Lewisham South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Lewisham East

Lewisham South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 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
1949	Walter Richard Owen		Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly		Labour	Tom Gillinder		Labour
1958	Frederick Hawes		Labour			Labour
1961	Frederick Hawes		Labour			Liberal

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	16,639
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	16,379
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	16,245
	Conservative	Swash	12,864
	Conservative	J. G. Weeple	12,756
	Conservative	D. Brooks	12,718

1952 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	18,967
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	18,944
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	18,815
	Conservative	A. Beattie	11,422
	Conservative	A. Tennant	11,254
	Conservative	M. Thirlby	11,128
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	15,216
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	15,107
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	15,097
	Conservative	D. E. New	8,782
	Conservative	G. J. Smith	8,580
	Conservative	A. D. Bartlett	8,491
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	14,669
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	14,599
	Labour	Frederick Hawes	14,255
	Conservative	R. W. Scott	6,284
	Conservative	M. Hill	6,260
	Conservative	D. Mappin	6,249
	Independent	George Forrester	502
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	14,336
	Labour	Frederick Hawes	14,311
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	14,290
	Conservative	John Hunt	8,865
	Conservative	J. E. McDonald	8,508
	Conservative	A. R. Tyrrell	8,213
	Liberal	A. Marchant	2,303
	Liberal	Francis Michael Bennett	2,299
	Liberal	T. E. J. Bean	2,203
	Alert Party	George Forrester	489
	Alert Party	C. Vincent	183
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "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.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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