Greenwich (London County Council constituency)

Greenwich
Greenwich
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Greenwich 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	Richard Jackson	Progressive	George Lidgett	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1895	Henry Thomas Banning	Moderate	Ralph Gooding	Moderate
1898	Richard Jackson	Progressive	John Peppercorn	Progressive
1901	Richard Jackson	Progressive	Frederick William Warmington	Progressive
1907	Ion Hamilton Benn	Municipal Reform	Alexander Thynne	Municipal Reform
1910	Rowland Clegg-Hill	Municipal Reform	George Hume	Municipal Reform
1919	Ernest Dence	Municipal Reform	George Hume	Municipal Reform
1922			George Rowland Hill	Municipal Reform
1922			Madeline Hill	Municipal Reform
1928			Cuthbert Edward Hunter	Municipal Reform
1934	Esther Rickards	Labour	Walter Windsor	Labour
1937	Esther Rickards	Labour	Bernard Sullivan	Labour
1946	Harold Gibbons	Labour
1948	Johanna Gollogly	Labour
1949	Johanna Gollogly	Labour			Arthur Chrisp	Labour
1955	Thomas Beacham	Labour	Peggy Middleton	Labour
1958	Julia Johnson	Labour	Peggy Middleton	Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Greenwich^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	George Lidgett	3,102
Progressive	Richard Jackson	3,025
Moderate	Thomas Boord	2,440
Moderate	Stuart Knill	2,390
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Greenwich^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Richard Jackson	3,667
Progressive	George Lidgett	3,628
Moderate	William Fox Batley	3,168
Moderate	George Maryon-Wilson	3,080
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Greenwich^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Henry Thomas Banning	3,284
Moderate	Ralph Gooding	3,258
Progressive	Richard Jackson	3,131
Progressive	George Lidgett	2,983
Ind. Labour Party	Pete Curran	391
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Greenwich^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Richard Jackson	3,898
Progressive	John Peppercorn	3,249
Moderate	Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham	3,194
Moderate	W. E. Ball	3,190
Ind. Labour Party	J. M. McCarthy	689
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Greenwich^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Richard Jackson	4,242	28.5	+1.1
Progressive	Frederick William Warmington	3,937	26.5	+3.7
Conservative	John Edward Shaw	3,209	21.6	−0.9
Conservative	William Kent Lemon	3,178	21.4	−1.0
Independent	James Ellis	315	2.1	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+1.7

1904 London County Council election: Greenwich^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	Richard Jackson	Unopposed	N/A
Progressive	Frederick William Warmington	Unopposed	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Greenwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ion Hamilton Benn	6,217
	Municipal Reform	Alexander Thynne	5,991
	Progressive	D. McCall	3,727
	Progressive	J. Wilson	3,545
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Greenwich^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Rowland Clegg-Hill	4,574	28.6
	Municipal Reform	George Hume	4,569	28.6
	Progressive	Thomas Ford	2,919	17.3
	Progressive	John Belcher Allpass	2,768	17.3
	Labour	Ernest Gilbert	1,161	7.3
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Greenwich^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George Hume	4,815	26.0	−2.6
	Municipal Reform	Rowland Clegg-Hill	4,787	25.8	−2.8
	Progressive	Alfred Henry Scott	4,486	24.2	+6.9
	Progressive	Hugh Moulton	4,463	24.1	+6.8
Majority			301	1.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-4.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Greenwich^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	George Hume	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Greenwich^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	9,412	28.3	n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Rowland Hill	9,367	28.2	n/a
	Labour	Hyacinth Morgan	7,332	22.0	n/a
	Labour	J. G. Davenport	7,145	21.4	n/a
Majority					n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Greenwich^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	8,573
	Municipal Reform	Madeline Hill	8,351
	Labour	Hyacinth Morgan	8,032
	Labour	J. Round	7,758
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Greenwich^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	9,807
	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Edward Hunter	9,684
	Labour	Thomas Henry Philip Beacham	8,443
	Labour	Harold Henry Gibbons	8,280
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Greenwich^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	9,463
	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Edward Hunter	9,387
	Labour	Thomas Beacham	7,003
	Labour	Harold Gibbons	6,736
	Communist	J. T. Bellamy	569	n/a
	Communist	J. Cronin	243	n/a
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Greenwich^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Esther Rickards	10,754
	Labour	Walter Windsor	10,616
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Dence	9,253
	Municipal Reform	C. Drage	9,086
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Greenwich^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Esther Rickards	11,682
	Labour	Bernard Sullivan	11,457
	Municipal Reform	J. H. Barrington	10,793
	Municipal Reform	E. R. Mayer	10,674
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Greenwich^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harold Gibbons	7,733
	Labour	Bernard Sullivan	7,500
	Conservative	W. F. Mills	5,415
	Conservative	S. M. Roberts	5,245
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Greenwich^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Johanna Gollogly	15,137
Labour	Arthur Chrisp	14,447
Labour	Bernard Sullivan	14,237
Conservative	W. F. Mills	13,527
Conservative	W. Smith	12,840
Conservative	R. E. A. Purkiss	12,731
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Greenwich^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Johanna Gollogly	17,835
Labour	Arthur Chrisp	17,602
Labour	Bernard Sullivan	17,437
Conservative	William H. Bishop	11,227
Conservative	H. P. Brooks	10,893
Conservative	Humphry Berkeley	10,783
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Greenwich^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur Chrisp	11,814
Labour	Thomas Beacham	11,590
Labour	Peggy Middleton	11,469
Conservative	Dorothy Home	9,639
Conservative	W. Smith	9,201
Conservative	W. F. Mills	9,197
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Greenwich^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur Chrisp	13,258
Labour	Julia Johnson	12,816
Labour	Peggy Middleton	12,606
Conservative	Dorothy Home	7,040
Conservative	A. C. Prothero	6,637
Conservative	C. Shaw	6,518
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Greenwich^[20]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur Chrisp	14,280
Labour	Peggy Middleton	13,990
Labour	Julia Johnson	13,467
Conservative	Rodney Holmes	9,515
Conservative	C. Shipton	9,192
Conservative	J. W. Tennant	8,961
Liberal	G. Findlow	1,981
Liberal	C. Lindsay	1,830
Liberal	R. Hart	1,785
Labour hold		Swing
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.
^ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916
^ ^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.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 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.

[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.

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

[8] The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916

[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.

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

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

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

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

[20] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 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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