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Lewisham
Lewisham
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Lewisham East and Lewisham West

Lewisham was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	Franc Sadleir Brereton	Moderate	William George Lemon	Progressive
1892	George Alfred Harvey	Progressive	William George Lemon	Progressive
1895	Theophilus William Williams	Moderate	Alexander Wilson	Moderate
1898	Theophilus William Williams	Moderate	George Edward Dodson	Moderate
1901	James William Cleland	Progressive	George Edward Dodson	Moderate
1904	James William Cleland	Progressive	Arthur Stanley	Progressive
1907	William Legge	Municipal Reform	Assheton Pownall	Municipal Reform
1910	Frederick Houston Carter	Municipal Reform	James Stanhope	Municipal Reform
1913			Carlyon Bellairs	Municipal Reform
1915			William Henry Le May	Municipal Reform
1916			Robert Jackson	Municipal Reform
1918	Richard Owen Roberts	Municipal Reform	Robert Jackson	Municipal Reform

1892 London County Council election: Lewisham^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	George Alfred Harvey	2,694
Progressive	William George Lemon	2,405
Moderate	John Lindsey	2,049
Moderate	Frederick Crockford	2,038
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Lewisham^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Alexander Wilson	3,820
Moderate	Theophilus William Williams	3,802
Progressive	W. Willis	2,806
Progressive	G. S. Warmington	2,728
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Lewisham^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	George Edward Dodson	4,061
Moderate	Theophilus William Williams	4,025
Progressive	J. E. Williams	3,037
Progressive	A. C. Williams	3,021
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Lewisham^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	James William Cleland	4,370	40.8	+13.5
Conservative	George Edward Dodson	3,235	30.2	−6.3
Conservative	Theophilus William Williams	3,096	28.9	−7.3
Conservative hold		Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.2

1907 London County Council election: Lewisham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Legge	11,028
	Municipal Reform	Assheton Pownall	10,818
	Progressive	James William Cleland	7,004
	Progressive	Neil Primrose	6,893
	Labour	Gee	118
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Lewisham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Houston Carter	9,497	31.1	−4.7
	Municipal Reform	Carlyon Bellairs	9,410	30.8	−4.7
	Progressive	Charles Garfitt	5,865	19.2	−0.4
	Progressive	J S Lewis	5,809	19.0	+9.9
Majority			3,545	11.6	−4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-7.3

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
^ London Municipal Notes, 1913