Putney
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created fromWandsworth

Putney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 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
1919 Cooper Rawson Municipal Reform Charles Thomas Dickins Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1922 William Hunt Municipal Reform Angus Scott Municipal Reform
1931 Robert Taylor Municipal Reform
1934 Arthur Bellamy Municipal Reform
1940 William Onslow Conservative Herbert Ryan Conservative
1949 Deodora Croft Conservative Frank Headland East Conservative
1952 Frederick Swinbourn Conservative
1955 Eileen Hoare Conservative
1955 Geoffrey Johnson-Smith Conservative
1958 Anne Kerr Labour James Archibald Parker Labour David Tutaev Labour
1961 Eileen Hoare Conservative John Ian Tweedie-Smith Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Putney[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cooper Rawson Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Charles Thomas Dickins Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Putney[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Hunt 8,307 41.1
Municipal Reform Angus Scott 8,231 40.7
Labour Eli Jenkins 1,894 9.4 n/a
Labour G. Wyver 1,790 8.9 n/a
Majority 6,337 31.3 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Putney[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Hunt 6,461
Municipal Reform Angus Scott 6,424
Labour W. Backhouse 1,867
Labour A. J. Hoare 1,842
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Putney[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Angus Scott 7,044
Municipal Reform William Hunt 7,023
Labour M. Beavan 2,530
Labour A. V. Holock 2,517
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Putney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Angus Scott 7,202
Municipal Reform Robert Taylor 7,090
Labour B. Blyth 1,886
Labour Burfoot 1,885
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Putney[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Robert Taylor 7,382
Municipal Reform Arthur Bellamy 7,361
Labour A. D. Hillier 3,815
Labour T. Fox-Russell 3,761
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Putney[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Arthur Bellamy 10,509
Municipal Reform Robert Taylor 10,298
Labour Richard Adams 5,416
Labour W. Adams 5,415
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Putney[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Onslow 9,985
Conservative Herbert Ryan 9,970
Labour W. T. F. Iles 6,619
Labour F. E. Key 6,540
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Putney[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deodora Croft 19,365
Conservative Frank Headland East 18,896
Conservative Herbert Ryan 18,826
Labour W. Griffiths 11,803
Labour I. D. Scott 11,315
Labour E. Whitlock 11,249
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1952 London County Council election: Putney[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deodora Croft 17,361
Conservative Frederick Swinbourn 16,953
Conservative Frank Headland East 16,941
Labour Cyril Willey Jerome Bird 12,593
Labour P. Haddy 12,206
Labour G. F. Lee 12,106
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Putney[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deodora Croft 17,511
Conservative Frank Headland East 17,219
Conservative Eileen Hoare 17,099
Labour Vera Dart 12,585
Labour E. S. Henrich 12,510
Labour A. D. Bermel 12,408
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Putney[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Archibald Parker 16,342
Labour Anne Clarke 15,981
Labour David Tutaev 15,950
Conservative Gordon Passmore 14,726
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson-Smith 14,516
Conservative Eileen Hoare 14,099
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1961 London County Council election: Putney[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Kerr 15,401
Conservative Eileen Hoare 15,263
Conservative John Tweedie-Smith 15,235
Conservative Gordon Passmore 15,161
Labour James Archibald Parker 15,029
Labour David Tutaev 14,867
Liberal Margaret Wingfield 3,882
Liberal Rhys Lloyd 3,742
Liberal H. de Bossart 3,545
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. ^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  3. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  8. ^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  9. ^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  10. ^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  11. ^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  12. ^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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