Woolwich East (London County Council constituency)

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Woolwich East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created from Woolwich

Woolwich East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Leslie Haden-Guest Labour Harry Snell Labour Two seats until 1949
1922 Herbert Morrison Labour
1925 William Harold Hutchinson Labour
1928 Henry Berry Labour
1931 Reginald H. Pott Labour
1949 Mabel Crout Labour Ethel Newman Labour
1952 John William Andrews Labour
1955 Walter Stein Labour James Young Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Woolwich East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Haden-Guest 7,78834.1
Labour Harry Snell 7,72033.8
Municipal Reform Cyril Jacobs3,68116.1
Municipal Reform R. Campbell3,63615.9
Majority4,03917.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Woolwich East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 9,04628.5−5.6
Labour Harry Snell 8,97828.3−5.5
Municipal Reform George Penny 6,76421.3+5.2
Municipal Reform Austin Hudson 6,27719.8+3.9
Independent R. James3661.2n/a
Independent J. C. Witcher3141.0n/a
Majority2,214
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Woolwich East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 8,792
Labour William Harold Hutchinson 8,746
Municipal Reform May Imelda Josephine Pery5,109
Municipal Reform W. T. Cusheon5,086
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Woolwich East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 9,361
Labour Henry Berry 9,288
Municipal Reform A. W. Goodman5,280
Municipal Reform Ethel Bright Ashford 5,156
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Woolwich East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry 7,133
Labour Reginald H. Pott 6,994
Municipal Reform Francis Beech 5,247
Municipal Reform R. Campbell5,173
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Woolwich East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry 9,538
Labour Reginald H. Pott 9,443
Municipal Reform Francis Beech 5,024
Municipal Reform D. Murphy4,931
Ind. Labour Party J. Aplin328
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Woolwich East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry 10,684
Labour Reginald H. Pott 10,372
Municipal Reform Reginald Bennett 5,358
Municipal Reform D. B. Hudson5,165
Independent H. H. Wright316
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Woolwich East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry unopposedN/AN/A
Labour Reginald H. Pott unopposedN/AN/A
Majority
Labour hold Swing N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
1949 London County Council election: Woolwich East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry 16,169
Labour Ethel Newman15,369
Labour Mabel Crout 15,333
Conservative J. Campbell9,294
Conservative M. E. Button8,906
Conservative M. C. R. Hensford8,832
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold Swing N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
1952 London County Council election: Woolwich East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Berry 16,943
Labour Mabel Crout 16,580
Labour John William Andrews16,122
Conservative M. J. Deane7,255
Conservative H. Holloway6,953
Conservative E. Williams6,953
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Woolwich East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Stein11,300
Labour James Young 11,238
Labour John William Andrews11,219
Conservative D. Slade5,947
Conservative A. Pugh5,844
Conservative E. Tribe5,796
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Woolwich East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Stein11,023
Labour James Young 10,864
Labour John William Andrews10,466
Conservative S. G. Turner3,593
Conservative L. H. F. Bliss3,201
Conservative D. E. Bush3,100
Independent S. Burke354
Independent D. Bradfield264
Independent P. E. Gooch202
Independent A. W. Pugh188
Independent J. Hattigan128
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Woolwich East [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Stein11,834
Labour James Young 11,681
Labour John William Andrews11,664
Conservative D. Healy4,953
Conservative B. Anthon4,918
Conservative N. Hughes-Narborough4,550
Independent H. H. Wright1,398
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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