Bethnal Green was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
| Bethnal Green | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Member(s) | 3 |
| Created from | Bethnal Green North East and Bethnal Green South West |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Percy Harris | Liberal | Beatrice Lilian Tate | Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | Labour | |||
| 1952 | Dorothy Holman | Labour | |||||||
| 1961 | A. McLaughlin | Labour | Ashley Bramall | Labour | |||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Harris | 8,305 | |||
| Labour | Beatrice Lilian Tate | 8,236 | |||
| Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | 8,115 | |||
| Labour | Helen Bentwich | 7,877 | |||
| Liberal | Guy Darnley Naylor | 7,652 | |||
| Liberal | Patrick Moynihan | 7,573 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dorothy Holman | 11,277 | |||
| Labour | Beatrice Lilian Tate | 10,290 | |||
| Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | 9,735 | |||
| Liberal | Norman Harris | 3,460 | |||
| Liberal | R. W. Scott | 2,517 | |||
| Liberal | P. R. C. Lumsden | 2,460 | |||
| Conservative | J. J. Harvey-Kelly | 1,145 | |||
| Conservative | H. Seabag-Montefiore | 1,110 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dorothy Holman | 10,263 | |||
| Labour | Beatrice Lilian Tate | 10,087 | |||
| Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | 9,545 | |||
| Liberal | J. Douglas | 1,328 | |||
| Conservative | K. B. Campbell | 1,194 | |||
| Liberal | J. Walters | 1,178 | |||
| Liberal | S. Ainley | 1,135 | |||
| Conservative | P. R. Roney | 1,092 | |||
| Conservative | L. L. Ware | 1,084 | |||
| Union Movement | F. Bailey | 634 | |||
| Union Movement | Alexander Raven Thomson | 540 | |||
| Union Movement | P. Duhig | 476 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dorothy Holman | 10,395 | |||
| Labour | Beatrice Lilian Tate | 10,012 | |||
| Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | 9,822 | |||
| Conservative | W. H. Ballard | 721 | |||
| Conservative | R. Stock | 615 | |||
| Conservative | R. Roney | 543 | |||
| Socialist (GB) | A. W. Iverney | 356 | |||
| Socialist (GB) | J. L. Read | 333 | |||
| Socialist (GB) | F. James | 306 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dorothy Holman | 10,341 | |||
| Labour | A. McLaughlin | 9,441 | |||
| Labour | Ashley Bramall | 9,072 | |||
| Liberal | Tudor Gates | 1,669 | |||
| Liberal | D. Sacker | 1,539 | |||
| Liberal | D. E. Wolfe | 1,429 | |||
| Conservative | W. H. Ballard | 1,349 | |||
| Conservative | O. S. Henriques | 1,146 | |||
| Conservative | J. G. Hemingway | 1,112 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "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.