Bethnal Green South West (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green South West
Bethnal Green South West
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green South West 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.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1889	James Branch	Progressive	Charles Harrison	Progressive
1898			Frank Costelloe	Progressive
1899			Thomas Wiles	Progressive
1907	Percy Harris	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	Progressive
1925	Percy Harris	Progressive	Ronald Jones	Progressive
1934	John Edward Anthony King	Labour	Reginald Stamp	Labour
1944	John Edward Anthony King	Communist	Reginald Stamp	Labour
1946	Percy Harris	Liberal	Edward Martell	Liberal

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Branch	2,406
Progressive	Charles Harrison	2,366
Moderate	Thomas Watson Francis	975
Moderate	Alfred Ewin	835
Independent	Isaac C. Walton	677
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Charles Harrison	2,462
Progressive	James Branch	2,443
Moderate	Carlton Roberts	1,089
Moderate	Henry Collins Gould	1,037
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Branch	1,765
Progressive	Charles Harrison	1,752
Moderate	W. A. Statham	880
Moderate	N. J. Synnott	865
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Branch	2,275
Progressive	Frank Costelloe	2,155
Moderate	Percy Braby	1,397
Moderate	H. H. Finch	1,374
Independent	A. D. Jones	54
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	James Branch	2,401	32.2
Progressive	Thomas Wiles	2,365	31.7
Conservative	Archibald Hay	1,358	18.2
Conservative	Frederick Joseph Coltman	1,329	17.8
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Branch	2,490
Progressive	Thomas Wiles	2,458
Conservative	J. H. Keeling	955
Conservative	A. Maconachie	955
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	2,995
	Progressive	Percy Harris	2,762
	Municipal Reform	F. Sebag-Montefiore	1,774
	Municipal Reform	Frank Brinsley-Harper	1,643
	Labour	J. H. Harley	512
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	2,684	29.0
	Progressive	Percy Harris	2,618	28.2
	Municipal Reform	Eric Alfred Hoffgaard	2,060	22.2
	Municipal Reform	Horace Alfred Medway	1,900	20.5
Majority			558	6.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	2,369	30.9	+1.9
	Progressive	Percy Harris	2,359	30.8	+2.6
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	1,487	19.4	-2.8
	Municipal Reform	L. Tyfield	1,441	18.8	-1.7
Majority			872	11.4	+5.4
	Progressive hold		Swing	+2.7
	Progressive hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	1,599	42.0
	Progressive	Percy Harris	1,446	38.0
	Labour	Joe Vaughan	393	10.3
	Labour	H. Fitt	371	9.7
Majority			1,053	27.6
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Stewart Headlam	3,178
	Progressive	Percy Harris	3,049
	Labour	Joe Vaughan	2,244
	Labour	J. Valentine	2,148
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Percy Harris	3,675
	Progressive	Ronald Jones	3,369
	Labour	Joe Vaughan	2,569
	Labour	Sam Elsbury	2,276
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Percy Harris	3,753
	Liberal	Ronald Potter Jones	3,412
	Communist	Joe Vaughan	1,976
	Communist	J. King	1,829
	Labour	Skene Mackay	794
	Labour	Jack Oldfield	789
	Municipal Reform	J. A. Baker	454
	Municipal Reform	H. Malone	450
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Percy Harris	3,761
	Liberal	Ronald Potter Jones	3,537
	Labour	H. McNulty	2,180
	Labour	Maurice Orbach	2,104
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Edward Anthony King	3,202
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	3,115
	Liberal	Percy Harris	2,979
	Liberal	Ronald Potter Jones	2,824
	Communist	Joe Vaughan	617
	Communist	Dave Springhall	542
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Edward Anthony King	5,202
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	5,109
	Liberal	Ronald Potter Jones	3,628
	Liberal	G. T. Holmes	3,615
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Bethnal Green South West^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Percy Harris	3,020
	Liberal	Edward Martell	2,890
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	2,093
	Labour	M. Finlay	2,060
Majority
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.

[1892results-1] "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

[lmsnotes-9] 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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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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