1913 London County Council election

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1913 London County Council election
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←  1910 5 March 1913 1919  →
118 Council Seats
60 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Sir Cyril Jackson.jpg Sir John Benn.jpg No image wide.svg
Leader Cyril Jackson Sir John Benn None
Party Municipal Reform Progressive Labour
Leader's seat Limehouse Kennington —
Last election60 seats55 seats3 seats
Seats won67501
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote229,583173,18624,307
Percentage53.5%40.3%5.7%
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Colours denote the winning party.

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1913. It was the ninth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. Unlike for parliamentary elections, women qualified as electors for these elections on exactly the same basis as men. Women were also permitted to stand as candidates for election.

Contents

The election was to be the last held before the outbreak of the First World War: in 1915 legislation was enacted to postpone all local elections until the end of the conflict (see below). The term of office of the councillors was extended to 1919 when triennial elections resumed.

National government background

The Prime Minister of the day was the Liberal H. H. Asquith who led a minority Liberal Government that relied upon the Irish Parliamentary Party for a majority. The recently merged Unionist Party was the official opposition. The Labour Party was the fourth party and generally voted with the Liberals in parliament.

London Council background

The Municipal Reform party had been in power since winning a majority back in 1907. It was now seeking its third consecutive mandate.

Candidates

All constituencies were contested. The governing Municipal Reform Party ran a full slate of 118 candidates. The opposition Progressive Party ran 110 candidates. They ran candidates everywhere except the City of London where they ran three candidates, Hampstead, St George's Hanover Square and Strand where only one candidate stood, three constituencies where one candidate ran in tandem with Labour and Woolwich where they did not oppose a Labour pair. Four Independents also ran.

Labour Party

By 1913, all Labour Party members had withdrawn from the Progressive Party and at these elections stood under their own party label. The party fielded ten candidates, three of these candidates ran in tandem with Progressive candidates, a further two candidates were not opposed by Progressives. The other five all stood in opposition to Progressive candidates. The Labour Party in London had no elected or otherwise recognised Leader.

British Socialist Party

The British Socialist Party had been formed in 1911 from the merger of a few socialist groups with the Social Democratic Federation. As with the SDF, the BSP was opposed to socialists having electoral pacts with Liberals and they were critical of Labour Party branches for working with the Progressives in London. The BSP put forward dual candidates in three constituencies, all constituencies where both the Progressives and Municipal Reform parties were running dual candidates. Nowhere did they run against a Labour candidate.

Outcome

The Municipal Reform Party was returned with its third successive majority, slightly larger than the old one. However, its leader, Cyril Jackson was unseated by the Progressives at Limehouse. When the new council met, the ruling Municipal Reform majority was forced to use one of their Aldermanic nominations to put Jackson back on the council. Although the Progressives lost ground, they comfortably retained their position as main challengers to the Municipal Reformers in those seats where socialists stood. All socialist candidates (BSP and Labour) who stood against Progressive candidates finished bottom of the poll. Of the three Labour candidates running in tandem with a Progressive, all polled less than the Progressive and two of the three failed to join their Progressive running mate in victory. In Woolwich, where the Labour candidates were given a free run against the Municipal Reform pair, they also lost.

Constituency results

Battersea and Clapham

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Battersea
Battersea [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Walter Richard Warren5,48327.5+1.9
Progressive William J. West 5,45127.3+1.0
Municipal Reform H Ramsden4,50222.6−2.2
Municipal Reform George Bettesworth Piggott 4,50222.6−0.8
Majority9494.7+3.9
Progressive hold Swing +2.0
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Montefiore
Clapham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore8,89028.0−2.3
Municipal Reform Herbert James Francis Parsons 8,88127.9−2.7
Progressive Hubert George Beaumont 7,04922.2+2.7
Progressive Oswald Partington 6,97121.9+2.4
Majority1,8325.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.5

