Limehouse (London County Council constituency)

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

Limehouse 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	James Ambrose	Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	Progressive
1892	William Pearce	Progressive
1901	William Byron Bawn	Progressive
1907	Cyril Jackson	Municipal Reform	John Lort-Williams	Municipal Reform
1910	Cyril Jackson	Municipal Reform	Alfred Yeo	Progressive
1913	Benjamin Evans	Progressive
1914	Henry Bryant Marks	Progressive
1919			Robert Bryan	Labour
1922			Clarissa Bessie Lankester	Municipal Reform
1925	Isaac Lyons	Labour	Anna Mathew	Labour
1928	Malcolm MacDonald	Labour
1931	Henry James Lazarus	Labour
1934	Richard Coppock	Labour
1937			Monica Whately	Labour
1946			Louise Reeve	Labour

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Limehouse^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Ambrose	1,817
Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	1,684
Moderate	Robert Johnson	1,243
Independent	John Abbott	1,067
Moderate	Henry Cox	204
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Limehouse^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Pearce	2,415
Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	2,407
Moderate	Adolphus Frederick Hirsch	1,191
Moderate	Henry Cox	1,127
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Limehouse^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Pearce	1,775
Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	1,718
Moderate	J. R. Pascoe	1,698
Moderate	H. Byron Reed	1,503
Independent Liberal	J. W. Helps	84
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Limehouse^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Pearce	2,336
Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	2,142
Moderate	J. R. Pascoe	1,726
Moderate	W. H. Porter	1,553
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Limehouse^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	1,751	29.1	+1.5
Progressive	William Byron Bawn	1,637	27.2	-2.9
Conservative	Samuel Hugh Franklyn Hole	1,326	22.1	-0.1
Conservative	Dalby Williams	1,297	21.6	+1.6
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	-1.4

1904 London County Council election: Limehouse^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	William Byron Bawn	2,461
	Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	2,381
	Conservative	H. C. Batchelor	1,600
	Conservative	B. Levett	1,590
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Limehouse^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson	2,141
	Municipal Reform	John Lort-Williams	2,026
	Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	1,957
	Progressive	T. L. Knight	1,935
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Limehouse^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Alfred Yeo	1,963
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson	1,962
	Progressive	H. J. Ogden	1,930
	Municipal Reform	George Lillie Craik	1,825
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Limehouse^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Benjamin Evans	2,665
	Progressive	Alfred Yeo	2,664
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson	2,024
	Municipal Reform	R. A. Reith	1,916
Majority			640
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Limehouse^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	1,269	23.1
	Labour	Robert Bryan	1,244	22.6
	Labour	Clement Attlee	1,147	20.8
	Independent	R. Ridge	1,110	20.2
	Progressive	Ida Samuel	732	13.3
Majority			97	0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Limehouse^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	5,746	28.8	+5.7
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	5,454	27.4	n/a
	Labour	Julia Scurr	4,385	22.0	-0.6
	Labour	Skene Mackay	4,350	21.8	+1.0
Majority			1,069	5.4	+5.2
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Limehouse^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Isaac Lyons	4,287
	Labour	Anna Mathew	4,235
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,183
	Progressive	Henry Bryant Marks	1,979
	Municipal Reform	P. W. Brown	1,886
	Progressive	A. Hill	1,415
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Limehouse^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Malcolm MacDonald	5,270
	Labour	Anna Mathew	5,108
	Municipal Reform	K. Slattery	2,648
	Municipal Reform	F. Simms	2,565
	Liberal	A. Hill	1,514
	Liberal	John Henry Maynard	1,480
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Limehouse^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anna Mathew	3,375
	Labour	Henry Lazarus	3,353
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,344
	Municipal Reform	T. A. N. Way	2,050
	Independent	John Henry Maynard	528
	Democratic	J. Cahill	517
	Democratic	G. J. Warren	477
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Limehouse^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anna Mathew	5,565
	Labour	Richard Coppock	5,356
	Municipal Reform	Clarissa Bessie Lankester	2,344
	Municipal Reform	John Boyd-Carpenter	1,935
	Liberal	John Henry Maynard	622
	Liberal	J. Johnson	479
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Limehouse^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Coppock	8,272
	Labour	Monica Whately	8,042
	Municipal Reform	V. G. Weeple	2,542
	Municipal Reform	G. E. Abrahams	2,431
	British Union of Fascists	A. Brook-Griggs	2,086
	British Union of Fascists	Charles Wegg-Prosser	2,086
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Limehouse^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Coppock	2,333
	Labour	Louise Reeve	2,206
	Conservative	P. Woodard	593
	Conservative	M. Barclay	550
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour 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
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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.

[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

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

[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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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
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