Whitechapel 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.
| Whitechapel | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Member(s) | 2 |
| Replaced by | Whitechapel and St George's |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Stuart Samuel | Progressive | Charles Tarling | Progressive | ||
| 1892 | Thomas Catmur | Progressive | ||||
| 1895 | Morris Abrahams | Moderate | ||||
| 1897 | Harry Levy-Lawson | Progressive | ||||
| 1898 | William Cowlishaw Johnson | Progressive | ||||
| 1904 | Henry Herman Gordon | Independent | ||||
| 1907 | Progressive | |||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Harry Levy-Lawson | 1,917 | |||
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,768 | |||
| Moderate | L. Campbell-Johnson | 1,322 | |||
| Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Harry Levy-Lawson | 1,785 | 32.9 | +2.6 | |
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,701 | 31.3 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Donald Alexander Munro | 1,053 | 19.4 | −1.2 | |
| Conservative | Henry Wren Henderson | 892 | 16.4 | 4.5 | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,616 | |||
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,326 | |||
| Progressive | George Lewis Bruce | 1,163 | |||
| Conservative | E. C. Carter | 910 | |||
| Conservative | G. B. B. Hobart | 710 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,756 | |||
| Independent | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,627 | |||
| Municipal Reform | E. Hodsoll | 1,211 | |||
| Municipal Reform | C. Wertheimer | 980 | |||
| Independent Progressive | Elkin | 772 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,954 | |||
| Progressive | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,950 | |||
| Municipal Reform | W. Dully | 825 | |||
| Municipal Reform | John Benjamin Lindenbaum | 813 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,746 | |||
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,792 | |||
| Municipal Reform | E. G. Parry | 1,008 | |||
| Municipal Reform | A. Ludski | 916 | |||
| Majority | 738 | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive 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