Greenwich
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Greenwich 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 Party Name Party Name Party
1889 Richard Jackson Progressive George Lidgett Progressive Two seats until 1949
1895 Henry Thomas Banning Moderate Ralph Gooding Moderate
1898 Richard Jackson Progressive John Peppercorn Progressive
1901 Frederick William Warmington Progressive
1907 Ion Hamilton Benn Municipal Reform Alexander Thynne Municipal Reform
1910 Rowland Clegg-Hill Municipal Reform George Hume Municipal Reform
1919 Ernest Dence Municipal Reform
1922 George Rowland Hill Municipal Reform
1922 Madeline Hill Municipal Reform
1928 Cuthbert Edward Hunter Municipal Reform
1934 Esther Rickards Labour Walter Windsor Labour
1937 Bernard Sullivan Labour
1946 Harold Gibbons Labour
1948 Johanna Gollogly Labour
1949 Arthur Chrisp Labour
1955 Thomas Beacham Labour Peggy Middleton Labour
1958 Julia Johnson Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Greenwich[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Lidgett 3,102
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,025
Moderate Thomas Boord 2,440
Moderate Stuart Knill 2,390
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Greenwich[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,667
Progressive George Lidgett 3,628
Moderate William Fox Batley 3,168
Moderate George Maryon-Wilson 3,080
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Greenwich[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Henry Thomas Banning 3,284
Moderate Ralph Gooding 3,258
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,131
Progressive George Lidgett 2,983
Ind. Labour Party Pete Curran 391
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
1898 London County Council election: Greenwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,898
Progressive John Peppercorn 3,249
Moderate Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham 3,194
Moderate W. E. Ball 3,190
Ind. Labour Party J. M. McCarthy 689
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
1901 London County Council election: Greenwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 4,242 28.5 +1.1
Progressive Frederick William Warmington 3,937 26.5 +3.7
Conservative John Edward Shaw 3,209 21.6 -0.9
Conservative William Kent Lemon 3,178 21.4 -1.0
Independent James Ellis 315 2.1 n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing +1.7
1904 London County Council election: Greenwich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Richard Jackson Unopposed N/A
Progressive Frederick William Warmington Unopposed N/A
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Greenwich[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ion Hamilton Benn 6,217
Municipal Reform Alexander Thynne 5,991
Progressive D. McCall 3,727
Progressive J. Wilson 3,545
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Greenwich[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rowland Clegg-Hill 4,574 28.6
Municipal Reform George Hume 4,569 28.6
Progressive Thomas Ford 2,919 17.3
Progressive John Belcher Allpass 2,768 17.3
Labour Ernest Gilbert 1,161 7.3
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Greenwich[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform George Hume 4,815 26.0 -2.6
Municipal Reform Rowland Clegg-Hill 4,787 25.8 -2.8
Progressive Alfred Henry Scott 4,486 24.2 *+6.9
Progressive Hugh Moulton 4,463 24.1 +6.8
Majority 301 1.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing -4.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Greenwich[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform George Hume Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Greenwich[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,412 28.3 n/a
Municipal Reform George Rowland Hill 9,367 28.2 n/a
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 7,332 22.0 n/a
Labour J. G. Davenport 7,145 21.4 n/a
Majority n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Greenwich[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 8,573
Municipal Reform Madeline Hill 8,351
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 8,032
Labour J. Round 7,758
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Greenwich[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,807
Municipal Reform Cuthbert Edward Hunter 9,684
Labour Thomas Henry Philip Beacham 8,443
Labour Harold Henry Gibbons 8,280
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Greenwich[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,463
Municipal Reform Cuthbert Edward Hunter 9,387
Labour Thomas Beacham 7,003
Labour Harold Gibbons 6,736
Communist J. T. Bellamy 569 n/a
Communist J. Cronin 243 n/a
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Greenwich[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Esther Rickards 10,754
Labour Walter Windsor 10,616
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,253
Municipal Reform C. Drage 9,086
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Greenwich[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Esther Rickards 11,682
Labour Bernard Sullivan 11,457
Municipal Reform J. H. Barrington 10,793
Municipal Reform E. R. Mayer 10,674
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Greenwich[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Gibbons 7,733
Labour Bernard Sullivan 7,500
Conservative W. F. Mills 5,415
Conservative S. M. Roberts 5,245
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Greenwich[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Johanna Gollogly 15,137
Labour Arthur Chrisp 14,447
Labour Bernard Sullivan 14,237
Conservative W. F. Mills 13,527
Conservative W. Smith 12,840
Conservative R. E. A. Purkiss 12,731
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Greenwich[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Johanna Gollogly 17,835
Labour Arthur Chrisp 17,602
Labour Bernard Sullivan 17,437
Conservative William H. Bishop 11,227
Conservative H. P. Brooks 10,893
Conservative Humphry Berkeley 10,783
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Greenwich[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp 11,814
Labour Thomas Beacham 11,590
Labour Peggy Middleton 11,469
Conservative Dorothy Home 9,639
Conservative W. Smith 9,201
Conservative W. F. Mills 9,197
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Greenwich[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp 13,258
Labour Julia Johnson 12,816
Labour Peggy Middleton 12,606
Conservative Dorothy Home 7,040
Conservative A. C. Prothero 6,637
Conservative C. Shaw 6,518
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Greenwich[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp 14,280
Labour Peggy Middleton 13,990
Labour Julia Johnson 13,467
Conservative Rodney Holmes 9,515
Conservative C. Shipton 9,192
Conservative J. W. Tennant 8,961
Liberal G. Findlow 1,981
Liberal C. Lindsay 1,830
Liberal R. Hart 1,785
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  9. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
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  12. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
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  14. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
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  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.
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