Bethnal Green North East (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green North East
Bethnal Green North East
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 135 years ago
Abolished	1949; 75 years ago
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green North East 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.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	James Fenning Torr	Progressive	Walter Wren	Progressive
1892	James Fenning Torr	Progressive	Charles Freak	Labour Progressive
1895	Cosmo Rose-Innes	Moderate
1898	Edwin Cornwall	Progressive
1901	Edwin Cornwall	Progressive	Edward Smith	Progressive
1910	Garnham Edmonds	Progressive	Edward Smith	Progressive
1922	Edgar Bonham-Carter	Progressive	William Shadforth	Progressive
1925	George Belt	Labour	Henry Talbot Macdonald	Labour
1928	Eleanor Nathan	Liberal	Richard Edward Pearson	Liberal
1934	Thomas Dawson	Labour	Rachel Keeling	Labour
1941	Thomas Dawson	Labour	Wyndham Deedes	Labour
1946	Helen Bentwich	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Fenning Torr	1,740
Progressive	Walter Wren	1,709
Moderate	Theodore Lumley	1,456
Independent	William Wright	718
Liberal Unionist	James Bishop	484
Progressive	James Milbourne	401
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour Progressive	Charles Freak	2,361
Progressive	James Fenning Torr	2,298
Moderate	Beaufoi Moore	1,551
Moderate	Thomas Watson Francis	1,544
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Charles Freak	1,828
Progressive	James Fenning Torr	1,822
Moderate	Cosmo Rose-Innes	1,059
Moderate	A. W. H. Hay	1,050
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Charles Freak	2,733
Progressive	Edwin Cornwall	2,580
Moderate	J. A. Nix	1,611
Moderate	Edward Sassoon	1,599
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	Edward Smith	3,030	36.3
Progressive	Edwin Cornwall	2,963	35.5
Conservative	Charles Thomas Bruce	1,181	14.2
Conservative	Cartaret Fitzgerald Collins	1,169	14.0
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Edward Smith	3,265
Progressive	Edwin Cornwall	3,251
Conservative	McCrae	1,211
Conservative	Richard Storry Deans	1,163
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Edwin Cornwall	3,877
	Progressive	Edward Smith	3,776
	Municipal Reform	R. A. Robinson	1,918
	Municipal Reform	L. H. Lemon	1,907
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Garnham Edmonds	3,423	36.6
	Progressive	Edward Smith	3,369	36.1
	Municipal Reform	Alexander Edwards	1,327	14.2
	Municipal Reform	William Long Restall	1,221	13.1
Majority			2,042	21.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Garnham Edmonds	2,731	29.4	−7.2
	Progressive	Edward Smith	2,667	28.7	−7.4
	Municipal Reform	G. Allen	1,961	21.1	+6.9
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Andrew Blane	1,941	20.9	+7.8
Majority			706	7.6	−14.3
	Progressive hold		Swing	-7.1
	Progressive hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Edward Smith	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	Garnham Edmonds	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edgar Bonham-Carter	3,522		n/a
	Progressive	William Shadforth	3,518		n/a
	Labour	B. Gray	3,295		n/a
	Labour	George Belt	3,154		n/a
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henry Talbot Macdonald	3,912
	Labour	George Belt	3,808
	Progressive	Edgar Bonham-Carter	3,485
	Progressive	Richard Edward Pearson	3,382
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Edward Pearson	5,577
	Liberal	Eleanor Nathan	5,524
	Labour	T. Stone	2,821
	Labour	George Belt	2,773
	Communist	Jim Bradley	1,238
	Communist	Minnie Birch	1,140
	Municipal Reform	James Alan Bell	975
	Municipal Reform	William Shadforth	896
Majority
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eleanor Nathan	5,543
	Liberal	Richard Edward Pearson	5,401
	Labour	H. P. Wilson	3,878
	Labour	Rachel Keeling	3,809
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rachel Keeling	6,470
	Labour	Thomas Dawson	6,410
	Liberal	Eleanor Nathan	4,320
	Liberal	Richard Edward Pearson	4,223
	Independent	William Shadforth	159
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Dawson	7,777
	Labour	Rachel Susanna Keeling	7,756
	British Union of Fascists	Alexander Raven Thomson	3,028
	British Union of Fascists	E. G. Clarke	3,022
	Liberal	Arthur Irvine	2,328
	Liberal	H. K. Sadler	2,298
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	3,218
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	3,205
	Liberal	J. Ellis	1,679
	Liberal	R. H. Roberts	1,614
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "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
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

[3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[4] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[5] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[6] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[10] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[11] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[12] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[13] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[14] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[15] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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