Hammersmith South (London County Council constituency)

Hammersmith South
Hammersmith South
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1955
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Hammersmith
Replaced by	Barons Court and Hammersmith North

Hammersmith South 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. Part was moved into Hammersmith North, and the remainder became part of a new Barons Court constituency.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1919	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1925	John Crawford Platt	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	Municipal Reform
1931	Walter Clifford Northcott	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	Municipal Reform
1946	Vera Dart	Labour	Bill Fiske	Labour
1949	Anthony Dalmain	Conservative	John Howard	Conservative	Leslie Frank Ramseyer	Conservative
1952	Ena Daniels	Labour	Audrey Lees	Labour	Fred Tonge	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	2,168	40.4
	Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon	2,109	39.3
	Labour	Dora Montefiore	1,093	20.4
Majority			1,016	18.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	6,483	36.4	−4.0
	Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon	6,415	36.1	−3.2
	Labour	C. J. Atkinson	2,574	14.5	−4.4
	Labour	M. Price	2,305	13.0	n/a
Majority			3,841	21.6	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Crawford Platt	4,924
	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	4,819
	Labour	F. C. R. Douglas	2,630
	Labour	Barbara Drake	2,613
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Crawford Platt	5,176
	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	5,172
	Labour	Stanley James Wells Morgan	3,769
	Labour	Herman Finer	3,759
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	5,186
	Municipal Reform	Walter Clifford Northcott	5,128
	Labour	Wyndham Albery	3,007
	Labour	P. W. J. Kingdom	2,915
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	5,403
	Municipal Reform	Walter Clifford Northcott	5,279
	Labour	T. Morris	3,839
	Labour	H. J. Yarham	3,734
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Bertie Jonathan Samuels	6,753
	Municipal Reform	Walter Clifford Northcott	6,695
	Labour	N. F. Bartlett	5,527
	Labour	W. W. Miller	5,436
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bill Fiske	5,539
	Labour	Vera Dart	5,485
	Conservative	Isidore Salmon	5,001
	Conservative	Furse	4,923
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Howard	9,859
Conservative	Leslie Frank Ramseyer	9,850
Conservative	Anthony Dalmain	9,238
Labour	Vera Dart	8,609
Labour	Bill Fiske	8,552
Labour	H. Solomons	8,527
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Hammersmith South^[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ena Daniels	12,790
Labour	Fred Tonge	12,398
Labour	Audrey Lees	12,380
Conservative	J. M. Chambon	9,485
Conservative	John Howard	9,439
Conservative	P. T. R. Acton	9,433
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		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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