Westminster Abbey (London County Council constituency)

Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Strand and Westminster
Replaced by	Cities of London and Westminster

Westminster Abbey 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	John Maria Gatti	Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith	Municipal Reform
1925	John Maria Gatti	Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	Municipal Reform
1929	Samuel Gluckstein	Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	Municipal Reform
1937	Samuel Gluckstein	Municipal Reform	Frank Rye	Municipal Reform

Election results[edit]

1919 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Maria Gatti	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith	7,399	42.5
	Municipal Reform	John Maria Gatti	7,301	42.0
	Labour	John Hanbury Martin	1,360	7.8	n/a
	Labour	Agnes Dawson	1,332	7.7	n/a
Majority			5,941	34.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	5,775
	Municipal Reform	John Maria Gatti	5,739
	Labour	Leah L'Estrange Malone	1,236
	Labour	Kathleen Starr	1,224
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	5,767
	Municipal Reform	John Maria Gatti	5,726
	Labour	W. Madeley	1,225
	Labour	Francis Henry Wiltshire	1,222
	Liberal	D. Millett	661
	Liberal	Lucien Fior	646
	Independent Labour	Winifred Utley	355
	Independent Labour	G. T. Usher	353
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Westminster Abbey by-election, 1929^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Samuel Gluckstein	3,782
	Labour	Morgan Ignatius Finucane	2,259
Majority			1,523
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Samuel Gluckstein	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1934 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	James Cornelius Dalton	5,982		n/a
Municipal Reform	Samuel Gluckstein	5,955		n/a
Labour	Ambrose Appelbe	1,763		n/a
Labour	William Smith Kennedy	1,759		n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1937 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[7]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Samuel Gluckstein	7,547
Municipal Reform	Frank Rye	7,492
Labour	William Smith Kennedy	2,833
Labour	R. C. S. Ellison	2,451
Municipal Reform hold		Swing
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Westminster Abbey^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Frank Rye	4,889
Conservative	Samuel Gluckstein	4,833
Labour	Olga Peters	2,283
Labour	R. G. Evans	2,235
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative 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 By-election". The Times. 1 November 1929.
^ "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 By-election". The Times. 1 November 1929.

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

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

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

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

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