Woolwich East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created fromWoolwich

Woolwich East 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 Leslie Haden-Guest Labour Harry Snell Labour Two seats until 1949
1922 Herbert Morrison Labour
1925 William Harold Hutchinson Labour
1928 Henry Berry Labour
1931 Reginald H. Pott Labour
1949 Mabel Crout Labour Ethel Newman Labour
1952 John William Andrews Labour
1955 Walter Stein Labour James Young Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Woolwich East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Haden-Guest 7,788 34.1
Labour Harry Snell 7,720 33.8
Municipal Reform Cyril Jacobs 3,681 16.1
Municipal Reform R. Campbell 3,636 15.9
Majority 4,039 17.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Woolwich East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 9,046 28.5 -5.6
Labour Harry Snell 8,978 28.3 -5.5
Municipal Reform George Penny 6,764 21.3 +5.2
Municipal Reform Austin Hudson 6,277 19.8 +3.9
Independent R. James 366 1.2 n/a
Independent J. C. Witcher 314 1.0 n/a
Majority 2,214
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Woolwich East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 8,792
Labour William Harold Hutchinson 8,746
Municipal Reform May Imelda Josephine Pery 5,109
Municipal Reform W. T. Cusheon 5,086
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Woolwich East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 9,361
Labour Henry Berry 9,288
Municipal Reform A. W. Goodman 5,280
Municipal Reform Ethel Bright Ashford 5,156
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Woolwich East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry 7,133
Labour Reginald H. Pott 6,994
Municipal Reform Francis Beech 5,247
Municipal Reform R. Campbell 5,173
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Woolwich East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry 9,538
Labour Reginald H. Pott 9,443
Municipal Reform Francis Beech 5,024
Municipal Reform D. Murphy 4,931
Ind. Labour Party J. Aplin 328
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Woolwich East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry 10,684
Labour Reginald H. Pott 10,372
Municipal Reform Reginald Bennett 5,358
Municipal Reform D. B. Hudson 5,165
Independent H. H. Wright 316
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Woolwich East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry unopposed N/A N/A
Labour Reginald H. Pott unopposed N/A N/A
Majority
Labour hold Swing N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
1949 London County Council election: Woolwich East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry 16,169
Labour Ethel Newman 15,369
Labour Mabel Crout 15,333
Conservative J. Campbell 9,294
Conservative M. E. Button 8,906
Conservative M. C. R. Hensford 8,832
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold Swing N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
1952 London County Council election: Woolwich East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Berry 16,943
Labour Mabel Crout 16,580
Labour John William Andrews 16,122
Conservative M. J. Deane 7,255
Conservative H. Holloway 6,953
Conservative E. Williams 6,953
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Woolwich East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Stein 11,300
Labour James Young 11,238
Labour John William Andrews 11,219
Conservative D. Slade 5,947
Conservative A. Pugh 5,844
Conservative E. Tribe 5,796
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Woolwich East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Stein 11,023
Labour James Young 10,864
Labour John William Andrews 10,466
Conservative S. G. Turner 3,593
Conservative L. H. F. Bliss 3,201
Conservative D. E. Bush 3,100
Independent S. Burke 354
Independent D. Bradfield 264
Independent P. E. Gooch 202
Independent A. W. Pugh 188
Independent J. Hattigan 128
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Woolwich East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Stein 11,834
Labour James Young 11,681
Labour John William Andrews 11,664
Conservative D. Healy 4,953
Conservative B. Anthon 4,918
Conservative N. Hughes-Narborough 4,550
Independent H. H. Wright 1,398
Labour hold Swing
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.
  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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