Bethnal Green

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Smith
Bethnal Green North East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Garnham Edmonds 2,73129.4−7.2
Progressive Edward Smith2,66728.7−7.4
Municipal Reform G. Allen1,96121.1+6.9
Municipal Reform Thomas Andrew Blane 1,94120.9+7.8
Majority7067.6−14.3
Progressive hold Swing -7.1
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Headlam
Bethnal Green South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Stewart Duckworth Headlam 2,36930.9+1.9
Progressive Percy Alfred Harris 2,35930.8+2.6
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 1,48719.4−2.8
Municipal Reform L Tyfield1,44118.8−1.7
Majority87211.4+5.4
Progressive hold Swing +2.7

Camberwell

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Dulwich
Dulwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Viscount Massereene 6,048 30.1 0.0
Municipal Reform Cuthbert Wilkinson 6,027 29.9 0.0
Progressive Percy Phipps4,05720.2+0.2
Progressive Dr Sophia Jevons3,99319.8−0.2
Majority1,9709.7−0.2
Municipal Reform hold Swing -0.1
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Taylor
Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Reginald Bray 4,35828.2−2.9
Progressive Henry Robert Taylor4,30327.8−3.1
Municipal Reform William Alfred Hirst 3,42322.1+2.9
Municipal Reform H. A. Truby3,37421.8+3.0
Majority8805.7−6.0
Progressive hold Swing -3.0
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Dowton
Peckham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Thomas Gautrey5,30625.6−2.4
Progressive Earl of Haddo 5,20625.1−1.1
Municipal Reform William Leonard Dowton5,12724.7+1.4
Municipal Reform T Richards5,09224.5+2.1
Majority790.4−2.5
Progressive hold Swing -1.2

Chelsea

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Norman
Chelsea [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman 5,20033.6+1.5
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 5,11333.0+1.3
Progressive Katherine Talbot Wallas2,59816.8−1.4
Progressive George Ernest Schuster 2,56916.6−1.4
Majority2,51516.2+2.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.4

City of London

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Hemphill
City of London [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform James William Domoney7,32121.5+0.6
Municipal Reform Gilbert Johnstone7,27921.4+0.4
Municipal Reform William Henry Pannell7,24521.2+0.4
Municipal Reform Herbert Stuart Sankey 7,20621.2+0.3
Progressive Fitzroy Hemphill 1,7085.0−0.6
Progressive Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli 1,6474.8−0.8
Progressive Stephen Miall1,6444.8−0.6
Majority5,49816.2+1.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Deptford

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Phillimore
Deptford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform John Theodore Prestige 5,704 25.3 −3.3
Progressive Robert Charles Phillimore 5,667 25.1 +1.5
Municipal Reform Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith 5,64325.0+0.7
Labour Charles Mostyn Lloyd 5,53224.5+1.0
Majority1720.8−4.3
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.2
Majority240.10.8
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing +0.4

Finsbury

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Finsbury Central
Finsbury Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Lawrence William Simpson Rostron3,00625.6+0.5
Municipal Reform Samuel Joyce Thomas2,94725.1+0.5
Progressive Arthur Barnett Russell2,92925.0−0.3
Progressive Herbert Sutton Syrett2,85324.3−0.7
Majority180.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.6
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +0.4
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Cotton
Finsbury East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Masterman Gillett 2,03726.2−1.6
Progressive Henry Evan Auguste Cotton 2,02626.1−1.8
Municipal Reform Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell 1,86624.0+1.7
Municipal Reform William George Perring 1,83723.7+1.8
Majority1602.1−3.4
Progressive hold Swing -1.7
Progressive hold Swing -1.8
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Lygon
Holborn [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Robert Inigo Tasker 3,71937.3+2.5
Municipal Reform Henry Lygon 3,71837.3+2.3
Progressive T. E. Morris1,28712.9−2.3
Progressive John Pascoe Elsden 1,25512.6−2.4
Majority2,43124.4+4.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.3
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.5

Fulham

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Waterlow
Fulham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Stephen Cobb 7,64930.6+0.5
Municipal Reform Edward George Easton7,61430.5+0.7
Progressive David Sydney Waterlow 4,87019.5−0.8
Progressive Walter Meakin4,84319.4−0.4
Majority2,74411.0+1.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.5

