Hackney South (London County Council constituency)

Hackney South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1955
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Replaced by	Bethnal Green and Hackney Central

Hackney South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The seat largely became Hackney Central, with part moved into Bethnal Green.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	George Bethell Holmes		Progressive	John Jones		Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892				James Bannerman		Progressive
1895	Arthur Humphrey		Labour Progressive	Alfred Smith		Progressive
1898	Edmond Browne		Progressive
1907	William Augustus Casson		Progressive	Theodore Chapman		Progressive
1913	George King Naylor		Progressive
1916	Charles Winkley		Progressive
1919	John James McClelland		Progressive
1922	Herbert Grant		Progressive
1925	Alfred Baker		Labour	Ada Salter		Labour
1928				Marshall Jackman		Labour
1934				Charles Latham		Labour
1943	Giles Charles Burton		Labour
1946				William Nichols		Labour
1949	Reginald Day		Labour	Bernard Homa		Labour	Peggy Jay		Labour
1952	Hilary Halpin		Labour				Mary Ormerod		Labour

Election results

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	John Jones	2,071
	Progressive	George Bethell Holmes	1,968
	Moderate	John Lobb	1,863
	Moderate	Thomas Jackson	1,786
	Progressive win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Bethell Holmes	2,795
	Progressive	James Bannerman	2,730
	Moderate	Frederick James Reilly	1,973
	Moderate	Lewis Edmunds	1,897
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Progressive	Arthur Humphrey	3,315
	Progressive	Alfred Smith	3,241
	Moderate	John Lobb	2,689
	Moderate	John Hely-Hutchinson	2,424
	Independent	C. Steel	89
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Alfred Smith	3,360
	Progressive	Edmond Browne	3,174
	Moderate	C. Steel	2,484
	Moderate	Frederick Briscoe Oldfield	2,452
	Ind. Labour Party	Ramsay Macdonald	379
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edmond Browne	4,231	33.6	+5.9
	Progressive	Alfred Smith	4,169	33.1	+3.8
	Conservative	Maurice Edmund Arnold Wallis	2,117	16.8	−4.9
	Conservative	Frederick Briscoe Oldfield	2,068	16.4	−5.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	+4.9

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edmond Browne	4,318
	Progressive	Alfred Smith	4,316
	Municipal Reform	Stanley Boulter	1,776
	Municipal Reform	R. M. Craig	1,767
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	5,225
	Progressive	William Augustus Casson	5,138
	Municipal Reform	C. Winkley	3,325
	Municipal Reform	G. Naylor	3,285
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	4,947	32.0
	Progressive	William Augustus Casson	4,867	31.5
	Municipal Reform	William Deedes	2,830	18.3
	Municipal Reform	Master of Saltoun	2,809	18.2
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George King Naylor	3,132	25.5	+7.2
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	3,109	25.3	−6.7
	Municipal Reform	James Ernest Brudenell-Bruce	3,059	24.9	+6.7
	Progressive	C. Watson	2,981	24.3	−7.2
Majority			50	0.4	−12.8
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+7.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	+6.7

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive	John James McClelland	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	n/a

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	4,588	32.0	n/a
	Progressive	H. O. Grant	4,416	30.8	n/a
	Labour	E. Wigan	2,669	18.6	n/a
	Labour	Emma Boyce	2,662	18.6	n/a
Majority			1,747	12.2	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ada Salter	4,869
	Labour	Alfred Baker	4,811
	Progressive	G. J. Holmes	4,494
	Municipal Reform	R. M. Dix	4,425		n/a
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Baker	5,190
	Labour	Marshall Jackman	5,158
	Municipal Reform	Gladys Cecil	3,513
	Municipal Reform	C. H. Moore	3,432
	Liberal	V. Mathews	2,390
	Liberal	Joseph James Davies	2,351
	Independent Labour	Wal Hannington	676
	Independent Labour	G. Lee	650
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marshall Jackman	4,682
	Labour	Alfred Baker	4,628
	Anti-Socialist	A. E. Smith	4,119
	Anti-Socialist	A. H. Molson	4,115
	Communist	A. V. Leicht	158
	Communist	A. Massic	151
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Latham	7,678
	Labour	Alfred Baker	7,662
	Municipal Reform	A. E. Smith	3,953
	Municipal Reform	G. Gardiner	3,873
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Baker	9,102
	Labour	Charles Latham	9,051
	Municipal Reform	A. Ackerman	4,580
	Municipal Reform	H. P. M. Bower	4,538
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Hackney South ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Giles Charles Burton	4,687
	Labour	William Nichols	4,602
	Conservative	A. H. Davey	1,576
	Conservative	E. T. Smith	1,447
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Hackney South ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Homa	14,251
	Labour	Peggy Jay	13,892
	Labour	Reginald Day	13,206
	Conservative	J. Milbourne	9,775
	Conservative	Montague Moustardier	9,748
	Conservative	J. A. Pritchard	9,627
	Communist	Solly Kaye	3,955
	Communist	Bob Darke	3,227
	Communist	Morrie Blaston	3,030
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Hackney South ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Homa	17,014
	Labour	Hilary Halpin	16,239
	Labour	Mary Ormerod	15,193
	Conservative	R. P. Hornby	6,482
	Conservative	J. W. Milbourne	5,956
	Conservative	H. C. Coulter	5,681
	Communist	Solly Kaye	1,373
	Communist	Morrie Blaston	1,303
	Communist	John Betteridge	1,234
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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