Westminster St George's (London County Council constituency)

Westminster St George's
Westminster St George's
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Cities of London and Westminster

Westminster St George's, known until 1919 as St George's Hanover Square, 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	Robert Antrobus	Moderate	Howard Vincent	Moderate
1896	Robert Antrobus	Moderate	Henry Legge	Moderate
1898	William Henry Christopher Payne	Moderate	Henry Legge	Moderate
1901	John Dickson-Poynder	Conservative	Hubert Greenwood	Conservative
1904	John Dickson-Poynder	Conservative	Francis Leigh	Conservative
1907	Herbert Eaton	Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	Municipal Reform
1919	Richard Joshua Cooper	Municipal Reform
1925	Evelyn Boscawen	Municipal Reform
1928	Evelyn Boscawen	Municipal Reform	Isabel Mary Lawrence	Municipal Reform
1931	Barrie Lambert	Municipal Reform	John Moore-Brabazon	Municipal Reform
1932	Barrie Lambert	Municipal Reform	Edmund Wood	Municipal Reform
1946	Henry Brooke	Municipal Reform	Anthony Kershaw	Municipal Reform

Election results

1898 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Robert Antrobus	3,143
Moderate	Henry Legge	3,086
Progressive	L. V. Biggs	1,038
Progressive	C. L. Heywood	1,032
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	John Dickson-Poynder	2,395	36.6	−6.4
Conservative	Hubert Greenwood	2,365	36.2	−6.2
Progressive	Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope	1,414	21.6	+7.3
Independent	P. H. Saunders	361	5.5	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing	-6.8

1904 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hubert Greenwood	3,144
	Conservative	Francis Leigh	3,113
	Progressive	Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan	1,911
	Progressive	R. G. Webster	1,852
	Independent	S. Copp	87
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Eaton	5,445
	Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	5,375
	Progressive	William Craven	1,384
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,348
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Eaton	4,283
	Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	4,243
	Progressive	Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell	912
	Progressive	James Scott Duckers	884
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: St George's Hanover Square^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Lord Cheylesmore	4,335
	Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	4,279
	Progressive	Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell	821
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Richard Joshua Cooper	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Richard Joshua Cooper	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[8]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Evelyn Boscawen	6,891		n/a
Municipal Reform	Hubert Greenwood	6,833		n/a
Labour	Mary Carlin	901		n/a
Labour	Jessie Stephen	872		n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Evelyn Boscawen	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Isabel Mary Lawrence	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1931 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Barrie Lambert	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Moore-Brabazon	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1934 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[11]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Barrie Lambert	7,224		n/a
Municipal Reform	Edmund Wood	7,216		n/a
Labour	D. G. Biggs	1,261		n/a
Labour	J. Wild	1,241		n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1937 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[12]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Municipal Reform	Edmund Wood	9,159
Municipal Reform	Barrie Lambert	9,059
Labour	J. E. Connal	1,457
Labour	E. D. Rhodes	1,436
Independent	S. Burke	272
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1946 London County Council election: Westminster St George's^[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Henry Brooke	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative	Anthony Kershaw	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

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
^ ^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.

[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

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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