Southwark Central (London County Council constituency)
Southwark Central | |
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Former constituency for the London County Council | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1919 |
Abolished | 1949 |
Member(s) | 2 |
Created from | Newington West |
Replaced by | Southwark |
Southwark Central 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 | ||
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1919 | George Henry Cook
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Progressive | James Daniel Gilbert
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Progressive | ||
1928 | David Arlott | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour | Kitty Colyer
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Labour | |
1931 | Harry Day
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Labour | ||||
1939 | Ernest George Saunders
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Labour | ||||
1946 | Albert Gates
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Labour | John Keen
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Labour |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | James Daniel Gilbert | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Progressive | George Henry Cook | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | James Daniel Gilbert | 6,374 | 35.9 | n/a | |
Progressive | George Henry Cook | 6,154 | 34.7 | n/a | |
Labour | Lewis Silkin | 2,618 | 14.7 | n/a | |
Labour | W. Barrett | 2,611 | 14.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,536 | 20.0 | n/a | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | James Daniel Gilbert | 5,198 | |||
Progressive | George Henry Cook | 4,810 | |||
Labour | Alfred George Prichard | 3,189 | |||
Labour | F. Roberts | 3,148 | |||
Majority | |||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kitty Colyer | 5,391 | |||
Labour | David Arlott | 4,852 | |||
Liberal | James Daniel Gilbert | 4,796 | |||
Liberal | George Henry Cook | 4,534 | |||
Municipal Reform | C. B. Salmon | 1,823 | |||
Municipal Reform | Irene Dowling | 1,814 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 3,325 | |||
Labour | David Arlott | 3,037 | |||
Anti-Socialist | J. M. Oakey | 2,548 | |||
Anti-Socialist | F. Williams | 2,358 | |||
Independent | P. McCarthy | 1,973 | |||
Organised Unemployed | J. Fitzgerald | 123 | |||
Organised Unemployed | W. Newton | 111 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 5,309 | |||
Labour | David Arlott | 4,760 | |||
Liberal | P. McCarthy | 2,410 | |||
Liberal | James Robert Want | 2,225 | |||
Municipal Reform | Hugh Gough | 1,611 | |||
Municipal Reform | A. Mash | 1,502 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 6,291 | |||
Labour | David Arlott | 5,628 | |||
Municipal Progressive | James Robert Want | 3,517 | |||
Municipal Progressive | F. A. Stockdale | 3,476 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Gates | 3,745 | |||
Labour | John Keen | 3,653 | |||
Conservative | V. S. White | 777 | |||
Conservative | A. E. Lloyd | 763 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour 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.