Lewisham
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byLewisham East and Lewisham West

Lewisham 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 Franc Sadleir Brereton Moderate William George Lemon Progressive
1892 George Alfred Harvey Progressive
1895 Theophilus William Williams Moderate Alexander Wilson Moderate
1898 George Edward Dodson Moderate
1901 James William Cleland Progressive
1904 Arthur Stanley Progressive
1907 William Legge Municipal Reform Assheton Pownall Municipal Reform
1910 Frederick Houston Carter Municipal Reform James Stanhope Municipal Reform
1913 Carlyon Bellairs Municipal Reform
1915 William Henry Le May Municipal Reform
1916 Robert Jackson Municipal Reform
1918 Richard Owen Roberts Municipal Reform

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Lewisham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate George Edward Dodson 4,061
Moderate Theophilus William Williams 4,025
Progressive J. E. Williams 3,037
Progressive A. C. Williams 3,021
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Lewisham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James William Cleland 4,370 40.8 +13.5
Conservative George Edward Dodson 3,235 30.2 -6.3
Conservative Theophilus William Williams 3,096 28.9 -7.3
Conservative hold Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing +10.2
1904 London County Council election: Lewisham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James William Cleland 6,297
Progressive Arthur Stanley 5,946
Conservative J. Vesey FitzGerald 4,557
Conservative E. L. Hartley 4,446
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Lewisham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Legge 11,028
Municipal Reform Assheton Pownall 10,818
Progressive James William Cleland 7,004
Progressive Neil Primrose 6,893
Labour Gee 118
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Lewisham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform James Stanhope 9,031
Municipal Reform Frederick Houston Carter 8,958
Progressive Arthur Robert Gridley 4,950
Progressive Gee 2,297
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Lewisham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Houston Carter 9,497 31.1 -4.7
Municipal Reform Carlyon Bellairs 9,410 30.8 -4.7
Progressive Charles Garfitt 5,865 19.2 -0.4
Progressive J S Lewis 5,809 19.0 +9.9
Majority 3,545 11.6 -4.3
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.2
Municipal Reform hold Swing -7.3

References

  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
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