Whitechapel and St George's (London County Council constituency)

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Whitechapel and St George's
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created from St George and Whitechapel
Replaced by Stepney

Whitechapel and St George's was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
1919 Henry Herman Gordon Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson Progressive
1922 Christopher John Kelly Labour
1925 Morry Davis Labour
1928 Jack Sullivan Labour
1931 Jack Oldfield Labour
1934 Christopher John Kelly Labour
1937 Morry Davis Labour
1945Richard Clements Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Henry Herman GordonUnopposedn/an/a
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson Unopposedn/an/a
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher John Kelly 3,24419.0n/a
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 3,08518.1
Labour Morry Davis 2,99817.5n/a
Progressive J. J. Reidy2,97217.4
Municipal Reform Woolf Joel2,55715.0n/a
Municipal Reform Claude Herbert Grundy2,22713.0n/a
Majority870.6
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher John Kelly 4,231
Labour Morry Davis 4,187
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 2,232
Progressive Ida Samuel1,852
Municipal Reform E. E. Sturgess623
Municipal Reform A. Ludlow604
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morry Davis 5,327
Labour Jack Sullivan5,324
Municipal Reform E. E. Sturgess1,407
Municipal Reform Lindsay Richard Venn1,387
Liberal Frank Milton 1,130
Liberal D. Braidman1,057
Independent K. J. Gerber219
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morry Davis 3,566
Labour Jack Oldfield 3,503
Independent M. Moses1,352
Independent W. J. Pincombe1,169
Communist Sid Elias380
Communist Ernie Pountney374
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morry Davis 5,788
Labour Jack Oldfield 5,770
Liberal L. Buxton1,938
Liberal W. Jones1,796
Communist J. Lynch418
Communist John Gollan 389
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 8,830
Labour Morry Davis 8,720
Municipal Reform R. Jones1,610
Municipal Reform M. Rose1,478
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 3,470
Labour Richard Clements3,427
Communist Michael Shapiro2,116
Communist Bill Carver2,060
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. ↑ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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