Hackney Central (London County Council constituency)

Hackney Central
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)

Last updated December 29, 2022

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		Name
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	Henrietta Adler	Progressive	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	Bernard Homa	Labour	Peggy Jay	Labour
1949	Constituency abolished

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

Election results

1889 to 1949

1889 London County Council election: Hackney Central^[1]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Peggy Jay	5,640
Municipal Reform	Montague Moustardier	4,269
Labour hold		Swing

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

References

1 2 "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
↑ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
↑ "London County Council". The Times. 15 March 1898.
↑ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
↑ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
↑ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
↑ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
↑ London Municipal Notes, 1913
1 2 London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
↑ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
↑ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
↑ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
↑ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
↑ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
↑ "LCC by-election result". The Times. 19 May 1938.
↑ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
↑ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
↑ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
↑ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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[1892results-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". The Times. 15 March 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.

[ReferenceTimes-7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[London_Municipal_Notes,_1913-8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-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] "LCC by-election result". The Times. 19 May 1938.

[16] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

[17] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[18] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[19] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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