Westminster (London County Council constituency)

Westminster
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byWestminster Abbey and Westminster St George's

Westminster 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[edit]

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 Walter Eugene de Souza Moderate Vernon James Watney Moderate
1892 Henry Fox-Strangways Moderate
1895 Lionel Holland Moderate
1897 Louis Henry Hayter Moderate
1898 Reginald White Granville-Smith Moderate
1904 Clement Young Sturge Municipal Reform
1907 William Peel Municipal Reform
1910 Reginald White Granville-Smith Municipal Reform
1911 Percy Gates Municipal Reform

Election results[edit]

1898 London County Council election: Westminster[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Louis Henry Hayter 2,212
Moderate Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,190
Progressive T. Bremner 789
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Westminster[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louis Henry Hayter 1,509 35.3 -7.3
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith 1,485 34.7 -7.5
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood 883 20.7 +5.5
Temperance John George Chappell 399 9.3 n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -6.5
1904 London County Council election: Westminster[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,006
Conservative Clement Young Sturge 1,935
Labour Charles Langstein Heywood 1,192
Labour Charles Duncan 1,169
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Westminster[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Peel 3,419
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge 3,392
Progressive W. B. Campbell 1,299
Progressive E. Herrin 1,298
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Westminster[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,907
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge 2,828
Progressive William Wheeler 1,018
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood 1,014
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Westminster[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 3,310
Municipal Reform Percy George Gates 3,228
Progressive Mabel St Clair Stobart 1,199
Progressive Lionel Gurney Buxton 1,168
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

References[edit]

  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