Stepney (London County Council constituency)

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Stepney
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889; 1949
Abolished1919; 1965
Member(s)3
Created from Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's
Replaced by Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's

Stepney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again from 1949 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 William Spencer Beaumont Progressive Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe Progressive
1892 W. C. Steadman Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates Progressive
1901 Alfred Thomas Williams Conservative
1904 James Harris Conservative
1905Alfred Ordway Goodrich Municipal Reform
1907 Leverton Harris Municipal Reform
1910 John Sankey Municipal Reform
1913 Arthur Chichester Municipal Reform
1915David Hazel Municipal Reform
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Jeremiah Long Labour Jack Oldfield Labour Louise Reeve Labour
1958 Alice King Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey Labour
1961 Cyril Bird Labour

Election results

18891919

1898 London County Council election: Stepney [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 1,955
Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates 1,855
Conservative Evans Gordon 1,648
Conservative H. T. A. Chidgey1,534
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Stepney [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 1,94326.4-1.6
Conservative Alfred Thomas Williams1,84225.1+1.5
Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates 1,79224.4-2.1
Conservative Edward Emanuel Micholls1,77424.1+2.2
Progressive hold Swing
Conservative gain from Progressive Swing +1.8
1904 London County Council election: Stepney [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 2,004
Conservative James Harris 1,960
Conservative T. M. Kirkwood1,942
Progressive Harold Spender1,874
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Stepney [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich2,366
Municipal Reform Leverton Harris 2,292
Progressive C. S. Stettaner1,485
Progressive C. Watson1,386
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Stepney [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich1,809
Municipal Reform John Sankey 1,758
Progressive William Glyn-Jones 1,646
Progressive J. M. Myers1,524
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Stepney [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich1,827
Municipal Reform Arthur Chichester 1,805
Progressive J. S. Henry1,667
Progressive George Hardy 1,630
British Socialist Party Joseph George Butler 108
British Socialist Party Alf Watts 105
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

19491965

1949 London County Council election: Stepney [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 13,926
Labour Jeremiah Long13,886
Labour Louise Reeve13,450
Communist Jack Gaster 5,621
Communist Michael Shapiro5,442
Communist Ted Bramley 5,391
Conservative J. Harvey-Kelly3,426
Conservative H. S. Eyre3,104
Conservative Theodore Magnus Wechsler2,781
Independent H. J. Greenbaum617
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Stepney [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 9,504
Labour Jeremiah Long9,470
Labour Louise Reeve8,928
Communist Arnold Posner1,902
Communist Jack Gaster 1,531
Communist Max Levitas 1,495
Conservative E. J. Emden1,391
Conservative P. Buckminster1,328
Conservative D. Denning1,298
Independent Mohammed Abbas Ali226
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Stepney [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremiah Long8,347
Labour Jack Oldfield 8,300
Labour Louise Reeve7,872
Communist Arnold Posner1,419
Communist Max Levitas 1,367
Communist Solly Kaye 1,314
Conservative E. G. Emden1,041
Conservative R. G. Gee991
Conservative L. Black986
Liberal T. Lamb377
Liberal M. Pugachow340
Liberal M. Isaaman293
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Stepney [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice King8,912
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby8,892
Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey8,471
Communist Solly Kaye 1,673
Conservative A. J. Lyons1,159
Conservative M. Wigoder810
Conservative R. L. Johnson784
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Stepney [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice King8,269
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby8,008
Labour Cyril Bird7,067
Communist Solly Kaye 2,018
Conservative A. J. Lyons1,939
Conservative B. Calwell1,891
Conservative F. Hughes1,282
Liberal W. Bogan1,245
Liberal M. Dove1,070
Liberal J. W. Gibbs955
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

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