Southwark North (London County Council constituency)

Southwark North
Southwark North
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Southwark West
Replaced by	Southwark

Southwark North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1919	Consuelo Vanderbilt	Progressive	Walter Wightman	Progressive
1920	James Owers Devereux	Progressive	Walter Wightman	Progressive
1922		Progressive	Frank Percy Rider	Municipal Reform
1925		Progressive Ratepayers	Thomas George Gibbings	Labour
1928	James Hyndman MacDonnell	Labour	Thomas George Gibbings	Labour
1931			Charles Brook	Labour
1942			Thomas George Gibbings	Labour

Election results[edit]

1919 London County Council election: Southwark North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Consuelo Vanderbilt	2,602	39.9
	Progressive	Walter James Wightman	2,392	36.7
	Labour	John Osborne	764	11.7
	Labour	S. G. Weaver	761	11.7
Majority			1,628	25.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Southwark North by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	James Owers Devereux	2,314	57.6
	Labour	Herbert Morrison	1,703	42.4
Majority			611
	Progressive hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Southwark North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Owers Devereux	4,453	32.1	-7.8
	Municipal Reform	Frank Percy Rider	4,306	31.0	-5.7
	Labour	Holford Knight	2,565	18.5	+6.8
	Labour	T. P. Stevens	2,553	18.4	+6.7
Majority			1,741	12.5	-12.5
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Southwark North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Owers Devereux	5,673
	Labour	C. E. Gibbings	2,661
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	2,630
	Municipal Reform	F. Richardson	2,565
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Southwark North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas George Gibbings	3,156
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	3,132
	Liberal	Edgar Bonham-Carter	3,098
	Liberal	Herbert Arthur Baker	2,925
	Municipal Reform	F. H. Bowyer	1,383
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Capewell	1,244
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Southwark North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	2,703
	Labour	Charles Brook	2,667
	Anti-Socialist	L. C. Downman	2,400
	Anti-Socialist	S. V. Gledhill	2,333
	Organised Unemployed	W. Southwell	166
	Organised Unemployed	E. J. Pullen	132
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Southwark North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	4,404
	Labour	Charles Brook	4,356
	Municipal Reform	Ivor Guest	2,296
	Municipal Reform	E. Wickham	2,254
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Southwark North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Brook	4,789
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	4,738
	Municipal Progressive	Scott	3,053
	Municipal Progressive	J. R. Gardiner	2,982
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Southwark North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Hyndman MacDonnell	1,779
	Labour	Thomas George Gibbings	1,762
	National Liberal	Lucy Ashley-Brereton	602
	Conservative	A. E. Taylor	600
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.

[lmsnotes-1] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[2] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

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

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

[5] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[6] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[7] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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