Poplar South (London County Council constituency)

Poplar South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Poplar
Replaced by	Poplar

Poplar South 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
1919	Susan Lawrence		Labour	Samuel March		Labour
1925				George William Mills		Labour
1928	Ishbel MacDonald		Labour
1930				David Morgan Adams		Labour
1931			Independent Socialist
1934	William Henry Guy		Labour
1937				Frederick Thomas Baldock		Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	3,466
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	3,317
	Progressive	Fred Thorne	1,528
	Progressive	John Bussey	1,313
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	10,716	31.6
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	10,511	31.0
	Municipal Reform	C. R. Ingleby	6,397	18.8
	Municipal Reform	A. Tildesley	6,328	18.6
Majority			4,114	12.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George William Mills	10,548
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	10,395
	Municipal Reform	N. M. Macbeth	2,124
	Municipal Reform	Elliot Gorst	2,062
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George William Mills	10,694
	Labour	Ishbel MacDonald	10,681
	Liberal	Harold Heathcote-Williams	1,935
	Municipal Reform	E. Macbeth	1,751
	Liberal	Henry Harcourt	1,672
	Municipal Reform	Elliot Marcet Gorst	1,564
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Poplar South by-election, 1930 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Morgan Adams	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1931 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ishbel MacDonald	8,682
	Labour	David Morgan Adams	8,493
	Ratepayers	E. Macbeth	2,782
	Ratepayers	H. C. Joel	2,657
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Morgan Adams	8,930
	Labour	William Henry Guy	8,431
	Liberal	J. Boult	1,965
	Liberal	William Ridgway	1,692
	Ind. Labour Party	Jim Hammond	1,003
	Communist	A. Sweetman	498
	Communist	E. J. Wilson	316
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Thomas Baldock	9,565
	Labour	William Henry Guy	9,552
	Municipal Reform	J. H. Bowron	1,958
	Municipal Reform	C. G. Spencer	1,872
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Poplar South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Thomas Baldock	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour	William Henry Guy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
2. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
4. "Communist candidate for West Fulham". The Times. 17 April 1930.
5. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
6. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
7. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
8. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.