Kensington South (London County Council constituency)

Kensington South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Kensington South 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	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate	Walter Haweis James		Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1893				Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope		Moderate
1896				Richard Robinson		Moderate
1898	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate
1904	Frederic Thesiger		Moderate
1905	Charles Frederick Colvile		Moderate
1907	Elijah Baxter Forman		Municipal Reform
1910	William Frederick Cavaye		Municipal Reform	William Whitaker Thompson		Municipal Reform
1913				Augustus Gilbert Colvile		Municipal Reform
1919				Henry Vincent Rowe		Municipal Reform
1925	Lady Trustram Eve		Municipal Reform
1927				Frederick Williams		Municipal Reform
1929				Charlotte Keeling		Municipal Reform
1931	Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn		Municipal Reform
1934	Robert Jenkins		Municipal Reform
1935				Angela, Countess of Limerick		Municipal Reform
1946				Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler		Conservative
1949	Ian Harvey		Conservative				Cecilia Petrie		Conservative
1952	John Gerald Gapp		Conservative
1955	Robert Lewis Vigars		Conservative
1961				John O. Udal		Conservative

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell	2,086
	Moderate	Walter Haweis James	2,015
	Progressive	T. Melladew	861
	Moderate	Jubal Webb	738
	Moderate	William A. Lindsay	629
	Independent	J. W. Duffield	596
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Moderate	Walter Haweis James	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A

1893 Kensington South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope	2,217
	Independent Progressive	Jubal Webb	891
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A

1895 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope	3,132
	Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell	3,085
	Progressive	M. Williams	872
	Progressive	J. Braye	543
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A
	Moderate hold		Swing	N/A

1898 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell	3,078
	Moderate	Richard Robinson	3,056
	Progressive	S. Mayer	648
	Progressive	I. A. Symmons	639
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hallyburton Campbell	2,264	37.6	-3.9
	Conservative	Richard Robinson	2,253	37.4	3.8
	Progressive	Edward Holton Coumbe	758	12.6	+3.9
	Progressive	Rodney John Fennessy	754	12.5	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.9

1904 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Robinson	3,538
	Conservative	Frederic Thesiger	3,519
	Progressive	Philip Carr	682
	Progressive	H. J. Norton	660
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Richard Robinson	5,869
	Municipal Reform	Elijah Baxter Forman	5,834
	Progressive	V. R. Aronson	788
	Progressive	W. James	770
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	4,752
	Municipal Reform	William Whitaker Thompson	4,701
	Progressive	J. E. Allen	566
	Progressive	John Llewellyn Williams	543
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	5,072	44.1	-0.9
	Municipal Reform	Augustus Gilbert Colvile	4,997	43.4	-1.1
	Progressive	F. C. Jarvis	731	6.3	+1.0
	Progressive	Harry Christopher Bickmore	713	6.2	+1.1
Majority			4,266	37.1	-2.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0

1919 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Fanny Jean Turing	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Fanny Jean Turing	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Williams	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

Kensington South by-election, 1929 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	5,816
	Labour	M. L. Piercy	943
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1934 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Jenkins	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1937 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Angela, Countess of Limerick	14,350		n/a
	Municipal Reform	Robert Jenkins	14,323		n/a
	Labour	L. Clive	1,650		n/a
	Labour	C. Rothwell	1,562		n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1946 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jenkins	13,234
	Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Halton	13,106
	Labour	M. J. Thomas	2,192		n/a
	Labour	H. Budd	2,160		n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Harvey	21,400
	Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	21,126
	Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	21,077
	Labour	A. L. Grieves	3,781
	Labour	F. D. Winterton	3,627
	Labour	M. M. Yorke	3,548
	Union Movement	V. C. Burgess	646
	Union Movement	R. J. A. Hamer	607
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	20,523
	Conservative	John Gerald Gapp	20,521
	Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	20,489
	Labour	E. Newman	2,471
	Labour	P. E. Williamson	2,414
	Labour	C. Cranage	2,410
	Union Movement	V. C. Burgess	560
	Union Movement	S. F. Vine	442
	Union Movement	O. Grose	418
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	16,235
	Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	16,137
	Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	16,018
	Labour	T. Ponsonby	1,953
	Labour	K. Daniels	1,798
	Labour	J. Holland	1,779
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	12,956
	Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	12,745
	Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	13,006
	Labour	T. P. Morris	2,118
	Labour	R. Twite	2,082
	Labour	M. J. Barber	2,010
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Kensington South ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	13,110
	Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	13,006
	Conservative	John O. Udal	12,944
	Liberal	Margaret Nielson	1,973
	Liberal	John Pardoe	1,954
	Liberal	Anthony Arthur William Dix	1,951
	Labour	I. S. Richard	1,377
	Labour	Alan Jinkinson	1,188
	Labour	C. J. Cowling	1,115
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
2. "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 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
9. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
10. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
11. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
12. "LCC By-election". The Times. 18 October 1929.
13. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
14. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
15. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
16. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
17. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
18. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
19. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
20. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
21. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.