Deptford (London County Council constituency)

Deptford
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Deptford was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 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
1889	Ernest Collard		Progressive	William Hazlewood Phillips		Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892	Henry Keylock		Labour Progressive	Sidney Webb		Progressive
1895	John Dumphreys		Moderate
1898	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive
1910	William Freeman Barrett		Municipal Reform	Edwin Mumford Preston		Municipal Reform
1913	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive	John Theodore Prestige		Municipal Reform
1919	Margaret McMillan		Labour	John Speakman		Labour
1922	Marshall James Pike		Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley		Municipal Reform
1925	James Mahoney		Labour	John Speakman		Labour
1937	Isaac Hayward		Labour
1942				Ernest Sherwood		Labour
1949							William James Coombs		Labour
1952				Alfred Seabrook Simons		Labour	Harold Shearman		Labour
1955	Eugene Murphy		Labour
1961	Albert John Blackman		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Deptford ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Ernest Collard	2,294
	Progressive	William Phillips	2,283
	Labour Progressive	Henry Keylock	1,871
	Independent Progressive	Althro Alfred Knight	1,047
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Deptford ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,088
	Labour Progressive	Henry Keylock	3,503
	Moderate	Henry T. Banning	2,251
	Moderate	John C. Bailey	2,231
	Social Democratic Federation	John Elliott	780
	Independent Progressive	Althro Alfred Knight	321
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Deptford ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,286
	Moderate	John Dumphreys	2,667
	Moderate	H. S. A. Foy	2,518
	Progressive	Henry Keylock	2,402
	Ind. Labour Party	John Elliott	1,255
	Moderate gain from Labour Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Deptford ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	4,512
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	4,487
	Moderate	H. S. A. Foy	3,218
	Moderate	John Dumphreys	2,866
	Ind. Labour Party	J. Yallop	233
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Deptford ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	5,496	33.3	+3.4
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	5,349	32.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Thomas William Marchant	2,865	17.4	−3.9
	Conservative	Francis Herman Milford Wayne	2,781	16.9	−2.1
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	+6.0

1904 London County Council election: Deptford ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1907 London County Council election: Deptford ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sidney Webb	6,185
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	6,083
	Municipal Reform	H. G. Wells	5,879
	Municipal Reform	William Freeman Barrett	5,839
	Independent	R. R. Fairburn	182
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Deptford ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Freeman Barrett	5,932	28.6
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Mumford Preston	5,047	24.3
	Progressive	William James Pethybridge	4,910	23.6
	Labour	Campion Watson	4,880	23.5
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Deptford ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Theodore Prestige	5,704	25.3	−3.3
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	5,667	25.1	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Kincaid-Smith	5,643	25.0	+0.7
	Labour	Charles Mostyn Lloyd	5,532	24.5	+1.0
Majority			172	0.8	−4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
Majority			24	0.1
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	+0.4

1919 London County Council election: Deptford ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McMillan	4,575	31.0
	Labour	John Speakman	4,356	29.5
	Municipal Reform	William Francis Marchant	3,094	21.0
	Municipal Reform	Fred Bramston	2,730	18.5
Majority			1,262	8.6
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Deptford ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley	9,545	25.4	+4.4
	Municipal Reform	Marshall James Pike	9,487	25.3	+6.8
	Labour	Margaret McMillan	9,333	24.8	−6.2
	Labour	John Speakman	9,199	24.5	−5.0
Majority			154	0.5	−8.1
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Deptford ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Mahoney	12,222
	Labour	John Speakman	12,056
	Municipal Reform	Guy Herbert Walmisley	7,823
	Municipal Reform	A. G. Harben	7,540
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Deptford ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Mahoney	13,523
	Labour	John Speakman	13,422
	Municipal Reform	M. Glenn McCarthy	7,545
	Municipal Reform	J. C. Manifold	7,485
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Deptford ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Mahoney	10,738
	Labour	John Speakman	10,695
	Municipal Reform	J. R. Chalmers	6,440
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	6,374
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Deptford ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Speakman	14,800
	Labour	James Mahoney	14,558
	Municipal Reform	John Southwell	7,215
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	7,176
	Communist	Kath Duncan	1,387
	Communist	V. Parker	1,177
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Deptford ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Speakman	16,605
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	16,050
	Municipal Reform	G. F. Kingham	7,948
	Municipal Reform	John Southwell	7,908
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Deptford ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	8,608
	Labour	Ernest Sherwood	8,540
	Conservative	F. Andrews	3,775
	Conservative	V. T. Reed	3,715
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Deptford ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William James Coombs	14,087
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	14,074
	Labour	Ernest C. Sherwood	13,933
	Conservative	Mrs Davies	8,702
	Conservative	Richard Body	8,561
	Conservative	F. Andrews	8,521
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Deptford ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	16,606
	Labour	Harold Shearman	15,733
	Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	15,415
	Conservative	E. Greenaway	7,198
	Conservative	A. Bowden	6,998
	Conservative	H. Marsh	6,772
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Deptford ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Shearman	10,660
	Labour	Eugene Murphy	10,639
	Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	10,478
	Conservative	B. J. Jenkins	5,586
	Conservative	E. M. Wheeler	5,439
	Conservative	R. S. Guest	5,343
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Deptford ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Shearman	10,471
	Labour	Eugene Murphy	10,406
	Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	10,257
	Conservative	Joan Vickers	3,553
	Conservative	F. K. Roberts	3,545
	Conservative	J. F. Rowley	3,538
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Deptford ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert John Blackman	9,702
	Labour	Alfred Seabrook Simons	9,097
	Labour	Harold Shearman	8,595
	Conservative	I. H. Davison	4,805
	Conservative	D. P. Jeffcock	4,542
	Conservative	P. S. F. Noble	4,503
	British National	R. Simpson	1,520
	British National	A. Charman	1,337
	British National	J. E. Stanton	838
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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