Lewisham East (London County Council constituency)

Lewisham 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.

Lewisham East
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromLewisham
Replaced byLewisham North and Lewisham South

Councillors edit

Year Name Party Name Party
1919 Eric Ball Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts Municipal Reform
1925 John Littlejohns Municipal Reform Walter Waring Municipal Reform
1928 Joseph Benskin Municipal Reform Paul Latham Municipal Reform
1934 Amy Crossman Labour Walter Richard Owen Labour
1937 William Hare Labour
1946 Edmund Henry Hambly Labour

Election results edit

1919 London County Council election: Lewisham East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Eric Ball Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Lewisham East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Eric Ball 11,759 37.1 n/a
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts 11,288 35.6 n/a
Labour W. J. R. Gillings 4,392 13.8 n/a
Labour J. W. Matthews 4,295 13.5 n/a
Majority 6,896 21.8 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Lewisham East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Littlejohns 8,594
Municipal Reform Walter Waring 8,191
Labour J. W. Matthews 4,986
Labour W. J. K. Gillings 4,785
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Lewisham East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Joseph Benskin 9,737
Municipal Reform Paul Latham 9,543
Labour T. R. Richardson 6,485
Labour D. C. Cummings 6,369
Liberal C. H. Dodd 4,752
Liberal C. J. Robinson 4,365
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Lewisham East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Joseph Benskin 12,714
Municipal Reform Paul Latham 12,678
Labour Catherine Mary Wadham 9,803
Labour Walter Richard Owen 9,772
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Lewisham East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Richard Owen 13,029
Labour Amy Crossman 12,856
Municipal Reform Paul Latham 12,642
Municipal Reform Joseph Benskin 12,499
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Lewisham East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Richard Owen 17,899
Labour William Hare 17,666
Municipal Reform Neville Pearson 16,865
Municipal Reform Eric Ball 16,689
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Lewisham East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 18,677
Labour Walter Richard Owen 18,638
Conservative N. W. Farmer 11,214
Conservative E. Ratcliffe Hoare 11,087
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.