Greenwich

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Hume
Greenwich [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform George Hopwood Hume 4,81526.0−2.6
Municipal Reform Lord Hill 4,78725.8−2.8
Progressive Alfred Henry Scott 4,48624.2
  • +6.9
Progressive Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton 4,46324.1+6.8
Majority3011.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing -4.8

Hackney

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Adler
Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Ray 3,67025.2+1.7
Progressive Henrietta Adler 3,65325.0−1.2
Municipal Reform Lord William Cecil3,64525.0+2.2
Progressive Alfred James Shepheard3,62224.8−2.7
Majority80.0
Progressive hold Swing -1.7
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +2.2
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Hackney North
Hackney North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform George William Henry Jones 6,01426.6−1.8
Municipal Reform Oscar Emanuel Warburg 5,96526.4−1.5
Progressive William Ashley Nicholls 5,32223.5+1.6
Progressive W. B. J. Hickman5,29923.4+1.6
Majority6432.9
Municipal Reform hold Swing -1.6
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Hackney South
Hackney South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform George King Naylor3,13225.5+7.2
Progressive Theodore Chapman3,10925.3−6.7
Municipal Reform James Ernest Brudenell-Bruce3,05924.9+6.7
Progressive C. Watson2,98124.3−7.2
Majority500.4−12.8
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +7.2
Progressive hold Swing +6.7

Hammersmith

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Hammersmith
Hammersmith [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Francis Robert Ince Anderton 5,61529.8−3.7
Municipal Reform Isidore Salmon 5,60929.7−2.9
Progressive W. P. Hunter3,93720.9+3.9
Progressive Glynne Williams3,70319.6+2.7
Majority1,6728.9
Municipal Reform hold Swing -3.3

Hampstead

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Taylor
Hampstead [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Walter Reynolds4,56740.5+1.0
Municipal Reform Andrew Thomas Taylor 4,52940.2+0.9
Progressive Henry Holman2,16919.3−1.9
Majority2,36020.9+2.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.0

Islington

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Smallwood
Islington East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Edward Smallwood 4,54526.1−0.1
Progressive William Lace Clague4,45325.6−0.1
Municipal Reform David Hazel4,22624.3+0.1
Municipal Reform John Foster Vesey-FitzGerald 4,17024.00.0
Majority2271.3−0.2
Progressive hold Swing -0.1
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Islington North
Islington North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove4,79625.6−1.4
Municipal Reform Richard Joshua Cooper 4,79225.6−1.5
Progressive J. H. Torrance4,57424.4+1.4
Progressive Henry Scipio Reitlinger4,54924.3+1.5
Majority2281.2
Municipal Reform hold Swing -1.5
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Williams
Islington South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Dew3,19726.6+0.0
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 3,19526.6−0.1
Municipal Reform A Dingli2,82923.5+0.0
Municipal Reform William Hunt2,80723.3+0.1
Majority3663.0
Progressive hold Swing -0.0
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Jephson
Islington West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry Mills2,99927.9+0.0
Progressive Henry Lorenzo Jephson2,97827.7+0.0
Municipal Reform C. W. French2,41222.4+0.2
Municipal Reform Harold Frazer Wyatt 2,37222.0−0.1
Majority5665.3−0.2
Progressive hold Swing -0.1

Kensington

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Bentham
Kensington North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform David Davis4,02529.0+0.5
Municipal Reform Cecil Bingham Levita 3,99928.9+0.7
Progressive C D'O Cooper1,89513.7−9.0
Progressive G S Warren1,84413.3−9.4
Labour Ethel Bentham 1,0997.9−12.8
Labour William Joseph Jarrett 9987.2−13.3
Majority2,10415.2+9.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
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Kensington South
Kensington South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Frederick Cavaye 5,07244.1−0.9
Municipal Reform Augustus Gilbert Colvile4,99743.4−1.1
Progressive F C Jarvis7316.3+1.0
Progressive Harry Christopher Bickmore7136.2+1.1
Majority4,26637.1−2.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing -1.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing -1.0

