Whitechapel (London County Council constituency)

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

Whitechapel 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 Stuart Samuel Progressive Charles Tarling Progressive
1892 Thomas Catmur Progressive
1895 Morris Abrahams Moderate
1897 Harry Levy-Lawson Progressive
1898 William Cowlishaw Johnson Progressive
1904 Henry Herman Gordon Independent
1907 Progressive

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Whitechapel [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Stuart Samuel 1,523
Progressive Thomas Catmur1,477
Moderate Morris Abrahams1,205
Independent John Harris854
Progressive Thomas Catmur845
Moderate Henry Wren Henderson512
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Whitechapel [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Charles Tarling1,672
Progressive Thomas Catmur1,666
Moderate John Hawkins1,433
Moderate Elim Henry d'Avigdor1,281
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Whitechapel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Morris Abrahams1,375
Progressive Thomas Catmur1,165
Moderate Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen1,124
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,036
Progressive R. Ambrose708
Progressive Charles Tarling692
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Whitechapel [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Levy-Lawson 1,917
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,768
Moderate L. Campbell-Johnson1,322
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Whitechapel [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Harry Levy-Lawson 1,78532.9+2.6
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,70131.3+3.4
Conservative Donald Alexander Munro1,05319.4−1.2
Conservative Henry Wren Henderson89216.44.5
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Whitechapel [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Henry Herman Gordon1,616
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,326
Progressive George Lewis Bruce1,163
Conservative E. C. Carter910
Conservative G. B. B. Hobart710
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Independent gain from Progressive Swing
1907 London County Council election: Whitechapel [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,756
Independent Henry Herman Gordon1,627
Municipal Reform E. Hodsoll1,211
Municipal Reform C. Wertheimer980
Independent Progressive Elkin772
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Whitechapel [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,954
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon1,950
Municipal Reform W. Dully825
Municipal Reform John Benjamin Lindenbaum813
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Independent Swing
1913 London County Council election: Whitechapel [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon1,746
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,792
Municipal Reform E. G. Parry1,008
Municipal Reform A. Ludski916
Majority 738
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive 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
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