Lambeth North (London County Council constituency)

Lambeth North
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Vauxhall

Lambeth North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Henry Bell		Moderate	James Rolls Hoare		Moderate
1892	Charles Ford		Progressive	Frank Smith		Progressive
1895				Spencer Barclay Heward		Progressive
1898				Frank Smith		Progressive
1901	William Wightman		Progressive	Robert Williams		Progressive
1904				Jabez Williams		Moderate
1905	Frank Briant		Progressive
1907				Frank Smith		Labour
1913				Louis Courtauld		Municipal Reform
1919	Owen Jacobsen		Progressive	Rose Lamartine Yates		Independent
1922	Reginald Myer		Progressive	Richard Charles Powell		Labour
1925	George Strauss		Labour
1928				Jennie Adamson		Labour
1931	Frank Briant		Liberal	Ida Samuel		Liberal
1934	Reginald Ellison		Labour	Ada Emily Gray		Labour
1937	Will Lockyer		Labour
1946				Patricia Strauss		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	James Rolls Hoare	1,361
	Moderate	Henry Bell	1,130
	Progressive	Charles Ford	1,000
	Independent	Francis Godolphin Pelham	955
	Progressive	Charles Wager Ryalls	954
	Progressive	John Henry Lile	794
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frank Smith	2,227
	Progressive	Charles Ford	2,223
	Moderate	George Adney Payne	1,458
	Moderate	Edward Tufnell	1,376
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Charles Ford	1,828
	Progressive	Spencer Barclay Heward	1,814
	Moderate	A. Keyser	1,277
	Moderate	H. Lynn	1,271
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Charles Ford	1,849
	Progressive	Frank Smith	1,557
	Moderate	Charles Ansell	1,252
	Moderate	R. Mortimer	1,072
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Robert Williams	1,677	27.4	−4.9
	Progressive	William Wightman	1,761	28.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Jabez Williams	1,357	22.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Charles Ansell	1,329	21.7	−0.1
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.3

1904 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Wightman	1,180
	Conservative	Jabez Williams	1,132
	Conservative	A. Brooks	1,103
	Progressive	J. G. Gregory	1,028
	Independent Progressive	William Edward Clery	422
	Independent Progressive	J. Clark	419
	Independent Progressive	William Henry Lock	265
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frank Briant	2,360
	Labour	Frank Smith	2,249
	Municipal Reform	Jabez Williams	2,080
	Municipal Reform	G. Hinds	2,077
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frank Briant	2,262
	Labour	Frank Smith	1,930
	Municipal Reform	H. Norris	1,780
	Municipal Reform	Henry Charlewood Turner	1,753
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frank Briant	2,370	27.5	−1.8
	Municipal Reform	Louis Courtauld	2,118	24.5	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	William Gough-Cook	2,105	24.4	+1.7
	Labour	Frank Smith	2,037	23.6	−1.4
Majority			13	0.1
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing	+1.5

1919 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Owen Jacobsen	2,656	38.1
	Independent	Rose Lamartine Yates	2,619	37.6	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Louis Courtauld	885	12.7
	Municipal Reform	Camac Wilkinson	809	11.6
Majority			1,734	24.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Charles Powell	3,019	17.3	n/a
	Progressive	Reginald Myer	3,015	17.2	−20.9
	Progressive	Frank Dawson Lapthorn	3,015	17.2	n/a
	Labour	J. C. Bessell	2,838	16.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform	R. T. Sharpe	2,802	16.0	+3.3
	Municipal Reform	T. Page	2,793	16.0	+4.4
Majority			0	0.0	−24.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	4,452
	Labour	Richard Charles Powell	4,331
	Municipal Reform	George Gordon	2,341
	Municipal Reform	F. H. Armstrong	2,299
	Progressive	Frank Dawson Lapthorn	1,776
	Progressive	Edith Neville	1,625
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	4,303
	Labour	Jennie Adamson	4,239
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	2,665
	Liberal	Seth Coward	2,586
	Municipal Reform	R. Elwes	2,014
	Municipal Reform	N. G. Richards	1,998
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Briant	5,453
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	4,875
	Labour	Ada Gray	3,395
	Labour	George Strauss	3,384
Majority
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Ellison	4,867
	Labour	Ada Gray	4,854
	Liberal	Frank Briant	4,245
	Liberal	Ida Samuel	4,074
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ada Gray	6,059
	Labour	Will Lockyer	6,000
	Municipal Reform	J. W. Simpson	2,064
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Butcher	1,934
	Liberal	R. C. Shawyer	1,311
	Liberal	M. Allan	1,186
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Lambeth North ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Strauss	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour	Will Lockyer	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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