Fulham East (London County Council constituency)

Fulham East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1955
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created fromFulham
Replaced byFulham

Fulham East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. It was largely replaced by a new Fulham constituency.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party Name Party
1919 Francis Lloyd Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall Municipal Reform Party Two seats until 1949
1922 Frank Holmes Municipal Reform
1928 Bertram Mills Municipal Reform
1934 Harry Barnes Labour Paul Williams Labour
1935 Beatrix Lyall Municipal Reform
1937 Fred Powe Labour
1946 Joan Ash Labour
1949 Lilian Madge Dugdale Conservative Stephen Garvin Conservative Anthony Sumption Conservative
1952 John Cronin Labour William Cuthbertson Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Fulham East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Francis Lloyd 2,747 34.8
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 2,673 33.8
Labour Robert Dunstan 1,264 16.0
Labour L. A. Hill 1,218 15.4
Majority 1,409 17.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Fulham East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 7,941 35.1 +1.3
Municipal Reform Frank Holmes 7,849 34.7 −0.1
Labour T. M. Cox 3,431 15.2 −0.8
Labour Isaac Hayward 3,403 15.0 −0.4
Majority 4,418 19.5 −1.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Fulham East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 6,361
Municipal Reform Frank Holmes 6,210
Labour C. Wood 3,004
Labour M. S. Douglas 2,999
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Fulham East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 7,150
Municipal Reform Bertram Mills 6,979
Labour Maud Hortense Godfrey 3,619
Labour Francis Whatley Wright 3,533
Liberal Walter Colbert 1,416
Liberal Margaret Martin 1,365
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Fulham East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 7,162
Municipal Reform Bertram Mills 7,139
Labour Harry Samuels 2,860
Labour Will Lockyer 2,818
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Fulham East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Williams 8,422
Labour Harry Barnes 8,253
Municipal Reform Bertram Mills 7,611
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 7,444
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Fulham East by-election, 1935[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Lyall 8,532
Labour J. E. MacColl 7,858
Majority 674
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
1937 London County Council election: Fulham East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Williams 10,249
Labour Fred Powe 10,174
Municipal Reform Regina Evans 9,654
Municipal Reform John Hare 9,633
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Fulham East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Powe 6,946
Labour Joan Ash 6,902
Conservative G. A. Mitchell 5,260
Conservative J. A. Seys 5,166
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Fulham East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lilian Madge Dugdale 11,461
Conservative Stephen Garvin 11,295
Conservative Anthony Sumption 11,063
Labour Fred Powe 10,438
Labour Richard Coppock 10,391
Labour Joan Thompson 10,284
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Fulham East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 13,483
Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke 13,411
Labour William Cuthbertson 13,404
Conservative R. MacDonald-Hall 11,059
Conservative Lilian Madge Dugdale 10,988
Conservative G. B. Michell 10,851
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. ^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  3. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. ^ "Election result in East Fulham". The Times. 11 December 1935.
  7. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  8. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  9. ^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  10. ^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.