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Barons Court (London County Council constituency)

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Barons Court
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1955
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created fromFulham East, Fulham West and Hammersmith South

Barons Court was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1955 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party Name Party
1955 Frank Banfield Labour Bill Fiske Labour Lilian Madge Dugdale Conservative
1958 Audrey Lees Labour

Election results

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1955 London County Council election: Barons Court[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Banfield 10,946
Labour Bill Fiske 10,872
Conservative Madge Dugdale 10,832
Conservative Bill Carr 10,825
Labour Audrey Lees 10,821
Conservative G. K. Messervy 10,581
1958 London County Council election: Barons Court[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Banfield 11,334
Labour Bill Fiske 11,322
Labour Audrey Lees 11,122
Conservative Bill Carr 6,885
Conservative Rosemary Longstaff 6,670
Conservative Madge Dugdale 6,841
Liberal T. Brooks 1,584
Liberal B. L. Davis 1,413
Liberal W. J. Searle 1,347
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1961 London County Council election: Barons Court[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Banfield 11,073
Labour Bill Fiske 10,695
Labour Audrey Lees 10,330
Conservative B. J. Daniels 10,251
Conservative L. C. McCracken 9,891
Conservative V. C. Arundell 9,861
Liberal Simon Harold John Arthur Knott 1,053
Liberal R. J. Groves 964
Liberal J. L. Roberts 927
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  2. ^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  3. ^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.