Bow and Bromley (London County Council constituency)

Bow and Bromley
Bow and Bromley
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Poplar

Bow and Bromley 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
1889	Jane Cobden style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Walter Hunter style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Moderate (London)" \|	Moderate
1892	William Wallace Bruce	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour Progressive
1907	William Stanley Macbean Knight style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1910	George Lewis Bruce style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	George Lansbury style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1913	Frank Herbert Baber	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Hilbery style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1917	Frank Herbert Baber	Walter Charles Bersey style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Municipal Reform
1919	Edward Cruse	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Charlie Sumner style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1926		Thomas John Blacketer style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|		Labour
1934		Ethel Mary Lambert		rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1938	Thomas John Goodway	Ethel Mary Lambert	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Labour
1945	Thomas John Goodway	Edward Heslop Smith	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Labour
1946	Lilian Maud Sadler style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Edward Heslop Smith	Labour		Labour

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,082
Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,018
Moderate	Valentine John Hussey Walsh	2,112
Moderate	A. A'Beckett Terrell	1,992
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Ben Cooper	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,420
Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,398
Conservative	H. C. Bachelor	1,600
Conservative	B. Levett	1,596
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1907 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Stanley Macbean Knight	3,285
	Municipal Reform	Horace Victor Rowe	3,212
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,019
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,019
	Social Democratic Federation	Alf Watts	786
	Social Democratic Federation	John Stokes	783
	Independent	J. S. Bird	159
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Lansbury	4,002
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	3,442
	Municipal Reform	Horace Victor Rowe	2,507
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Moor-Radford	2,395
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Bermondsey^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frank Herbert Baber	2,505
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Hilbery	2,464
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	1,936
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	1,826
	British Socialist Party	Charlie Sumner	1,794
	British Socialist Party	Edwin C. Fairchild	1,609
	Independent	Frederick John William Leaney	79
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	3,461
	Labour	Edward Cruse	3,169
	Independent	W. H. Hunt	1,224	21.6
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Williams	1,193
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	1,061
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	8,121	31.9
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,043	31.6
	Municipal Reform	Florence Barrie Lambert	4,721	18.5
	Municipal Reform	A. Barnard	4,599	18.0
Majority			3,322	13.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	8,797
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,645
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Hill	4,685
	Municipal Reform	A. E. Phelps	4,397
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow and Bromley by-election, 1926^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1928 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,519
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	8,260
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Hill	3,390
	Municipal Reform	E. Mudge	3,222
	Independent	B. Hanson	472
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Cruse	6,367
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	6,333
	Municipal Reform	E. Gorst	2,045
	Municipal Reform	F. S. C. Head	2,012
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Cruse	9,266
	Labour	Ethel Mary Lambert	9,019
	Municipal Reform	G. G. Baker	1,656
	Municipal Reform	Sophia Jevons	1,644
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,669
	Labour	Ethel Mary Lambert	8,480
	Municipal Reform	W. Henderson	2,459
	Municipal Reform	T. M. Hardy	2,243
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow and Bromley by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas John Goodway	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1946 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Sadler	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Edward Heslop Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "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
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
^ "News in brief". The Times. 5 January 1926.
^ "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.

[1] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[2] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[3] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[4] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[5] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[6] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[8] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[9] "News in brief". The Times. 5 January 1926.

[10] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[11] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[12] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

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

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

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v t e London County Council
Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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