Hampstead (London County Council constituency)

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

Hampstead 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.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	John Fletcher		Moderate	Henry Harben		Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1895				Edward Bond		Moderate
1901				William Edward Mullins		Progressive
1904	Nicholas Hanhart		Conservative	John Thomas Taylor		Conservative
1907	Walter Reynolds		Municipal Reform
1908				Andrew Taylor		Municipal Reform
1926				Frank Geere Howard		Municipal Reform
1931	William Steer		Municipal Reform
1934				Sydney Copeman		Municipal Reform
1945				John Fremantle		Conservative
1949							Geoffrey Hutchinson		Conservative
1952	Doris Bailey		Conservative				Randolph Cleaver		Conservative
1955	Francis Bennett		Conservative	Lena Townsend		Conservative

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	John Fletcher	1,730
	Moderate	Henry Harben	1,630
	Progressive	E. K. Blyth	905
	Progressive	Thomas Birch	364
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	John Fletcher	Unopposed	N/A
	Moderate	Henry Harben	Unopposed	N/A
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	John Fletcher	2,439
	Moderate	Edward Bond	2,282
	Progressive	J. W. Greig	1,447
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	John Fletcher	2,344
	Moderate	Edward Bond	2,277
	Progressive	F. Debenham	1,878
	Progressive	H. Wilberforce	1,873
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fletcher	2,476	37.7	+1.6
	Progressive	William Edward Mullins	2,231	34.0	+5.1
	Conservative	Edward Bond	1,864	28.4	−6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Hanhart	3,252
	Conservative	John Thomas Taylor	3,213
	Progressive	William Edward Mullins	2,893
	Progressive	C. H. Smith	2,737
Majority
	Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Thomas Taylor	5,577
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	5,508
	Progressive	G. L. Bruce	2,894
	Progressive	C. A. McCurdy	2,878
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	4,527	39.5
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	4,509	39.3
	Progressive	Alexander Jones David	2,431	21.2
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	4,567	40.5	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	4,529	40.2	+0.9
	Progressive	Henry Holman	2,169	19.3	−1.9
Majority			2,360	20.9	+2.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	3,378
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	3,289
	Labour	Skene Mackay	1,352
	Labour	Arthur Duncan-Jones	1,286
Majority			1,937
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	10,572
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	10,565
	Labour	E. E. Balfour	2,390
	Labour	J. May	2,390
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	7,015
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	6,953
	Labour	Skene Mackay	1,826
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	6,481
	Municipal Reform	Frank Geere Howard	6,458
	Liberal	William Lloyd Taylor	2,432
	Liberal	Ida Frances Homfray	2,331
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frank Geere Howard	7,935
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	7,663
	Liberal	Ida Frances Homfray	1,160
	Liberal	A. Vinter	1,058
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Sydney Copeman	8,246
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	8,164
	Labour	H. Smith	2,153
	Labour	F. L. Kerran	2,067
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Sydney Copeman	10,244
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	10,196
	Labour	W. H. Morris	4,655
	Labour	J. L. Brewer	4,637
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fremantle	11,430
	Conservative	William Steer	11,395
	Labour	Florence Cayford	8,473
	Labour	J. L. Copeland	8,385
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hutchinson	21,451
	Conservative	John Fremantle	21,155
	Conservative	William Steer	21,134
	Labour	M. Goldhill	10,249
	Labour	Mary Ormerod	10,217
	Labour	Beatrice Serota	10,005
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	19,227
	Conservative	John Fremantle	19,127
	Conservative	Doris Bailey	19,047
	Labour	Arthur Richardson	11,959
	Labour	Beatrice Serota	11,458
	Labour	A. E. Skinner	11,187
	Independent	A. R. Enfield	1,146
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Bennett	15,656
	Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	15,503
	Conservative	Lena Townsend	15,401
	Labour	T. Chapman	8,120
	Labour	Arthur Richardson	7,953
	Labour	R. E. Shaw	7,706
	Liberal	David Sacker	1,364
	Liberal	Elizabeth Barling	1,341
	Liberal	C. Grey	1,280
	Independent	A. R. Enfield	461
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Bennett	11,421
	Conservative	Lena Townsend	11,395
	Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	11,286
	Labour	A. E. Skinner	9,839
	Labour	L. Evans	9,602
	Labour	Ernest Wistrich	9,570
	Liberal	Christopher Frere-Smith	4,319
	Liberal	Elizabeth Barling	4,285
	Liberal	David Sacker	4,227
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Hampstead ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Bennett	12,208
	Conservative	Lena Townsend	11,843
	Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	11,805
	Labour	A. E. Skinner	8,064
	Labour	V. A. Bonafont	8,013
	Labour	L. Evans	7,862
	Liberal	Renee Soskin	4,149
	Liberal	A. J. Allen	4,065
	Liberal	M. Darvall	4,041
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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