Dulwich (London County Council constituency)

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

Dulwich 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	William Mitchell Acworth		Moderate	Harry James Powell		Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1892	William Matthews		Moderate
1895				Richard William Evelyn Middleton		Moderate
1899	John Ratcliffe Cousins		Moderate	Bryce Grant		Moderate
1901				George Hardy		Progressive
1904	Thomas Gautrey		Progressive
1907	Henry Gooch		Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall		Municipal Reform
1910	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen		Municipal Reform
1913	Algernon Skeffington		Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson		Municipal Reform
1918				Henry Newton Knights		Municipal Reform
1919	Francis Fremantle		Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch		Municipal Reform
1922	George Swinton		Municipal Reform
1928	Henry Alfred Wilmot		Municipal Reform
1934	Frederick Charles Eaton		Municipal Reform	William Hall Hickin		Municipal Reform
1937				Dudley Ryder		Municipal Reform
1938	Charles Pearce		Municipal Reform
1940				Frank Griffiths Woollard		Municipal Reform
1949				Alida Brittain		Conservative	Ronald Hensman		Conservative
1952				Amy Crossman		Labour	Wilfrid Vernon		Labour
1955				Ronald Hensman		Conservative	Martin Stevens		Conservative
1958	Harry Lamborn		Labour	Albert Murray		Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Mitchell Acworth	2,222
	Moderate	Harry James Powell	2,151
	Progressive	William Mansfield	1,810
	Progressive	Richard Sandon Gutteridge	1,622
	Conservative	William Matthews	1,400
	Liberal Unionist	Horatio Nelson Hardy	125
	Independent	Alfred Watson	88
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Harry James Powell	3,407
	Moderate	William Matthews	3,391
	Progressive	Joseph Davis	2,062
	Progressive	Edward F. Craig	1,999
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Matthews	3,443
	Moderate	Richard William Evelyn Middleton	3,424
	Progressive	H. E. Ramsey	2,463
	Progressive	W. Street	2,438
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Matthews	3,698
	Moderate	Richard William Evelyn Middleton	3,673
	Progressive	George Hardy	2,461
	Progressive	H. E. Ramsey	2,447
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Hardy	3,312	39.7	+14.7
	Conservative	John Ratcliffe Cousins	2,587	31.0	−6.6
	Conservative	James Alfred Thornhill	2,442	29.3	−8.1
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Hardy	4,347
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,275
	Conservative	W. Lane Mitchell	3,548
	Conservative	Henry Gooch	3,531
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	6,689
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	6,641
	Progressive	George Hardy	5,020
	Progressive	A. Cohn	4,844
Majority			1,669
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	5,836	30.1
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	5,786	29.9
	Progressive	Arthur John Waldron	3,872	20.0
	Progressive	J. E. Boon	3,871	20.0
Majority			1,914	9.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Algernon Skeffington	6,048	30.1	0.0
	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson	6,027	29.9	0.0
	Progressive	Percy Phipps	4,057	20.2	+0.2
	Progressive	Sophia Jevons	3,993	19.8	−0.2
Majority			1,970	9.7	−0.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-0.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Francis Fremantle	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	9,545		n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Swinton	9,364		n/a
	Labour	H. Luckhart	2,398		n/a
	Labour	T. E. Wright	2,374		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	7,694
	Municipal Reform	George Swinton	7,547
	Labour	F. G. Dawson	2,857
	Labour	T. E. Wright	2,792
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	7,589
	Municipal Reform	Henry Alfred Wilmot	7,506
	Labour	J. W. F. Lucas	2,518
	Labour	A. J. Anstey	2,503
	Liberal	A. M. Hewitt	2,030
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	2,026
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	6,749
	Municipal Reform	Henry Alfred Wilmot	6,713
	Labour	Blance Radley	1,613
	Labour	Amy Sayle	1,604
	Liberal	David William Alun Llewellyn	931
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	904
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Charles Eaton	6,641
	Municipal Reform	William Hall Hickin	6,623
	Labour	E. J. Wood	2,340
	Labour	B. E. Websdale Radley	2,221
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	1,176
	Liberal	David William Alun Llewellyn	972
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Charles Eaton	8,610
	Municipal Reform	Dudley Ryder	8,496
	Labour	J. W. Fidler	3,652
	Labour	Caroline Maule	3,641
	Liberal	F. J. E. Butcher	900
	Liberal	Elisabeth Edwardes	809
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frank Griffiths Woollard	6,581
	Municipal Reform	Charles Pearce	6,565
	Labour	G. Williams	5,373
	Labour	H. T. Lennard	5,344
	Liberal	F. J. E. Butcher	900
	Liberal	Elisabeth Edwardes	809
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alida Brittain	16,128
	Conservative	Ronald Hensman	16,000
	Conservative	Charles Pearce	15,558
	Labour	Amy Crossman	13,410
	Labour	H. T. Lennard	12,529
	Labour	M. F. Lucas	12,346
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	18,204
	Conservative	Charles Pearce	16,747
	Labour	Amy Crossman	16,661
	Conservative	I. J. Hutchinson	16,624
	Labour	Olive Deer	16,593
	Conservative	Ronald Hensman	16,587
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Hensman	15,276
	Conservative	Charles Pearce	15,229
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	14,864
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	13,156
	Labour	Amy Crossman	12,764
	Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	12,744
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Lamborn	15,770
	Labour	Albert Murray	15,650
	Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	15,550
	Conservative	Charles Pearce	10,675
	Conservative	J. H. Allason	10,350
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	10,326
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Dulwich ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Lamborn	13,846
	Labour	Albert Murray	13,588
	Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	13,405
	Conservative	Charles Pearce	12,943
	Conservative	H. Day	12,725
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	12,607
	Liberal	G. Searle	3,603
	Liberal	P. T. Snasdell	3,394
	Liberal	G. H. Brown	3,303
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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