Streatham (London County Council constituency)

Streatham
Former Constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Wandsworth

Streatham 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.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Arthur Roberts		Municipal Reform	Clifford Thomas		Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1921				Bertram Galer		Municipal Reform
1925	Elliott Mark		Municipal Reform
1946	Frank Henry Campbell		Conservative
1949	Albert Frederick Hopkinson		Conservative	George Mitchell		Conservative	Patrick Stirling		Conservative
1952	Gladys Rodwell Norris		Conservative
1955	Percy Gale		Conservative	Ian McLean		Conservative	Harold Sebag-Montefiore		Conservative
1961				Gerard Vaughan		Conservative	Frederick Weyer		Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Streatham ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Roberts	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Clifford Thomas	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Streatham ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Bertram Galer	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Roberts	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Streatham ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Bertram Galer	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Elliott Mark	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Streatham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederic Bertram Galer	7,463		n/a
	Municipal Reform	James Elliott Mark	7,416		n/a
	Liberal	W. G. Jackson	2,058		n/a
	Liberal	Basil Andrew Murray	2,005		n/a
	Labour	R. C. Beresford	1,084		n/a
	Labour	C. W. Dorrell	1,051		n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1931 London County Council election: Streatham ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Bertram Galer	7,100
	Municipal Reform	Elliott Mark	7,049
	Labour	R. C. Beresford	867
	Labour	S. C. Gilbey	830
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Streatham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Elliott Mark	8,007
	Municipal Reform	Bertram Galer	8,003
	Labour	P. O'Gorman	1,871
	Labour	F. Beswick	1,838
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Streatham ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Bertram Galer	11,128
	Municipal Reform	Elliott Mark	10,970
	Labour	R. Jones	3,415
	Labour	M. C. Young	3,329
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Streatham ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Henry Campbell	10,997
	Conservative	Bertram Galer	10,798
	Labour	A. E. Bennett	5,153
	Labour	P. Taylor	5,006
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Streatham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Mitchell	19,775
	Conservative	Albert Frederick Hopkinson	19,764
	Conservative	Patrick Stirling	19,668
	Labour	E. G. F. Griffiths	8,339
	Labour	M. J. Manning	8,324
	Labour	A. R. Wilson	8,198
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Streatham ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Mitchell	16,181
	Conservative	Patrick Stirling	15,741
	Conservative	Gladys Rodwell Norris	15,669
	Labour	W. Morley	7,267
	Labour	R. Millar	7,107
	Labour	W. Toynbee	7,075
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Streatham ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Sebag-Montefiore	12,869
	Conservative	Ian McLean	12,803
	Conservative	Percy Gale	12,686
	Labour	P. C. Gibson	5,213
	Labour	E. H. Horstead	5,138
	Labour	P. J. Hendrie	5,109
	Liberal	J. P. Barton	518
	Liberal	T. G. Hill	417
	Independent	Bill Boaks	413
	Liberal	E. C. Codd	390
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Streatham ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Gale	10,132
	Conservative	Ian McLean	10,102
	Conservative	Harold Sebag-Montefiore	9,894
	Labour	P. C. Gibson	6,484
	Labour	E. H. Horstead	6,445
	Labour	P. J. Hendrie	6,281
	Liberal	W. B. Mattinson	2,780
	Independent	Bill Boaks	552
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Streatham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard Vaughan	11,803
	Conservative	Percy Gale	11,682
	Conservative	Frederick Weyer	11,283
	Labour	F. Sims	4,717
	Labour	M. J. Verden	4,540
	Labour	A. J. Crouch	4,456
	Liberal	A. Cowan	2,381
	Liberal	P. E. Winner	2,117
	Liberal	C. Barrington-Ward	1,783
	Independent	Bill Boaks	669
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
2. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.
8. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
9. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
10. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
11. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
12. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.