 19th March 1941 Appointment: Sir W. Deedes
CITY OF LONDON 23rd September 1941 Cause: Resignation of Sir A. Scott (MR) on 17th July 1941 Appointment: A.C. Bonsor
BERMONDSEY, WEST 18th November 1941 Cause: Resignation of Mrs. A. Salter (Lab) on 6th October 1941 Appointment: Rev. L. Davison
WANDSWORTH, BALHAM and TOOTING 10th March 1942 Cause: Resignation of S. Benson (MR) on 18th February 1942 Appointment: H.W. Hayden
CITY OF LONDON 21st April 1942 Cause: Death of W.W. Grantham (MR) on 18th February 1942 Appointment: H.J. Musker
SOUTHWARK, NORTH 21st April 1942 Cause: Resignation of Dr. C.W. Brook (Lab) on 3rd March 1942 Appointment: T.G. Gibbings
DEPTFORD 17th November 1942 Cause: Death of J. Speakman (Lab) on 7th August 1942 Appointment: E.C. Sherwood
HACKNEY, SOUTH 1st June 1943 Cause: Death of Sir A. Baker (Lab) on 2nd April 1943 Appointment: G.C. Burton
CITY OF LONDON 7th March 1944 Cause: Resignation of Sir G. Wilkinson (MR) on 23rd February 1944 Appointment: Sir H. Twyford
BERMONDSEY, WEST 10th October 1944 Cause: Resignation of Rev. L. Davison (Lab) on 14th August 1944 Appointment: E. Snowdon
LEWISHAM, WEST 20th February 1945 Cause: Resignation of R.A. Brabner (MR) on 29th January 1945 Appointment: H. Brooke
STEPNEY, WHITECHAPEL and ST. GEORGE'S 17th April 1945 Cause: Disqualification of M.H. Davis (Lab) on 11th January 1945 Appointment: R. Clements
PADDINGTON, SOUTH 1st May 1945 Cause: Resignation of H.G. Studholme (MR) on 13th April 1945 Appointment: E.F. Hyatt
ISLINGTON, EAST 19th June 1945 Cause: Resignation of Sir R. Storrs (MR) on 28th May 1945 Appointment: H. Quennell
HAMPSTEAD 31st July 1945 Cause: Resignation of Dr. S. Monckton Copeman (MR) on 23rd July 1945 Appointment: Hon. J.W.F. Fremantle
POPLAR, BOW and BROMLEY 31st July 1945 Cause: Disqualification of Mrs. E.M. Lambert (Lab) on 17th July 1945 Appointment: E.H. Smith
WOOLWICH, WEST 31st July 1945 Cause: Resignation of J.H. Millar (MR) on 25th July 1945 Appointment: S.C.C. Harris
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Hackney, South (Elevation of Lord Latham to Alderman on 4th December 1945) Islington, West (Death of Rev. A.G. Prichard on 8th December 1945) Kensington, North (Elevation of D.H. Daines to Alderman on 23rd October 1945) Westminster, St. George's (Elevation of Dame Barrie Lambert to Alderman on 5th February 1946)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:53:51 GMT
SEVENTEENTH TERM 1946-1949
BATTERSEA, NORTH 23rd October 1947 Cause: Death of J.S. Wilkie (Lab) on 23rd July 1947 Electorate: 34,289 Turnout: 34.9%
Mrs. M.E. McIntosh (Lab) 7,227 (60.5%) B. Shattock (C) 4,726 (39.5%)
CITY OF LONDON 19th November 1947 Cause: Resignation of J. Musker (C) on 13th October 1947 Electorate: 12,505
