Mile End (London County Council constituency)

Mile End
Mile End
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Stepney

Mile End 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.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1889	Frederick Nicholas Charrington	Progressive	Alfred Jordan Hollington	Progressive
1895	Gerard Bicker-Caarten	Moderate	William de Montmorency	Moderate
1898	John Renwick Seager	Progressive	Bertram Straus	Progressive
1902	Alfred Ordway Goodrich	Conservative
1904	George John Warren	Progressive
1907	Edward Holton Coumbe	Municipal Reform	Robert Hugh Montgomery	Municipal Reform
1910	James May	Progressive	Carl Stettauer	Progressive
1913	Thomas William Wickham	Progressive	Carl Stettauer	Progressive
1913			George Albert Dutfield	Progressive
1917			George Bettesworth Piggott	Progressive
1919	Alfred Ordway Goodrich	Municipal Reform	David Hazel	Municipal Reform
1922	John Cecil Gerard Leigh	Municipal Reform	Offley Wakeman	Municipal Reform
1925	Hugh Roberts	Labour	Julia Scurr	Labour
1926			Johnnie Dodge	Anti-Socialist
1926				Municipal Reform
1928	Lionel Guest	Municipal Reform		Municipal Reform
1931	Daniel Frankel	Labour	John Scurr	Labour
1932	Daniel Frankel	Labour	Somerville Hastings	Labour
1946	Ted Bramley	Communist	Jack Gaster	Communist

Election results[edit]

1898 London County Council election: Mile End^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	John Renwick Seager	1,711
Progressive	Bertram Straus	1,669
Moderate	L. Darwin	1,535
Moderate	Gerard Bicker-Caarten	1,492
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Mile End^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Bertram Straus	1,941	29.9	+3.9
Progressive	John Renwick Seager	1,906	29.4	+2.7
Conservative	Ernest Flower	1,341	20.6	-3.4
Conservative	George Henry Booth	1,306	20.1	-3.2
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+3.3

1904 London County Council election: Mile End^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	George John Warren	2,125
	Progressive	Bertram Straus	2,121
	Conservative	A. Goodrich	1,539
	Conservative	W. R. Smith	1,368
	Independent	W. Baxter	36
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Mile End^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Hugh Montgomery	2,023
	Municipal Reform	Edward Holton Coumbe	2,011
	Progressive	R. Harcourt	1,988
	Progressive	T. Warren	1,925
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Mile End^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Carl Stettauer	2,032
	Progressive	James May	2,016
	Municipal Reform	Edward Holton Coumbe	1,973
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Ince	1,924
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Mile End^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Thomas William Wickham	2,252
	Progressive	Carl Stettauer	2,204
	Municipal Reform	Edward Holton Coumbe	1,973
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Ince	1,924
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Mile End^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Ordway Goodrich	1,874	31.2
	Municipal Reform	David Hazel	1,800	29.9
	Labour	I. Sharp	1,172	19.5
	Labour	Bernard Noël Langdon-Davies	1,166	19.4
Majority			628	10.4
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Mile End^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Cecil Gerard Leigh	3,695	27.4	-3.8
	Municipal Reform	Offley Wakeman	3,658	27.1	-2.8
	Labour	Clarence Henry Norman	3,077	22.8	+3.3
	Labour	John Scurr	3,048	22.6	+3.2
Majority			581	4.3	-6.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Mile End^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Julia Scurr	3,587
	Labour	Hugh Roberts	3,290
	Progressive	J. W. Rosenthal	2,674
	Municipal Reform	Offley Wakeman	2,531
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Mile End by-election, 1926^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Socialist	Johnnie Dodge	4,116
	Labour	Esther Rickards	3,843
	Progressive	Robert Gurney Randall	475
Majority			273
	Anti-Socialist gain from Labour

1928 London County Council election: Mile End^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Johnnie Dodge	4,860
	Municipal Reform	Lionel Guest	4,583
	Labour	Esther Rickards	4,015
	Labour	A. C. Warwick	3,950
	Liberal	Samuel Immanuel Cohen	1,196
	Liberal	Marcus Lipton	1,147
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Mile End^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Scurr	3,994
	Labour	Daniel Frankel	3,965
	Municipal Reform	F. R. Barker	3,806
	Municipal Reform	Dudley Ryder	3,615
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Mile End by-election, 1932^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Somerville Hastings	4,116
	Municipal Reform	Frank Barker	1,853
Majority			2,263
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Mile End^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Daniel Frankel	6,113
	Labour	Somerville Hastings	6,042
	Municipal Reform	A. H. Anderson	2,823
	Municipal Reform	R. G. Mullan	2,775
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Mile End^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Daniel Frankel	7,365
	Labour	Somerville Hastings	7,286
	Municipal Reform	W. J. O'Donovan	4,420
	Municipal Reform	T. H. Fligelstone	3,998
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Mile End^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist	Jack Gaster	2,788
	Communist	Ted Bramley	2,783
	Labour	Somerville Hastings	2,420
	Labour	Elsie Janner	2,349
Majority
	Communist gain from Labour		Swing
	Communist gain from Labour		Swing

References[edit]

^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
^ "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
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
^ "Socialist defeated at Mile-End". The Times. 16 March 1926.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
^ "Result of LCC by-election in Mile End". The Times. 28 July 1932.
^ "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.

[1] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[2] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[3] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[4] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[5] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[6] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[8] "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.

[9] "Socialist defeated at Mile-End". The Times. 16 March 1926.

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

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

[12] "Result of LCC by-election in Mile End". The Times. 28 July 1932.

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

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

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

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