Lambeth

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Gray
Brixton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Haydon4,28928.8−0.0
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 4,27428.7+0.1
Progressive A. R. Gridley3,15421.2−0.1
Progressive Hillier Holt3,15121.2−0.0
Majority1,1207.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing 0.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.5
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Benn
Kennington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Sir John Williams Benn 3,51724.9−3.1
Municipal Reform Lord Peel 3,37123.8+3.2
Municipal Reform Ellice Victor Sassoon 3,26423.1+3.4
Progressive W J Richardson2,87820.3−3.8
Labour John Gilbert Dale 1,1217.9+0.2
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +3.5
Majority4933.5
Progressive hold Swing -3.2
Majority2531.8
Lambeth North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Frank Briant 2,37027.5−1.8
Municipal Reform Louis Courtauld2,11824.5+1.5
Municipal Reform William Gough-Cook2,10524.4+1.7
Labour Francis Samuel Smith 2,03723.6−1.4
Majority130.1
Progressive hold Swing -1.7
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing +1.5
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Morrow
Norwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Cecil Urquhart Fisher6,04731.5+1.1
Municipal Reform Forbes St John Morrow 6,00631.3+1.1
Progressive Sir Charles James Tarring 3,55918.6−1.5
Progressive A E Bennetts3,55318.5−0.8
Majority2,44712.8+2.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.3
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.0

Lewisham

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Bellairs
Lewisham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Houston Carter9,49731.1−4.7
Municipal Reform Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs 9,41030.8−4.7
Progressive Charles Garfitt5,86519.2−0.4
Progressive J S Lewis5,80919.0+9.9
Majority3,54511.6−4.3
Municipal Reform hold Swing -2.2
Municipal Reform hold Swing -7.3

Marylebone

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Thynne
Marylebone East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Ridley Debenham 3,49238.7+1.5
Municipal Reform Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne 3,41137.8+1.0
Progressive Thomas W. McCormack1,05611.7−1.6
Progressive Hilda Caroline Miall-Smith1,05511.7−1.0
Majority2,35526.1+2.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.0
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Marylebone West
Marylebone West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Lord Greville4,01033.1−3.2
Municipal Reform Sir Edward White 3,94232.5−4.1
Progressive Evelyn Emily Marian Fox 2,11017.4+3.8
Progressive Charles James Vasey2,06617.0+3.6
Majority1,83215.1−7.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing -3.4
Municipal Reform hold Swing -4.0

Newington

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Dawes
Walworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive James Arthur Dawes 2,575
Progressive Cornelius Charles Jesson 2,476
Municipal Reform Frederick Bird2,199
Municipal Reform G. Aspinall2,114
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Newington West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive James Daniel Gilbert 3,161
Progressive Evan Spicer 3,097
Municipal Reform Edgar Abbott2,268
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts 2,222
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Paddington

Paddington North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform John Herbert Hunter 4,561
Municipal Reform John Herbert Lidiard 4,522
Progressive Horace Holmes3,573
Progressive James Scott Duckers 3,485
Majority949
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Paddington South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform John Burgess-Preston Karslake 3,353
Municipal Reform Harry Barned Lewis-Barned3,316
Progressive Reymond Hervey de Montmorency 817
Progressive Alfred Young Mayell805
Majority2,499
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

St George's Hanover Square

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Cheylesmore
St George's Hanover Square [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Lord Cheylesmore 4,335
Municipal Reform Hubert John Greenwood 4,279
Progressive Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell 821
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

St Pancras

St. Pancras East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Albert William Claremont2,549
Progressive Henry de Rosenbach Walker 2,522
Municipal Reform W Clark-Smith2,454
Municipal Reform J Hewson2,436
Majority68
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
St. Pancras North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Thomas Frederick Hobson2,901
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon2,887
Municipal Reform Conrad Hugh Dinwiddy2,654
Municipal Reform Edward Gunter Jones2,646
British Socialist Party A C Edwards514
British Socialist Party W G Woodley501
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
St. Pancras South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform David Davies 2,360
Municipal Reform John Cuthbert Denison-Pender 2,307
Progressive George Frederick Cosburn1,353
Progressive Thomas Charles1,307
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
St. Pancras West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Auberon Claud Hegan Kennard 3,278
Municipal Reform Lord Windsor 3,252
Progressive William Lloyd Taylor2,672
Progressive Arthur George Rickards 2,579
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing

Shoreditch

Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry Ward2,178
Progressive David Blackley2,167
Municipal Reform Joseph John Jarvis 1,975
Municipal Reform William Brass 1,970
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Hoxton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Joseph Stanley Holmes 2,749
Progressive Oswald Lewis 2,693
Municipal Reform Henry Busby Bird 2,402
Municipal Reform C. Filby2,279
Independent Municipal ReformMiss Willoughby158
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Southwark

Bermondsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Henry Ecroyd2,951
Progressive Montague Shearman2,820
Municipal Reform Ald. Stickland2,462
Municipal Reform John Swiney2,409
Labour Alfred Salter 1,632
Labour Charles George Ammon 1,374
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Rotherhithe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive R. L. Stuart3,186
Progressive John Scott Lidgett 3,159
Municipal Reform W. G. Marriott2,662
Municipal Reform D. Radcliffe2,457
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Southwark West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Albert Wilson2,642
Progressive Thomas Hunter2,831
Municipal Reform H Edwards2,105
Municipal Reform Rev. Walter T Somerville2,070
Majority726
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Strand

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Pilditch
Strand [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Clifford Probyn3,109
Municipal Reform Philip Edward Pilditch 3,065
Progressive Miss Ellen Pocock793
Majority2,272
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Tower Hamlets

Bow and Bromley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Frank Herbert John Baber 2,505
Municipal Reform George Malcolm Hilbery 2,464
Progressive George Lewis Bruce1,936
Progressive Ben Cooper 1,826
British Socialist Party Charlie Sumner 1,794
British Socialist Party Edwin C. Fairchild 1,609
IndependentFrederick John William Leaney79
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
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Yeo
Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Benjamin B Evans2,665
Progressive Alfred William Yeo 2,664
Municipal Reform Cyril Jackson 2,024
Municipal Reform R A Reith1,916
Majority640
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Mile End [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive T W Wickham2,252
Progressive Carl Stettauer2,204
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe1,973
Municipal Reform Cecil Ince1,924
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive St John Hutchinson 3,061
Labour Arabella Susan Lawrence 2,960
Municipal Reform T Vosper1,599
Municipal Reform Mrs Elliott1,492
Majority1,361
Labour hold Swing
Majority1,462
Progressive hold Swing
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Gosling
St George's in the East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Gosling 1,246
Progressive Charles James Mathew 1,209
Municipal Reform Dr P Daniel961
Municipal Reform D Knocker929
IndependentJ Dibbs164
IndependentFrederick Wallace Brame24
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
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Hardy
Stepney [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich1,827
Municipal Reform Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester 1,805
Progressive J S Henry1,667
Progressive George Alexander Hardy 1,630
British Socialist Party Joseph George Butler 108
British Socialist Party Alfred Augustus Watts 105
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
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Johnson
Whitechapel [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon1,746
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson1,792
Municipal Reform Rev E G Parry1,008
Municipal Reform A Ludski916
Majority738
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Wandsworth

Wandsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans 13,927
Municipal Reform Alfred Cooper Rawson 13,804
Progressive George Pearce Blizard 7,390
Progressive C H Williams7,357
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith3,310
Municipal Reform Percy George Gates3,228
Progressive Mabel Annie St Clair Stobart 1,199
Progressive Lionel Gurney Buxton1,168
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Woolwich

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Sanders
Woolwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires8,378
Municipal Reform Howard Kingsley Wood 8,300
Labour William Stephen Sanders 7,618
Labour Margaret Grace Bondfield 7,598
Majority682
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Aldermen

In addition to the 124 councillors the council consisted of 20 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Half of the aldermanic bench were elected every three years following the triennial council election. After the elections, there were ten aldermanic vacancies and the following alderman were appointed by the newly elected council on 13 March 1913; [3] [4]

To serve until 1919:

To serve until 1916:

By-elections 1913–1915

There were eight by-elections to fill casual vacancies during the term of the ninth London County Council.