A. Mackinnon (C) unop.
GREENWICH 22nd July 1948 Cause: Death of H. Gibbons (Lab) on 5th June 1948 Electorate: 59,624 Turnout: 37.4%
Mrs. J. Gollogly (Lab) 11,275 (50.6%) W.F. Mills (C) 11,026 (49.4%)
ST. PANCRAS, SOUTH EAST 18th November 1948 Cause: Death of F.L. Combes (Lab) on 26th September 1948 Electorate: 33,375 Turnout: 36.1%
Mrs. I.M.C. Bonham (Lab) 6,296 (52.3%) Mrs. M. Bennett (C) 5,750 (47.7%)
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
St. Pancras, North (Death of G. House on 8th February 1949) Wandsworth, Streatham (Death of F.H. Campbell on 17th November 1948) Westminster, Abbey (Death of F.G. Rye on 18th October 1948)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:55:48 GMT
EIGHTEENTH TERM 1949-1952
KENSINGTON, NORTH 3rd November 1949 Cause: Death of D.C. Griffiths (C) on 15th September 1949 Electorate: 54,846 Turnout: 50.9%
J. Cooper (Lab) 14,197 (50.9%) W.I. Percival (C) 13,100 (46.9%) J. Eyre (Com) 464 (1.7%) Miss C. Cates (Commonwealth) 135 (0.5%)
CAMBERWELL, PECKHAM 28th September 1950 Cause: Resignation of C.A.G. Manning (Lab) on 30th August 1950 Electorate: 63,471 Turnout: 34.3%
A.M. Skeffington (Lab) 14,567 (66.9%) D.G. Humphrey (C) 7,207 (33.1%)
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Bermondsey (Resignation of Dr. J.A. Gillison 14th December 1951) Deptford (Death of E.C. Sherwood on 24th January 1952) Wandsworth, Streatham (Resignation of A.F. Hopkinson on 11th December 1951)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:56:11 GMT
NINTEENTH TERM 1952-1955
LAMBETH, BRIXTON 18th March 1954 Cause: Resignation of W.G.R. Boys (Lab) on 1st February 1954 Electorate: 55,410
Mrs. B. Serota (Lab) unop.
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Deptford (Elevation of I.J. Hayward to Alderman on 1st February 1955)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:57:46 GMT
TWENTIETH TERM 1955-1958
ST. MARYLEBONE 21st July 1955 Cause: Death of A.E. Reneson Coucher (C) on 23rd May 1955 Electorate: 60,002
Sir L.H. Gluckstein (C) unop.
WANDSWORTH, PUTNEY 24th November 1955 Cause: Death of F.H. East (C) on 10th October 1955 Electorate: 67,489 Turnout: 30.4%
G. Johnson Smith (C) 10,699 (52.1%) E.A.A. Shackleton (Lab) 9,839 (47.9%)
ISLINGTON, SOUTH WEST 5th July 1956 Cause: Death of H.R. Jones (Lab) on 11th April 1956 Electorate: 58,997
H.J.L. Lygoe (Lab) unop.
FULHAM 30th May 1957 Cause: Death of Mrs. E.M. Rankin (Lab) in March 1957 Electorate: 53,545 Turnout: 35.2%
W. Rankin (Lab) 11,730 (62.3%) J.O. Udal (C) 7,100 (37.7%)
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Cities of London and Westminster (Death of J. Chapman-Walker on 28th February 1958)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 14:58:50 GMT
TWENTY-FIRST TERM 1958-1961
PADDINGTON, SOUTH 25th June 1958 Cause: Death of Sir N. Kenyon (C) on 28th April 1958 Electorate: 43,085 Turnout: 18.5%
M.W. Lowry-Corry (C) 5,044 (63.3%) W. Dow (Lab) 2,627 (33.0%) S.M. Cowan (L) 296 (3.7%)
ST. MARYLEBONE 5th May 1960 Cause: Resignation of Miss L.F. Nettlefold (C) on 26th March 1960 Electorate: 56,032
A.D.H. Plummer (C) unop.
