List of members of London County Council 1949–1965
This is a list of councillors and aldermen elected or co-opted to the London County Council from 1949 until its abolition in 1965.
The method of electing the council, and the electoral boundaries were altered by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The County of London was divided into electoral districts which were identical to the constituencies used to elected members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. Until 1949 each electoral district returned two county councillors. The exception was the City of London, which had four county councillors and elected two MPs.[1]
Under the 1948 legislation the number of constituencies in the county was reduced from sixty-one to forty-three due to population loss. Each electoral district, corresponding to the new constituencies, was to have three councillors. The number of elected councillors was thus 129. To this were added 21 aldermen who were chosen by the council. Aldermen had a six-year term of office, with half being chosen every three years at the first meeting following the election of councillors.[1]
Elections on these boundaries were held in 1949 and 1952. Further boundary changes were made by the First Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect in 1955. This led to a net loss of one seat in the County of London, and a reduction in the number of councillors to 126, with the number of aldermen remaining at 21. Elections were held on the revised boundaries in 1955, 1958 and 1961.[1]
Under the London Government Act 1963 the London County Council was to be abolished on 31 March 1965, and replaced by the Greater London Council (GLC), covering a larger area. The 1963 legislation cancelled the county council elections due in 1964, extending the term of office of councillors and aldermen until the abolition date.[1] The elections to the first GLC were held in 1964, with the new council acting as a "shadow" authority until 1 April 1965. A number of county council members subsequently served on the GLC.
Councillors 1949 – 1955[edit]
Councillors 1955 – 1965[edit]
* Elected to the successor Greater London Council 1964 † Appointed an alderman on the successor Greater London Council 1964
County aldermen 1949–1965[edit]
Aldermen retiring in 1946 had originally been elected for 1934–1940, those retiring in 1949 had been elected for 1937–1943.[1]
| Term | Alderman | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1952 | Donald Daines | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 | |
| 1946–1950 | Emil Davies (died 18 July 1950) |
Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 | |
| 1946–1952 | Florence Cayford | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 | |
| 1946–1952 | Walter Green | Labour | ||
| 1946 – 1952, 1952 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Somerville Hastings | Labour | ||
| 1946 – 1952, 1952 – 1955 | Reginald Stamp | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1955 | |
| 1946–1952 | Tom Wheeler | Labour | ||
| 1946–1952 | Harold Shearman | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 | |
| 1949 – 1955,[18] 1958 – 1965[17] | Helen Bentwich | Labour | Formerly a councillor: became an elected councillor again in 1955 – 1958. | |
| 1949 – 1955,[18] 1955 – 1960 | Leonard Foster Browne (died 15 May 1960) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1949 – 1955, 1955 – 1961, 1961 – 1965 | Richard Coppock (knighted 1951)[19] |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Vera Dart | Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Bill Fiske | Labour | Formerly a councillor: became an elected councillor again in 1955 | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Leah L'Estrange Malone (died 4 September 1951) |
Labour | Re-elected | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | John Hare (resigned 4 April 1952) |
Conservative | Re-elected | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Eileen Hoare | Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1955 | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Barrie Lambert (resigned 27 February 1952) |
Conservative | Re-elected | |
| 1949 – 1955,[18] 1955 – 1961 | Norah Runge | Conservative | Re-elected | |
| 1949 – 1955[18] | Theodore Magnus Wechsler (resigned 16 September 1952) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1950–1952 | Norman Prichard (in place of Davies 10 October 1950)[20] |
Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 | |
| 1951 – 1955, 1955 – 1961 | John William Bowen (in place of Malone 9 October 1951) |
Labour | A councillor until 1949, remained a member of the council as chairman 1949 – 1951 without being either a councillor or alderman | |
