Chelsea (London County Council constituency)

Chelsea was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Chelsea
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1889 William Æneas Smith Progressive George William Osborn Progressive Two seats until 1949
1892 Frank Costelloe Progressive
1893 Edmund Turton Progressive
1895 George Cadogan Progressive
1895 Cecil Chapman Moderate
1898 Emslie Horniman Progressive James Jeffery Progressive
1907 Thomas Clarence Edward Goff Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman Municipal Reform
1910 Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen Municipal Reform
1922 William Sidney Municipal Reform
1933 Basil Futvoye Marsden-Smedley Municipal Reform
1934 Catherine Fulford Conservative
1946 John Vaughan-Morgan Conservative
1949 Alexander Lloyd Conservative
1952 Marion Bennett Conservative Roderick Edwards Conservative Geoffrey Rippon Conservative
1958 Stuart Townend Conservative
1961 John Elliott Brooks Conservative Percy Rugg Conservative

Election results

In 1898, Horniman and Chapman tied on 3,675 votes after the initial count. A recount reduced Chapman's vote total by two, so Horniman was elected.[1][2]

1898 London County Council election: Chelsea[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Jeffery 4,044
Progressive Emslie Horniman 3,675
Moderate Cecil Chapman 3,673
Moderate Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 3,315
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Chelsea[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Jeffery 4,582 31.8 +4.3
Progressive Emslie Horniman 4,481 31.1 +6.1
Conservative Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 2,682 18.6 -4.0
Conservative William Elliott 2,659 18.5 -6.5
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Chelsea[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Jeffery 4,224
Progressive Emslie Horniman 4,143
Conservative Euston Sartorius 3,471
Conservative Clarence Goff 3,462
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Chelsea[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 5,877
Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman 5,779
Progressive Emslie Horniman 3,977
Progressive John Jeffery 3,915
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Chelsea[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman 4,935 32.1
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 4,886 31.7
Progressive Leonard Costello 2,809 18.2
Progressive John Mackenzie 2,766 18.0
Majority 2,077 13.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Chelsea[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman 5,200 33.6 +1.5
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 5,113 33.0 +1.3
Progressive Katharine Wallas 2,598 16.8 -1.4
Progressive George Schuster 2,569 16.6 -1.4
Majority 2,515 16.2 +2.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing +1.4
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Chelsea[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Ronald Collet Norman Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Chelsea[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Sidney 7,727 n/a
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 7,655 n/a
Labour J. T. Houlihan 3,214 n/a
Labour C. M. Merrifield 3,203 n/a
Majority n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Chelsea[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Sidney 5,947
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 5,650
Labour Dora Russell 2,640
Labour A. L. Walton 2,141
Progressive Iolo Aneurin Williams 2,141
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Chelsea[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 6,294
Municipal Reform William Sidney 6,178
Liberal Iolo Aneurin Williams 1,487
Liberal Amy Beatrice Huntington 1,318
Labour A. L. Walton 1,029
Labour P. A. Skinner 980
Independent Labour L. W. Potter 841
Independent Labour B. J. Gifford 823
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Chelsea[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 6,186
Municipal Reform William Sidney 6,130
Liberal E. G. G. Bach 1,095
Liberal E. S. G. Bach 1,082
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Chelsea[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Basil Marsden-Smedley 6,174
Municipal Reform Catherine Fulford 6,105
Labour L. Arnold 2,235
Labour V. C. Elliott 2,216
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Chelsea[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Basil Marsden-Smedley 7,814
Municipal Reform Catherine Fulford 7,685
Labour P. A. Skinner 2,900
Labour G. Watson 2,850
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Chelsea[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Vaughan-Morgan 6,204
Conservative Catherine Fulford 6,186
Labour Mary Louisa Piercy 2,462
Labour R. C. Edmonds 2,442
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Chelsea[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Lloyd 14,994
Conservative Catherine Fulford 14,902
Conservative John Vaughan-Morgan 14,829
Labour R. Edmonds 4,589
Labour F. L. Tonge 4,535
Labour Robin Davis 4,429
1952 London County Council election: Chelsea[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderick Edwards 15,814
Conservative Marion Bennett 15,789
Conservative Geoffrey Rippon 15,592
Labour J. Sofer 4,587
Labour H. Atkinson 4,511
Labour J. Allen 4,444
Conservative hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Chelsea[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderick Edwards 12,473
Conservative Marion Edwards 12,465
Conservative Geoffrey Rippon 12,174
Labour H. J. Davies 2,406
Labour S. Fordyce 2,122
Labour S. Stratford-Lawrence 2,049
Conservative hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Chelsea[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Bennett 10,894
Conservative Stuart Townend 10,828
Conservative Geoffrey Rippon 10,689
Labour L. Bonham 2,660
Labour W. R. Johnson 2,633
Labour H. Halpin 2,626
Liberal H. Symons 2,157
Liberal Ruth Abrahams 2,139
Liberal J. Hart 2,081
Conservative hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Chelsea[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Elliott Brooks 10,991
Conservative Percy Rugg 10,914
Conservative Stuart Townend 10,786
Liberal S. Marsden-Smedley 2,764
Liberal Peter Guy Henry Thorold 2,486
Labour P. F. Corbett 2,482
Labour M. Baxter 2,469
Liberal J. L. Spicer 2,405
Labour M. Shufeldt 2,315
Conservative hold Swing

References
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  2. "London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.
  3. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  4. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  5. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  6. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  7. London Municipal Notes, 1913
  8. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  9. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  10. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  11. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  12. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  13. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  14. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  15. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  16. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  17. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  18. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  19. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.
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