SEAT VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Southwark (Death of L.J. Styles on 11th January 1961)
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Post by davidboothroyd on Oct 25, 2020 15:00:29 GMT
TWENTY-SECOND TERM 1961-1965
STEPNEY 22nd March 1962 Cause: Resignation of Mrs. A.P. King (Lab) on 14th December 1961 Electorate: 61,199 Turnout: 7.6%
W. Sullivan (Lab) 3,399 (72.9%) S. Kaye (Com) 1,264 (27.1%)
WANDSWORTH, CENTRAL 13th December 1962 Cause: Death of H. Sutherland (Lab) on 12th November 1962 Electorate: 60,001 Turnout: 23.0%
Miss J. Lestor (Lab) 6,668 (48.2%) Mrs. E. Peacock (C) 4,705 (34.0%) A. Cowen (L) 2,385 (17.3%) W.G. Boaks (Ind) 67 (0.5%)
SEATS VACANT AT END OF THE TERM
Fulham (Death of W. Rankin on 17th February 1965) Lewisham, West (Death of G.R.D. Bradfield on 1st March 1965) Woolwich, East (Resignation of W.O. Stein on 8th September 1964)
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colinjg
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Post by colinjg on Oct 26, 2020 9:24:23 GMT
A brilliant set of LCC by-election results from David. The handful of turnouts I provided in my tables were generally 0.1 to 0.2% higher than David's and therefore probably included rejected ballot papers. I hinted earlier that I would return to Bertram Mills who lost his seat at East Fulham in 1934. The Municipal Reform candidates must have been fearing the worst at this election as it was the scene in October 1933 of an extraordinary parliamentary by-election gain for Labour, on a swing of 29.2%. The by-election result has often been credited as indicating the popularity of pacifism in the country and for contributing to the half-hearted attempts of the National Government's re-armament programme. Martin Ceadel in his study 'Interpreting East Fulham' examines this in detail; it is chapter 5 (p. 118) in By-Elections in British Politics, ed. C. Cook and J. Ramsden, Macmillan, 1973. And, yes, Labour won the LCC seats of East Fulham in 1934, and the swing was 24% compared to the LCC election in 1931. I attach the four pages of the election address of the MR candidates - Dame Beatrix Lyall and Bertram Mills. This is one of my favourite images from my collection of election leaflets: never could one imagine more archetypal 'Tory toffs' as candidates; there is Dame Beatrix in her posh hat and furs together with Bertram, wearing Royal Ascot-style top hat and a carnation button-hole. On page 2 we see they are against "Socialist Experiments in General"; this has an echo in Father Ted's "Down With This Sort of Thing" placard in the TV comedy series! Pages 3 and 4 of the address are in a separate post. There is an impressive series of election meetings, the last of which was addressed by Jimmy Thomas, one of the handful of Labour MPs to follow MacDonald into National Labour, and the (then) leader of the LCC, Sir William Ray. Attachments:
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Post by colinjg on Oct 26, 2020 9:25:17 GMT
Pages 3 and 4 of the MR election address at East Fulham, 1934: Attachments:
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Post by colinjg on Oct 26, 2020 17:07:22 GMT
Turning to the West Fulham division, in 1934 the Municipal Reformers also nominated two candidates of distinction: Sir Cyril Cobb (MP for the seat) and the Earl of Haddo. Both were the sitting members for the division. Haddo had originally been aligned with the Progressives when councillor for the Peckham division between 1910 to 1925, but by the time of his stint in the Fulham seat he had switched to the MRs, something wikipedia doesn't pick up. Their election address (front and back pages only this time) is in the two attachments. Again, there is an impressive list of public meetings, with Sir William Ray also a principal speaker. The "Afternoon Meetings for Women Electors" reveal an expectation of that time that women didn't go out to work and had time on their hands for afternoon political meetings. Cobb and Haddo lost to Labour (like their colleagues at East Fulham), but the swing to Labour was much less: 10.5%. In 1937 the MRs reclaimed one of the two seats in the West division, but made no gains at East Fulham. Attachments:
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Post by colinjg on Oct 27, 2020 9:49:16 GMT
Over the next day or so I will be posting some election literature from the Labour candidates for South Hammersmith over four successive elections: 1928, 1931, 1934 and 1937. This division was a neighbour of both the East Fulham and West Fulham divisions previously mentioned. Checking the results in South Hammersmith it was interesting to note that the Labour Party had no success whatsoever, in distinction to the two Fulham divisions: it seems to be the case that the 'shocking' East Fulham parliamentary by-election result heavily influenced subsequent LCC voting behaviour in East Fulham, mildly (if at all) influenced what happened in West Fulham, but had next to no influence on South Hammersmith. I realise that the qualification to vote in the LCC elections was more restrictive than for parliament, and that we are looking at a small sample size:
| Swing to Lab 1928-31
| Swing to Lab 1931-34 | Swing to Lab 1934-37 | Overall swing 1928-37
| South Hammersmith | -5.4% | +4.8% | +3.5% | +2.9% | East Fulham | -7.0% | +24.0% | -1.0% | +16.0% | West Fulham | -5.0% | +10.5% | -1.5% | +4.0%
| LCC | -3.2% | +9.4% | +0.3% | +4.5% |
Note: Swing figures calculated from "%" data presented in pages 25-32 of Twentieth Century Local Election Results, Volume 1 by Alan Willis and John Woollard. Page v was used for the LCC swings.
