Finsbury East (London County Council constituency)

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

Finsbury East 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 John Benn Progressive John Sinclair Progressive
1892 Archibald Primrose Progressive
1895 Joseph Allen Baker Progressive
1898 Joseph Benson Progressive
1904 Thomas Edmund Harvey Progressive
1907 Enos Howes Municipal Reform Alfred Welby Municipal Reform
1910 H. E. A. Cotton Progressive George Gillett Progressive

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Finsbury East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Sir John Benn 1,791
Progressive John Sinclair 1,655
Moderate John Brogden Moreland1,098
Moderate George Berry1,071
Moderate Robert Josiah Hall66
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Finsbury East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Archibald Primrose 2,045
Progressive Sir John Benn 2,031
Moderate James Tolimann928
Moderate Michael H. Temple918
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Finsbury East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Sir John Benn 1,805
Progressive Joseph Allen Baker 1,787
Moderate S. P. Ridley1,407
Moderate W. H. Devenish1,404
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Finsbury East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Joseph Allen Baker 2,114
Progressive Joseph Benson2,038
Moderate Walter Smith1,391
Moderate W. W. Grantham1,338
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Joseph Allen Baker 2,47137.3+6.6
Progressive Joseph Benson2,40936.4+6.8
Conservative William Porter87013.1−7.1
Conservative Herbert John Marcus87013.1−6.3
Progressive hold Swing +6.7
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Finsbury East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Joseph Allen Baker 2,336
Progressive Thomas Edmund Harvey 2,190
Conservative Enos Howes1,772
Conservative Walter Smith1,618
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Finsbury East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Welby 2,024
Municipal Reform Enos Howes2,014
Progressive Thomas Edmund Harvey 1,988
Progressive F. A. Harrison1,988
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Finsbury East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Evan Cotton 2,02627.9
Progressive George Gillett 2,02027.8
Municipal Reform Lord Hardwicke1,61622.3
Municipal Reform Joseph Lewthwaite1,59221.9
Majority
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1913 London County Council election: Finsbury East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Gillett 2,03726.2−1.6
Progressive H. E. A. Cotton 2,02626.1−1.8
Municipal Reform Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell1,86624.0+1.7
Municipal Reform William Perring 1,83723.7+1.8
Majority1602.1−3.4
Progressive hold Swing -1.7
Progressive hold Swing -1.8

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References

  1. 1 2 "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. ↑ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  3. ↑ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  4. ↑ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  5. ↑ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ↑ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  7. ↑ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  8. ↑ London Municipal Notes, 1913
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