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Bethnal Green North East (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green North East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Bethnal Green North East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Abolished1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Member(s)2
Replaced byBethnal Green

Councillors edit

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 James Fenning Torr Progressive Walter Wren Progressive
1892 Charles Freak Labour Progressive
1895 Cosmo Rose-Innes Moderate
1898 Edwin Cornwall Progressive
1901 Edward Smith Progressive
1910 Garnham Edmonds Progressive
1922 Edgar Bonham-Carter Progressive William Shadforth Progressive
1925 George Belt Labour Henry Talbot Macdonald Labour
1928 Eleanor Nathan Liberal Richard Edward Pearson Liberal
1934 Thomas Dawson Labour Rachel Keeling Labour
1941 Wyndham Deedes Labour
1946 Helen Bentwich Labour Ronald McKinnon Wood Labour

Election results edit

1889 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Fenning Torr 1,740
Progressive Walter Wren 1,709
Moderate Theodore Lumley 1,456
Independent William Wright 718
Liberal Unionist James Bishop 484
Progressive James Milbourne 401
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Progressive Charles Freak 2,361
Progressive James Fenning Torr 2,298
Moderate Beaufoi Moore 1,551
Moderate Thomas Watson Francis 1,544
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Charles Freak 1,828
Progressive James Fenning Torr 1,822
Moderate Cosmo Rose-Innes 1,059
Moderate A. W. H. Hay 1,050
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Charles Freak 2,733
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 2,580
Moderate J. A. Nix 1,611
Moderate Edward Sassoon 1,599
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward Smith 3,030 36.3
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 2,963 35.5
Conservative Charles Thomas Bruce 1,181 14.2
Conservative Cartaret Fitzgerald Collins 1,169 14.0
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward Smith 3,265
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 3,251
Conservative McCrae 1,211
Conservative Richard Storry Deans 1,163
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 3,877
Progressive Edward Smith 3,776
Municipal Reform R. A. Robinson 1,918
Municipal Reform L. H. Lemon 1,907
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Garnham Edmonds 3,423 36.6
Progressive Edward Smith 3,369 36.1
Municipal Reform Alexander Edwards 1,327 14.2
Municipal Reform William Long Restall 1,221 13.1
Majority 2,042 21.9
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Garnham Edmonds 2,731 29.4 -7.2
Progressive Edward Smith 2,667 28.7 -7.4
Municipal Reform G. Allen 1,961 21.1 +6.9
Municipal Reform Thomas Andrew Blane 1,941 20.9 +7.8
Majority 706 7.6 -14.3
Progressive hold Swing -7.1
Progressive hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward Smith Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive Garnham Edmonds Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edgar Bonham-Carter 3,522 n/a
Progressive William Shadforth 3,518 n/a
Labour B. Gray 3,295 n/a
Labour George Belt 3,154 n/a
Majority
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Talbot Macdonald 3,912
Labour George Belt 3,808
Progressive Edgar Bonham-Carter 3,485
Progressive Richard Edward Pearson 3,382
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
1928 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Edward Pearson 5,577
Liberal Eleanor Nathan 5,524
Labour T. Stone 2,821
Labour George Belt 2,773
Communist Jim Bradley 1,238
Communist Minnie Birch 1,140
Municipal Reform James Alan Bell 975
Municipal Reform William Shadforth 896
Majority
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
1931 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eleanor Nathan 5,543
Liberal Richard Edward Pearson 5,401
Labour H. P. Wilson 3,878
Labour Rachel Keeling 3,809
Majority
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Keeling 6,470
Labour Thomas Dawson 6,410
Liberal Eleanor Nathan 4,320
Liberal Richard Edward Pearson 4,223
Independent William Shadforth 159
Majority
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
1937 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Dawson 7,777
Labour Rachel Susanna Keeling 7,756
British Union of Fascists Alexander Raven Thomson 3,028
British Union of Fascists E. G. Clarke 3,022
Liberal Arthur Irvine 2,328
Liberal H. K. Sadler 2,298
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald McKinnon Wood 3,218
Labour Helen Bentwich 3,205
Liberal J. Ellis 1,679
Liberal R. H. Roberts 1,614
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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 Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  13. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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