Woolwich (London County Council constituency)

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Woolwich
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byWoolwich East and Woolwich West

Woolwich was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Edwin Hughes Moderate James Alexander Rentoul Moderate
1892 John Robert Jolly Independent Progressive
1895 Abel Penfold Moderate
1900 William Peel Moderate William James Squires Moderate
1904 Fred Chambers Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones Labour Progressive
1907 Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay Municipal Reform William James Squires Municipal Reform
1911 Kingsley Wood Municipal Reform

Election results[edit]

1898 London County Council election: Woolwich[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Edwin Hughes 5,133
Moderate Abel Penfold 4,661
Progressive Decimus Marsh 4,360
Progressive Albert Lindow 4,041
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Woolwich[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William James Squires 3,807 28.4 +0.2
Conservative William Peel 3,669 27.4 +1.8
Progressive Decimus Marsh 3,137 23.4 -1.0
Progressive H. B. D. Woodcock 2,784 20.8 -1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
1904 London County Council election: Woolwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones 6,982
Labour Progressive Fred Chambers 6,669
Conservative Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay 4,437
Conservative J. M. T. Dumphreys 4,097
Majority
Labour Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Labour Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
1907 London County Council election: Woolwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires 8,904
Municipal Reform Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay 8,677
Labour Progressive Lewis Jenkin Jones 7,880
Labour Progressive George Lansbury 7,611
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Woolwich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires 7,956
Municipal Reform Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay 7,736
Labour Margaret Bondfield 6,931
Labour Jenkin Jones 6,789
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Woolwich[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William James Squires 8,378
Municipal Reform Kingsley Wood 8,300
Labour William Sanders 7,618
Labour Margaret Bondfield 7,598
Majority 682
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

References[edit]

  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