Stepney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again from 1949 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
| Stepney | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1889; 1949 |
| Abolished | 1919; 1965 |
| Member(s) | 3 |
| Created from | Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's |
| Replaced by | Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | William Spencer Beaumont | Progressive | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | Progressive | ||
| 1892 | W. C. Steadman | Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | Progressive | ||
| 1901 | Alfred Thomas Williams | Conservative | ||||
| 1904 | James Harris | Conservative | ||||
| 1905 | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1907 | Leverton Harris | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1910 | John Sankey | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1913 | Arthur Chichester | Municipal Reform | ||||
| 1915 | David Hazel | Municipal Reform | ||||
| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Jeremiah Long | Labour | Jack Oldfield | Labour | Louise Reeve | Labour | |||
| 1958 | Alice King | Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | Labour | Alfred Ernest Sealey | Labour | |||
| 1961 | Cyril Bird | Labour | |||||||
Election results
edit1889–1919
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 1,955 | |||
| Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | 1,855 | |||
| Conservative | Evans Gordon | 1,648 | |||
| Conservative | H. T. A. Chidgey | 1,534 | |||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 1,943 | 26.4 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Thomas Williams | 1,842 | 25.1 | +1.5 | |
| Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | 1,792 | 24.4 | −2.1 | |
| Conservative | Edward Emanuel Micholls | 1,774 | 24.1 | +2.2 | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Progressive | Swing | +1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 2,004 | |||
| Conservative | James Harris | 1,960 | |||
| Conservative | T. M. Kirkwood | 1,942 | |||
| Progressive | Harold Spender | 1,874 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 2,366 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Leverton Harris | 2,292 | |||
| Progressive | C. S. Stettaner | 1,485 | |||
| Progressive | C. Watson | 1,386 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 1,809 | |||
| Municipal Reform | John Sankey | 1,758 | |||
| Progressive | William Glyn-Jones | 1,646 | |||
| Progressive | J. M. Myers | 1,524 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 1,827 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Arthur Chichester | 1,805 | |||
| Progressive | J. S. Henry | 1,667 | |||
| Progressive | George Hardy | 1,630 | |||
| British Socialist Party | Joseph George Butler | 108 | |||
| British Socialist Party | Alf Watts | 105 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
1949–1965
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Oldfield | 13,926 | |||
| Labour | Jeremiah Long | 13,886 | |||
| Labour | Louise Reeve | 13,450 | |||
| Communist | Jack Gaster | 5,621 | |||
| Communist | Michael Shapiro | 5,442 | |||
| Communist | Ted Bramley | 5,391 | |||
| Conservative | J. Harvey-Kelly | 3,426 | |||
| Conservative | H. S. Eyre | 3,104 | |||
| Conservative | Theodore Magnus Wechsler | 2,781 | |||
| Independent | H. J. Greenbaum | 617 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Oldfield | 9,504 | |||
| Labour | Jeremiah Long | 9,470 | |||
| Labour | Louise Reeve | 8,928 | |||
| Communist | Arnold Posner | 1,902 | |||
| Communist | Jack Gaster | 1,531 | |||
| Communist | Max Levitas | 1,495 | |||
| Conservative | E. J. Emden | 1,391 | |||
| Conservative | P. Buckminster | 1,328 | |||
| Conservative | D. Denning | 1,298 | |||
| Independent | Mohammed Abbas Ali | 226 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeremiah Long | 8,347 | |||
| Labour | Jack Oldfield | 8,300 | |||
| Labour | Louise Reeve | 7,872 | |||
| Communist | Arnold Posner | 1,419 | |||
| Communist | Max Levitas | 1,367 | |||
| Communist | Solly Kaye | 1,314 | |||
| Conservative | E. G. Emden | 1,041 | |||
| Conservative | R. G. Gee | 991 | |||
| Conservative | L. Black | 986 | |||
| Liberal | T. Lamb | 377 | |||
| Liberal | M. Pugachow | 340 | |||
| Liberal | M. Isaaman | 293 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice King | 8,912 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | 8,892 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Ernest Sealey | 8,471 | |||
| Communist | Solly Kaye | 1,673 | |||
| Conservative | A. J. Lyons | 1,159 | |||
| Conservative | M. Wigoder | 810 | |||
| Conservative | R. L. Johnson | 784 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice King | 8,269 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | 8,008 | |||
| Labour | Cyril Bird | 7,067 | |||
| Communist | Solly Kaye | 2,018 | |||
| Conservative | A. J. Lyons | 1,939 | |||
| Conservative | B. Calwell | 1,891 | |||
| Conservative | F. Hughes | 1,282 | |||
| Liberal | W. Bogan | 1,245 | |||
| Liberal | M. Dove | 1,070 | |||
| Liberal | J. W. Gibbs | 955 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.