Southwark (London County Council constituency)

Southwark
Southwark
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3

Southwark was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name		Name
1949	John Keen	Labour	Albert Bernard Kennedy	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	Labour
1955			Henry Stillman	Labour	Leonard Styles	Labour
1961			Henry Stillman	Labour	Albert Gates	Labour

Election results[edit]

1949 London County Council election: Southwark^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Albert Bernard Kennedy	13,250
Labour	John Keen	13,040
Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	12,569
Conservative	G. H. Kirby-Smith	6,865
Conservative	A. Hendries	6,808
Conservative	A. I. Robin	6,375

1952 London County Council election: Southwark^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Albert Bernard Kennedy	16,372
Labour	John Keen	15,885
Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	15,328
Conservative	James Greenwood	3,719
Conservative	G. H. Kirby-Smith	3,065
Conservative	H. Russell	2,247
Communist	T. C. Fuller	841
Communist	Joe Bent	741
Communist	J. Mills	611
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Southwark^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Henry Stillman	10,819
Labour	John Keen	10,751
Labour	Leonard Styles	10,747
Conservative	James Greenwood	2,394
Conservative	H. Golding	1,891
Conservative	R. Cummins	1,835
Communist	T. C. Fuller	604
Independent	W. Field	551
Communist	Nell Vyse	511
Communist	Joe Bent	443
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Southwark^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Keen	11,721
Labour	Henry Stillman	11,702
Labour	Leonard Styles	11,643
Conservative	R. Cummins	1,210
Conservative	H. Golding	1,205
Conservative	J. Harrison	1,125
Communist	Joe Bent	605
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Southwark^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Keen	11,807
Labour	Albert Gates	11,742
Labour	Henry Stillman	11,546
Conservative	R. Cummins	2,861
Conservative	J. E. Pound	2,849
Conservative	H. Golding	2,822
Communist	Joe Bent	1,320
Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

[1] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[2] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[3] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[4] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[5] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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