Southwark (London County Council constituency)

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Southwark
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3

Southwark 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 John Keen Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell Labour
1955 Henry Stillman Labour Leonard Styles Labour
1961 Albert Gates Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Southwark [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy13,250
Labour John Keen13,040
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell12,569
Conservative G. H. Kirby-Smith6,865
Conservative A. Hendries6,808
Conservative A. I. Robin6,375
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Southwark [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy16,372
Labour John Keen15,885
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell15,328
Conservative James Greenwood3,719
Conservative G. H. Kirby-Smith3,065
Conservative H. Russell2,247
Communist T. C. Fuller841
Communist Joe Bent741
Communist J. Mills611
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Southwark [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Stillman10,819
Labour John Keen10,751
Labour Leonard Styles10,747
Conservative James Greenwood2,394
Conservative H. Golding1,891
Conservative R. Cummins1,835
Communist T. C. Fuller604
Independent W. Field551
Communist Nell Vyse511
Communist Joe Bent443
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Southwark [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Keen11,721
Labour Henry Stillman11,702
Labour Leonard Styles11,643
Conservative R. Cummins1,210
Conservative H. Golding1,205
Conservative J. Harrison1,125
Communist Joe Bent605
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Southwark [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Keen11,807
Labour Albert Gates11,742
Labour Henry Stillman11,546
Conservative R. Cummins2,861
Conservative J. E. Pound2,849
Conservative H. Golding2,822
Communist Joe Bent1,320
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.