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.
| Southwark | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Member(s) | 3 |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | John Keen | Labour | Albert Bernard Kennedy | Labour | James Hyndman MacDonnell | Labour | |||
| 1955 | Henry Stillman | Labour | Leonard Styles | Labour | |||||
| 1961 | Albert Gates | Labour | |||||||
Election results
edit| Party | 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 | |||
| Party | 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 | ||||
| Party | 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 | ||||
| Party | 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 | ||||
| Party | 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.