Greenwich (London County Council constituency)

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Greenwich
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Greenwich 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.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1889 Richard Jackson Progressive George Lidgett Progressive Two seats until 1949
1895 Henry Thomas Banning Moderate Ralph Gooding Moderate
1898 Richard Jackson Progressive John Peppercorn Progressive
1901 Frederick William Warmington Progressive
1907 Ion Hamilton Benn Municipal Reform Alexander Thynne Municipal Reform
1910 Rowland Clegg-Hill Municipal Reform George Hume Municipal Reform
1919 Ernest Dence Municipal Reform
1922 George Rowland Hill Municipal Reform
1922 Madeline Hill Municipal Reform
1928 Cuthbert Edward Hunter Municipal Reform
1934 Esther Rickards Labour Walter Windsor Labour
1937 Bernard Sullivan Labour
1946 Harold Gibbons Labour
1948Johanna Gollogly Labour
1949 Arthur Chrisp Labour
1955 Thomas Beacham Labour Peggy Middleton Labour
1958 Julia Johnson Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Greenwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Lidgett3,102
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,025
Moderate Thomas Boord 2,440
Moderate Stuart Knill2,390
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Greenwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,667
Progressive George Lidgett3,628
Moderate William Fox Batley3,168
Moderate George Maryon-Wilson3,080
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Greenwich [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Henry Thomas Banning3,284
Moderate Ralph Gooding3,258
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,131
Progressive George Lidgett2,983
Ind. Labour Party Pete Curran 391
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
1898 London County Council election: Greenwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 3,898
Progressive John Peppercorn3,249
Moderate Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham 3,194
Moderate W. E. Ball3,190
Ind. Labour Party J. M. McCarthy689
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
1901 London County Council election: Greenwich [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Richard Jackson 4,24228.5+1.1
Progressive Frederick William Warmington3,93726.5+3.7
Conservative John Edward Shaw3,20921.6−0.9
Conservative William Kent Lemon3,17821.4−1.0
Independent James Ellis3152.1n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing +1.7
1904 London County Council election: Greenwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Richard Jackson UnopposedN/A
Progressive Frederick William WarmingtonUnopposedN/A
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Greenwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ion Hamilton Benn 6,217
Municipal Reform Alexander Thynne 5,991
Progressive D. McCall3,727
Progressive J. Wilson3,545
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Greenwich [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Rowland Clegg-Hill 4,57428.6
Municipal Reform George Hume 4,56928.6
Progressive Thomas Ford2,91917.3
Progressive John Belcher Allpass2,76817.3
Labour Ernest Gilbert1,1617.3
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Greenwich [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform George Hume 4,81526.0−2.6
Municipal Reform Rowland Clegg-Hill 4,78725.8−2.8
Progressive Alfred Henry Scott 4,48624.2
  • +6.9
Progressive Hugh Moulton 4,46324.1+6.8
Majority3011.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing -4.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Greenwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence Unopposedn/an/a
Municipal Reform George Hume Unopposedn/an/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Greenwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,41228.3n/a
Municipal Reform George Rowland Hill 9,36728.2n/a
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 7,33222.0n/a
Labour J. G. Davenport7,14521.4n/a
Majorityn/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Greenwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 8,573
Municipal Reform Madeline Hill8,351
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 8,032
Labour J. Round7,758
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Greenwich [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,807
Municipal Reform Cuthbert Edward Hunter9,684
Labour Thomas Henry Philip Beacham8,443
Labour Harold Henry Gibbons8,280
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Greenwich [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,463
Municipal Reform Cuthbert Edward Hunter9,387
Labour Thomas Beacham7,003
Labour Harold Gibbons6,736
Communist J. T. Bellamy569n/a
Communist J. Cronin243n/a
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Greenwich [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Esther Rickards 10,754
Labour Walter Windsor 10,616
Municipal Reform Ernest Dence 9,253
Municipal Reform C. Drage9,086
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Greenwich [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Esther Rickards 11,682
Labour Bernard Sullivan 11,457
Municipal Reform J. H. Barrington10,793
Municipal Reform E. R. Mayer10,674
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Greenwich [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Gibbons7,733
Labour Bernard Sullivan 7,500
Conservative W. F. Mills5,415
Conservative S. M. Roberts5,245
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Greenwich [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Johanna Gollogly15,137
Labour Arthur Chrisp14,447
Labour Bernard Sullivan 14,237
Conservative W. F. Mills13,527
Conservative W. Smith12,840
Conservative R. E. A. Purkiss12,731
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Greenwich [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Johanna Gollogly17,835
Labour Arthur Chrisp17,602
Labour Bernard Sullivan 17,437
Conservative William H. Bishop11,227
Conservative H. P. Brooks10,893
Conservative Humphry Berkeley 10,783
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Greenwich [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp11,814
Labour Thomas Beacham11,590
Labour Peggy Middleton 11,469
Conservative Dorothy Home9,639
Conservative W. Smith9,201
Conservative W. F. Mills9,197
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Greenwich [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp13,258
Labour Julia Johnson12,816
Labour Peggy Middleton 12,606
Conservative Dorothy Home7,040
Conservative A. C. Prothero6,637
Conservative C. Shaw6,518
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Greenwich [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Chrisp14,280
Labour Peggy Middleton 13,990
Labour Julia Johnson13,467
Conservative Rodney Holmes9,515
Conservative C. Shipton9,192
Conservative J. W. Tennant8,961
Liberal G. Findlow1,981
Liberal C. Lindsay1,830
Liberal R. Hart1,785
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

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  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.
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  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. ↑ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916
  9. 1 2 London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ↑ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  11. ↑ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  12. ↑ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  13. ↑ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. ↑ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. ↑ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  16. ↑ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  17. ↑ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  18. ↑ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  19. ↑ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  20. ↑ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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