Kennington (London County Council constituency)

Kennington
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byBrixton and Vauxhall

Kennington 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 Party Name Party
1889 Horatio Myer Progressive Harry Seymour Foster Moderate
1892 Richard Cecil Grosvenor Progressive William Stockbridge Progressive
1895 Joseph Dixon Moderate Thomas Arthur Organ Progressive
1898 John Benn Progressive
1901 Stephen Collins Progressive
1907 Edward Denny Progressive
1910 Maurice de Forest Progressive
1913 William Peel Municipal Reform
1919 Harry Gosling Labour
1922 Harold Swann Municipal Reform
1922 Harry Gosling Labour
1925 George Maurice Beaufoy Municipal Reform
1928 Charles Gibson Labour
1931 Henry Studholme Municipal Reform
1934 Charles Gibson Labour Amy Sayle Labour
1946 Howell John Powell Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Kennington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Horatio Myer 2,139
Moderate Harry Seymour Foster 1,192
Independent Charles William Andrew 1,061
Progressive Charles Richard White 918
Independent William Stockbridge 211
Progressive win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Kennington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Stockbridge 2,872
Progressive Robert Cecil Grosvenor 2,835
Moderate F. E. Goodhart 1,580
Moderate J. M. Paterson 1,529
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Kennington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Joseph Dixon 2,337
Progressive Thomas Arthur Organ 2,313
Progressive R. Temple Rennie 2,297
Moderate R. Devereux 2,261
Independent G. Palmer 144
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Kennington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Arthur Organ 2,672
Progressive John Benn 2,661
Moderate Joseph Dixon 2,526
Moderate J. R. Cousins 2,471
Ind. Labour Party N. P. Palmer 68
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Kennington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Benn 3,505 32.8 +7.0
Progressive Stephen Collins 3,412 32.0 +6.1
Conservative Benjamin William Bennett 1,913 17.9 −6.0
Conservative Joseph Dixon 1,844 17.3 −7.2
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing +6.6
1904 London County Council election: Kennington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Stephen Collins 3,394
Progressive John Benn 3,388
Conservative Allen Edwards 2,460
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Kennington[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Benn 3,424
Progressive Edward Denny 3,326
Municipal Reform P. F. Budge 2,718
Municipal Reform W. Porter 2,666
Social Democratic Federation Joseph George Butler 281
Social Democratic Federation Fred Knee 235
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Kennington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Benn 3,290
Progressive Maurice de Forest 2,828
Municipal Reform P. F. Budge 2,421
Municipal Reform Cecil Ince 2,317
Labour John Gilbert Dale 900
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Kennington[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Sir John Williams Benn 3,517 24.9 −3.1
Municipal Reform William Peel 3,371 23.8 +3.2
Municipal Reform Victor Sassoon 3,264 23.1 +3.4
Progressive W. J. Richardson 2,878 20.3 −3.8
Labour John Gilbert Dale 1,121 7.9 +0.2
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing +3.5
Majority 493 3.5
Progressive hold Swing -3.2
Majority 253 1.8
1919 London County Council election: Kennington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 2,764 31.6
Progressive John Benn 2,743 31.3
Municipal Reform Frederick Benjamin Oliphant Hawes 1,685 19.3
Municipal Reform David Margesson 1,558 17.8
Majority 1,058 12.0
Progressive hold Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1922 London County Council election: Kennington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 5,728 31.8 +12.5
Progressive John Benn 4,805 26.7 −4.6
Labour Harry Gosling 4,275 23.7 −7.9
Labour Charles Gibson 3,212 17.8 n/a
Majority 530 3.0 −9.0
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Kennington by-election, 1922[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 3,871 42.2
Municipal Reform Austin Hudson 3,378 36.9
Progressive George Brittain 1,917 20.9
Majority 493 5.3
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
1925 London County Council election: Kennington[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform George Maurice Beaufoy 5,715
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 5,564
Labour Will Lockyer 4,803
Labour Francis Bowie 4,796 17.8 n/a
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Kennington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 5,153
Labour Charles Gibson 5,151
Municipal Reform George Maurice Beaufoy 5,139
Labour Leonard Matters 5,128
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Kennington[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 4,731
Municipal Reform Henry Studholme 4,716
Labour Charles Gibson 4,239
Labour W. Hunter 4,186
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Kennington[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Gibson 5,450
Labour Amy Sayle 5,393
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 3,950
Municipal Reform Henry Studholme 3,940
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Kennington[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Gibson 7,303
Labour Amy Sayle 7,245
Municipal Reform A. Kennedy 5,324
Municipal Reform Ingham Clarke 5,055
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Kennington[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Gibson 4,378
Labour Howell John Powell 4,343
Conservative S. R. Dean 1,502
Conservative K. Perona-Wright 1,492
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  3. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
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  5. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  7. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
  9. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ^ "L.C.C. Labour Gain. Mr. Gosling Returned For Kennington". The Times. 1 May 1922. p. 20.
  11. ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  12. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  13. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  14. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  15. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  16. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.