Bethnal Green South West (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green South West
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byBethnal Green

Bethnal Green South West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 James Branch Progressive Charles Harrison Progressive
1898 Frank Costelloe Progressive
1899 Thomas Wiles Progressive
1907 Percy Harris Progressive Stewart Headlam Progressive
1925 Ronald Jones Progressive
1934 John Edward Anthony King Labour Reginald Stamp Labour
1944 Communist
1946 Percy Harris Liberal Edward Martell Liberal

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Branch 2,406
Progressive Charles Harrison 2,366
Moderate Thomas Watson Francis 975
Moderate Alfred Ewin 835
Independent Isaac C. Walton 677
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Charles Harrison 2,462
Progressive James Branch 2,443
Moderate Carlton Roberts 1,089
Moderate Henry Collins Gould 1,037
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Branch 1,765
Progressive Charles Harrison 1,752
Moderate W. A. Statham 880
Moderate N. J. Synnott 865
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Branch 2,275
Progressive Frank Costelloe 2,155
Moderate Percy Braby 1,397
Moderate H. H. Finch 1,374
Independent A. D. Jones 54
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Branch 2,401 32.2
Progressive Thomas Wiles 2,365 31.7
Conservative Archibald Hay 1,358 18.2
Conservative Frederick Joseph Coltman 1,329 17.8
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Branch 2,490
Progressive Thomas Wiles 2,458
Conservative J. H. Keeling 955
Conservative A. Maconachie 955
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stewart Headlam 2,995
Progressive Percy Harris 2,762
Municipal Reform F. Sebag-Montefiore 1,774
Municipal Reform Frank Brinsley-Harper 1,643
Labour J. H. Harley 512
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stewart Headlam 2,684 29.0
Progressive Percy Harris 2,618 28.2
Municipal Reform Eric Alfred Hoffgaard 2,060 22.2
Municipal Reform Horace Alfred Medway 1,900 20.5
Majority 558 6.0
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stewart Headlam 2,369 30.9 +1.9
Progressive Percy Harris 2,359 30.8 +2.6
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 1,487 19.4 −2.8
Municipal Reform L. Tyfield 1,441 18.8 −1.7
Majority 872 11.4 +5.4
Progressive hold Swing +2.7
Progressive hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stewart Headlam 1,599 42.0
Progressive Percy Harris 1,446 38.0
Labour Joe Vaughan 393 10.3
Labour H. Fitt 371 9.7
Majority 1,053 27.6
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stewart Headlam 3,178
Progressive Percy Harris 3,049
Labour Joe Vaughan 2,244
Labour J. Valentine 2,148
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Percy Harris 3,675
Progressive Ronald Jones 3,369
Labour Joe Vaughan 2,569
Labour Sam Elsbury 2,276
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Harris 3,753
Liberal Ronald Potter Jones 3,412
Communist Joe Vaughan 1,976
Communist J. King 1,829
Labour Skene Mackay 794
Labour Jack Oldfield 789
Municipal Reform J. A. Baker 454
Municipal Reform H. Malone 450
Majority
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Harris 3,761
Liberal Ronald Potter Jones 3,537
Labour H. McNulty 2,180
Labour Maurice Orbach 2,104
Majority
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Edward Anthony King 3,202
Labour Reginald Stamp 3,115
Liberal Percy Harris 2,979
Liberal Ronald Potter Jones 2,824
Communist Joe Vaughan 617
Communist Dave Springhall 542
Majority
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
1937 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Edward Anthony King 5,202
Labour Reginald Stamp 5,109
Liberal Ronald Potter Jones 3,628
Liberal G. T. Holmes 3,615
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Harris 3,020
Liberal Edward Martell 2,890
Labour Reginald Stamp 2,093
Labour M. Finlay 2,060
Majority
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. ^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  3. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  4. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  5. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  7. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
  9. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  11. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  12. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  13. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.