Southwark South East (London County Council constituency)

Southwark South East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Southwark South East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromWalworth
Replaced bySouthwark

Councillors edit

Year Name Party Name Party
1919 John Morris Progressive William James Pincombe Progressive
1925 Stella Churchill Labour Lewis Silkin Labour
1932 George Strauss Labour
1946 Albert Bernard Kennedy Labour Mary Ormerod Labour

Election results edit

1919 London County Council election: Southwark South East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Morris 1,864 39.0
Progressive William James Pincombe 1,864 39.0
Labour Benjamin Embleton 1,053 22.0
Majority 811 17.0
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Southwark South East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William James Pincombe 3,261 27.4 -12.2
Progressive John Osborne 3,215 27.1 -11.9
Labour G. J. Chaplin 2,703 22.8 +0.8
Labour W. H. Lock 2,693 22.7 n/a
Majority 512 4.3 -12.7
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Southwark South East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Churchill 4,460
Labour Lewis Silkin 4,449
Municipal Reform Frederick Bird 2,437
Municipal Reform B. H. Mills 2,162
Progressive William James Pincombe 1,715
Progressive John Osborne 1,562
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
1928 London County Council election: Southwark South East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Churchill 5,662
Labour Lewis Silkin 5,639
Liberal W. Bremer 1,642
Liberal William John Squire 1,597
Municipal Reform Arthur Duckworth 1,429
Municipal Reform F. G. Harrold 1,409
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Southwark South East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Churchill 3,325
Labour Lewis Silkin 3,325
Anti-Socialist G. Toomey 1,479
Anti-Socialist G. Young 1,463
Organised Unemployed R. I. H. Bishop 234
Organised Unemployed Bert Aylward 221
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Southwark South East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Silkin 5,065
Labour George Strauss 4,926
Municipal Reform R. Russell 1,393
Municipal Reform Edward Jessel 1,370
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Southwark South East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Silkin 6,111
Labour George Strauss 5,979
Municipal Progressive Furse 2,284
Municipal Progressive E. S. Adamson 2,252
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Southwark South East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy 2,838
Labour Mary Ormerod 2,794
Conservative James Greenwood 752
Conservative H. Russell 723
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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.