| 1952 – 1955, 1955 – 1958 | Catherine Fulford (in place of Lambert 4 March 1952) (resigned 22 October 1958) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952–1955 | John Howard (in place of Hare 9 April 1952) (resigned 15 January 1954) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor, defeated at 1952 election | |
| 1952–1955 | Edith Victoria Winifred Deakin (in place of Wechsler 7 October 1952) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor, defeated at 1952 election | |
| 1952 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Molly Bolton | Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952–1958 | Francis J. Clark (resigned 3 October 1956) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Margaret Cole | Labour | ||
| 1952–1958 | Jack Cooper (resigned 3 November 1953) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952–1958 | Olive Deer | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1958 | |
| 1952–1958 | Duncan McArthur Jackson (died 26 December 1954) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952–1958 | Arthur Edward Middleton (died 19 October 1953) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1952 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Eleanor Nathan | Labour | Formerly a councillor until 1949 | |
| 1952 – 1958, 1958 – 1964[17] | George Percival Wright (died 25 January 1964) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1953 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Sidney Barton (in place of Middleton 3 November 1953) |
Labour | ||
| 1953–1958 | Anthony Blake (in place of Cooper 17 November 1953) |
Labour | ||
| 1954 – 1955, 1955 – 1961 | Martin Willoughby Parr (in place of Howard 2 February 1954) |
Conservative | ||
| 1955 – 1958, 1958 – 1965[17] | Isaac Hayward (in place of Cooper 1 February 1955) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1955–1961 | Eleanor Goodrich | Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1955 – 1961, 1961 – 1965 | James Mantle Greenwood (knighted 1962)[21] |
Conservative | ||
| 1955–1961 | George Folliott Vaughan | Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1961 | |
| 1955 – 1961, 1961 – 1965 | Nelly Margaret Walton | Conservative | ||
| 1955–1961 | Lancelot Lionel Ware | Conservative | ||
| 1956 – 1958, 1961 – 1965 | Bill Carr (in place of Clark 9 October 1956) |
Conservative | ||
| 1958–1961 | Percy Rugg (in place of Fulford 4 November 1958) (knighted as "Sir Percy Rugg" 1959[22]) |
Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1961 | |
| 1958 – 1964[17] | Marjorie McIntosh (died 6 May 1964) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1958 – 1965[17] | Donald Soper† | Labour | ||
| 1960 – 1961, 1964 – 1965 | Charles Gibson (in place of Browne 21 June 1960) (in place of Gardiner 28 January 1964) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor | |
| 1961–1962 | Martin Garneys Bond (resigned 21 August 1962) |
Conservative | Previously a councillor | |
| 1961–1964 | Gerald Gardiner (resigned 2 January 1964) |
Labour | ||
| 1961–1965 | Reg Goodwin* | Labour | Formerly an elected councillor | |
| 1961–1965 | Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler | Conservative | Previously a councillor | |
| 1961–1965 | Gavin Henderson | Labour | Previously a councillor | |
| 1961–1965 | Isita Clare Mansel | Conservative | Previously a councillor until 1958 | |
| 1961–1965 | Harold Sebag-Montefiore* | Conservative | Previously a councillor | |
| 1962–1965 | Brian Warren (in place of Bond 2 October 1962) |
Conservative | Previously a councillor until 1961 | |
| 1964–1965 | Victor Shaw (in place of Wright 11 February 1964) |
Labour | ||
| 1964–1965 | Elizabeth Bacharach (in place of McIntosh 2 June 1964) |
Labour |
See also[edit]
- List of members of London County Council 1889–1919
- List of members of London County Council 1919–1937
- List of members of London County Council 1937–1949
- List of chairmen of the London County Council
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- ^ Obituary: Mrs Anne Kerr Controversial former Labour MP for Rochester and Chatham, The Times, 30 July 1973, p.14
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "New L.C.C. Begins Work. Aldermanic Vacancies Filled By Labour". The Times. 23 April 1958. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Labour Control Of L.C.C. Mr. Bowen Elected Chairman, Five Conservative Aldermen". The Times. 14 April 1949. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 39104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1950. p. 1.
- ^ "Security Plans For L.C.C. Check On Loyalty". The Times. 11 October 1950. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 42683". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 1962. p. 4308.
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