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Westminster St George's (London County Council constituency)

Westminster St George's, known until 1919 as St George's Hanover Square, was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Westminster St George's
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byCities of London and Westminster

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Robert Antrobus Moderate Howard Vincent Moderate
1896 Henry Legge Moderate
1898 William Henry Christopher Payne Moderate
1901 John Dickson-Poynder Conservative Hubert Greenwood Conservative
1904 Francis Leigh Conservative
1907 Herbert Eaton Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood Municipal Reform
1919 Richard Joshua Cooper Municipal Reform
1925 Evelyn Boscawen Municipal Reform
1928 Isabel Mary Lawrence Municipal Reform
1931 Barrie Lambert Municipal Reform John Moore-Brabazon Municipal Reform
1932 Edmund Wood Municipal Reform
1946 Henry Brooke Municipal Reform Anthony Kershaw Municipal Reform

Election results

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1898 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Robert Antrobus 3,143
Moderate Henry Legge 3,086
Progressive L. V. Biggs 1,038
Progressive C. L. Heywood 1,032
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dickson-Poynder 2,395 36.6 −6.4
Conservative Hubert Greenwood 2,365 36.2 −6.2
Progressive Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope 1,414 21.6 +7.3
Independent P. H. Saunders 361 5.5 n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -6.8
1904 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hubert Greenwood 3,144
Conservative Francis Leigh 3,113
Progressive Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan 1,911
Progressive R. G. Webster 1,852
Independent S. Copp 87
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Herbert Eaton 5,445
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood 5,375
Progressive William Craven 1,384
Progressive T. E. Morris 1,348
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Herbert Eaton 4,283
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood 4,243
Progressive Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell 912
Progressive James Scott Duckers 884
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Lord Cheylesmore 4,335
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood 4,279
Progressive Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell 821
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Richard Joshua Cooper Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Richard Joshua Cooper Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Evelyn Boscawen 6,891 n/a
Municipal Reform Hubert Greenwood 6,833 n/a
Labour Mary Carlin 901 n/a
Labour Jessie Stephen 872 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1928 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Evelyn Boscawen Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Isabel Mary Lawrence Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1931 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Barrie Lambert Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform John Moore-Brabazon Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1934 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Barrie Lambert 7,224 n/a
Municipal Reform Edmund Wood 7,216 n/a
Labour D. G. Biggs 1,261 n/a
Labour J. Wild 1,241 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1937 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edmund Wood 9,159
Municipal Reform Barrie Lambert 9,059
Labour J. E. Connal 1,457
Labour E. D. Rhodes 1,436
Independent S. Burke 272
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1946 London County Council election: Westminster St George's[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Brooke Unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative Anthony Kershaw Unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

References

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  1. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  2. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  3. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  4. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  5. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
  7. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  8. ^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  9. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  10. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  11. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  12. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  13. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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