Limehouse (London County Council constituency)

Limehouse
Limehouse
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Stepney

Limehouse 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	Robert Bryan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Henry Bryant Marks	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Progressive Party (London)/meta/color"\|	Progressive
1922	Clarissa Bessie Lankester style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Municipal Reform Party" \|	Municipal Reform	Henry Bryant Marks		Progressive
1925	Isaac Lyons style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Anna Mathew	rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Labour
1928	Malcolm MacDonald style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1931	Henry James Lazarus style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1934	Richard Coppock	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|		Labour
1937		Monica Whately style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
1946		Louise Reeve style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Limehouse^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	1,269	23.1
	Labour	Robert Bryan	1,244	22.6
	Labour	Clement Attlee	1,147	20.8
	Independent	R. Ridge	1,110	20.2
	Progressive	Ida Samuel	732	13.3
Majority			97	0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Limehouse^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	5,746	28.8	+5.7
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	5,454	27.4	n/a
	Labour	Julia Scurr	4,385	22.0	-0.6
	Labour	Skene Mackay	4,350	21.8	+1.0
Majority			1,069	5.4	+5.2
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Limehouse^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Isaac Lyons	4,287
	Labour	Anna Mathew	4,235
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,183
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	1,979
	Municipal Reform	P. W. Brown	1,886
	Progressive	A. Hill	1,415
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Limehouse^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Malcolm MacDonald	5,270
	Labour	Anna Mathew	5,108
	Municipal Reform	K. Slattery	2,648
	Municipal Reform	F. Simms	2,565
	Liberal	A. Hill	1,514
	Liberal	J. A. Maynard	1,480
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Limehouse^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anna Mathew	3,375
	Labour	Henry Lazarus	3,353
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,344
	Municipal Reform	T. A. N. Way	2,050
	Independent	J. H. Maynard	528
	Democratic	J. Cahill	517
	Democratic	G. J. Warren	477
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Limehouse^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anna Mathew	5,565
	Labour	Richard Coppock	5,356
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,344
	Municipal Reform	John Boyd-Carpenter	1,935
	Liberal	J. H. Maynard	622
	Liberal	J. Johnson	479
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Limehouse^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Coppock	8,272
	Labour	Monica Whately	8,042
	Municipal Reform	V. G. Weeple	2,542
	Municipal Reform	G. E. Abrahams	2,431
	British Union of Fascists	A. Brook-Griggs	2,086
	British Union of Fascists	Charles Wegg-Prosser	2,086
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Limehouse^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Coppock	2,333
	Labour	Louise Reeve	2,206
	Conservative	P. Woodard	593
	Conservative	M. Barclay	550
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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