Hackney Central (London County Council constituency)

Hackney Central
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 1955
Abolished	1949; 1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Hackney Central was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949, and again from 1955 until 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
1889	John Lowles		Moderate	Walter Johnston		Moderate
1892	Edward Pickersgill		Progressive	McKinnon Wood		Progressive
1895	Frederick William Maude		Progressive
1898	James Stuart		Progressive
1901	Alfred James Shepheard		Progressive
1907	George Billings		Municipal Reform	William Burton Stewart		Municipal Reform
1910	Henrietta Adler		Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard		Progressive
1913				William Ray		Municipal Reform
1925	Humfrey Henry Edmunds		Municipal Reform
1928	Henrietta Adler		Liberal
1931	Montague Moustardier		Municipal Reform
1934	Bernard Homa		Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris		Labour
1938				Peggy Jay		Labour
1949	Constituency abolished

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1955	Hilary Halpin		Labour	Mary Ormerod		Labour	John Wobey		Labour
1958	Harry Rezler		Labour
1961				Ellis Hillman		Labour	Lou Sherman		Labour

Election results

1889 to 1949

1889 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	John Lowles	1,764
	Moderate	Walter Johnston	1,602
	Progressive	Richard Martin	1,455
	Progressive	Alfred Bowser	1,362
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edward Pickersgill	2,738
	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	2,643
	Moderate	Walter Johnston	2,208
	Moderate	John Lowles	2,197
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	2,473
	Progressive	Frederick William Maude	2,449
	Moderate	Walter Johnston	2,152
	Moderate	Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore	2,041
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	3,162
	Progressive	James Stuart	3,125
	Moderate	T. B. Westacott	2,369
	Moderate	Claude Hay	2,291
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	3,355	33.5	+4.6
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,221	32.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Stanley Johnson	1,742	17.4	−4.2
	Conservative	George Cartwright	1,688	16.9	−4.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	+4.1

1904 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	McKinnon Wood	3,534
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,476
	Conservative	George Bingham	2,120
	Conservative	George Cartwright	2,097
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Burton Stewart	3,722
	Municipal Reform	George Billings	3,659
	Progressive	W. B. Yates	3,559
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,558
	Social Democratic Federation	Edwin C. Fairchild	296
	Social Democratic Federation	Victor Fisher	257
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,634	27.5
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	3,521	26.2
	Municipal Reform	G. J. Dowse	3,157	23.5
	Municipal Reform	John Foster Vesey-FitzGerald	3,053	22.8
Majority			364	2.7
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	3,670	25.2	+1.7
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	3,653	25.0	−1.2
	Municipal Reform	William Cecil	3,645	25.0	+2.2
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,622	24.8	−2.7
Majority			8	0.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+2.2

1919 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	4,878		n/a
	Municipal Reform	Humphrey Edmunds	4,595		n/a
	Labour	P. H. Black	3,299		n/a
	Labour	J. H. Harley	3,183		n/a
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	2,759		n/a
	Progressive	Arthur Mortimer	2,436		n/a
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	5,092
	Liberal	Henrietta Adler	5,008
	Municipal Reform	John David Gathorne-Hardy	4,960
	Liberal	George James Lusher-Pentney	4,820
	Labour	Amy Sayle	2,743
	Labour	H. W. Butler	2,737
	Independent Labour	S. L. Alexander	625		n/a
	Independent Labour	J. W. Head	593		n/a
	Liberal gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	5,468
	Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	5,224
	Labour	Bernard Homa	3,715
	Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	3,672
	Liberal	Henrietta Adler	2,774
	Liberal	H. Baily	2,324
	Municipal Reform gain from Liberal		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Homa	6,322
	Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	6,262
	Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	5,216
	Municipal Reform	F. Rye	5,142
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Homa	8,996
	Labour	Mary O'Brien Harris	8,846
	Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	6,450
	Municipal Reform	C. Fisher Yates	6,349
	Liberal	A. H. Jenkins	544
	Liberal	George Page	504
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Central by-election, 1938 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peggy Jay	5,640
	Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	4,269
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Homa	5,810
	Labour	Peggy Jay	5,733
	Conservative	Montague Moustardier	2,193
	Conservative	W. H. Bishop	2,178
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 to 1965

1955 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Halpin	9,040
	Labour	Mary Ormerod	9,035
	Labour	John Wobey	8,971
	Conservative	T. A. Lovelock	4,302
	Conservative	J. Pritchard	4,215
	Conservative	V. French	4,051
	Communist	John Betteridge	855
	Communist	Morrie Blaston	848
	Communist	S. Kilbey	846
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ormerod	8,811
	Labour	Harry Rezler	8,462
	Labour	John Wobey	8,455
	Conservative	L. Hegerty	2,620
	Conservative	J. R. Holmes	2,549
	Conservative	J. R. Pritchard	2,537
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Hackney Central ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellis Hillman	9,099
	Labour	Harry Rezler	9,075
	Labour	Lou Sherman	9,037
	Conservative	H. M. L. Morton	4,442
	Conservative	B. M. Edwards	4,351
	Conservative	K. J. T. Ashbourne	4,328
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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