Finsbury (London County Council constituency)

Finsbury
Finsbury
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Finsbury Central and Finsbury East
Replaced by	Shoreditch and Finsbury

Finsbury was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1919	Alfred Baker	Progressive	George Gillett	Progressive
1922	Otho Nicholson	Municipal Reform	Rachel Mary Parsons	Municipal Reform
1925	James Duncan	Municipal Reform	Ernest Taylor	Municipal Reform
1928	William Harry Martin	Labour	Charles Robert Simpson	Labour
1934	William Harry Martin	Labour	George Edward Hayes	Labour
1946	Barbara Marian Dobb	Labour	Chuni Lal Katial	Labour

Election results[edit]

1919 London County Council election: Finsbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	George Gillett	2,897	29.9
	Progressive	Alfred Baker	2,569	26.5
	Municipal Reform	Henry Baldwin Barton	2,146	22.2
	Municipal Reform	James Little	2,073	21.4
Majority			423	4.3
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Finsbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Otho Nicholson	5,778	25.7	+3.5
	Municipal Reform	Rachel Mary Parsons	5,636	25.1	+3.7
	Labour	C. H. Brew	3,222	14.3	n/a
	Labour	Charles Simpson	3,109	13.8	n/a
	Progressive	Alfred Baker	2,464	11.0	-18.9
	Progressive	Ida Samuel	2,253	10.0	-16.5
Majority			2,414	10.8	15.1
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Finsbury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Taylor	5,318
	Municipal Reform	James Duncan	4,981
	Labour	Charles Simpson	4,860
	Labour	William Harry Martin	4,844
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Finsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Harry Martin	7,212
	Labour	Charles Simpson	7,207
	Municipal Reform	Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn	4,365
	Municipal Reform	Alfred P. Harrison	4,332
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Finsbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Simpson	5,866
	Labour	William Harry Martin	5,863
	Municipal Reform	J. M. Naylor	4,259
	Municipal Reform	K. W. M. Green	4,220
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Finsbury^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Harry Martin	7,409
	Labour	George Edward Hayes	7,383
	National Municipal	M. Franklin	3,226
	National Municipal	Fordham Flower	3,213
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Finsbury^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Harry Martin	7,968
	Labour	George Edward Hayes	7,896
	Municipal Reform	G. H. Fletcher	3,835
	Municipal Reform	F. F. A. Burden	3,775
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Finsbury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Barbara Marian Dobb	3,044
	Labour	Chuni Lal Katial	2,931
	Conservative	A. G. Webb	1,727
	Conservative	C. R. Purnell	1,719
	Communist	Kay Beauchamp	1,167
	Communist	Ann C. Murray	1,067
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^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.

[lmsnotes-1] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[2] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[3] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[4] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[5] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[6] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[7] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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