Paddington South (London County Council constituency)

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

Paddington South 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	George Fardell	Moderate	George David Harris	Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1898	Henry Andrade Harben	Conservative	George David Harris	Moderate
1901	Henry Andrade Harben	Conservative	Henry Percy Harris	Conservative
1907	Melvill Beachcroft	Municipal Reform	Henry Percy Harris	Conservative
1910	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Municipal Reform
1930	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Municipal Reform
1931	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Municipal Reform
1936			Henry Studholme	Municipal Reform
1945			Ernest Hyatt	Municipal Reform
1946	Norris Kenyon	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	Conservative
1949					Thelma de Chair	Conservative
1955					Edward Clive Bigham	Conservative
1958	Montagu Lowry-Corry	Conservative			Edward Clive Bigham	Conservative

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Paddington South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Harris	2,190
Conservative	Henry Andrade Harben	2,146
Progressive	Charles George Paddon	620
Progressive	H. C. Biron	614
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Paddington South^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	George Harris	1,618	43.1	−1.1
Conservative	Henry Andrade Harben	1,611	42.9	−0.4
Progressive	Charles George Paddon	524	14.0	+1.5
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

1904 London County Council election: Paddington South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Andrade Harben	2,608
	Conservative	Henry Percy Harris	2,580
	Progressive	J. Kennedy	970
	Progressive	D. Vaughan Owen	937
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Paddington South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Melvill Beachcroft	3,763
	Municipal Reform	Henry Percy Harris	3,709
	Progressive	J. S. Holmes	843
	Progressive	Alfred Young Mayell	816
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Paddington South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	3,226
	Municipal Reform	Harry Barned Lewis-Barned	3,200
	Progressive	E. E. Hayward	984
	Progressive	Alfred Young Mayell	946
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Paddington South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	3,353
	Municipal Reform	Harry Barned Lewis-Barned	3,316
	Progressive	Reymond Hervey de Montmorency	817
	Progressive	Alfred Young Mayell	805
Majority			2,499
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Paddington South^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Paddington South^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Paddington South^[8]
	Candidate	Votes	±%
Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	4,759	n/a
Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	4,629	n/a
Labour	A. Farrer	1,175	n/a
Labour	Leopold Spero	1,139	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Paddington South^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Paddington South by-election, 1930^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Paddington South^[11]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Paddington South^[12]
	Candidate	Votes	±%
Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	5,647	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	5,574	n/a
Labour	J. E. MacColl	2,251	n/a
Labour	G. Hill	2,200	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Paddington South^[13]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	7,531
Municipal Reform	Henry Studholme	7,276
Labour	J. E. MacColl	2,941
Labour	B. Ash	2,817
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Paddington South^[14]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Norris Kenyon	7,354
Municipal Reform	Frederick Lawrence	7,317
Labour	F. Hardie	3,648
Labour	R. Chinn	3,595
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Paddington South^[15]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	13,093
Conservative	Norris Kenyon	13,085
Conservative	Thelma de Chair	13,005
Labour	Charles Wegg-Prosser	4,581
Labour	H. Browne	4,284
Labour	M. Pawley	4,261
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Paddington South^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Norris Kenyon	11,909
Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	11,857
Conservative	Thelma de Chair	11,700
Labour	Charles Wegg-Prosser	5,781
Labour	A. Dumont	4,619
Labour	C. L. James	4,583
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Paddington South^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Norris Kenyon	9,857
Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	9,778
Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	9,771
Labour	A. Dumont	3,446
Labour	M. Haston	3,425
Labour	C. Somers	3,337
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Paddington South^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Norris Kenyon	7,579
Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	7,512
Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	7,434
Labour	J. Alford	4,974
Labour	William Dow	4,949
Labour	H. Gray	4,890
Liberal	P. Bradney	945
Liberal	S. M. Cowan	926
Liberal	A. R. P. Ducros	611
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Paddington South^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	8,352
Conservative	Montagu Lowry-Corry	8,187
Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	8,105
Labour	William Dow	4,413
Labour	C. Genese	4,324
Labour	P. Park	4,205
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "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.
^ "New London County Councillor". The Times. 30 January 1930.
^ "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.
^ "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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

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

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

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

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

[6] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

[10] "New London County Councillor". The Times. 30 January 1930.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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