Shoreditch (London County Council constituency)

Shoreditch
Shoreditch
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Haggerston and Hoxton
Replaced by	Shoreditch and Finsbury

Shoreditch 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	Charles Edward Taylor style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Henry Ward	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Progressive Party (London)/meta/color"\|	Progressive
1922	Frank Stanley Henwood style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive
1925	Thomas John Sillitoe style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Alfred Walton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1931	Henrietta Girling	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Santo Jeger style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1946	Henrietta Girling	Dorothy Thurtle style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	Henry Ward	1,701
Labour	Charles Edward Taylor	1,464	35.3
Progressive	Godfrey Vick	1,454
Municipal Reform	W. Weber	1,116
Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	1,110
Progressive hold		Swing
Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Henry Ward	4,015	28.7
	Progressive	Frank Stanley Henwood	3,814	27.2
	Labour	Charles Edward Taylor	3,215	23.0
	Labour	Alfred Walton	2,930	21.0
Majority			599	4.2
	Progressive gain from Labour		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas John Sillitoe	4,894
	Labour	Alfred Walton	4,876
	Municipal Reform	Moyra Goff	3,845
	Municipal Reform	J. E. Harwood	3,840
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas John Sillitoe	5,704
	Labour	Alfred Walton	5,573
	Liberal	Joseph Samuel Baker	4,286
	Liberal	James Edward Houseman	4,248
	Municipal Reform	Lois Sturt	2,770
	Municipal Reform	Napier Sturt	2,725
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Santo Jeger	4,608
	Labour	Henrietta Girling	4,588
	Liberal	James Edward Houseman	2,677
	Liberal	George James Lusher-Pentney	2,376
	Municipal Reform	W. J. Fudge	2,092
	Municipal Reform	T. E. Crofts	2,013
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henrietta Girling	9,071
	Labour	Santo Jeger	8,888
	People's Party	James Edward Houseman	3,675
	People's Party	M. Christie	3,665
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henrietta Girling	11,098
	Labour	Santo Jeger	11,069
	Municipal Reform	S. L. Price	3,303
	Municipal Reform	R. S. Falk	3,217
	British Union of Fascists	William Joyce	2,564
	British Union of Fascists	J. A. Bailey	2,492
	Ind. Labour Party	C. E. Taylor	385
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Shoreditch^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dorothy Thurtle	2,925
	Labour	Henrietta Girling	2,756
	British People's Party	J. Harris	509
	British People's Party	E. P. Epstein	490
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.

[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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