Hoxton (London County Council constituency)

Hoxton
Hoxton
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Shoreditch

Hoxton 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		Name
1889	Edward Austin	Progressive	Nathan Moss	Progressive
1892	Henry Ward	Progressive	Nathan Moss	Progressive
1898			Henry Taylor Sawell	Progressive
1901			Edward Austin	Progressive
1904			Graham Wallas	Progressive
1907	John Davies	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	Municipal Reform
1910	Benjamin Evans	Progressive	Stanley Holmes	Progressive
1913	Oswald Lewis	Progressive	Stanley Holmes	Progressive

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Hoxton^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Edward Austin	1,901
Progressive	Nathan Moss	1,703
Independent	Edward Thomas Holloway	1,319
Independent	William Beasley	844
Labour Union	Henry Alfred Barker	169
Independent	Frederick James Genge	142
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Hoxton^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Nathan Moss	2,258
Progressive	Henry Ward	2,205
Moderate	Edward Thomas Holloway	1,244
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Hoxton^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Henry Ward	2,049
Progressive	Nathan Moss	2,027
Moderate	W. Thompson	1,191
Moderate	G. Wood	1,164
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Hoxton^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Henry Ward	2,179
Progressive	Henry Taylor Sawell	2,157
Moderate	A. Arter	1,567
Moderate	T. W. Shaw	1,545
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Hoxton^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Edward Austin	2,379	28.2	-0.8
Progressive	Henry Ward	2,365	28.0	-1.3
Conservative	John Davies	1,878	22.2	+1.2
Conservative	Henry Bird	1,827	21.6	+0.9
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	-1.0

1904 London County Council election: Hoxton^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Henry Ward	2,436
Progressive	Graham Wallas	2,361
Conservative	J. D. Davies	2,281
Conservative	E. Gates	2,124
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Hoxton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Davies	3,272
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	3,226
	Progressive	Henry Ward	3,112
	Progressive	Graham Wallas	3,065
Majority			160
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Hoxton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Benjamin Evans	3,645
	Progressive	Stanley Holmes	3,612
	Municipal Reform	C. Ford	1,944
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Trotter	1,922
Majority
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Hoxton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Stanley Holmes	2,749
	Progressive	Oswald Lewis	2,693
	Municipal Reform	Henry Busby Bird	2,402
	Municipal Reform	C. Filby	2,279
	Independent Municipal Reform	Miss Willoughby	158
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "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

[1892results-1] "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

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