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Haggerston (London County Council constituency)

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Haggerston
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byShoreditch

Haggerston 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. The seat became part of Shoreditch.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Joseph Bottomley Firth Progressive Robert Collier Progressive
1889 William James Orsman Progressive
1895 Edmund Turton Progressive
1897 George Shaw Lefevre Progressive
1901 James Stuart Progressive
1907 Rupert Guinness Municipal Reform Gilbert Johnstone Municipal Reform
1910 Arthur Acland Allen Progressive Stephen Gee Progressive
1913 David Blackley Progressive Henry Ward Progressive

Election results

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1889 London County Council election: Haggerston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Joseph Bottomley Firth 1,791
Progressive Robert Collier 1,671
Moderate Henry William Mason 1,035
Moderate Frederick Moore Wenborn 978
Independent Henry Greenwood 507
Moderate John Richard Sackett 60
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1889 Haggerston by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William James Orsman 1,953
Moderate Edward Thomas Holloway 626
Progressive hold Swing
1892 London County Council election: Haggerston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William James Orsman 2,233
Progressive Robert Collier 2,192
Moderate Joseph Davies 543
Moderate James Ritchie Macoun 532
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Haggerston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert Collier 1,683
Progressive Edmund Turton 1,598
Moderate A. Morris 1,130
Moderate A. Sieveking 1,102
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Haggerston[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert Collier 2,067
Progressive George Shaw Lefevre 2,060
Moderate Stanley Boulter 862
Moderate C. F. Shallard 839
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Haggerston[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Stuart 2,300 35.3 0.0
Progressive Robert Collier 2,251 34.5 −1.0
Conservative William Bridgeman 1,001 15.3 +0.5
Conservative Charles Walker 968 14.8 +0.4
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing -0.5
1904 London County Council election: Haggerston[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert Collier 2,479
Progressive James Stuart 3,026
Conservative Stokoe 1,093
Conservative J. H. S. Lloyd 1,030
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Haggerston[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rupert Guinness 3,307
Municipal Reform Gilbert Johnstone 3,131
Progressive Robert Collier 3,085
Progressive Stephen Gee 3,026
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Haggerston[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stephen Gee 2,845
Progressive Arthur Acland Allen 2,839
Municipal Reform Gilbert Johnstone 2,479
Municipal Reform G. V. Wellesley 2,358
Majority
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1913 London County Council election: Haggerston[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Ward 2,178
Progressive David Blackley 2,167
Municipal Reform John Jarvis 1,975
Municipal Reform William Brass 1,970
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. ^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  3. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  4. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  5. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  7. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913