Fulham West (London County Council constituency)

Fulham West
Fulham West
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1955
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Fulham
Replaced by	Fulham

Fulham West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. It was largely replaced by a new Fulham constituency.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1919	Cyril Cobb	Municipal Reform	William Warner	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1922			Frank Hobbs	Municipal Reform
1931			George Gordon	Municipal Reform
1934	Christopher Lancaster	Labour	Leah L'Estrange Malone	Labour
1937			Geoffrey Weston Aplin	Municipal Reform
1946			Frank Banfield	Labour
1949	Ian Mactaggart	Conservative			Ethel Rankin	Labour
1952	Richard Edmonds	Labour			Ethel Rankin	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Fulham West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	3,834	34.8
	Municipal Reform	William Warner	3,542	32.2
	Labour	Robert Mark Gentry	1,934	17.6
	Labour	John Palmer	1,695	15.4
Majority			1,608	14.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Fulham West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	9,849	34.8	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	Frank Hobbs	9,588	33.8	+1.6
	Labour	Robert Mark Gentry	4,555	16.1	−1.5
	Labour	I. M. Lineham	4,350	15.3	−0.1
Majority			5,033	17.7	+3.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Fulham West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	6,872
	Municipal Reform	Frank Hobbs	6,379
	Labour	Joan Howson	4,162
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	4,135
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Fulham West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	6,818
	Municipal Reform	Frank Hobbs	6,406
	Labour	George Spero	5,630
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	5,621
	Liberal	Robert Wilson Black	4,449
	Liberal	Walter Cunningham	4,005
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Fulham West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	7,626
	Municipal Reform	George Gordon	6,877
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	5,025
	Labour	Monica Whately	4,758
	Liberal	Robert Wilson Black	2,586
	Liberal	Edgar Gale Hardy	2,111
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Fulham West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	8,560
	Labour	Leah L'Estrange Malone	8,282
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Cobb	7,902
	Municipal Reform	George Gordon	7,599
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Fulham West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	10,480
	Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Weston Aplin	10,255
	Municipal Reform	R. Etherton	10,230
	Labour	Leah L'Estrange Malone	10,071
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Fulham West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Frank Banfield	9,610
	Labour	Christopher Lancaster	9,589
	Conservative	Geoffrey Weston Aplin	5,576
	Conservative	P. F. Remnant	5,477
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Fulham West^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Frank Banfield	12,382
Conservative	Ian Mactaggart	12,216
Labour	Ethel Rankin	12,073
Labour	Eleanor Nathan	12,054
Conservative	J. Haggie	12,052
Conservative	E. Hoare	12,033
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Fulham West^[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Frank Banfield	15,192
Labour	Ethel Rankin	15,073
Labour	Richard Edmonds	14,742
Conservative	Ian Mactaggart	11,360
Conservative	J. Haggie	11,317
Conservative	P. B. Kenyon	11,229
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ ^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.

[lmsnotes-1] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[2] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.

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

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

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