City of London, 9 May 1913

London County Council by-election, 1913: City of London
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Wilson GranthamUnopposedN/AN/A
Municipal Reform hold Swing N/A

Tower Hamlets, Mile End, 13 August 1913

London County Council by-election, 1913: Mile End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform George A Dutfield1,74351.7
Progressive Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton 1,62748.3
Majority1163.4
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing

Islington West, 21 February 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Islington West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive W A NichollsUnopposedN/AN/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A

Marylebone West, 6 July 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Marylebone West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Eustace Widdrington Morrison-BellUnopposedN/AN/A
Municipal Reform hold Swing N/A

Finsbury, Holborn, 9 November 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Henry Hugh TaskerUnopposedN/AN/A
Municipal Reform hold Swing N/A

Tower Hamlets, Limehouse, 14 January 1915

London County Council by-election, 1915: Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry MarksUnopposedN/AN/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A

City of London, 1 March 1915

London County Council by-election, 1915: City of London
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Charles Augustin Hanson UnopposedN/AN/A
Municipal Reform hold Swing N/A

Lewisham, 8 May 1915

London County Council by-election, 1915: Lewisham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Henry Le MayUnopposedN/AN/A
Municipal Reform hold Swing N/A

Appointments to vacant seats 1915–1919

Under the Elections and Registration Act 1915, a wartime piece of legislation that cancelled local elections until the end of the conflict (and thus the county council election due to be held in March 1916), the members of the county council were given the power to appoint or co-opt councillors to fill vacant seats. The legislation remained in force for the rest of the eleventh county council's existence.

Date of appointmentDivisionOutgoing memberNew member appointedParty
7 December 1915 Battersea & Clapham, Clapham Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore
(died 19 November 1915)		William Henry Peruzzi Gibson Municipal Reform
21 December 1915 Tower Hamlets, Stepney Arthur Claud Chichester
(resigned 7 December 1915 on entering active service with the army) [8] 		David Hazel [9]  Municipal Reform
4 April 1916 Lewisham William Henry Le May
(resigned 21 March 1916) [10] 		Robert Jackson [11]  Municipal Reform
30 May 1916 Finsbury Central Lawrence William Simpson Rostron
(died 14 May 1916)		James Little [12]  Municipal Reform
Marylebone West Lord Greville
(resigned 16 May 1916) [13] 		Ernest Sanger [12]  Municipal Reform
31 October 1916 Fulham Edward George Easton
(died 2 August 1916)		Henry George Norris [14]  Municipal Reform
Hackney South George K Naylor
(resigned 4 September 1916)		Charles Winkley [14]  Municipal Reform
3 April 1917 Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley George Malcolm Hilbery
(resigned 9 March 1917)		Walter Charles Bersey [15]  Municipal Reform
1 May 1917 Tower Hamlets, Mile End George A Dutfield
(resigned 18 July 1916) [16] 		George Bettesworth Piggott [17]  Municipal Reform
16 October 1917 City of London Gilbert Johnstone
(resigned 31 July 1917)		John Robarts [18]  Municipal Reform
18 December 1917 Islington East Edward Smallwood
(resigned 10 December 1917)		A C Denham Progressive
8 March 1918 Strand Clifford Probyn
(died 10 February 1918)		 John Maria Gatti [19]  Municipal Reform
23 April 1918 City of London James William Domoney
(died 23 March 1918) [20] 		George Rowland Blades [21]  Municipal Reform
15 October 1918 Camberwell, Dulwich Cuthbert Wilkinson
(died 20 June 1918)		 Henry Newton Knights  Municipal Reform
Lewisham Frederick Houston Carter
(died 11 March 1918) [22] 		Richard Owen Roberts  Municipal Reform
Southwark West Albert Wilson
(died 16 July 1918)		 Duchess of Marlborough  Progressive

Aldermanic vacancies filled 1913–1919

There were four casual vacancies among the aldermen in the term of the eleventh London County Council, which were filled as follows: [23]

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