Woolwich (London County Council constituency)

Woolwich
Woolwich
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Woolwich East and Woolwich West

Woolwich was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	Edwin Hughes	Moderate	James Alexander Rentoul	Moderate
1892			John Robert Jolly	Independent Progressive
1895			Abel Penfold	Moderate
1900	William Peel	Moderate	William James Squires	Moderate
1904	Fred Chambers	Labour Progressive	Lewis Jenkin Jones	Labour Progressive
1907	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	Municipal Reform
1911	Kingsley Wood	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	Municipal Reform

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Woolwich^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Edwin Hughes	5,133
Moderate	Abel Penfold	4,661
Progressive	Decimus Marsh	4,360
Progressive	Albert Lindow	4,041
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Woolwich^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	William James Squires	3,807	28.4	+0.2
Conservative	William Peel	3,669	27.4	+1.8
Progressive	Decimus Marsh	3,137	23.4	−1.0
Progressive	H. B. D. Woodcock	2,784	20.8	−1.4
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

1904 London County Council election: Woolwich^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Progressive	Lewis Jenkin Jones	6,982
	Labour Progressive	Fred Chambers	6,669
	Conservative	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay	4,437
	Conservative	J. M. T. Dumphreys	4,097
Majority
	Labour Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Woolwich^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	8,904
	Municipal Reform	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay	8,677
	Labour Progressive	Lewis Jenkin Jones	7,880
	Labour Progressive	George Lansbury	7,611
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Woolwich^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	7,956
	Municipal Reform	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay	7,736
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	6,931
	Labour	Jenkin Jones	6,789
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	8,378
	Municipal Reform	Kingsley Wood	8,300
	Labour	William Sanders	7,618
	Labour	Margaret Bondfield	7,598
Majority			682
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform 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

[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

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