Wandsworth_Central_(London_County_Council_constituency)

Wandsworth Central
Wandsworth Central
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Wandsworth

Wandsworth Central (London County Council constituency)

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Wandsworth Central was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Year	Name		Name		Name
1919	Walter Keppel	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1922	Charles Paston Crane	Municipal Reform
1925	Clyde Wilson	Municipal Reform
1931	Clyde Wilson	Municipal Reform	Edward Martin	Municipal Reform
1935	George Currie	Labour	Edward Martin	Municipal Reform
1937	George Currie	Labour	Eleanor Nathan	Labour
1940	John William Bowen	Labour	Eleanor Nathan	Labour
1949	Irene Burnett	Conservative	John Taylor Clarke	Conservative	Ronald Wates	Conservative
1952	George Edwards	Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	Labour
1955	Martin Bond	Conservative	Lance Cocker	Conservative	Alison Tennant	Conservative
1958	David Kerr	Labour	George Frederick Rowe	Labour	Hugh Sutherland	Labour
1962	David Kerr	Labour	George Frederick Rowe	Labour	Joan Lestor	Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Keppel	2,192	29.3
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	2,172	29.1
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	1,647	22.0
	Independent	Cecil Manning	1,459	19.5
Majority			525	7.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	6,524	32.6	+3.5
	Municipal Reform	Charles Paston Crane	6,514	32.6	+3.3
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	3,511	17.6	-4.6
	Labour	W. J. Humphreys	3,447	17.2	n/a
Majority			3,003	15.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Wandsworth Central (London County Council constituency)

Wandsworth Central
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Wandsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Currie	4,662
	Municipal Reform	Evans Rees	4,429
Majority			223
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Currie	8,007
	Labour	Eleanor Nathan	7,958
	Municipal Reform	Edward Martin	7,133
	Municipal Reform	J. M. Oakey	7,108
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ronald Wates	18,309
Conservative	Irene Burnett	18,185
Conservative	John Taylor Clarke	18,053
Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	15,595
Labour	John William Bowen	15,259
Labour	George Frederick Rowe	14,992
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	18,112
Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	17,576
Labour	George Edwards	17,574
Conservative	J. Lowe	16,845
Conservative	Irene Burnett	16,709
Conservative	S. J. Bull	16,672
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Lance Cocker	14,359
Conservative	Martin Bond	14,299
Conservative	Alison Tennant	14,131
Labour	Eleanor Goodrich	13,367
Labour	George Edwards	13,344
Labour	Annie Alice Wilson	12,864
Independent	A. F. Perry	735
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Kerr	16,410
Labour	George Frederick Rowe	16,000
Labour	Hugh Sutherland	15,991
Conservative	Alison Tennant	10,667
Conservative	Martin Bond	10,614
Conservative	Lance Cocker	10,527
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing