Peckham (London County Council constituency)

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

Peckham 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	Edwin Jones		Progressive	Robert Lyon		Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1898	Charles Goddard Clarke		Progressive	Frederick Verney		Progressive
1907	William Leonard Dowton		Municipal Reform	Thomas Gautrey		Progressive
1910	George Gordon		Progressive
1925	J. P. Blake		Labour	Ruth Dalton		Labour
1931	Arthur Bateman		Municipal Reform	William James Jennings		Municipal Reform
1934	Francis Bowie		Labour	Richard Sargood		Labour
1937	David Beatty		Municipal Reform
1946	James Walter Frederick Lucas		Labour
1949	Freda Corbet		Labour				Cecil Manning		Labour
1950							Arthur Skeffington		Labour
1958							Walter Allen		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Peckham ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edwin Jones	2,608
	Progressive	Robert Lyon	2,194
	Moderate	John Howard	1,639
	Moderate	John Borland	1,578
	Liberal Unionist	William Leonard Dowton	973
	Progressive win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Peckham ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edwin Jones	3,109
	Progressive	Robert Lyon	3,103
	Moderate	Patrick Herbert White	2,116
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Peckham ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edwin Jones	3,091
	Progressive	Robert Lyon	3,059
	Moderate	Patrick Herbert White	2,447
	Moderate	G. S. Baker	2,417
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Peckham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke	3,201
	Progressive	Frederick Verney	2,849
	Moderate	William Scott-Scott	2,664
	Moderate	William Leonard Dowton	2,356
	Ind. Labour Party	J. E. Dobson	268
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Peckham ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frederick Verney	3,553	31.6	+5.9
	Progressive	Charles Clarke	3,546	31.6	+2.7
	Conservative	William Scott-Scott	2,138	19.0	−5.2
	Conservative	John David Rees	2,000	17.8	−3.4
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Peckham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke	3,935
	Progressive	Frederick Verney	3,871
	Conservative	J. Somerville	1,759
	Conservative	F. Fleming	1,666
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Peckham ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,659
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	4,426
	Municipal Reform	D. C. Preston	4,379
	Progressive	R. Steven	4,262
	Labour	William Kelly	499
Majority			164
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Peckham ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,381	28.0
	Progressive	George Gordon	4,097	26.2
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	3,653	23.3
	Municipal Reform	P. Conway	3,508	22.4
Majority			444	2.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Peckham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	5,306	25.6	−2.4
	Progressive	George Gordon	5,206	25.1	−1.1
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	5,127	24.7	+1.4
	Municipal Reform	T. Richards	5,092	24.5	+2.1
Majority			79	0.4	−2.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.2

1919 London County Council election: Peckham ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive	George Gordon	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Peckham ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	6,693		n/a
	Progressive	Earl of Haddo	6,543		n/a
	Labour	Arthur Creech-Jones	3,890		n/a
	Labour	P. Sabine	3,728		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Peckham ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Dalton	6,398
	Labour	J. P. Blake	5,695
	Municipal Reform	G. J. Molony	2,988		n/a
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	2,833
	Municipal Reform	D. C. Stephenson	2,583		n/a
	Independent	Collingwood Hughes	2,346		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Peckham ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Dalton	7,705
	Labour	J. P. Blake	7,380
	Municipal Reform	John Martin Oakey	4,835
	Municipal Reform	William Reed Hornby Steer	4,833
	Liberal	A. Williams	1,810
	Liberal	G. H. Stepney	1,791
	Independent Labour	G. R. Carter	182		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Peckham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Bateman	5,525
	Municipal Reform	William James Jennings	5,399
	Labour	J. P. Blake	4,502
	Labour	James Kaylor	4,329
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Peckham ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sargood	6,351
	Labour	Francis Bowie	6,279
	Municipal Reform	F. A. Lockwood	4,838
	Municipal Reform	W. H. Graham	4,738
	Liberal	F. Bridges	791
	Liberal	C. H. Rhodes	771
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Peckham ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sargood	8,024
	Municipal Reform	David Beatty	7,928
	Labour	Francis Bowie	7,725
	Municipal Reform	F. A. L. Lockwood	7,640
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sargood	4,453
	Labour	James Walter Frederick Lucas	4,429
	Conservative	R. J. O'Connel	2,411
	Conservative	A. F. Robinson	2,316
	British People's Party	G. Cook	236
	British People's Party	R. Malhotra	191
Majority
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Peckham ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	14,150
	Labour	Cecil Manning	13,995
	Labour	Richard Sargood	13,453
	Conservative	G. W. Bentley	7,081
	Conservative	W. Harrison	7,021
	Conservative	A. G. Hopkins	6,839
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Peckham ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	18,545
	Labour	Richard Sargood	15,374
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	15,354
	Conservative	Evan Cook	5,375
	Conservative	A. E. Fournier	5,235
	Conservative	W. Wilson	5,220
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Peckham ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	11,430
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	10,216
	Labour	Richard Sargood	10,156
	Conservative	Evan Cook	4,145
	Conservative	F. J. Whetstone	4,013
	Conservative	G. R. Blake	3,962
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Peckham ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	11,419
	Labour	Richard Sargood	10,143
	Labour	Walter Allen	9,452
	Conservative	B. Jordan	2,198
	Conservative	G. W. Bentley	1,660
	Conservative	G. R. Blake	1,628
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Peckham ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	11,871
	Labour	Walter Allen	10,117
	Labour	Richard Sargood	9,862
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	3,648
	Conservative	Alan Frank Lockwood	3,578
	Conservative	B. Jorden	3,408
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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