Kensington North (London County Council constituency)

Kensington North
Kensington North
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Kensington North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 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		Name	Party
1919	David Davis style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Municipal Reform Party/meta/color"\|	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1930	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1931	Henry Robinson style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform
1937	Helen Bentwich	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour	Ivan Power style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1940	Helen Bentwich	Donald Daines style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Labour
1946	Leonard Foster Browne style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Eva Hubback style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1949	Francis J. Clark	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Conservative	Edith Deakin	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Conservative	Denis Charles Griffiths style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
1949	Francis J. Clark	Jack Cooper style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Edith Deakin	Labour	Conservative
1952	Olive M. Wilson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Anna Grieves style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Donald Chesworth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Kensington North^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	David Davis	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Kensington North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	6,364	31.9	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,234	31.3	n/a
	Labour	Barbara Drake	3,687	18.5	n/a
	Labour	E. C. Porton	3,646	18.3	n/a
Majority			2,547	12.8	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Kensington North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	5,130
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	4,696
	Labour	H. Forster	3,008
	Labour	Boris Dvorkovitz	2,676
	Independent	Harry Barnes	1,531	n/a
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Kensington North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	5,756
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	5,732
	Labour	Walter David Little	4,694
	Labour	Maximillian Walter Geffen	4,588
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Kensington North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,279
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	6,270
	Labour	P. Carter	2,448
	Labour	B. Dvorkovitz	2,352
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Kensington North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,062
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	6,021
	Labour	F. Carter	5,884
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	5,761
	Communist	G. Poole	234
	Communist	W. Rowe	196
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Kensington North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivan Power	9,439
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	9,404
	Municipal Reform	J. Fox-Strangways	8,224
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	8,055
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Kensington North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Leonard Browne	6,098
	Labour	Eva Hubback	6,008
	Conservative	J. Fox-Strangways	4,766
	Conservative	L. M. Bosanquet	4,700
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Kensington North^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Dennis Charles Griffiths	11,785
Conservative	Edith Deakin	11,738
Conservative	Francis J. Clark	11,670
Labour	Leonard Browne	11,253
Labour	F. Carter	11,157
Labour	Eva Hubback	11,141
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kensington North by-election, 1949^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cooper	14,197
	Conservative	Ian Percival	13,100
	Communist	John Eyre	464
	Common Wealth	Chrystal Cates	135
Majority			1,097
Turnout				52	+9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Kensington North^[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Anna Grieves	14,367
Labour	Olive Wilson	14,231
Labour	Donald Chesworth	13,860
Conservative	Francis J. Clark	11,354
Conservative	Edith Deakin	11,338
Conservative	C. Vernon-Plummer	11,289
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Kensington North^[11]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Chesworth	9,979
Labour	Anna Grieves	9,975
Labour	Olive Wilson	9,829
Conservative	H. Moore-Brabazon	9,401
Conservative	A. F. H. Royle	9,316
Conservative	L. Stallwood	9,275
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Kensington North^[12]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Anna Grieves	10,753
Labour	Olive Wilson	10,751
Labour	Donald Chesworth	10,718
Conservative	R. Bulbrook	6,745
Conservative	A. Colpoys	6,673
Conservative	H. Moore-Brabazon	6,606
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Kensington North^[13]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Chesworth	8,297
Labour	Anna Grieves	8,152
Labour	Olive Wilson	8,016
Conservative	P. M. Hordern	7,046
Conservative	L. Myers	7,007
Conservative	F. K. Roberts	6,838
Liberal	Y. Richardson	1,420
Liberal	R. J. Bailey	1,326
Liberal	R. Arnold	1,257
Labour hold		Swing
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.
^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "Labour victory in Kensington". The Times. 5 November 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.
^ "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

[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.

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

[9] "Labour victory in Kensington". The Times. 5 November 1949.

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

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

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

[13] "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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