Whitechapel and St George's (London County Council constituency)
Appearance
Whitechapel and St George's | |
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Former constituency for the London County Council | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1919 |
Abolished | 1949 |
Member(s) | 2 |
Created from | St George and Whitechapel |
Replaced by | Stepney |
Whitechapel and St George's was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
Councillors
[edit]Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
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1919 | Henry Herman Gordon | Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | Progressive | ||
1922 | Christopher John Kelly | Labour | ||||
1925 | Morry Davis | Labour | ||||
1928 | Jack Sullivan | Labour | ||||
1931 | Jack Oldfield | Labour | ||||
1934 | Christopher John Kelly | Labour | ||||
1937 | Morry Davis | Labour | ||||
1945 | Richard Clements | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Henry Herman Gordon | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Kelly | 3,244 | 19.0 | n/a | |
Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 3,085 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | Morry Davis | 2,998 | 17.5 | n/a | |
Progressive | J. J. Reidy | 2,972 | 17.4 | ||
Municipal Reform | Woolf Joel | 2,557 | 15.0 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | Claude Herbert Grundy | 2,227 | 13.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 87 | 0.6 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Kelly | 4,231 | |||
Labour | Morry Davis | 4,187 | |||
Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 2,232 | |||
Progressive | Ida Samuel | 1,852 | |||
Municipal Reform | E. E. Sturgess | 623 | |||
Municipal Reform | A. Ludlow | 604 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morry Davis | 5,327 | |||
Labour | Jack Sullivan | 5,324 | |||
Municipal Reform | E. E. Sturgess | 1,407 | |||
Municipal Reform | Lindsay Richard Venn | 1,387 | |||
Liberal | Frank Milton | 1,130 | |||
Liberal | D. Braidman | 1,057 | |||
Independent | K. J. Gerber | 219 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morry Davis | 3,566 | |||
Labour | Jack Oldfield | 3,503 | |||
Independent | M. Moses | 1,352 | |||
Independent | W. J. Pincombe | 1,169 | |||
Communist | Sid Elias | 380 | |||
Communist | Ernie Pountney | 374 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morry Davis | 5,788 | |||
Labour | Jack Oldfield | 5,770 | |||
Liberal | L. Buxton | 1,938 | |||
Liberal | W. Jones | 1,796 | |||
Communist | J. Lynch | 418 | |||
Communist | John Gollan | 389 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Oldfield | 8,830 | |||
Labour | Morry Davis | 8,720 | |||
Municipal Reform | R. Jones | 1,610 | |||
Municipal Reform | M. Rose | 1,478 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Oldfield | 3,470 | |||
Labour | Richard Clements | 3,427 | |||
Communist | Michael Shapiro | 2,116 | |||
Communist | Bill Carver | 2,060 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
- ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
- ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
- ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
- ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
- ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
- ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.