Limehouse (London County Council constituency)

Limehouse was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Limehouse
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byStepney

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1919 Robert Bryan Labour Henry Marks Progressive
1922 Clarissa Bessie Lankester Municipal Reform
1925 Isaac Lyons Labour Anna Mathew Labour
1928 Malcolm MacDonald Labour
1931 Henry James Lazarus Labour
1934 Richard Coppock Labour
1937 Monica Whately Labour
1946 Louise Reeve Labour

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Limehouse[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive Henry Marks 1,269 23.1
Labour Robert Bryan 1,244 22.6
Labour Clement Attlee 1,147 20.8
Independent R. Ridge 1,110 20.2
Progressive Ida Samuel 732 13.3
Majority 97 0.2
Progressive hold Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
1922 London County Council election: Limehouse[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive Henry Marks 5,746 28.8 +5.7
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 5,454 27.4 n/a
Labour Julia Scurr 4,385 22.0 -0.6
Labour Skene Mackay 4,350 21.8 +1.0
Majority 1,069 5.4 +5.2
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Limehouse[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Isaac Lyons 4,287
Labour Anna Mathew 4,235
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,183
Progressive Henry Marks 1,979
Municipal Reform P. W. Brown 1,886
Progressive A. Hill 1,415
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1928 London County Council election: Limehouse[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Malcolm MacDonald 5,270
Labour Anna Mathew 5,108
Municipal Reform K. Slattery 2,648
Municipal Reform F. Simms 2,565
Liberal A. Hill 1,514
Liberal J. A. Maynard 1,480
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Limehouse[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anna Mathew 3,375
Labour Henry Lazarus 3,353
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,344
Municipal Reform T. A. N. Way 2,050
Independent J. H. Maynard 528
Democratic J. Cahill 517
Democratic G. J. Warren 477
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Limehouse[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anna Mathew 5,565
Labour Richard Coppock 5,356
Municipal Reform Clarissa Bessie Lankester 2,344
Municipal Reform John Boyd-Carpenter 1,935
Liberal J. H. Maynard 622
Liberal J. Johnson 479
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Limehouse[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Coppock 8,272
Labour Monica Whately 8,042
Municipal Reform V. G. Weeple 2,542
Municipal Reform G. E. Abrahams 2,431
British Union of Fascists A. Brook-Griggs 2,086
British Union of Fascists Charles Wegg-Prosser 2,086
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Limehouse[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Coppock 2,333
Labour Louise Reeve 2,206
Conservative P. Woodard 593
Conservative M. Barclay 550
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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