Brixton (London County Council constituency)

Brixton
Brixton
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Brixton was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Party
1889	Edmund Verney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Moderate (London)" \|	Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1892	Henry Harris style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Stephen Seaward Tayler style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive
1895	William Haydon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Moderate (London)" \|	Moderate	Charles Jerome style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Moderate (London)" \|	Moderate			Moderate
1901	Frederick Dolman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Lewen Sharp style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive
1907	William Haydon	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|	Municipal Reform	Samuel Hoare style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|			Municipal Reform
1910	William Haydon	Ernest Gray	Municipal Reform	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|			Municipal Reform
1919	Charles Henry Gibbs style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|		Municipal Reform
1922	Gervas Pierrepont		rowspan=5 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|	Municipal Reform
1925		Nigel Colman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1928		Barrie Lambert style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1931		Charles Kingston style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1934		Barbara Hornby style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1946	Walter Boys	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Victor Mishcon			rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1949	Walter Boys	Donald Ford	Labour		rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1954	Beatrice Serota	Donald Ford	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|		Labour	Labour
1961	Beatrice Serota	Nathan Marock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour		Labour

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Brixton^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Moderate	William Haydon	2,944	20.2	−1.1
Moderate	Charles Jerome	2,863
Progressive	J. W. Horsley	2,339
Progressive	Spencer Barclay Heward	2,323
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Brixton^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Frederick Dolman	3,244	30.1	+5.7
Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,226	29.9	+5.6
Conservative	William Bell	2,180	20.2	−1.1
Conservative	Charles Jerome	2,138	19.8	−10.1
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.6

1904 London County Council election: Brixton^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Frederick Dolman	3,170
Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,120
Conservative	W. Haydon	2,022
Conservative	S. Cresswell	2,911
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Brixton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,997
	Municipal Reform	Samuel Hoare	4,295
	Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,546
	Progressive	L. Earle	3,525
Majority
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Brixton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,324
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	4,295
	Progressive	M. B. Lange	3,188
	Progressive	George Shrubsall	3,186
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Brixton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,289	28.8	−0.0
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	4,274	28.7	+0.1
	Progressive	A. R. Gridley	3,154	21.2	−0.1
	Progressive	Hillier Holt	3,151	21.2	−0.0
Majority			1,120	7.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	0.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.5

1919 London County Council election: Brixton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Charles Henry Gibbs	2,159	32.0
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	2,102	31.2
	Labour	Horace Herbert Tavender	1,261	18.7
	Labour	W. Burroughs	1,216	18.1
Majority			841	12.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Brixton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	8,260	35.5	+4.3
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	8,149	35.0	+3.0
	Labour	W. I. G. Scott	3,455	14.8	−3.9
	Labour	Henry Devenish Harben	3,423	14.7	−3.4
Majority			4,694	20.2	+7.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Brixton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,935
	Municipal Reform	Nigel Colman	5,817
	Labour	James Adams	2,784
	Labour	Amy Sayle	2,029	−
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Brixton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	4,371
	Municipal Reform	Barrie Lambert	4,340
	Liberal	P. H. Chase	2,123
	Liberal	G. W. Nash	2,112	−
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Brixton^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,392
	Municipal Reform	Charles Kingston	5,320
	Labour	E. J. Titler	2,073
	Labour	A. Hindell	1,979
	Liberal	Arthur Stanley Quick	1,088
	Liberal	Ursula Warren	1,070	−
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Brixton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,107
	Municipal Reform	Barbara Hornby	4,940
	Labour	B. Fraser	4,485
	Labour	F. E. Brown	4,455
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Brixton^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Barbara Hornby	8,018
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	7,956
	Labour	Gavin Henderson	6,945
	Labour	C. Johnson	6,695
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Brixton^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Walter Boys	5,955
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	5,945
	Conservative	Barbara Hornby	3,366
	Conservative	Gervas Pierrepont	3,329
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Brixton^[14]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Ford	11,904
Labour	Walter Boys	11,867
Labour	Victor Mishcon	11,859
Conservative	F. T. Horne	11,651
Conservative	Lady Williams	11,462
Conservative	W. Shepheard	11,445
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Brixton^[15]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Ford	15,315
Labour	Victor Mishcon	15,169
Labour	Walter Boys	14,912
Conservative	W. H. Hall	8,680
Conservative	J. W. Loveridge	8,655
Conservative	M. Rose	8,542
Union Movement	J. F. Dunigan	758
Union Movement	F. E. Lewis	523
Union Movement	J. M. Ryan	373
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Beatrice Serota was elected unopposed in 1954.

1955 London County Council election: Brixton^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Victor Mishcon	9,571
Labour	Donald Ford	9,158
Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,073
Conservative	N. M. Miskin	6,103
Conservative	B. Knightly	6,077
Conservative	A. G. Morkill	5,745
Union Movement	G. A. Hudson	307
Liberal	M. R. Gidley	268
Union Movement	J. M. Ryan	262
Liberal	Eunice Jones	251
Union Movement	Robert Row	218
Liberal	M. D. E. Smart	177
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Brixton^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Ford	10,173
Labour	Victor Mishcon	10,134
Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,627
Conservative	J. W. Proctor	3,742
Conservative	J. C. Blofeld	3,715
Conservative	J. Warren	3,714
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Brixton^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Victor Mishcon	9,966
Labour	Nathan Marock	9,949
Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,687
Conservative	A. J. Warren	7,566
Conservative	K. P. Payne	7,481
Conservative	R. F. Long	7,193
Labour hold		Swing
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: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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.
^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

[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: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.

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

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

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

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

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

[14] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[15] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[16] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[17] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[18] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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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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