Westminster 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.
| Westminster | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Member(s) | 2 |
| Replaced by | Westminster Abbey and Westminster St George's |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Walter Eugene de Souza | Moderate | Vernon James Watney | Moderate | ||
| 1892 | Henry Fox-Strangways | Moderate | ||||
| 1895 | Lionel Holland | Moderate | ||||
| 1897 | Louis Henry Hayter | Moderate | ||||
| 1898 | Reginald White Granville-Smith | Moderate | ||||
| 1904 | Clement Young Sturge | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1907 | William Peel | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1910 | Reginald White Granville-Smith | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1911 | Percy Gates | Municipal Reform | ||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Louis Henry Hayter | 2,212 | |||
| Moderate | Reginald White Granville-Smith | 2,190 | |||
| Progressive | T. Bremner | 789 | |||
| Moderate hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Louis Henry Hayter | 1,509 | 35.3 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | Reginald White Granville-Smith | 1,485 | 34.7 | −7.5 | |
| Progressive | Charles Langstein Heywood | 883 | 20.7 | +5.5 | |
| Temperance | John George Chappell | 399 | 9.3 | n/a | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reginald White Granville-Smith | 2,006 | |||
| Conservative | Clement Young Sturge | 1,935 | |||
| Labour | Charles Langstein Heywood | 1,192 | |||
| Labour | Charles Duncan | 1,169 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | William Peel | 3,419 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Clement Young Sturge | 3,392 | |||
| Progressive | W. B. Campbell | 1,299 | |||
| Progressive | E. Herrin | 1,298 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Reginald White Granville-Smith | 2,907 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Clement Young Sturge | 2,828 | |||
| Progressive | William Wheeler | 1,018 | |||
| Progressive | Charles Langstein Heywood | 1,014 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Reginald White Granville-Smith | 3,310 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Percy George Gates | 3,228 | |||
| Progressive | Mabel St Clair Stobart | 1,199 | |||
| Progressive | Lionel Gurney Buxton | 1,168 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "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