Westminster Abbey
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromStrand and Westminster
Replaced byCities of London and Westminster

Westminster Abbey 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 John Maria Gatti Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith Municipal Reform
1925 James Cornelius Dalton Municipal Reform
1929 Samuel Gluckstein Municipal Reform
1937 Frank Rye Municipal Reform

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform John Maria Gatti Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 7,399 42.5
Municipal Reform John Maria Gatti 7,301 42.0
Labour John Hanbury Martin 1,360 7.8 n/a
Labour Agnes Dawson 1,332 7.7 n/a
Majority 5,941 34.2 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform James Cornelius Dalton 5,775
Municipal Reform John Maria Gatti 5,739
Labour Leah L'Estrange Malone 1,236
Labour Kathleen Starr 1,224
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform James Cornelius Dalton 5,767
Municipal Reform John Maria Gatti 5,726
Labour W. Madeley 1,225
Labour Francis Henry Wiltshire 1,222
Liberal D. Millett 661
Liberal Lucien Fior 646
Independent Labour Winifred Utley 355
Independent Labour G. T. Usher 353
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Westminster Abbey by-election, 1929[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Samuel Gluckstein 3,782
Labour Morgan Ignatius Finucane 2,259
Majority 1,523
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform James Cornelius Dalton Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Samuel Gluckstein Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1934 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform James Cornelius Dalton 5,982 n/a
Municipal Reform Samuel Gluckstein 5,955 n/a
Labour Ambrose Appelbe 1,763 n/a
Labour William Smith Kennedy 1,759 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1937 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Samuel Gluckstein 7,547
Municipal Reform Frank Rye 7,492
Labour William Smith Kennedy 2,833
Labour R. C. S. Ellison 2,451
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Rye 4,889
Conservative Samuel Gluckstein 4,833
Labour Olga Peters 2,283
Labour R. G. Evans 2,235
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative 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 By-election". The Times. 1 November 1929.
  5. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  6. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  7. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  8. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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