Finsbury was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
| Finsbury | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1949 |
| Member(s) | 2 |
| Created from | Finsbury Central and Finsbury East |
| Replaced by | Shoreditch and Finsbury |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Alfred Baker | Progressive | George Gillett | Progressive | ||
| 1922 | Otho Nicholson | Municipal Reform | Rachel Mary Parsons | Municipal Reform | ||
| 1925 | James Duncan | Municipal Reform | Ernest Taylor | Municipal Reform | ||
| 1928 | William Harry Martin | Labour | Charles Robert Simpson | Labour | ||
| 1934 | George Edward Hayes | Labour | ||||
| 1946 | Barbara Marian Dobb | Labour | Chuni Lal Katial | Labour | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | George Gillett | 2,897 | 29.9 | ||
| Progressive | Alfred Baker | 2,569 | 26.5 | ||
| Municipal Reform | Henry Baldwin Barton | 2,146 | 22.2 | ||
| Municipal Reform | James Little | 2,073 | 21.4 | ||
| Majority | 423 | 4.3 | |||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Otho Nicholson | 5,778 | 25.7 | +3.5 | |
| Municipal Reform | Rachel Mary Parsons | 5,636 | 25.1 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | C. H. Brew | 3,222 | 14.3 | n/a | |
| Labour | Charles Simpson | 3,109 | 13.8 | n/a | |
| Progressive | Alfred Baker | 2,464 | 11.0 | −18.9 | |
| Progressive | Ida Samuel | 2,253 | 10.0 | −16.5 | |
| Majority | 2,414 | 10.8 | |||
| Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Ernest Taylor | 5,318 | |||
| Municipal Reform | James Duncan | 4,981 | |||
| Labour | Charles Simpson | 4,860 | |||
| Labour | William Harry Martin | 4,844 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Harry Martin | 7,212 | |||
| Labour | Charles Simpson | 7,207 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn | 4,365 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Alfred P. Harrison | 4,332 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Municipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Simpson | 5,866 | |||
| Labour | William Harry Martin | 5,863 | |||
| Municipal Reform | J. M. Naylor | 4,259 | |||
| Municipal Reform | K. W. M. Green | 4,220 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Harry Martin | 7,409 | |||
| Labour | George Edward Hayes | 7,383 | |||
| National Municipal | M. Franklin | 3,226 | |||
| National Municipal | Fordham Flower | 3,213 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Harry Martin | 7,968 | |||
| Labour | George Edward Hayes | 7,896 | |||
| Municipal Reform | G. H. Fletcher | 3,835 | |||
| Municipal Reform | F. F. A. Burden | 3,775 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Marian Dobb | 3,044 | |||
| Labour | Chuni Lal Katial | 2,931 | |||
| Conservative | A. G. Webb | 1,727 | |||
| Conservative | C. R. Purnell | 1,719 | |||
| Communist | Kay Beauchamp | 1,167 | |||
| Communist | Ann C. Murray | 1,067 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ 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.