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Fulham (London County Council constituency)

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Fulham
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889; 1955
Abolished1919; 1965
Member(s)2 (1889 to 1919)
3 (1955 to 1965)

Fulham was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again between 1955 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The seat largely replaced Fulham East and Fulham West.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1889 James Beal Progressive Robert Arthur Germaine Moderate
1892 Edwin Cornwall Progressive Arthur Downes Progressive
1895 William Lawrence Young Progressive
1898 Edward George Easton Moderate Frederick Glyn Moderate
1901 Timothy Davies Progressive Peter Lawson Progressive
1905 Cyril Cobb Municipal Reform
1907 Edward George Easton Municipal Reform
1916 Henry George Harris Municipal Reform
Year Name Party Name Party Name Party
1955 Ethel Rankin Labour Richard Edmonds Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke Labour
1957 Walter Rankin Labour

Election results

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1889 to 1919

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1889 London County Council election: Fulham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Beal 2,309
Moderate Robert Arthur Germaine 1,950
Independent Leveson Scarth 1,509
Independent Philip Pethick Perry 1,203
Independent Edward George Easton 366
Progressive win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Fulham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 3,653
Progressive Arthur Downes 3,459
Moderate Robert Arthur Germaine 2,436
Moderate Montagu Clementi 2,412
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Fulham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edwin Cornwall 3,510
Progressive William Lawrence Young 3,458
Moderate Oliver Russell 3,275
Moderate E. Jenkins 3,251
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Fulham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Frederick Glyn 4,494
Moderate Edward George Easton 4,407
Progressive T. Sadler 4,048
Progressive Beaumont Morice 4,043
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive Swing
1901 London County Council election: Fulham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Timothy Davies 5,341 29.3 +5.5
Progressive Peter Lawson 5,259 28.9 +5.1
Conservative Edward George Easton 3,497 19.2 −6.7
Conservative Cameron Gull 3,483 19.1 −7.3
Independent James Edwin Cooney 645 3.5 n/a
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing +6.2
1904 London County Council election: Fulham[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Timothy Davies 6,207
Progressive Peter Lawson 6,179
Municipal Reform Lytton 5,357
Municipal Reform Skinner 5,247
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1905 Fulham by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 4,395
Progressive Harold Spender 3,970
Labour Clark 1,177
Majority 425
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1907 London County Council election: Fulham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 8,413
Municipal Reform Edward George Easton 8,301
Progressive W. Lloyd Taylor 4,774
Labour J. Stephenson 3,139
Social Democratic Federation T. R. Wall 773
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Fulham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 7,398 30.1
Municipal Reform Edward George Easton 7,314 29.8
Progressive W R Sayer 4,989 20.3
Progressive George Arthur Gale 4,856 19.8
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Fulham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril Stephen Cobb 7,649 30.6 +0.5
Municipal Reform Edward George Easton 7,614 30.5 +0.7
Progressive David Sydney Waterlow 4,870 19.5 −0.8
Progressive Walter Meakin 4,843 19.4 −0.4
Majority 2,744 11.0 +1.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.5

1955 to 1964

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1955 London County Council election: Fulham[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ethel Rankin 13,212
Labour Richard Edmonds 12,813
Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke 12,756
Conservative J. Haggie 10,421
Conservative T. B. Langton 10,350
Conservative P. J. Robson 10,055
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1958 London County Council election: Fulham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Rankin 13,305
Labour Richard Edmonds 12,708
Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke 12,305
Conservative C. Patterson 6,555
Conservative John Udal 6,306
Conservative R. W. W. Rhodes 6,299
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Fulham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Rankin 12,759
Labour Richard Edmonds 12,705
Labour Hilda Selwyn-Clarke 12,222
Conservative M. De La Motte 10,460
Conservative J. Mills 10,243
Conservative W. J. Parsons 9,972
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "The London County Council election". The Times. 8 March 1892.
  2. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 5 March 1895.
  3. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 27 February 1898.
  4. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  5. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 8 March 1904.
  7. ^ "Fulham by-election result". The Times. 30 October 1905.
  8. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  9. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  10. ^ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916
  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. ^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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