Bow and Bromley (London County Council constituency)

Bow and Bromley
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Poplar

Bow and Bromley was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Jane Cobden		Progressive	Walter Hunter		Moderate
1892	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive
1907	William Stanley Macbean Knight		Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe		Municipal Reform
1910	George Lewis Bruce		Progressive	George Lansbury		Labour
1913	Frank Herbert Baber		Municipal Reform	Malcolm Hilbery		Municipal Reform
1917				Walter Charles Bersey		Municipal Reform
1919	Edward Cruse		Labour	Charlie Sumner		Labour
1926				Thomas John Blacketer		Labour
1934				Ethel Mary Lambert		Labour
1938	Thomas John Goodway		Labour
1945				Edward Heslop Smith		Labour
1946	Lilian Maud Sadler		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Walter Hunter	2,159
	Progressive	Jane Cobden	2,045
	Progressive	Edward Rider Cook	1,722
	Moderate	James Henry Howard	1,561
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,467
	Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,467
	Moderate	Richard Whieldon Barnett	1,381
	Moderate	Herman Joseph Lescher	1,368
	Independent	Alfred Samuel Bird	244
	Labour Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Labour Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	2,919
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	2,906
	Moderate	L. H. Hayter	2,407
	Moderate	W. Tomlinson	2,400
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,082
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,018
	Moderate	Valentine John Hussey Walsh	2,112
	Moderate	A. A'Beckett Terrell	1,992
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,420
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,398
	Conservative	H. C. Bachelor	1,600
	Conservative	B. Levett	1,596
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1907 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Stanley Macbean Knight	3,285
	Municipal Reform	Horace Victor Rowe	3,212
	Progressive	William Wallace Bruce	3,019
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	3,019
	Social Democratic Federation	Alf Watts	786
	Social Democratic Federation	John Stokes	783
	Independent	J. S. Bird	159
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Lansbury	4,002
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	3,442
	Municipal Reform	Horace Victor Rowe	2,507
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Moor-Radford	2,395
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frank Herbert Baber	2,505
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Hilbery	2,464
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	1,936
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	1,826
	British Socialist Party	Charlie Sumner	1,794
	British Socialist Party	Edwin C. Fairchild	1,609
	Independent	Frederick John William Leaney	79
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	3,461
	Labour	Edward Cruse	3,169
	Independent	W. H. Hunt	1,224	21.6
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Williams	1,193
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	1,061
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	8,121	31.9
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,043	31.6
	Municipal Reform	Florence Barrie Lambert	4,721	18.5
	Municipal Reform	A. Barnard	4,599	18.0
Majority			3,322	13.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Sumner	8,797
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,645
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Hill	4,685
	Municipal Reform	A. E. Phelps	4,397
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow and Bromley by-election, 1926 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1928 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,519
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	8,260
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Hill	3,390
	Municipal Reform	E. Mudge	3,222
	Independent	B. Hanson	472
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Cruse	6,367
	Labour	Thomas John Blacketer	6,333
	Municipal Reform	E. Gorst	2,045
	Municipal Reform	F. S. C. Head	2,012
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Cruse	9,266
	Labour	Ethel Mary Lambert	9,019
	Municipal Reform	G. G. Baker	1,656
	Municipal Reform	Sophia Jevons	1,644
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Cruse	8,669
	Labour	Ethel Mary Lambert	8,480
	Municipal Reform	W. Henderson	2,459
	Municipal Reform	T. M. Hardy	2,243
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow and Bromley by-election, 1938

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas John Goodway	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1946 London County Council election: Bow and Bromley ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Sadler	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Edward Heslop Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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7. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
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11. "News in brief". The Times. 5 January 1926.
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13. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
14. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
15. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
16. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.