Poplar (London County Council constituency)

Poplar
Poplar
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 1949
Abolished	1919; 1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Bow and Bromley and Poplar South
Replaced by	Poplar South

Poplar was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	William Pelham Bullivant	Moderate	John McDougall	Progressive
1892	Will Crooks	Labour Progressive	John McDougall	Progressive
1910	Will Crooks	Labour Progressive	Robert Ensor	Labour
1913	St John Hutchinson	Progressive	Susan Lawrence	Labour

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1949	Frederick Thomas Baldock		Labour	John Branagan		Labour	William Henry Guy		Labour
1952	Arthur Niederman		Labour	John Branagan		Labour	William Henry Guy		Labour

Election results

1889 to 1919

1898 London County Council election: Poplar^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Will Crooks	3,632
Progressive	John McDougall	3,310
Moderate	J. B. Atlay	1,585
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Poplar^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Will Crooks	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	John McDougall	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Poplar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Will Crooks	3,565
	Progressive	John McDougall	3,169
	Conservative	T. H. Clarke	1,891
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Poplar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Will Crooks	3,504
	Progressive	John McDougall	3,476
	Municipal Reform	T. H. Clarke	2,778
	Municipal Reform	A. Maude	2,579
Majority			725
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Poplar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John McDougall	3,169
	Labour	Robert Ensor	2,835
	Municipal Reform	T. J. Clarke	1,883
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Poplar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	St John Hutchinson	3,061
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	2,960
	Municipal Reform	T. Vosper	1,599
	Municipal Reform	Elliott	1,492
Majority			1,361
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,462
	Progressive hold		Swing

1949 to 1965

1949 London County Council election: Poplar^[7]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Henry Guy	13,219
Labour	John Branagan	12,864
Labour	Frederick Thomas Baldock	12,518
Conservative	C. P. T. Burke	4,237
Conservative	Joan Vickers	3,935
Conservative	W. S. Pennicutt	3,826

1952 London County Council election: Poplar^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Henry Guy	14,485
Labour	John Branagan	13,871
Labour	Arthur Niederman	13,581
Conservative	R. E. Gayler	2,406
Conservative	M. Lazarus	1,876
Conservative	R. W. Hudson	1,820
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Poplar^[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Henry Guy	9,698
Labour	John Branagan	9,093
Labour	Arthur Niederman	8,974
Conservative	A. L. Causton	2,037
Conservative	J. T. Reynolds	1,766
Conservative	Gerard Vaughan	1,689
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Poplar^[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Henry Guy	10,173
Labour	Arthur Niederman	9,565
Labour	John Branagan	9,498
Conservative	R. E. G. Howe	1,464
Conservative	J. T. Reynolds	1,157
Conservative	F. A. Rowland	1,090
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Poplar^[11]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Henry Guy	9,871
Labour	Arthur Niederman	9,095
Labour	John Branagan	9,003
Conservative	E. A. F. Horey	1,680
Conservative	A. J. Lawrence	1,510
Conservative	F. A. Rowland	1,341
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "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
^ "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.

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

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

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

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

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

[6] London Municipal Notes, 1913

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

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

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

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

[11] "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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