Hoxton
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byShoreditch

Hoxton was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Edward Austin Progressive Nathan Moss Progressive
1892 Henry Ward Progressive
1898 Henry Taylor Sawell Progressive
1901 Edward Austin Progressive
1904 Graham Wallas Progressive
1907 John Davies Municipal Reform Ernest Gray Municipal Reform
1910 Benjamin Evans Progressive Stanley Holmes Progressive
1913 Oswald Lewis Progressive

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Hoxton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward Austin 1,901
Progressive Nathan Moss 1,703
Independent Edward Thomas Holloway 1,319
Independent William Beasley 844
Labour Union Henry Alfred Barker 169
Independent Frederick James Genge 142
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Hoxton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Nathan Moss 2,258
Progressive Henry Ward 2,205
Moderate Edward Thomas Holloway 1,244
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Hoxton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Ward 2,049
Progressive Nathan Moss 2,027
Moderate W. Thompson 1,191
Moderate G. Wood 1,164
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Hoxton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Ward 2,179
Progressive Henry Taylor Sawell 2,157
Moderate A. Arter 1,567
Moderate T. W. Shaw 1,545
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Hoxton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward Austin 2,379 28.2 -0.8
Progressive Henry Ward 2,365 28.0 -1.3
Conservative John Davies 1,878 22.2 +1.2
Conservative Henry Bird 1,827 21.6 +0.9
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing -1.0
1904 London County Council election: Hoxton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Ward 2,436
Progressive Graham Wallas 2,361
Conservative J. D. Davies 2,281
Conservative E. Gates 2,124
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Hoxton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Davies 3,272
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 3,226
Progressive Henry Ward 3,112
Progressive Graham Wallas 3,065
Majority 160
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Hoxton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Benjamin Evans 3,645
Progressive Stanley Holmes 3,612
Municipal Reform C. Ford 1,944
Municipal Reform Cecil Trotter 1,922
Majority
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1913 London County Council election: Hoxton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stanley Holmes 2,749
Progressive Oswald Lewis 2,693
Municipal Reform Henry Busby Bird 2,402
Municipal Reform C. Filby 2,279
Independent Municipal Reform Miss Willoughby 158
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "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
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