Woolwich (London County Council constituency)

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Woolwich
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced by Woolwich East and Woolwich West

Woolwich 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 Edwin Hughes Moderate James Alexander Rentoul Moderate
1892 John Robert Jolly Independent Progressive
1895 Abel Penfold Moderate
1900 William Peel Moderate William James Squires Moderate
1904 Fred Chambers Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones Labour Progressive
1907 Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay Municipal Reform William James Squires Municipal Reform
1911 Kingsley Wood Municipal Reform

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Woolwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Edwin Hughes 5,140
Moderate James Alexander Rentoul3,795
Progressive Robert Green2,430
Progressive John Watts2,417
Moderate win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Woolwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Edwin Hughes 6,079
Progressive John Robert Jolly4,487
Labour Progressive Tom Chambers 3,131
Moderate William Hicks1,444
Moderate hold Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
1895 London County Council election: Woolwich [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Edwin Hughes 4,566
Moderate Abel Penfold4,081
Progressive R. Williams3,170
Moderate hold Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
1898 London County Council election: Woolwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Moderate Edwin Hughes 5,133
Moderate Abel Penfold4,661
Progressive Decimus Marsh4,360
Progressive Albert Lindow4,041
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Woolwich [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Squires3,80728.4+0.2
Conservative William Peel 3,66927.4+1.8
Progressive Decimus Marsh3,13723.4−1.0
Progressive H. B. D. Woodcock 2,78420.8−1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
1904 London County Council election: Woolwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones6,982
Labour Progressive Fred Chambers6,669
Conservative Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay4,437
Conservative J. M. T. Dumphreys4,097
Majority
Labour Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Labour Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
1907 London County Council election: Woolwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires8,904
Municipal Reform Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay8,677
Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones7,880
Labour Progressive George Lansbury 7,611
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Woolwich [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires7,956
Municipal Reform Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay7,736
Labour Margaret Bondfield 6,931
Labour Jenkin Jones 6,789
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Woolwich [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires8,378
Municipal Reform Kingsley Wood 8,300
Labour William Sanders 7,618
Labour Margaret Bondfield 7,598
Majority 682
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
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