Southwark North
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromSouthwark West
Replaced bySouthwark

Southwark North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party
1919 Consuelo Vanderbilt Progressive Walter Wightman Progressive
1920 James Owers Devereux Progressive
1922 Frank Percy Rider Municipal Reform
1925 Progressive Ratepayers Thomas George Gibbings Labour
1928 James Hyndman MacDonnell Labour
1931 Charles Brook Labour
1942 Thomas George Gibbings Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Southwark North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Consuelo Vanderbilt 2,602 39.9
Progressive Walter James Wightman 2,392 36.7
Labour John Osborne 764 11.7
Labour S. G. Weaver 761 11.7
Majority 1,628 25.0
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Southwark North by-election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Owers Devereux 2,314 57.6
Labour Herbert Morrison 1,703 42.4
Majority 611
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Southwark North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Owers Devereux 4,453 32.1 -7.8
Municipal Reform Frank Percy Rider 4,306 31.0 -5.7
Labour Holford Knight 2,565 18.5 +6.8
Labour T. P. Stevens 2,553 18.4 +6.7
Majority 1,741 12.5 -12.5
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Southwark North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Owers Devereux 5,673
Labour C. E. Gibbings 2,661
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 2,630
Municipal Reform F. Richardson 2,565
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Southwark North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas George Gibbings 3,156
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 3,132
Liberal Edgar Bonham-Carter 3,098
Liberal Herbert Arthur Baker 2,925
Municipal Reform F. H. Bowyer 1,383
Municipal Reform Arthur Capewell 1,244
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Southwark North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 2,703
Labour Charles Brook 2,667
Anti-Socialist L. C. Downman 2,400
Anti-Socialist S. V. Gledhill 2,333
Organised Unemployed W. Southwell 166
Organised Unemployed E. J. Pullen 132
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Southwark North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 4,404
Labour Charles Brook 4,356
Municipal Reform Ivor Guest 2,296
Municipal Reform E. Wickham 2,254
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Southwark North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Brook 4,789
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 4,738
Municipal Progressive Scott 3,053
Municipal Progressive J. R. Gardiner 2,982
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Southwark North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 1,779
Labour Thomas George Gibbings 1,762
National Liberal Lucy Ashley-Brereton 602
Conservative A. E. Taylor 600
Majority
Labour hold 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.
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