Kensington South (London County Council constituency)

Kensington South
Kensington South
	Former Constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Kensington South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1919	William Frederick Cavaye	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1925	Lady Trustram Eve	Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Municipal Reform
1927			Frederick Williams	Municipal Reform
1929			Charlotte Keeling	Municipal Reform
1931	Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn	Municipal Reform
1934	Robert Jenkins	Municipal Reform
1935			Angela, Countess of Limerick	Municipal Reform
1946			Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	Conservative
1949	Ian Harvey	Conservative			Cecilia Petrie	Conservative
1952	John Gerald Gapp	Conservative
1955	Robert Lewis Vigars	Conservative
1961	Robert Lewis Vigars	Conservative	John O. Udal	Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Kensington South[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Kensington South[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Kensington South[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Fanny Jean Turing	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Henry Vincent Rowe	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1928 London County Council election: Kensington South[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Fanny Jean Turing	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Frederick Williams	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

Kensington South by-election, 1929[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	5,816
Labour	M. L. Piercy	943
Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Kensington South[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1934 London County Council election: Kensington South[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Robert Jenkins	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Charlotte Keeling	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1937 London County Council election: Kensington South[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Angela, Countess of Limerick	14,350		n/a
Municipal Reform	Robert Jenkins	14,323		n/a
Labour	L. Clive	1,650		n/a
Labour	C. Rothwell	1,562		n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1946 London County Council election: Kensington South[8]
	Candidate	Votes	±%
Conservative	Robert Jenkins	13,234
Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Halton	13,106
Labour	M. J. Thomas	2,192	n/a
Labour	H. Budd	2,160	n/a
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Kensington South[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ian Harvey	21,400
Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	21,126
Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	21,077
Labour	A. L. Grieves	3,781
Labour	F. D. Winterton	3,627
Labour	M. M. Yorke	3,548
Union Movement	V. C. Burgess	646
Union Movement	R. J. A. Hamer	607
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Kensington South[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	20,523
Conservative	John Gerald Gapp	20,521
Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	20,489
Labour	E. Newman	2,471
Labour	P. E. Williamson	2,414
Labour	C. Cranage	2,410
Union Movement	V. C. Burgess	560
Union Movement	S. F. Vine	442
Union Movement	O. Grose	418
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Kensington South[11]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	16,235
Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	16,137
Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	16,018
Labour	T. Ponsonby	1,953
Labour	K. Daniels	1,798
Labour	J. Holland	1,779
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Kensington South[12]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	12,956
Conservative	Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler	12,745
Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	13,006
Labour	T. P. Morris	2,118
Labour	R. Twite	2,082
Labour	M. J. Barber	2,010
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Kensington South[13]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Cecilia Petrie	13,110
Conservative	Robert Lewis Viggars	13,006
Conservative	John O. Udal	12,944
Liberal	M. Nielson	1,973
Liberal	John Pardoe	1,954
Liberal	Anthony A W Dix	1,951
Labour	I. S. Richard	1,377
Labour	Alan Jinkinson	1,188
Labour	C. J. Cowling	1,115
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

References

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 By-election". The Times. 18 October 1929.
"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.
"LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
"London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
"LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
"Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
"No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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[lmsnotes-1] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

[4] "LCC By-election". The Times. 18 October 1929.

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

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

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

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

[9] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[10] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[11] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[12] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[13] "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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