Balham and Tooting (London County Council constituency)

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Balham and Tooting
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromWandsworth
Replaced byClapham
Wandsworth Central

Balham and Tooting 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 Bevill Allen

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Progressive Henry Herman Carlisle

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Progressive
1922 Malcolm Campbell-Johnston

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Municipal Reform John Ernest Perring rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"| Municipal Reform
1934 George Doland rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"| Municipal Reform
1937 Stephen Benson rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"| Municipal Reform
1940 William Charles Bonney rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"| Municipal Reform
1942 Harold William Hayden

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Municipal Reform
1946 Eleanor Kathleen Goodrich

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Labour Albert Samuels

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Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Bevill Allen 3,149 27.1
Progressive Henry Herman Carlisle 3,082 26.5
Municipal Reform William Mellhuish 1,584 13.6
Municipal Reform Harry Selley 1,542 13.3
Labour W. Eland 1,200 10.3
Labour R. Champion 1,059 9.1
Majority 1,498 12.9
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Ernest Perring 8,403 27.1 +13.5
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 8,308 26.8 +13.8
Progressive Bevill Allen 4,587 14.8 -12.3
Progressive S. G. Warner 3,529 11.4 -15.1
Labour G. Bell 3,203 10.3 -0.0
Labour Mary Thoresby 2,943 9.5 -0.4
Majority 3,721 12.0 24.9
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1925 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 7,041
Municipal Reform John Perring 6,984
Labour T. C. Foley 2,747
Labour P. McGrath 2,741
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 8,169
Municipal Reform John Perring 8,143
Labour John Gregory 4,084
Labour Mary Carlin 3,964
Liberal Frederick Lees McGhee 2,614
Liberal G. W. Roche 2,471
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 8,790
Municipal Reform John Perring 8,738
Labour Frances Stewart 3,608
Labour Joseph George Butler 3,591
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform George Doland 9,332
Municipal Reform John Perring 9,298
Labour John Gregory 6,241
Labour Annie Alice Wilson 6,106
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform George Doland 10,274
Municipal Reform Stephen Benson 9,773
Labour John Gregory 7,222
Labour Annie Alice Wilson 7,148
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eleanor Kathleen Goodrich 7,936
Labour Albert Samuels 7,638
Conservative Ronald Wates 7,073
Conservative John Taylor Clarke 7,072
Independent R. V. Owen 554
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing

References

  1. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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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