Bethnal Green (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Bethnal Green North East and Bethnal Green South West

Bethnal Green was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 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
1949	Percy Harris		Liberal	Beatrice Lilian Tate		Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood		Labour
1952	Dorothy Holman		Labour
1961				A. McLaughlin		Labour	Ashley Bramall		Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Bethnal Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Harris	8,305
	Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	8,236
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	8,115
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	7,877
	Liberal	Guy Darnley Naylor	7,652
	Liberal	Patrick Moynihan	7,573
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Bethnal Green ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Holman	11,277
	Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,290
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,735
	Liberal	Norman Harris	3,460
	Liberal	R. W. Scott	2,517
	Liberal	P. R. C. Lumsden	2,460
	Conservative	J. J. Harvey-Kelly	1,145
	Conservative	H. Seabag-Montefiore	1,110
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Bethnal Green ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,263
	Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,087
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,545
	Liberal	J. Douglas	1,328
	Conservative	K. B. Campbell	1,194
	Liberal	J. Walters	1,178
	Liberal	S. Ainley	1,135
	Conservative	P. R. Roney	1,092
	Conservative	L. L. Ware	1,084
	Union Movement	F. Bailey	634
	Union Movement	Alexander Raven Thomson	540
	Union Movement	P. Duhig	476
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Bethnal Green ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,395
	Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,012
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,822
	Conservative	W. H. Ballard	721
	Conservative	R. Stock	615
	Conservative	R. Roney	543
	Socialist (GB)	A. W. Iverney	356
	Socialist (GB)	J. L. Read	333
	Socialist (GB)	F. James	306
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Bethnal Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,341
	Labour	A. McLaughlin	9,441
	Labour	Ashley Bramall	9,072
	Liberal	Tudor Gates	1,669
	Liberal	D. Sacker	1,539
	Liberal	D. E. Wolfe	1,429
	Conservative	W. H. Ballard	1,349
	Conservative	O. S. Henriques	1,146
	Conservative	J. G. Hemingway	1,112
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
2. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
3. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
4. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
5. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.