Balham and Tooting (London County Council constituency)

Balham and Tooting
Balham and Tooting
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Wandsworth
Replaced by	Clapham; Wandsworth Central

Balham and Tooting 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.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1919	Bevill Allen	Progressive	Henry Herman Carlisle	Progressive
1922	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	Municipal Reform	John Ernest Perring	Municipal Reform
1934	George Doland	Municipal Reform	John Ernest Perring	Municipal Reform
1937	George Doland	Municipal Reform	Stephen Benson	Municipal Reform
1940	William Charles Bonney	Municipal Reform	Stephen Benson	Municipal Reform
1942	William Charles Bonney	Municipal Reform	Harold William Hayden	Municipal Reform
1946	Eleanor Goodrich	Labour	Albert Samuels	Labour

Election results[edit]

1919 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Bevill Allen	3,149	27.1
	Progressive	Henry Herman Carlisle	3,082	26.5
	Municipal Reform	William Mellhuish	1,584	13.6
	Municipal Reform	Harry Selley	1,542	13.3
	Labour	W. Eland	1,200	10.3
	Labour	R. Champion	1,059	9.1
Majority			1,498	12.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Ernest Perring	8,403	27.1	+13.5
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	8,308	26.8	+13.8
	Progressive	Bevill Allen	4,587	14.8	-12.3
	Progressive	S. G. Warner	3,529	11.4	-15.1
	Labour	G. Bell	3,203	10.3	-0.0
	Labour	Mary Thoresby	2,943	9.5	-0.4
Majority			3,721	12.0	24.9
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	7,041
Municipal Reform	John Perring	6,984
Labour	T. C. Foley	2,747
Labour	P. McGrath	2,741
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	8,169
Municipal Reform	John Perring	8,143
Labour	John Gregory	4,084
Labour	Mary Carlin	3,964
Liberal	Frederick Lees McGhee	2,614
Liberal	G. W. Roche	2,471
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	8,790
Municipal Reform	John Perring	8,738
Labour	Frances Stewart	3,608
Labour	Joseph George Butler	3,591
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	George Doland	9,332
Municipal Reform	John Perring	9,298
Labour	John Gregory	6,241
Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	6,106
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	George Doland	10,274
Municipal Reform	Stephen Benson	9,773
Labour	John Gregory	7,222
Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	7,148
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Balham and Tooting^[7]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	7,936
Labour	Albert Samuels	7,638
Conservative	Ronald Wates	7,073
Conservative	John Taylor Clarke	7,072
Independent	R. V. Owen	554
Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

[lmsnotes-1] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[2] "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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.

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