Wandsworth (London County Council constituency)

Wandsworth
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Balham and Tooting, Putney, Streatham and Wandsworth Central

Wandsworth was a constituency used for the London County Council elections between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The constituency included the unpopulated Putney detached until 1 April 1901.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Willoughby Dickinson		Progressive	George Longstaff		Moderate
1895	Windham Wyndham-Quin		Moderate
1899	Mark James Mayhew		Progressive
1904	William Hunt		Municipal Reform	William John Lancaster		Municipal Reform
1910				John Lorden		Municipal Reform
1913	Edwin Evans		Municipal Reform	Cooper Rawson		Municipal Reform

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Willoughby Dickinson	3,232
	Moderate	George Longstaff	2,837
	Moderate	Charles Mortimer	2,634
	Social Democratic Federation	Joseph Richmond	927
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	George Longstaff	4,052
	Progressive	Willoughby Dickinson	4,099
	Moderate	John Robert Heron-Maxwell	3,837
	Labour Progressive	John Ward	2,752
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	George Longstaff	5,283
	Moderate	Windham Wyndham-Quin	5,147
	Progressive	Willoughby Dickinson	4,499
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	George Longstaff	6,378
	Moderate	Windham Wyndham-Quin	5,493
	Progressive	R. Steven	4,583
	Progressive	A. R. Gridley	3,954
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Mark James Mayhew	6,470	37.6	+9.7
	Conservative	George Longstaff	5,606	32.6	−6.2
	Conservative	William Hunt	5,138	29.8	−3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.7

1904 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Lancaster	8,526
	Conservative	William Hunt	8,342
	Progressive	Robert Tweedie-Smith	6,782
	Progressive	Edward Pascoe-Williams	6,661
Majority
	Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William John Lancaster	15,700
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	14,585
	Progressive	F. Kellaway	9,628
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	12,806
	Municipal Reform	John Lorden	12,665
	Progressive	E. A. Sanders	6,722
	Progressive	John Dean	6,709
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Wandsworth ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Evans	13,927
	Municipal Reform	Cooper Rawson	13,804
	Progressive	George Pearce Blizard	7,390
	Progressive	C. H. Williams	7,357
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

References

1. "The London County Council election". The Times. 8 March 1892.
2. "London County Council election". The Times. 5 March 1895.
3. "London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.
4. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
5. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
6. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
7. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
8. London Municipal Notes, 1913