Wandsworth Central (London County Council constituency)

Wandsworth Central
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Wandsworth

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

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Walter Keppel		Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor		Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1922	Charles Paston Crane		Municipal Reform
1925	Clyde Wilson		Municipal Reform
1931				Edward Martin		Municipal Reform
1935	George Currie		Labour
1937				Eleanor Nathan		Labour
1940	John William Bowen		Labour
1949	Irene Burnett		Conservative	John Taylor Clarke		Conservative	Ronald Wates		Conservative
1952	George Edwards		Labour	Eleanor Goodrich		Labour	Annie Alice Wilson		Labour
1955	Martin Bond		Conservative	Lance Cocker		Conservative	Alison Tennant		Conservative
1958	David Kerr		Labour	George Frederick Rowe		Labour	Hugh Sutherland		Labour
1962							Joan Lestor		Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Keppel	2,192	29.3
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	2,172	29.1
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	1,647	22.0
	Independent	Cecil Manning	1,459	19.5
Majority			525	7.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	6,524	32.6	+3.5
	Municipal Reform	Charles Paston Crane	6,514	32.6	+3.3
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	3,511	17.6	−4.6
	Labour	W. J. Humphreys	3,447	17.2	n/a
Majority			3,003	15.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	4,537
	Municipal Reform	Clyde Wilson	4,484
	Labour	Cook	2,208
	Labour	H. G. Matthews	2,201
	Progressive	A. J. Payne	1,509
	Progressive	Phillips Welch	1,383
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Grosvenor Taylor	4,440
	Municipal Reform	Clyde Wilson	4,354
	Labour	H. G. Matthews	2,976
	Labour	A. Johnson	2,936
	Liberal	Henry Robert Spink	2,653
	Liberal	E. H. Hobday	2,333
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Edward Martin	5,660
	Municipal Reform	Clyde Wilson	5,639
	Labour	F. B. Alcock	2,927
	Labour	M. Godfrey	2,884
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Clyde Wilson	5,433
	Municipal Reform	Edward Martin	5,316
	Labour	M. Rosette	4,287
	Labour	H. P. Wilson	4,121
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Wandsworth Central by-election, 1935 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Currie	4,662
	Municipal Reform	Evans Rees	4,429
Majority			223
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Currie	8,007
	Labour	Eleanor Nathan	7,958
	Municipal Reform	Edward Martin	7,133
	Municipal Reform	J. M. Oakey	7,108
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Nathan	7,038
	Labour	John William Bowen	6,983
	Conservative	Thomas Fairfax	4,135
	Municipal Reform	D. Croft	4,109
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Wates	18,309
	Conservative	Irene Burnett	18,185
	Conservative	John Taylor Clarke	18,053
	Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	15,595
	Labour	John William Bowen	15,259
	Labour	George Frederick Rowe	14,992
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	18,112
	Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	17,576
	Labour	George Edwards	17,574
	Conservative	J. Lowe	16,845
	Conservative	Irene Burnett	16,709
	Conservative	S. J. Bull	16,672
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance Cocker	14,359
	Conservative	Martin Bond	14,299
	Conservative	Alison Tennant	14,131
	Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	13,367
	Labour	George Edwards	13,344
	Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	12,864
	Independent	A. F. Perry	735
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kerr	16,410
	Labour	George Frederick Rowe	16,000
	Labour	Hugh Sutherland	15,991
	Conservative	Alison Tennant	10,667
	Conservative	Martin Bond	10,614
	Conservative	Lance Cocker	10,527
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Wandsworth Central ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kerr	14,102
	Labour	George Frederick Rowe	13,470
	Labour	Hugh Sutherland	13,290
	Conservative	K. F. Creighton	12,743
	Conservative	D. J. Grant	12,688
	Conservative	T. J. Mosley	12,547
	Liberal	Ronald Arthur Locke	2,490
	Liberal	A. Elsbury	2,375
	Liberal	C. C. Burns	2,075
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
2. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
4. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
5. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
6. "Labour gain in LCC by-election". The Times. 28 June 1935.
7. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
8. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
9. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
10. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
11. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
12. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
13. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.