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 Watney Moderate
1892 Henry Fox-Strangways Moderate
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

1889 London County Council election: Westminster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Walter de Souza1,539
Moderate Vernon James Watney1,482
Progressive John Coppen1,415
Progressive Ashley Ponsonby 1,184
Independent David de Pinna455
Independent William Lewis Josephs88
Moderate win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Westminster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Walter de Souza2,074
Moderate Henry Fox-Strangways 1,979
Progressive G. Stewart Ross1,514
Moderate hold Swing
Moderate hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Westminster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Walter de Souza2,224
Moderate Lionel Holland 2,150
Progressive C. de Selincourt1,251
Moderate hold Swing
Moderate hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Westminster [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Louis Henry Hayter2,212
Moderate Reginald White Granville-Smith2,190
Progressive T. Bremner789
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Westminster [4]
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 [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
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

References

  1. 1 2 "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. "London County Council election". The Times. 5 March 1895.
  3. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 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