Bethnal_Green_South_West_(London_County_Council_constituency)
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.
Quick Facts Former constituency, Created ...
| Bethnal Green South West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1949 |
| Member(s) | 2 |
| Replaced by | Bethnal Green |
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More information Year, Name ...
| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | James Branch | Progressive | Charles Harrison | Progressive | ||
| 1898 | Frank Costelloe | Progressive | ||||
| 1899 | Thomas Wiles | Progressive | ||||
| 1907 | Percy Harris | Progressive | Stewart Headlam | Progressive | ||
| 1925 | Ronald Jones | Progressive | ||||
| 1934 | John Edward Anthony King | Labour | Reginald Stamp | Labour | ||
| 1944 | Communist | |||||
| 1946 | Percy Harris | Liberal | Edward Martell | Liberal | ||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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) | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Stewart Headlam | 3,178 | |||
| Progressive | Percy Harris | 3,049 | |||
| Labour | Joe Vaughan | 2,244 | |||
| Labour | J. Valentine | 2,148 | |||
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| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive | Percy Harris | 3,675 | |||
| Progressive | Ronald Jones | 3,369 | |||
| Labour | Joe Vaughan | 2,569 | |||
| Labour | Sam Elsbury | 2,276 | |||
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| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Harris | 3,761 | |||
| Liberal | Ronald Potter Jones | 3,537 | |||
| Labour | H. McNulty | 2,180 | |||
| Labour | Maurice Orbach | 2,104 | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | John Edward Anthony King | 5,202 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 5,109 | |||
| Liberal | Ronald Potter Jones | 3,628 | |||
| Liberal | G. T. Holmes | 3,615 | |||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Harris | 3,020 | |||
| Liberal | Edward Martell | 2,890 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 2,093 | |||
| Labour | M. Finlay | 2,060 | |||
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| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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- "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
- "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
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- "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
- 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.