Limehouse
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byStepney

Limehouse was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 James Ambrose Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon Progressive
1892 William Pearce Progressive
1901 William Byron Bawn Progressive
1907 Cyril Jackson Municipal Reform John Lort-Williams Municipal Reform
1910 Alfred Yeo Progressive
1913 Benjamin Evans Progressive
1914 Henry Bryant Marks Progressive
1919 Robert Bryan Labour
1922 Clarissa Bessie Lankester Municipal Reform
1925 Isaac Lyons Labour Anna Mathew Labour
1928 Malcolm MacDonald Labour
1931 Henry James Lazarus Labour
1934 Richard Coppock Labour
1937 Monica Whately Labour
1946 Louise Reeve Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Limehouse[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Ambrose 1,817
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 1,684
Moderate Robert Johnson 1,243
Independent John Abbott 1,067
Moderate Henry Cox 204
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Limehouse[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Pearce 2,415
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 2,407
Moderate Adolphus Frederick Hirsch 1,191
Moderate Henry Cox 1,127
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Limehouse[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Pearce 1,775
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 1,718
Moderate J. R. Pascoe 1,698
Moderate H. Byron Reed 1,503
Independent Liberal J. W. Helps 84
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Limehouse[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Pearce 2,336
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 2,142
Moderate J. R. Pascoe 1,726
Moderate W. H. Porter 1,553
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Limehouse[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 1,751 29.1 +1.5
Progressive William Byron Bawn 1,637 27.2 -2.9
Conservative Samuel Hugh Franklyn Hole 1,326 22.1 -0.1
Conservative Dalby Williams 1,297 21.6 +1.6
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing -1.4
1904 London County Council election: Limehouse[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Byron Bawn 2,461
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 2,381
Conservative H. C. Batchelor 1,600
Conservative B. Levett 1,590
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Limehouse[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Jackson 2,141
Municipal Reform John Lort-Williams 2,026
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 1,957
Progressive T. L. Knight 1,935
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Limehouse[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Alfred Yeo 1,963
Municipal Reform Cyril Jackson 1,962
Progressive H. J. Ogden 1,930
Municipal Reform George Lillie Craik 1,825
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1913 London County Council election: Limehouse[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Benjamin Evans 2,665
Progressive Alfred Yeo 2,664
Municipal Reform Cyril Jackson 2,024
Municipal Reform R. A. Reith 1,916
Majority 640
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1919 London County Council election: Limehouse[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Bryant Marks 1,269 23.1
Labour Robert Bryan 1,244 22.6
Labour Clement Attlee 1,147 20.8
Independent R. Ridge 1,110 20.2
Progressive Ida Samuel 732 13.3
Majority 97 0.2
Progressive hold Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
1922 London County Council election: Limehouse[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Bryant Marks 5,746 28.8 +5.7
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 5,454 27.4 n/a
Labour Julia Scurr 4,385 22.0 -0.6
Labour Skene Mackay 4,350 21.8 +1.0
Majority 1,069 5.4 +5.2
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Limehouse[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Isaac Lyons 4,287
Labour Anna Mathew 4,235
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,183
Progressive Henry Bryant Marks 1,979
Municipal Reform P. W. Brown 1,886
Progressive A. Hill 1,415
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1928 London County Council election: Limehouse[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm MacDonald 5,270
Labour Anna Mathew 5,108
Municipal Reform K. Slattery 2,648
Municipal Reform F. Simms 2,565
Liberal A. Hill 1,514
Liberal John Henry Maynard 1,480
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Limehouse[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Mathew 3,375
Labour Henry Lazarus 3,353
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,344
Municipal Reform T. A. N. Way 2,050
Independent John Henry Maynard 528
Democratic J. Cahill 517
Democratic G. J. Warren 477
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Limehouse[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Mathew 5,565
Labour Richard Coppock 5,356
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,344
Municipal Reform John Boyd-Carpenter 1,935
Liberal John Henry Maynard 622
Liberal J. Johnson 479
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Limehouse[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Coppock 8,272
Labour Monica Whately 8,042
Municipal Reform V. G. Weeple 2,542
Municipal Reform G. E. Abrahams 2,431
British Union of Fascists A. Brook-Griggs 2,086
British Union of Fascists Charles Wegg-Prosser 2,086
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Limehouse[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Coppock 2,333
Labour Louise Reeve 2,206
Conservative P. Woodard 593
Conservative M. Barclay 550
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour 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
  9. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  11. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  12. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  13. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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