Lambeth North (London County Council constituency)

Lambeth North
Lambeth North
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Vauxhall

Lambeth North 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	Owen Jacobsen style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Rose Lamartine Yates style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
1922	Reginald Myer style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Progressive Party (London)" \|	Progressive	Richard Charles Powell	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1925	George Strauss	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Richard Charles Powell	Labour	Labour
1928	George Strauss	Jennie Adamson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Labour
1931	Frank Briant style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Ida Samuel style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal
1934	Reginald Ellison style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Ada Emily Gray	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1937	Will Lockyer	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ada Emily Gray	Labour	Labour
1946	Will Lockyer	Patricia Strauss style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Owen Jacobsen	2,656	38.1
	Independent	Rose Lamartine Yates	2,619	37.6	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Louis Courtauld	885	12.7
	Municipal Reform	Camac Wilkinson	809	11.6
Majority			1,734	24.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Charles Powell	3,019	17.3	n/a
	Progressive	Reginald Myer	3,015	17.2	-20.9
	Progressive	Frank Dawson Lapthorn	3,015	17.2	n/a
	Labour	J. C. Bessell	2,838	16.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform	R. T. Sharpe	2,802	16.0	+3.3
	Municipal Reform	T. Page	2,793	16.0	+4.4
Majority			0	0.0	-24.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Strauss	4,452
	Labour	Richard Charles Powell	4,331
	Municipal Reform	George Gordon	2,341
	Municipal Reform	F. H. Armstrong	2,299
	Progressive	Frank Dawson Lapthorn	1,776
	Progressive	Edith Neville	1,625
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Strauss	4,303
	Labour	Jennie Adamson	4,239
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	2,665
	Liberal	Seth Coward	2,586
	Municipal Reform	R. Elwes	2,014
	Municipal Reform	N. G. Richards	1,998
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Briant	5,453
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	4,875
	Labour	Ada Gray	3,395
	Labour	George Strauss	3,384
Majority
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Reginald Ellison	4,867
	Labour	Ada Gray	4,854
	Liberal	Frank Briant	4,245
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	4,074
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ada Gray	6,059
	Labour	Will Lockyer	6,000
	Municipal Reform	J. W. Simpson	2,064
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Butcher	1,934
	Liberal	R. C. Shawyer	1,311
	Liberal	M. Allan	1,186
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Lambeth North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Strauss	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour	Will Lockyer	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ ^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.

[lmsnotes-1] 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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