St George (London County Council constituency)

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St George
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced by Whitechapel and St George's

St George, also known as St George's-in-the-East, was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 Richard Stevens Sly Progressive Philip Meadows Martineau Progressive
1892 Andrew Mercer Labour Progressive
1895 Harry Marks Moderate (London)Dalby WilliamsModerate (London)
1898 Christopher Balian Progressive Charles Barratt Progressive
1900John Ernest Matthews Progressive
1901 George Foster Conservative John Smith Progressive
1904 Harry Gosling Progressive
1907 Percy Coleman Simmons Municipal Reform
1910 Charles Mathew Progressive

Election results

1898 London County Council election: St George [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Charles Barratt1,510
Progressive Christopher Balian1,458
Moderate J. Abrahams1,232
Moderate Dalby Williams1,227
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
1901 London County Council election: St George [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive John Smith1,12326.0-1.8
Conservative George Foster1,11725.9+3.2
Conservative Francis Anderton 1,04724.3+1.7
Progressive John Ernest Matthews 1,02423.7-3.1
Progressive hold Swing
Conservative gain from Progressive Swing +2.4
1904 London County Council election: St George [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Gosling 1,350
Progressive John Smith1,263
Conservative George Foster1,095
Conservative H. H. Wells1,045
Majority
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: St George [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Gosling 1,183
Municipal Reform Percy Coleman Simmons1,104
Progressive John Smith1,035
Roman CatholicT. King952
Municipal Reform W. R. Smith881
Roman CatholicJ. W. Linch632
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: St George [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Gosling 1,532
Progressive Charles James Mathew 1,492
Municipal Reform Percy Coleman Simmons1,147
Municipal Reform G. W. Gilbert887
IndependentFrederick Wallace Brame56
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1913 London County Council election: St George [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Gosling 1,246
Progressive Charles James Mathew 1,209
Municipal Reform P. Daniel961
Municipal Reform D. Knocker929
IndependentJ. Dibbs164
IndependentFrederick Wallace Brame24
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

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References

  1. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  2. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  3. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  4. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  5. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  6. London Municipal Notes, 1913