Woolwich East (London County Council constituency)

Woolwich East
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
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.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	7,788	34.1
	Labour	Harry Snell	7,720	33.8
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jacobs	3,681	16.1
	Municipal Reform	R. Campbell	3,636	15.9
Majority			4,039	17.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Morrison	9,046	28.5	-5.6
	Labour	Harry Snell	8,978	28.3	-5.5
	Municipal Reform	George Penny	6,764	21.3	+5.2
	Municipal Reform	Austin Hudson	6,277	19.8	+3.9
	Independent	R. James	366	1.2	n/a
	Independent	J. C. Witcher	314	1.0	n/a
Majority			2,214
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Morrison	8,792
	Labour	William Harold Hutchinson	8,746
	Municipal Reform	May Imelda Josephine Pery	5,109
	Municipal Reform	W. T. Cusheon	5,086
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Morrison	9,361
	Labour	Henry Berry	9,288
	Municipal Reform	A. W. Goodman	5,280
	Municipal Reform	Ethel Bright Ashford	5,156
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	7,133
	Labour	Reginald H. Pott	6,994
	Municipal Reform	Francis Beech	5,247
	Municipal Reform	R. Campbell	5,173
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	9,538
	Labour	Reginald H. Pott	9,443
	Municipal Reform	Francis Beech	5,024
	Municipal Reform	D. Murphy	4,931
	Ind. Labour Party	J. Aplin	328
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	10,684
	Labour	Reginald H. Pott	10,372
	Municipal Reform	Reginald Bennett	5,358
	Municipal Reform	D. B. Hudson	5,165
	Independent	H. H. Wright	316
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Reginald H. Pott	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1949 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	16,169
	Labour	Ethel Newman	15,369
	Labour	Mabel Crout	15,333
	Conservative	J. Campbell	9,294
	Conservative	M. E. Button	8,906
	Conservative	M. C. R. Hensford	8,832
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1952 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Berry	16,943
	Labour	Mabel Crout	16,580
	Labour	John William Andrews	16,122
	Conservative	M. J. Deane	7,255
	Conservative	H. Holloway	6,953
	Conservative	E. Williams	6,953
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Stein	11,300
	Labour	James Young	11,238
	Labour	John William Andrews	11,219
	Conservative	D. Slade	5,947
	Conservative	A. Pugh	5,844
	Conservative	E. Tribe	5,796
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Stein	11,023
	Labour	James Young	10,864
	Labour	John William Andrews	10,466
	Conservative	S. G. Turner	3,593
	Conservative	L. H. F. Bliss	3,201
	Conservative	D. E. Bush	3,100
	Independent	S. Burke	354
	Independent	D. Bradfield	264
	Independent	P. E. Gooch	202
	Independent	A. W. Pugh	188
	Independent	J. Hattigan	128
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Woolwich East ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Stein	11,834
	Labour	James Young	11,681
	Labour	John William Andrews	11,664
	Conservative	D. Healy	4,953
	Conservative	B. Anthon	4,918
	Conservative	N. Hughes-Narborough	4,550
	Independent	H. H. Wright	1,398
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour 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. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.