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Southwark West (London County Council constituency)

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Southwark West
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced bySouthwark North

Southwark West 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.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Alfred Henry Haggis Progressive John George Rhodes Progressive
1892 Edric Bayley Progressive Thomas Hunter Progressive
1907 Albert Wilson Progressive
1918 Consuelo Vanderbilt Progressive

Election results

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1898 London County Council election: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Hunter 2,578
Progressive Edric Bayley 2,575
Moderate Oscar Berry 1,201
Moderate W. C. Copeland 1,193
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Southwark West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edric Bayley unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive Thomas Hunter unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1904 London County Council election: Southwark West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Hunter 2,285
Progressive Edric Bayley 2,283
Conservative J. T. Scriven 1,550
Conservative E. M. Judge 1,547
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Southwark West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Hunter 2,998
Progressive Albert Wilson 2,953
Municipal Reform J. T. Scriven 2,746
Municipal Reform F. Gillett 2,649
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Southwark West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Albert Wilson 2,907
Progressive Thomas Hunter 2,904
Municipal Reform Edward Matthews 2,542
Municipal Reform John Tyson Wigan 2,531
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Southwark West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Albert Wilson 2,642
Progressive Thomas Hunter 2,831
Municipal Reform H. Edwards 2,105
Municipal Reform Walter Somerville 2,070
Majority 726
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

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