Holborn (London County Council constituency)

Holborn
Holborn
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Holborn and St Pancras South

Holborn 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

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Eustace Percy style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1922	George Harvey style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|	Municipal Reform
1925	Bracewell Smith style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1928	William George Burns style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1931	Percy Hill style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1937	Alfred Walter Scott style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Holborn^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Eustace Percy	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Holborn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	5,234	46.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Harvey	5,143	45.4	n/a
	Independent	H. Janner	947	8.4	n/a
Majority			4,196	37.0	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Holborn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	2,956
	Municipal Reform	Bracewell Smith	2,950
	Independent	Frances Wheeler-Smith	1,722
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Holborn^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,141
	Municipal Reform	William George Burns	4,140
	Labour	R. W. H. Baker	1,049
	Labour	E. Howson	1,019
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Holborn^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,349
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,333
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	880
	Labour	Winifred Horrabin	863
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Holborn^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,286
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,251
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	1,619
	Labour	S. Seufert	1,528
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Holborn^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Walter Scott	5,398
	Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	5,186
	Labour	George Cox	2,515
	Labour	P. E. A. Smith	2,367
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Holborn^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Walter Scott	3,291
	Conservative	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	3,279
	Labour	Iris Bonham-Pigg	2,656
	Labour	Ewart Culpin	2,635
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.

[lmsnotes-1] 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] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[7] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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