Deptford (London County Council constituency)

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

Deptford 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		Name		Name
1889	Ernest Collard	Progressive	William Hazlewood Phillips	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892	Henry Keylock	Labour Progressive	Sidney Webb	Progressive
1895	John Dumphreys	Moderate
1898	Robert Charles Phillimore	Progressive
1910	William Freeman Barrett	Municipal Reform	Edwin Mumford Preston	Municipal Reform
1913	Robert Charles Phillimore	Progressive	John Theodore Prestige	Municipal Reform
1919	Margaret McMillan	Labour	John Speakman	Labour
1922	Marshall James Pike	Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley	Municipal Reform
1925	James Mahoney	Labour	John Speakman	Labour
1937	Isaac Hayward	Labour	John Speakman	Labour
1942			Ernest Sherwood	Labour
1949			Ernest Sherwood	Labour	William James Coombs	Labour
1952			Alfred Seabrook Simons	Labour	Harold Shearman	Labour
1955	Eugene Murphy	Labour
1961	Albert John Blackman	Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Deptford^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Ernest Collard	2,294
Progressive	William Phillips	2,283
Labour Progressive	Henry Keylock	1,871
Independent Progressive	Althro Alfred Knight	1,047
Moderate win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Deptford^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,088
Labour Progressive	Henry Keylock	3,503
Moderate	Henry T. Banning	2,251
Moderate	John C. Bailey	2,231
Social Democratic Federation	John Elliott	780
Independent Progressive	Althro Alfred Knight	321
Progressive hold		Swing
Labour Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Deptford^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,286
Moderate	John Dumphreys	2,667
Moderate	H. S. A. Foy	2,518
Progressive	Henry Keylock	2,402
Ind. Labour Party	John Elliott	1,255
Moderate gain from Labour Progressive		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Deptford^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,512
Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	4,487
Moderate	H. S. A. Foy	3,218
Moderate	John Dumphreys	2,866
Ind. Labour Party	J. Yallop	233
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Deptford^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Sidney Webb	5,496	33.3	+3.4
Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	5,349	32.4	+2.7
Conservative	Thomas William Marchant	2,865	17.4	−3.9
Conservative	Francis Herman Milford Wayne	2,781	16.9	−2.1
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+6.0

1904 London County Council election: Deptford^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Sidney Webb	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1907 London County Council election: Deptford^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	6,185
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	6,083
	Municipal Reform	H. G. Wells	5,879
	Municipal Reform	William Freeman Barrett	5,839
	Independent	R. R. Fairburn	182
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Deptford^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	William Freeman Barrett	5,932	28.6
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Mumford Preston	5,047	24.3
	Progressive	William James Pethybridge	4,910	23.6
	Labour	Campion Watson	4,880	23.5
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Deptford^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Theodore Prestige	5,704	25.3	−3.3
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	5,667	25.1	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Kincaid-Smith	5,643	25.0	+0.7
	Labour	Charles Mostyn Lloyd	5,532	24.5	+1.0
Majority			172	0.8	−4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
Majority			24	0.1
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	+0.4

1919 London County Council election: Deptford^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret McMillan	4,575	31.0
	Labour	John Speakman	4,356	29.5
	Municipal Reform	William Francis Marchant	3,094	21.0
	Municipal Reform	Fred Bramston	2,730	18.5
Majority			1,262	8.6
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Deptford^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley	9,545	25.4	+4.4
	Municipal Reform	Marshall James Pike	9,487	25.3	+6.8
	Labour	Margaret McMillan	9,333	24.8	−6.2
	Labour	John Speakman	9,199	24.5	−5.0
Majority			154	0.5	−8.1
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Deptford^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Mahoney	12,222
	Labour	John Speakman	12,056
	Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley	7,823
	Municipal Reform	A. G. Harben	7,540
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Deptford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Mahoney	13,523
	Labour	John Speakman	13,422
	Municipal Reform	M. Glenn McCarthy	7,545
	Municipal Reform	J. C. Manifold	7,485
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Deptford^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Mahoney	10,738
	Labour	John Speakman	10,695
	Municipal Reform	J. R. Chalmers	6,440
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	6,374
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Deptford^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Speakman	14,800
	Labour	James Mahoney	14,558
	Municipal Reform	John Southwell	7,215
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	7,176
	Communist	Kath Duncan	1,387
	Communist	V. Parker	1,177
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Deptford^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Speakman	16,605
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	16,050
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	7,948
	Municipal Reform	John Southwell	7,908
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Deptford^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	8,608
	Labour	Ernest Sherwood	8,540
	Conservative	F. Andrews	3,775
	Conservative	V. T. Reed	3,715
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Deptford^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William James Coombs	14,087
Labour	Isaac Hayward	14,074
Labour	Ernest C. Sherwood	13,933
Conservative	Mrs Davies	8,702
Conservative	Richard Body	8,561
Conservative	F. Andrews	8,521
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Deptford^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Isaac Hayward	16,606
Labour	Harold Shearman	15,733
Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	15,415
Conservative	E. Greenaway	7,198
Conservative	A. Bowden	6,998
Conservative	H. Marsh	6,772
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Deptford^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harold Shearman	10,660
Labour	Eugene Murphy	10,639
Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	10,478
Conservative	B. J. Jenkins	5,586
Conservative	E. M. Wheeler	5,439
Conservative	R. S. Guest	5,343
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Deptford^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harold Shearman	10,471
Labour	Eugene Murphy	10,406
Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	10,257
Conservative	Joan Vickers	3,553
Conservative	F. K. Roberts	3,545
Conservative	J. F. Rowley	3,538
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Deptford^[20]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Albert John Blackman	9,702
Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	9,097
Labour	Harold Shearman	8,595
Conservative	I. H. Davison	4,805
Conservative	D. P. Jeffcock	4,542
Conservative	P. S. F. Noble	4,503
British National	R. Simpson	1,520
British National	A. Charman	1,337
British National	J. E. Stanton	838
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "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: 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.
^ "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.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

[3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[4] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[5] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[6] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[10] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[20] "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
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