City of London (London County Council constituency)

City of London
City of London
	Former Constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	4
Replaced by	Cities of London and Westminster

City of London 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. Uniquely, the seat elected four councillors.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name		Name
1889	Benjamin Cohen	Moderate	Henry Clarke	Moderate	John Lubbock	Progressive	Archibald Primrose	Progressive
1892					Alfred Fowell Buxton	Moderate	Henry Fitzalan-Howard	Moderate
1895					Joseph Dimsdale	Moderate	Henry Fitzalan-Howard	Moderate
1896							Rudolph Feilding	Moderate
1898							George Osborne	Moderate
1899							Alexander Thynne	Moderate
1901	Frederick Prat Alliston	Moderate			Alfred Louis Cohen	Moderate	Stuart Sankey	Moderate
1904	Frederick Prat Alliston	Moderate	Thomas Brooke-Hitching	Moderate	Rupert Guinness	Moderate
1907	Nathaniel Louis Cohen	Municipal Reform	Francis Stanhope Hanson	Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell	Municipal Reform
1910	Nathaniel Louis Cohen	Municipal Reform	James William Domoney	Municipal Reform
1911	Gilbert Johnstone	Municipal Reform
1913							William Wilson Grantham	Municipal Reform
1915					Charles Hanson	Municipal Reform
1917	John Robarts	Municipal Reform
1918	John Robarts	Municipal Reform	Rowland Blades	Municipal Reform
1919	Lulham Pound	Municipal Reform	Rowland Blades	Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Municipal Reform
1919	Lulham Pound	Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	Municipal Reform
1928	Josiah Gunton	Municipal Reform
1930	William Neal	Municipal Reform
1931	Louis Arthur Newton	Municipal Reform
1934	Frank Bowater	Municipal Reform	Angus Newton Scott	Municipal Reform
1937	George Henry Wilkinson	Municipal Reform
1940					Harold Webbe	Municipal Reform
1941			Arthur Charles Bonsor	Municipal Reform
1942							Harold John Musker	Municipal Reform
1944	Harry Twyford	Municipal Reform
1946	Seymour Howard	Municipal Reform
1947	Seymour Howard	Municipal Reform					Angus Mackinnon	Municipal Reform

Election results

1898 London County Council election: City of London[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Joseph Dimsdale	5,893
Moderate	George Osborne	5,785
Moderate	Alfred Louis Cohen	5,780
Moderate	Henry Clarke	5,780
Progressive	T. A. Brassey	2,413
Progressive	Noel Buxton	2,396
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: City of London[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Frederick Prat Alliston	3,325	18.8	-2.2
Conservative	Henry Clarke	3,290	18.6	-2.0
Conservative	Alfred Louis Cohen	3,251	18.4	-2.1
Conservative	Stuart Sankey	3,138	17.8	-2.8
Progressive	Reginald Welby	2,341	13.2	+4.6
Progressive	Evan Spicer	2,327	13.2	+4.7
Conservative hold		Swing	-3.5
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: City of London[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Frederick Prat Alliston	4,907
Conservative	Thomas Brooke-Hitching	4,858
Conservative	Rupert Guinness	4,799
Conservative	Stuart Sankey	4,606
Progressive	F. W. Buxton	2,342
Progressive	William Mansfield	2,298
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: City of London[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Francis Stanhope Hanson	7,603
	Municipal Reform	Nathaniel Louis Cohen	7,519
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell	7,484
	Municipal Reform	Stuart Sankey	7,451
	Progressive	Charles Buxton	1,768
	Progressive	F. Debenham	1,766
	Progressive	G. S. Warmington	1,719
	Progressive	Willoughby Dickinson	1,646
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: City of London[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Nathaniel Louis Cohen	5,413	21.0
	Municipal Reform	James William Domoney	5,404	20.9
	Municipal Reform	Stuart Sankey	5,383	20.9
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell	5,370	20.8
	Progressive	Edmund Charles Rawlings	1,439	5.6
	Progressive	Harold Glanville	1,403	5.4
	Progressive	Samuel Lammas Dore	1,403	5.4
	Progressive	Frederick Link	1,393	5.4
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: City of London[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	James William Domoney	7,321	21.5	+0.6
	Municipal Reform	Gilbert Johnstone	7,279	21.4	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell	7,245	21.2	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	Stuart Sankey	7,206	21.2	+0.3
	Progressive	Fitzroy Hemphill	1,708	5.0	-0.6
	Progressive	Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli	1,647	4.8	-0.8
	Progressive	Stephen Miall	1,644	4.8	-0.6
Majority			5,498	16.2	+1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: City of London[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	John Lulham Pound	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Rowland Blades	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

City of London by-election, 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

1922 London County Council election: City of London[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Lulham Pound	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: City of London[8]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	John Lulham Pound	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: City of London[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	6,506	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Josiah Gunton	6,496	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	6,469	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	6,328	n/a	n/a
Liberal	James Meston	1,326	n/a	n/a
Liberal	Frank A Notcutt	1,246	n/a	n/a
Liberal	T. Atholl Robertson	1,233	n/a	n/a
Liberal	George Frederic Rowe	1,104	n/a	n/a
Independent Labour	Henry Sparling Hadwyn	228	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1931 London County Council election: City of London[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Geoffrey Head	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Louis Arthur Newton	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1934 London County Council election: City of London[11]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Frank Bowater	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1937 London County Council election: City of London[12]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Percy Simmons	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	George Wilkinson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1946 London County Council election: City of London[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Arthur Charles Bonsor	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative	Seymour Howard	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative	John Musker	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative	Harold Webbe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

References

"London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.
"The London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 5 Mar. 1901: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
"London County Council election". The Times. 8 March 1904.
"London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
"London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
London Municipal Notes, 1913
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.

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[1] "London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.

[ReferenceB-2] "The London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 5 Mar. 1901: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[3] "London County Council election". The Times. 8 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

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[8] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[9] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[10] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[11] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[12] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[13] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

London County Council
Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George's in the East St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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