Chelsea (London County Council constituency)

Chelsea
Chelsea
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919; 105 years ago
Abolished	1965; 59 years ago
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Chelsea was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1889	William Æneas Smith	Progressive	George William Osborn	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892	William Æneas Smith	Progressive	Frank Costelloe	Progressive
1893	Edmund Turton	Progressive
1895	George Cadogan	Moderate
1895	Cecil Chapman	Moderate
1898	Emslie Horniman	Progressive	James Jeffery	Progressive
1907	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	Municipal Reform
1910	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	Municipal Reform
1922	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	Municipal Reform
1933	Basil Futvoye Marsden-Smedley	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	Municipal Reform
1934	Basil Futvoye Marsden-Smedley	Municipal Reform	Catherine Fulford	Conservative
1946	John Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative
1949	John Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative			Alexander Lloyd	Conservative
1952	Marion Bennett	Conservative	Roderick Edwards	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	Conservative
1958	Marion Bennett	Conservative	Stuart Townend	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	Conservative
1961	John Elliott Brooks	Conservative	Stuart Townend	Conservative	Percy Rugg	Conservative

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Chelsea^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	George William Osborn	3,170
Progressive	William Æneas Smith	2,512
Moderate	Leedham White	1,774
Moderate	W. Jeffrey	1,647
Independent	Charles Mossop	1,217
Independent	Andrew Thompson	211
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Chelsea^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Æneas Smith	3,332
Progressive	Frank Costelloe	3,207
Moderate	Cecil Chapman	2,930
Moderate	John Humphrey	2,916
Social Democratic Federation	Harry Quelch	170
Social Democratic Federation	Walter Geard	126
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Chelsea^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	George Cadogan	3,441
Progressive	Frank Costelloe	3,355
Moderate	Cecil Chapman	3,338
Progressive	S. Insull	2,996
Ind. Labour Party	Harold Snelling	218
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

In 1898, Horniman and Chapman tied on 3,675 votes after the initial count. A recount reduced Chapman's vote total by two, so Horniman was elected.^[3]^[4]

1898 London County Council election: Chelsea^[3]^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Jeffery	4,044
Progressive	Emslie Horniman	3,675
Moderate	Cecil Chapman	3,673
Moderate	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	3,315
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Chelsea^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	James Jeffery	4,582	31.8	+4.3
Progressive	Emslie Horniman	4,481	31.1	+6.1
Conservative	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	2,682	18.6	−4.0
Conservative	William Elliott	2,659	18.5	−6.5
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Chelsea^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Jeffery	4,224
Progressive	Emslie Horniman	4,143
Conservative	Euston Sartorius	3,471
Conservative	Clarence Goff	3,462
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Chelsea^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff	5,877
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	5,779
	Progressive	Emslie Horniman	3,977
	Progressive	John Jeffery	3,915
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Chelsea^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	4,935	32.1
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	4,886	31.7
	Progressive	Leonard Costello	2,809	18.2
	Progressive	John Mackenzie	2,766	18.0
Majority			2,077	13.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Chelsea^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	5,200	33.6	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,113	33.0	+1.3
	Progressive	Katharine Wallas	2,598	16.8	−1.4
	Progressive	George Schuster	2,569	16.6	−1.4
Majority			2,515	16.2	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.4
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Chelsea^[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Chelsea^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	7,727		n/a
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	7,655		n/a
	Labour	J. T. Houlihan	3,214		n/a
	Labour	C. M. Merrifield	3,203		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Chelsea^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	5,947
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,650
	Labour	Dora Russell	2,640
	Labour	A. L. Walton	2,141
	Progressive	Iolo Aneurin Williams	2,141
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Chelsea^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	6,294
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	6,178
	Liberal	Iolo Aneurin Williams	1,487
	Liberal	Amy Beatrice Huntington	1,318
	Labour	A. L. Walton	1,029
	Labour	P. A. Skinner	980
	Independent Labour	L. W. Potter	841
	Independent Labour	B. J. Gifford	823
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Chelsea^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	6,186
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	6,130
	Liberal	E. G. G. Bach	1,095
	Liberal	E. S. G. Bach	1,082
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Chelsea^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Basil Marsden-Smedley	6,174
	Municipal Reform	Catherine Fulford	6,105
	Labour	L. Arnold	2,235
	Labour	V. C. Elliott	2,216
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Chelsea^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Basil Marsden-Smedley	7,814
	Municipal Reform	Catherine Fulford	7,685
	Labour	P. A. Skinner	2,900
	Labour	G. Watson	2,850
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Chelsea^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	6,204
	Conservative	Catherine Fulford	6,186
	Labour	Mary Louisa Piercy	2,462
	Labour	R. C. Edmonds	2,442
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Chelsea^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Alexander Lloyd	14,994
Conservative	Catherine Fulford	14,902
Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	14,829
Labour	R. Edmonds	4,589
Labour	F. L. Tonge	4,535
Labour	Robin Davis	4,429
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Chelsea^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Roderick Edwards	15,814
Conservative	Marion Bennett	15,789
Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	15,592
Labour	J. Sofer	4,587
Labour	H. Atkinson	4,511
Labour	J. Allen	4,444
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Chelsea^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Roderick Edwards	12,473
Conservative	Marion Edwards	12,465
Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	12,174
Labour	H. J. Davies	2,406
Labour	S. Fordyce	2,122
Labour	S. Stratford-Lawrence	2,049
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Chelsea^[20]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Marion Bennett	10,894
Conservative	Stuart Townend	10,828
Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	10,689
Labour	L. Bonham	2,660
Labour	W. R. Johnson	2,633
Labour	H. Halpin	2,626
Liberal	H. Symons	2,157
Liberal	Ruth Abrahams	2,139
Liberal	J. Hart	2,081
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Chelsea^[21]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Elliott Brooks	10,991
Conservative	Percy Rugg	10,914
Conservative	Stuart Townend	10,786
Liberal	S. Marsden-Smedley	2,764
Liberal	Peter Guy Henry Thorold	2,486
Labour	P. F. Corbett	2,482
Labour	M. Baxter	2,469
Liberal	J. L. Spicer	2,405
Labour	M. Shufeldt	2,315
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative 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.
^ ^a ^b "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ ^a ^b "London County Council election". The Times. 27 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.
^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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

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

[times26feb98-3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[times27feb98-4] "London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.

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

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

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

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

[9] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-10] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

[17] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[18] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[19] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[20] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[21] "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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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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