Dulwich (London County Council constituency)

Dulwich
Dulwich
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Dulwich was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name		Name
1889	William Mitchell Acworth	Moderate	Harry James Powell	Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1892	William Matthews	Moderate	Harry James Powell	Moderate
1895	William Matthews	Moderate	Richard William Evelyn Middleton	Moderate
1899	John Ratcliffe Cousins	Moderate	Bryce Grant	Moderate
1901	John Ratcliffe Cousins	Moderate	George Hardy	Progressive
1904	Thomas Gautrey	Progressive	George Hardy	Progressive
1907	Henry Gooch	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	Municipal Reform
1910	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	Municipal Reform
1913	Algernon Skeffington	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson	Municipal Reform
1918	Algernon Skeffington	Municipal Reform	Henry Newton Knights	Municipal Reform
1919	Francis Fremantle	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	Municipal Reform
1922	George Swinton	Municipal Reform
1928	Henry Alfred Wilmot	Municipal Reform
1934	Frederick Charles Eaton	Municipal Reform	William Hall Hickin	Municipal Reform
1937	Frederick Charles Eaton	Municipal Reform	Dudley Ryder	Municipal Reform
1938	Charles Pearce	Municipal Reform	Dudley Ryder	Municipal Reform
1940			Frank Griffiths Woollard	Municipal Reform
1949			Alida Brittain	Conservative	Ronald Hensman	Conservative
1952			Amy Crossman	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	Labour
1955			Ronald Hensman	Conservative	Martin Stevens	Conservative
1958	Harry Lamborn	Labour	Albert Murray	Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	Labour

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Dulwich^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	William Mitchell Acworth	2,222
Moderate	Harry James Powell	2,151
Progressive	William Mansfield	1,810
Progressive	Richard Sandon Gutteridge	1,622
Conservative	William Matthews	1,400
Liberal Unionist	Horatio Nelson Hardy	125
Independent	Alfred Watson	88
Moderate win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Dulwich^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Harry James Powell	3,407
Moderate	William Matthews	3,391
Progressive	Joseph Davis	2,062
Progressive	Edward F. Craig	1,999
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Dulwich^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	William Matthews	3,443
Moderate	Richard William Evelyn Middleton	3,424
Progressive	H. E. Ramsey	2,463
Progressive	W. Street	2,438
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Dulwich^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	William Matthews	3,698
Moderate	Richard William Evelyn Middleton	3,673
Progressive	George Hardy	2,461
Progressive	H. E. Ramsey	2,447
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Dulwich^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	George Hardy	3,312	39.7	+14.7
Conservative	John Ratcliffe Cousins	2,587	31.0	-6.6
Conservative	James Alfred Thornhill	2,442	29.3	-8.1
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.0
Conservative hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Dulwich^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	George Hardy	4,347
Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,275
Conservative	W. Lane Mitchell	3,548
Conservative	Henry Gooch	3,531
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Dulwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	6,689
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	6,641
	Progressive	George Hardy	5,020
	Progressive	A. Cohn	4,844
Majority			1,669
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Dulwich^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall	5,836	30.1
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	5,786	29.9
	Progressive	Arthur John Waldron	3,872	20.0
	Progressive	J. E. Boon	3,871	20.0
Majority			1,914	9.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Dulwich^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Algernon Skeffington	6,048	30.1	0.0
	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson	6,027	29.9	0.0
	Progressive	Percy Phipps	4,057	20.2	+0.2
	Progressive	Sophia Jevons	3,993	19.8	-0.2
Majority			1,970	9.7	-0.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-0.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Dulwich^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Francis Fremantle	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Dulwich^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	9,545		n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Swinton	9,364		n/a
	Labour	H. Luckhart	2,398		n/a
	Labour	T. E. Wright	2,374		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Dulwich^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	7,694
	Municipal Reform	George Swinton	7,547
	Labour	F. G. Dawson	2,857
	Labour	T. E. Wright	2,792
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Dulwich^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	7,589
	Municipal Reform	Henry Alfred Wilmot	7,506
	Labour	J. W. F. Lucas	2,518
	Labour	A. J. Anstey	2,503
	Liberal	A. M. Hewitt	2,030
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	2,026
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Dulwich^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Henry Gooch	6,749
	Municipal Reform	Henry Alfred Wilmot	6,713
	Labour	Blance Radley	1,613
	Labour	Amy Sayle	1,604
	Liberal	David William Alun Llewellyn	931
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	904
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Dulwich^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Charles Eaton	6,641
	Municipal Reform	William Hall Hickin	6,623
	Labour	E. J. Wood	2,340
	Labour	B. E. Websdale Radley	2,221
	Liberal	S. W. Rowland	1,176
	Liberal	David William Alun Llewellyn	972
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Dulwich^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Charles Eaton	8,610
	Municipal Reform	Dudley Ryder	8,496
	Labour	J. W. Fidler	3,652
	Labour	Caroline Maule	3,641
	Liberal	F. J. E. Butcher	900
	Liberal	Elisabeth Edwardes	809
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Dulwich^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frank Griffiths Woollard	6,581
	Municipal Reform	Charles Pearce	6,565
	Labour	G. Williams	5,373
	Labour	H. T. Lennard	5,344
	Liberal	F. J. E. Butcher	900
	Liberal	Elisabeth Edwardes	809
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Dulwich^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Alida Brittain	16,128
Conservative	Ronald Hensman	16,000
Conservative	Charles Pearce	15,558
Labour	Amy Crossman	13,410
Labour	H. T. Lennard	12,529
Labour	M. F. Lucas	12,346
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Dulwich^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	18,204
Conservative	Charles Pearce	16,747
Labour	Amy Crossman	16,661
Conservative	I. J. Hutchinson	16,624
Labour	Olive Deer	16,593
Conservative	Ronald Hensman	16,587
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Dulwich^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ronald Hensman	15,276
Conservative	Charles Pearce	15,229
Conservative	Martin Stevens	14,864
Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	13,156
Labour	Amy Crossman	12,764
Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	12,744
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Dulwich^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harry Lamborn	15,770
Labour	Albert Murray	15,650
Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	15,550
Conservative	Charles Pearce	10,675
Conservative	J. H. Allason	10,350
Conservative	Martin Stevens	10,326
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Dulwich^[20]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harry Lamborn	13,846
Labour	Albert Murray	13,588
Labour	Edgar Ernest Reed	13,405
Conservative	Charles Pearce	12,943
Conservative	H. Day	12,725
Conservative	Martin Stevens	12,607
Liberal	G. Searle	3,603
Liberal	P. T. Snasdell	3,394
Liberal	G. H. Brown	3,303
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		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.
^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

[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.

[16] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[17] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[18] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[19] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[20] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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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
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