Battersea (London County Council constituency)

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Battersea
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced by Battersea North
Battersea South

Battersea was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 John Burns Progressive James Tims Progressive
1893William Willis Progressive
1895 William J. Davies Progressive
1907 Arthur Shirley Benn Municipal Reform
1910 Walter Richard Warren Progressive
1913 William J. West Progressive

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Battersea [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive John Burns 3,071
Progressive James Tims2,307
Progressive Andrew Cameron1,279
RadicalRobert Arthur Valpy1,564
Independent George Harrison188
VestrymanWilliam Davies54
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Battersea [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive John Burns 5,168
Progressive James Tims4,470
Moderate J. G. Taylor Whitehead2,011
Moderate James Innes Michin1,780
Independent Progressive Howarth Barnes1,060
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1893 Battersea by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Willis2,817
Moderate Arthur Philip Quicke2,165
Social Democratic Federation Harry B. Rogers414
Independent Labour W. F. Grey360
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Battersea [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Davies4,095
Progressive John Burns 3,940
Moderate A. T. Quicke2,945
Moderate T. Costigan2,921
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Battersea [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Davies5,284
Progressive John Burns 5,126
Moderate Rudolph Feilding 3,715
Moderate A. T. Quicke3,670
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Battersea [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Davies5,95138.6
Progressive John Burns 5,90638.3
Conservative Stanley Boulter 1,82911.9
Conservative John Dumphreys 1,74611.3
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Battersea [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive John Burns 5,513
Progressive William Davies5,502
Conservative Francis Danford Thomas2,503
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Battersea [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Davies7,250
Municipal Reform Arthur Benn 7,217
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans6,691
Progressive William J. West 6,669
Independent Socialist W. H. Humphreys489
Socialist (GB) Jack Fitzgerald 98
Socialist (GB) H. Jansen-Neumann42
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Battersea [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Davies7,25426.3
Progressive Walter Richard Warren7,04925.6
Municipal Reform Arthur Benn 6,83724.8
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans6,44123.4
Majority2120.8
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Battersea [9]
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 Piggott4,50222.6−0.8
Majority9494.7+3.9
Progressive hold Swing +2.0
Progressive hold Swing

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References

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  2. "The County Council election in Battersea". The Morning Post. 24 July 1893.
  3. "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  4. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  5. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  6. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  7. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  8. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  9. London Municipal Notes, 1913