Westminster (London County Council constituency)

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

Westminster 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 Walter Eugene de Souza Moderate Vernon James WatneyModerate (London)
1892 Henry Fox-Strangways Moderate (London)
1895 Lionel Holland Moderate
1897Louis Henry Hayter Moderate
1898 Reginald White Granville-Smith Moderate
1904 Clement Young Sturge Municipal Reform
1907 William Peel Municipal Reform
1910 Reginald White Granville-Smith Municipal Reform
1911 Percy Gates Municipal Reform

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Westminster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Louis Henry Hayter2,212
Moderate Reginald White Granville-Smith2,190
Progressive T. Bremner789
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Westminster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Henry Hayter1,50935.3-7.3
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith1,48534.7-7.5
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood88320.7+5.5
TemperanceJohn George Chappell3999.3n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -6.5
1904 London County Council election: Westminster [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith2,006
Conservative Clement Young Sturge1,935
Labour Charles Langstein Heywood1,192
Labour Charles Duncan 1,169
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Westminster [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William Peel 3,419
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge3,392
Progressive W. B. Campbell1,299
Progressive E. Herrin1,298
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Westminster [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith2,907
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge2,828
Progressive William Wheeler1,018
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood1,014
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Westminster [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith3,310
Municipal Reform Percy George Gates3,228
Progressive Mabel St Clair Stobart 1,199
Progressive Lionel Gurney Buxton1,168
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform 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