Shoreditch_and_Finsbury_(London_County_Council_constituency)
Shoreditch and Finsbury was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
Quick Facts Former constituency, Created ...
| Shoreditch and Finsbury | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Member(s) | 3 |
| Created from | Finsbury and Shoreditch |
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More information Year, Name ...
| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | William Lewis Prowse | Labour | Charles Simmons | Labour | Robert Jefferson Tallantire | Labour | |||
| 1952 | Florence Cayford | Labour | Donald Daines | Labour | Arthur Wicks | Labour | |||
| 1958 | Olive Deer | Labour | |||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Lewis Prowse | 9,474 | |||
| Labour | Robert Jefferson Tallantire | 9,443 | |||
| Labour | Charles Simmons | 9,348 | |||
| Conservative | W. W. Lovejoy | 6,170 | |||
| Conservative | A. G. Webb | 6,071 | |||
| Conservative | M. Westerman | 5,933 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Donald Daines | 11,739 | |||
| Labour | Arthur Wicks | 11,719 | |||
| Labour | Florence Cayford | 11,703 | |||
| Conservative | M. Westerman | 4,688 | |||
| Conservative | D. W. Bromfield | 4,388 | |||
| Conservative | D. M. Ambrose | 4,093 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Florence Cayford | 8,125 | |||
| Labour | Arthur Wicks | 7,988 | |||
| Labour | Donald Daines | 7,934 | |||
| Conservative | R. Blackler | 1,868 | |||
| Conservative | D. M. Ambrose | 1,795 | |||
| Conservative | B. Wheare | 1,760 | |||
| Union Movement | W. B. Beard | 953 | |||
| Union Movement | M. Jones | 850 | |||
| Union Movement | Jeffrey Hamm | 773 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Wicks | 9,504 | |||
| Labour | Olive Deer | 9,319 | |||
| Labour | Florence Cayford | 9,142 | |||
| Conservative | D. R. Collins | 2,691 | |||
| Conservative | D. M. Ambrose | 1,742 | |||
| Conservative | Malcolm Bowden Agnew | 1,720 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Wicks | 9,386 | |||
| Labour | Olive Deer | 9,182 | |||
| Labour | Florence Cayford | 9,180 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Henry Martin Whipham | 2,887 | |||
| Conservative | J. B. W. Holderness | 2,701 | |||
| Conservative | J. Silver | 2,571 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "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.