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Post by colinjg on Oct 27, 2020 11:56:30 GMT
Here is the election address for Labour in 1928 in the South Hammersmith division. The front and back pages are shown combined as an intended window bill for their candidates, Dr. Herman Finer and the Rev. Stanley Morgan. Their programme was set out in pages 2 and 3 of the address, also attached. Finer had been born in Romania and became a prominent political scientist, later teaching at the Univeristy of Chicago. He wrote The Case Against Proportional Representation, which appeared as Fabian Tract no. 211; his wikipedia entry includes a listing of his major literary works, many of which are still available courtesy of ebay. Morgan was a Congregational Minister, and was Labour's parliamentary candidate at Faversham (1918, 1922, 1923, 1924) and Epsom (1929, 1931, 1935).
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Post by colinjg on Oct 28, 2020 15:45:37 GMT
Now for Labour's election address in 1931; the candidates were Wyndham Albery and P.W.J. Kingdom. Albery had contested Hammersmith South at the general elections of 1922 and 1923; I can find little about Kingdom apart from one pdf page on the internet which would suggest he was a senior trade union official. The format of the election address is similar to 1928's, although the two pages setting out Labour's policy are easier on the eye by the inclusion of some 'folksy' pen and ink drawings. Attachments:
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Post by colinjg on Oct 29, 2020 15:05:01 GMT
I now turn to the 1934 election address of the Labour candidates in South Hammersmith, Tom Morris and Harold Yarham. Morris became a long-serving member of Hammersmith Council (1937-68, and again from 1971), and became Mayor in 1971. (After reading the biography there is little doubt in my mind that this is the same person as in the election address.) The address takes the same form as the others: the 'outside' pages carry portraits and can be used as a window bill, the 'inside' pages carry policy messages etc.
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Post by colinjg on Oct 29, 2020 15:11:50 GMT
Finally, a pamphlet from 1937. The candidates were N.F. Bartlett and W.W. Miller. The first image is of the 'outside' pages of the pamphlet and the second shows the 'inside' pages. Attachments:
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Post by colinjg on Oct 30, 2020 22:18:15 GMT
That concludes my collection of election literature for Middlesex County Council elections. It might just be worth recording here that in the literature there are two major works on the history of the council:
Sir Gwilym Gibbon and Reginald W. Bell, History of the London County Council 1889-1939, Macmillan, 1939, and W. Eric Jackson, Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council, Longmans, 1965.
Jackson's book skims over the first fifty years, because of Gibbon and Bell, and concentrates on the years of WW2 until abolition.
Gibbon and Bell have a few interesting words to say about the first election, held on 17 January 1889. Quoting extensively from the press of the time:
"It is, we are afraid, undeniable that the election of the County Council for London did not evoke yesterday the earnestness, not to say the enthusiastic zeal, which might have been looked for on such an occasion among the inhabitants of the greatest city in the world. In few districts were there signs which even the least eventful of parliamentary contests is wont to arouse. The polls, so far as they have been hitherto declared were comparatively light."
For the members themselves the Press had little appetite. Almost ignoring the distinguished names which are to be found in the list of the first Council, they attributed a poor quality to the new men. [p. 77]
On p. 79 Gibbon and Bell review an interesting issue of equality between the sexes:
Two women were elected to the Council - Lady Sandhurst and Miss Cobden - and a third, Miss Cons, was selected as an alderman. Lady Sandhurst's unsuccessful opponent, Beresford-Hope, took action in the courts which led to her beig unseated in his favour, as disqualified by sex. The Council took counsel's opinion on the position of Miss Cobden and Miss Cons. He advised that they could only be unseated by an election petition and that, as the time for that had expired, their seats were secure, but they ran the risk of being subjected to penalties for acting in their office when disqualified.
For a year they lay quiet, taking no active part in the Council's affairs. Then they began to claim on the strength of a provision in the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, that their elections were valid, took their seats and acted as councillors in the usual way.
They were promptly challenged by a champion anti-feminist, Sir Walter de Souza, whose successful action in the High Court in 1890 to enforce the penalties upon Miss Cobden for acting when disqualified was upheld in the Court of Appeal in the following year. Thereafter they were less active.... Women had to wait until 1907 for an Act empowering them to sit on county and borough councils.
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