Shoreditch and Finsbury (London County Council constituency)

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Shoreditch and Finsbury
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created from Finsbury and Shoreditch

Shoreditch and Finsbury was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 William Lewis Prowse Labour Charles Simmons Labour Robert Jefferson Tallantire Labour
1952 Florence Cayford Labour Donald Daines Labour Arthur Wicks Labour
1958 Olive Deer Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lewis Prowse9,474
Labour Robert Jefferson Tallantire9,443
Labour Charles Simmons9,348
Conservative W. W. Lovejoy6,170
Conservative A. G. Webb6,071
Conservative M. Westerman5,933
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Daines 11,739
Labour Arthur Wicks 11,719
Labour Florence Cayford 11,703
Conservative M. Westerman4,688
Conservative D. W. Bromfield4,388
Conservative D. M. Ambrose4,093
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Florence Cayford 8,125
Labour Arthur Wicks 7,988
Labour Donald Daines 7,934
Conservative R. Blackler1,868
Conservative D. M. Ambrose1,795
Conservative B. Wheare1,760
Union Movement W. B. Beard953
Union Movement M. Jones850
Union Movement Jeffrey Hamm 773
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Wicks 9,504
Labour Olive Deer 9,319
Labour Florence Cayford 9,142
Conservative D. R. Collins2,691
Conservative D. M. Ambrose1,742
Conservative Malcolm Bowden Agnew1,720
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Wicks 9,386
Labour Olive Deer 9,182
Labour Florence Cayford 9,180
Conservative Thomas Henry Martin Whipham2,887
Conservative J. B. W. Holderness2,701
Conservative J. Silver2,571
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  2. ↑ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  3. ↑ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  4. ↑ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  5. ↑ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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