Rotherhithe (London County Council constituency)

Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Bermondsey

Rotherhithe was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	Francis Culling Carr-Gomm	Progressive	Lawrence Stevens	Progressive
1892	James Thomas Macnamara	Progressive
1894	Howell Jones Williams	Progressive
1894	Howell Jones Williams	Progressive	William Henry Christopher Payne	Moderate
1895	Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Moderate	William Henry Christopher Payne	Moderate
1898	Ambrose Pomeroy	Progressive	Harold Glanville	Progressive
1910	John Scott Lidgett	Progressive	Robert Leishman Stuart	Progressive
1922	Alan Randle	Labour	William John Webb	Labour
1928	Isaac Hayward	Labour	Sidney Stranks	Labour
1934	Isaac Hayward	Labour	James Allan Gillison	Labour
1937	Albert Charles Starr	Labour	James Allan Gillison	Labour

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy	2,778
Progressive	Harold Glanville	2,650
Moderate	William Henry Christopher Payne	2,427
Moderate	A. Radford	2,344
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Harold Glanville	2,934	28.2	+2.2
Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy	2,927	28.1	+0.9
Conservative	James Augustus Grant	2,302	22.1	−1.7
Conservative	Arthur Pennell	2,244	21.6	−1.4
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+1.5

1904 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy	3,103
	Progressive	Harold Glanville	3,029
	Conservative	J. W. Oake	1,530
	Conservative	W. W. Tyler	1,448
	Independent	W. F. Brown	1,160
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy	3,693
	Progressive	Harold Glanville	3,663
	Municipal Reform	F. Fremantle	3,365
	Municipal Reform	F. E. Eddie	3,259
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Scott Lidgett	3,716
	Progressive	Robert Leishman Stuart	3,706
	Municipal Reform	H. G. L. Davidson	2,060
	Municipal Reform	Gilbert Hurst	2,058
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Robert Leishman Stuart	3,186
	Progressive	John Scott Lidgett	3,159
	Municipal Reform	W. G. Marriott	2,662
	Municipal Reform	D. Radcliffe	2,457
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	John Scott Lidgett	2,327	36.3
	Progressive	Robert Leishman Stuart	2,252	35.2
	Labour	Ada Salter	988	15.4
	Labour	John Thomas Westcott	839	13.1
Majority			1,264	19.7
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alan Randle	5,457
	Labour	William John Webb	5,296
	Progressive	John Scott Lidgett	3,807
	Progressive	Arthur Acland Allen	3,604
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alan Randle	5,604
	Labour	William John Webb	5,355
	Municipal Reform	J. J. Stewart	2,305
	Municipal Reform	F. W. Wallace	2,232
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	6,006
	Labour	Sidney Stranks	5,946
	Municipal Reform	W. T. Donovan	2,721
	Municipal Reform	F. H. East	2,686
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	4,338
	Labour	Sidney Stranks	4,291
	Municipal Reform	A. H. Gorman	2,053
	Municipal Reform	A. B. Bartley	2,047
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Allan Gillison	8,561
	Labour	Isaac Hayward	8,436
	Municipal Reform	A. H. Gorman	2,640
	Municipal Reform	T. W. E. Burgess	2,618
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Allan Gillison	9,065
	Labour	Albert Charles Starr	8,690
	Municipal Reform	Norah Runge	4,187
	Municipal Reform	J. A. Davis	3,830
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Rotherhithe^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Allan Gillison	4,097
	Labour	Albert Charles Starr	4,094
	Conservative	C. Martin	645
	Conservative	W. Say	611
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[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.

[London_Municipal_Notes,_1913-5] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-6] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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