Brixton (London County Council constituency)

Brixton
Former Constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889;133 years ago (1889)
Abolished	1965;57 years ago (1965)
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Brixton was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Edmund Verney		Progressive	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope		Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1892	Henry Harris		Progressive	Stephen Seaward Tayler		Progressive
1895	William Haydon		Moderate	Charles Jerome		Moderate
1901	Frederick Dolman		Progressive	Lewen Sharp		Progressive
1907	William Haydon		Municipal Reform	Samuel Hoare		Municipal Reform
1910				Ernest Gray		Municipal Reform
1919	Charles Henry Gibbs		Municipal Reform
1922	Gervas Pierrepont		Municipal Reform
1925				Nigel Colman		Municipal Reform
1928				Barrie Lambert		Municipal Reform
1931				Charles Kingston		Municipal Reform
1934				Barbara Hornby		Municipal Reform
1946	Walter Boys		Labour	Victor Mishcon		Labour
1949							Donald Ford		Labour
1954	Beatrice Serota		Labour
1961							Nathan Marock		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Brixton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sir Edmund Verney	2,112
	Progressive	Margaret Mansfield [2]	1,986
	Moderate	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope	1,686
	Moderate	H. Smallman	1,397
	Progressive win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Brixton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Harris	2,821
	Progressive	Stephen Seaward Tayler	2,768
	Moderate	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope	2,241
	Moderate	Charles Jerome	2,160
	Independent	J. E. S. King	97
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Brixton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Haydon	3,149
	Moderate	Charles Jerome	3,075
	Progressive	F. W. Buxton	2,226
	Progressive	C. G. Clarke	2,195
	Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
	Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Brixton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Haydon	2,944
	Moderate	Charles Jerome	2,863
	Progressive	J. W. Horsley	2,339
	Progressive	Spencer Barclay Heward	2,323
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Brixton ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frederick Dolman	3,244	30.1	+5.7
	Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,226	29.9	+5.6
	Conservative	William Bell	2,180	20.2	-1.1
	Conservative	Charles Jerome	2,138	19.8	-10.1
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.6

1904 London County Council election: Brixton ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,170
	Progressive	Frederick Dolman	3,120
	Conservative	W. Haydon	2,022
	Conservative	S. Cresswell	2,911
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Brixton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,997
	Municipal Reform	Samuel Hoare	4,295
	Progressive	Lewen Sharp	3,546
	Progressive	L. Earle	3,525
Majority
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Brixton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,324
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	4,295
	Progressive	M. B. Lange	3,188
	Progressive	George Shrubsall	3,186
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Brixton ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,289	28.8	-0.0
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	4,274	28.7	+0.1
	Progressive	A. R. Gridley	3,154	21.2	-0.1
	Progressive	Hillier Holt	3,151	21.2	-0.0
Majority			1,120	7.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	0.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.5

1919 London County Council election: Brixton ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charles Henry Gibbs	2,159	32.0
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	2,102	31.2
	Labour	Horace Herbert Tavender	1,261	18.7
	Labour	W. Burroughs	1,216	18.1
Majority			841	12.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Brixton ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	8,260	35.5	+4.3
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	8,149	35.0	+3.0
	Labour	W. I. G. Scott	3,455	14.8	-3.9
	Labour	Henry Devenish Harben	3,423	14.7	-3.4
Majority			4,694	20.2	+7.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Brixton ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,935
	Municipal Reform	Nigel Colman	5,817
	Labour	James Adams	2,784
	Labour	Amy Sayle	2,029		-
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Brixton ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	4,371
	Municipal Reform	Barrie Lambert	4,340
	Liberal	P. H. Chase	2,123
	Liberal	G. W. Nash	2,112		-
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Brixton ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,392
	Municipal Reform	Charles Kingston	5,320
	Labour	E. J. Titler	2,073
	Labour	A. Hindell	1,979
	Liberal	Arthur Stanley Quick	1,088
	Liberal	Ursula Warren	1,070		-
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Brixton ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	5,107
	Municipal Reform	Barbara Hornby	4,940
	Labour	B. Fraser	4,485
	Labour	F. E. Brown	4,455
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Brixton ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Barbara Hornby	8,018
	Municipal Reform	Gervas Pierrepont	7,956
	Labour	Gavin Henderson	6,945
	Labour	C. Johnson	6,695
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Brixton ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Boys	5,955
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	5,945
	Conservative	Barbara Hornby	3,366
	Conservative	Gervas Pierrepont	3,329
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Brixton ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Ford	11,904
	Labour	Walter Boys	11,867
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	11,859
	Conservative	F. T. Horne	11,651
	Conservative	Lady Williams	11,462
	Conservative	W. Shepheard	11,445
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Brixton ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Ford	15,315
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	15,169
	Labour	Walter Boys	14,912
	Conservative	W. H. Hall	8,680
	Conservative	J. W. Loveridge	8,655
	Conservative	M. Rose	8,542
	Union Movement	J. F. Dunigan	758
	Union Movement	F. E. Lewis	523
	Union Movement	J. M. Ryan	373
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Beatrice Serota was elected unopposed in 1954.

1955 London County Council election: Brixton ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	9,571
	Labour	Donald Ford	9,158
	Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,073
	Conservative	N. M. Miskin	6,103
	Conservative	B. Knightly	6,077
	Conservative	A. G. Morkill	5,745
	Union Movement	G. A. Hudson	307
	Liberal	M. R. Gidley	268
	Union Movement	J. M. Ryan	262
	Liberal	Eunice Jones	251
	Union Movement	Robert Row	218
	Liberal	M. D. E. Smart	177
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Brixton ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Ford	10,173
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	10,134
	Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,627
	Conservative	J. W. Proctor	3,742
	Conservative	J. C. Blofeld	3,715
	Conservative	J. Warren	3,714
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Brixton ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Mishcon	9,966
	Labour	Nathan Marock	9,949
	Labour	Beatrice Serota	9,687
	Conservative	A. J. Warren	7,566
	Conservative	K. P. Payne	7,481
	Conservative	R. F. Long	7,193
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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