Hackney Central (London County Council constituency)

Hackney Central
Hackney Central
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 1955
Abolished	1949; 1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Hackney Central was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949, and again from 1955 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	John Lowles	Moderate	Walter Johnston	Moderate
1892	Edward Pickersgill	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	Progressive
1895	Frederick William Maude	Progressive
1898	James Stuart	Progressive
1901	Alfred James Shepheard	Progressive
1907	George Billings	Municipal Reform	William Burton Stewart	Municipal Reform
1910	Henrietta Adler	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	Progressive
1913	Henrietta Adler	Progressive	William Ray	Municipal Reform
1925	Humfrey Henry Edmunds	Municipal Reform
1928	Henrietta Adler	Liberal
1931	Montague Moustardier	Municipal Reform
1934	Bernard Homa	Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	Labour
1938	Bernard Homa	Labour	Peggy Jay	Labour
1949	Constituency abolished

Year	Name		Name		Name
1955	Hilary Halpin	Labour	Mary Ormerod	Labour	John Wobey	Labour
1958	Harry Rezler	Labour	Mary Ormerod	Labour	John Wobey	Labour
1961	Harry Rezler	Labour	Ellis Hillman	Labour	Lou Sherman	Labour

1892 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Edward Pickersgill	2,738
Progressive	McKinnon Wood	2,643
Moderate	Walter Johnston	2,208
Moderate	John Lowles	2,197
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	McKinnon Wood	3,355	33.5	+4.6
Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,221	32.2	+3.7
Conservative	Stanley Johnson	1,742	17.4	−4.2
Conservative	George Cartwright	1,688	16.9	−4.0
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+4.1

1907 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Burton Stewart	3,722
	Municipal Reform	George Billings	3,659
	Progressive	W. B. Yates	3,559
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,558
	Social Democratic Federation	Edwin C. Fairchild	296
	Social Democratic Federation	Victor Fisher	257
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,634	27.5
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	3,521	26.2
	Municipal Reform	G. J. Dowse	3,157	23.5
	Municipal Reform	John Foster Vesey-FitzGerald	3,053	22.8
Majority			364	2.7
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	3,670	25.2	+1.7
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	3,653	25.0	−1.2
	Municipal Reform	William Cecil	3,645	25.0	+2.2
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,622	24.8	−2.7
Majority			8	0.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+2.2

1919 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Henrietta Adler	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	William Ray	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Henrietta Adler	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	William Ray	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Ray	4,878		n/a
Municipal Reform	Humphrey Edmunds	4,595		n/a
Labour	P. H. Black	3,299		n/a
Labour	J. H. Harley	3,183		n/a
Progressive	Henrietta Adler	2,759		n/a
Progressive	Arthur Mortimer	2,436		n/a
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[11]
	Candidate	Votes	±%
Municipal Reform	William Ray	5,092
Liberal	Henrietta Adler	5,008
Municipal Reform	John David Gathorne-Hardy	4,960
Liberal	George James Lusher-Pentney	4,820
Labour	Amy Sayle	2,743
Labour	H. W. Butler	2,737
Independent Labour	S. L. Alexander	625	n/a
Independent Labour	J. W. Head	593	n/a
Liberal gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[12]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	William Ray	5,468
Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	5,224
Labour	Bernard Homa	3,715
Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	3,672
Liberal	Henrietta Adler	2,774
Liberal	H. Baily	2,324
Municipal Reform gain from Liberal		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[13]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Bernard Homa	6,322
Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	6,262
Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	5,216
Municipal Reform	F. Rye	5,142
Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

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