Kennington_(London_County_Council_constituency)
Kennington 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 ...
Kennington | |
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Former constituency for the London County Council | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1889 |
Abolished | 1949 |
Member(s) | 2 |
Replaced by | Brixton and Vauxhall |
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More information Year, Name ...
Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
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1889 | Horatio Myer | Progressive | Harry Seymour Foster | Moderate | ||
1892 | Richard Cecil Grosvenor | Progressive | William Stockbridge | Progressive | ||
1895 | Joseph Dixon | Moderate | Thomas Arthur Organ | Progressive | ||
1898 | John Benn | Progressive | ||||
1901 | Stephen Collins | Progressive | ||||
1907 | Edward Denny | Progressive | ||||
1910 | Maurice de Forest | Progressive | ||||
1913 | William Peel | Municipal Reform | ||||
1919 | Harry Gosling | Labour | ||||
1922 | Harold Swann | Municipal Reform | ||||
1922 | Harry Gosling | Labour | ||||
1925 | George Maurice Beaufoy | Municipal Reform | ||||
1928 | Charles Gibson | Labour | ||||
1931 | Henry Studholme | Municipal Reform | ||||
1934 | Charles Gibson | Labour | Amy Sayle | Labour | ||
1946 | Howell John Powell | Labour |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Horatio Myer | 2,139 | |||
Moderate | Harry Seymour Foster | 1,192 | |||
Independent | Charles William Andrew | 1,061 | |||
Progressive | Charles Richard White | 918 | |||
Independent | William Stockbridge | 211 | |||
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Moderate win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | William Stockbridge | 2,872 | |||
Progressive | Robert Cecil Grosvenor | 2,835 | |||
Moderate | F. E. Goodhart | 1,580 | |||
Moderate | J. M. Paterson | 1,529 | |||
Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Moderate | Joseph Dixon | 2,337 | |||
Progressive | Thomas Arthur Organ | 2,313 | |||
Progressive | R. Temple Rennie | 2,297 | |||
Moderate | R. Devereux | 2,261 | |||
Independent | G. Palmer | 144 | |||
Moderate gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Thomas Arthur Organ | 2,672 | |||
Progressive | John Benn | 2,661 | |||
Moderate | Joseph Dixon | 2,526 | |||
Moderate | J. R. Cousins | 2,471 | |||
Ind. Labour Party | N. P. Palmer | 68 | |||
Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | John Benn | 3,505 | 32.8 | +7.0 | |
Progressive | Stephen Collins | 3,412 | 32.0 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Benjamin William Bennett | 1,913 | 17.9 | -6.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Dixon | 1,844 | 17.3 | -7.2 | |
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Stephen Collins | 3,394 | |||
Progressive | John Benn | 3,388 | |||
Conservative | Allen Edwards | 2,460 | |||
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Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | John Benn | 3,424 | |||
Progressive | Edward Denny | 3,326 | |||
Municipal Reform | P. F. Budge | 2,718 | |||
Municipal Reform | W. Porter | 2,666 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Joseph George Butler | 281 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Fred Knee | 235 | |||
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Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | John Benn | 3,290 | |||
Progressive | Maurice de Forest | 2,828 | |||
Municipal Reform | P. F. Budge | 2,421 | |||
Municipal Reform | Cecil Ince | 2,317 | |||
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 900 | |||
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Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Sir John Williams Benn | 3,517 | 24.9 | -3.1 | |
Municipal Reform | William Peel | 3,371 | 23.8 | +3.2 | |
Municipal Reform | Victor Sassoon | 3,264 | 23.1 | +3.4 | |
Progressive | W. J. Richardson | 2,878 | 20.3 | -3.8 | |
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 1,121 | 7.9 | +0.2 | |
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Majority | 493 | 3.5 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
Majority | 253 | 1.8 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Gosling | 2,764 | 31.6 | ||
Progressive | John Benn | 2,743 | 31.3 | ||
Municipal Reform | Frederick Benjamin Oliphant Hawes | 1,685 | 19.3 | ||
Municipal Reform | David Margesson | 1,558 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 1,058 | 12.0 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Municipal Reform | Harold Swann | 5,728 | 31.8 | +12.5 | |
Progressive | John Benn | 4,805 | 26.7 | -4.6 | |
Labour | Harry Gosling | 4,275 | 23.7 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Charles Gibson | 3,212 | 17.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 530 | 3.0 | -9.0 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Gosling | 3,871 | 42.2 | ||
Municipal Reform | Austin Hudson | 3,378 | 36.9 | ||
Progressive | George Brittain | 1,917 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 493 | 5.3 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Municipal Reform | George Maurice Beaufoy | 5,715 | |||
Municipal Reform | Harold Swann | 5,564 | |||
Labour | Will Lockyer | 4,803 | |||
Labour | Francis Bowie | 4,796 | 17.8 | n/a | |
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Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Municipal Reform | Harold Swann | 5,153 | |||
Labour | Charles Gibson | 5,151 | |||
Municipal Reform | George Maurice Beaufoy | 5,139 | |||
Labour | Leonard Matters | 5,128 | |||
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Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Municipal Reform | Harold Swann | 4,731 | |||
Municipal Reform | Henry Studholme | 4,716 | |||
Labour | Charles Gibson | 4,239 | |||
Labour | W. Hunter | 4,186 | |||
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Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Gibson | 5,450 | |||
Labour | Amy Sayle | 5,393 | |||
Municipal Reform | Harold Swann | 3,950 | |||
Municipal Reform | Henry Studholme | 3,940 | |||
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Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Gibson | 7,303 | |||
Labour | Amy Sayle | 7,245 | |||
Municipal Reform | A. Kennedy | 5,324 | |||
Municipal Reform | Ingham Clarke | 5,055 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Gibson | 4,378 | |||
Labour | Howell John Powell | 4,343 | |||
Conservative | S. R. Dean | 1,502 | |||
Conservative | K. Perona-Wright | 1,492 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
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- London Municipal Notes, 1913
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