Holborn (London County Council constituency)

Holborn
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Holborn and St Pancras South

Holborn was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Alfred Hoare		Independent Progressive	Thomas William Maule		Progressive
1892	James Remnant		Moderate	Arthur Cowper Ranyard		Moderate
1895				William Ward		Moderate
1898				John Dickson-Poynder		Moderate
1901	H. W. Bliss		Conservative	George Swinton		Conservative
1907	Henry Lygon		Municipal Reform	Ernest Wild		Municipal Reform
1910				Robert Tasker		Municipal Reform
1914	Henry Hugh Tasker		Municipal Reform
1919				Eustace Percy		Municipal Reform
1922	George Harvey		Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker		Municipal Reform
1925	Bracewell Smith		Municipal Reform
1928	William George Burns		Municipal Reform
1931	Percy Hill		Municipal Reform
1937	Alfred Walter Scott		Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler		Municipal Reform

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Holborn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Progressive	Alfred Hoare	1,436
	Progressive	Thomas William Maule	975
	Progressive	John Patrick Murrough	749
	Independent	William Robert Smith	712
	Independent	Edward James Gardiner	671
	Independent	Walter Manningdale Blott	234
	Independent Progressive win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Holborn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Arthur Cowper Ranyard	2,602
	Moderate	James Remnant	2,545
	Independent Progressive	Alfred Hoare	2,173
	Independent Progressive	Frederick William Speaight	2,157
	Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Holborn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Ward	3,262
	Moderate	James Remnant	3,255
	Progressive	R. Scott	1,683
	Progressive	H. J. Cohen	1,669
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Holborn ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	James Remnant	3,117
	Moderate	John Dickson-Poynder	3,011
	Progressive	Alfred Hoare	1,325
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Holborn ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. W. Bliss	2,146	37.4	−4.4
	Conservative	George Swinton	2,135	37.2	−3.2
	Progressive	Herman Cohen	1,464	25.5	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.6

1904 London County Council election: Holborn ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. W. Bliss	2,670
	Conservative	George Swinton	2,649
	Progressive	W. H. Ansell	1,241
	Progressive	Aubrey Goodes	1,169
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Holborn ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Wild	4,524
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	4,030
	Progressive	H. Drysdale Woodcock	1,629
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Holborn ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	3,324	35.0
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	3,309	34.8
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,444	15.2
	Progressive	David Endacott	1,424	15.0
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Holborn ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	3,719	37.3	+2.5
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	3,718	37.3	+2.3
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,287	12.9	−2.3
	Progressive	John Pascoe Elsden	1,255	12.6	−2.4
Majority			2,431	24.4	+4.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.5

1919 London County Council election: Holborn ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Eustace Percy	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Holborn ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	5,234	46.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Harvey	5,143	45.4	n/a
	Independent	H. Janner	947	8.4	n/a
Majority			4,196	37.0	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Holborn ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	2,956
	Municipal Reform	Bracewell Smith	2,950
	Independent	Frances Wheeler-Smith	1,722
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Holborn ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,141
	Municipal Reform	William George Burns	4,140
	Labour	R. W. H. Baker	1,049
	Labour	E. Howson	1,019
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Holborn ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,349
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,333
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	880
	Labour	Winifred Horrabin	863
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Holborn ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,286
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,251
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	1,619
	Labour	S. Seufert	1,528
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Holborn ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Walter Scott	5,398
	Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	5,186
	Labour	George Cox	2,515
	Labour	P. E. A. Smith	2,367
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Holborn ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Walter Scott	3,291
	Conservative	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	3,279
	Labour	Iris Bonham-Pigg	2,656
	Labour	Ewart Culpin	2,635
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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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.