Finsbury Central (London County Council constituency)

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Finsbury Central
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced by Finsbury

Finsbury Central 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 William Compton Progressive Frederick Alfred Ford Progressive
1892 Ashley Ponsonby Progressive Ernest Bowen Rowlands Progressive
1892William Farewell Blake Progressive
1898 Phillip John RutlandModerate Melvill Beachcroft Moderate
1901 Fitzroy Hemphill Progressive Frank Smith Labour Progressive
1901 Ramsay MacDonald Labour Progressive
1904 Arthur Barnett Russell Progressive
1910 Lawrence Rostron Municipal Reform
1913 Samuel Joyce Thomas Municipal Reform
1916James Little Municipal Reform

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Compton 2,323
Progressive Frederick Alfred Ford1,461
RatepayersHenry Edward Davis1,074
Independent William Robson841
Independent William Davies561
Independent Joseph John Goode374
Independent John Ross74
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Ashley Ponsonby 1,902
Progressive Ernest Bowen Rowlands1,902
Independent ModerateHenry Edward Davis1,265
Moderate John Bourne1,139
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1892 Finsbury Central by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Farewell Blake1,674
Moderate Philip John Rutland820
Independent ModerateHenry Edward Davis477
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Farewell Blake2,247
Progressive Ashley Ponsonby 2,241
Moderate A. Churchill2,218
Moderate Phillip John Rutland2,143
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip John Rutland2,392
Conservative Melvill Beachcroft 2,286
Progressive William Farewell Blake2,267
Progressive Arthur Hayter 1,987
Ind. Labour Party J. E. Woolacott 382
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
1901 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Fitzroy Hemphill 2,02326.8+1.4
Progressive Frank Smith 2,02126.7+4.5
Conservative Phillip John Rutland1,79623.8−3.0
Conservative Sidney Low 1,72222.8−2.8
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing +5.8
1904 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Fitzroy Hemphill 2,361
Progressive Arthur Barnett Russell2,338
Conservative R. F. Hosken1,935
Conservative F. H. M. Wayne1,914
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Fitzroy Hemphill 2,806
Progressive Arthur Barnett Russell2,791
Municipal Reform George Swinton 2,508
Municipal Reform M. Chapman2,507
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Arthur Barnett Russell2,48225.3
Municipal Reform Lawrence William Simpson Rostron2,46025.1
Progressive Fitzroy Hemphill 2,45925.0
Municipal Reform Samuel Joyce Thomas 2,42024.6
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1913 London County Council election: Finsbury Central [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Lawrence William Simpson Rostron3,00625.6+0.5
Municipal Reform Samuel Joyce Thomas2,94725.1+0.5
Progressive Arthur Barnett Russell2,92925.0−0.3
Progressive Herbert Sutton Syrett2,85324.3−0.7
Majority180.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.6
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +0.4

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References

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  2. "County Council By-Election. Decisive Liberal Victory". The Daily News. 4 July 1892.
  3. "London County Council election". The Times. 5 March 1895.
  4. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
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  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