Holborn (London County Council constituency)

Holborn
Holborn
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Holborn and St Pancras South

Holborn 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.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	Alfred Hoare	Independent Progressive	Thomas William Maule	Progressive
1892	James Remnant	Moderate	Arthur Cowper Ranyard	Moderate
1895			William Ward	Moderate
1898			John Dickson-Poynder	Moderate
1901	H. W. Bliss	Conservative	George Swinton	Conservative
1907	Henry Lygon	Municipal Reform	Ernest Wild	Municipal Reform
1910	Henry Lygon	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	Municipal Reform
1914	Henry Hugh Tasker	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	Municipal Reform
1919	Henry Hugh Tasker	Municipal Reform	Eustace Percy	Municipal Reform
1922	George Harvey	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	Municipal Reform
1925	Bracewell Smith	Municipal Reform
1928	William George Burns	Municipal Reform
1931	Percy Hill	Municipal Reform
1937	Alfred Walter Scott	Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	Municipal Reform

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Holborn^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent Progressive	Alfred Hoare	1,436
Progressive	Thomas William Maule	975
Progressive	John Patrick Murrough	749
Independent	William Robert Smith	712
Independent	Edward James Gardiner	671
Independent	Walter Manningdale Blott	234
Independent Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Holborn^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Arthur Cowper Ranyard	2,602
Moderate	James Remnant	2,545
Independent Progressive	Alfred Hoare	2,173
Independent Progressive	Frederick William Speaight	2,157
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Holborn^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	William Ward	3,262
Moderate	James Remnant	3,255
Progressive	R. Scott	1,683
Progressive	H. J. Cohen	1,669
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Holborn^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	James Remnant	3,117
Moderate	John Dickson-Poynder	3,011
Progressive	Alfred Hoare	1,325
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Holborn^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. W. Bliss	2,146	37.4	−4.4
Conservative	George Swinton	2,135	37.2	−3.2
Progressive	Herman Cohen	1,464	25.5	+7.7
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing	-7.6

1904 London County Council election: Holborn^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. W. Bliss	2,670
	Conservative	George Swinton	2,649
	Progressive	W. H. Ansell	1,241
	Progressive	Aubrey Goodes	1,169
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Holborn^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Wild	4,524
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	4,030
	Progressive	H. Drysdale Woodcock	1,629
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Holborn^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	3,324	35.0
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	3,309	34.8
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,444	15.2
	Progressive	David Endacott	1,424	15.0
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Holborn^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	3,719	37.3	+2.5
	Municipal Reform	Henry Lygon	3,718	37.3	+2.3
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,287	12.9	−2.3
	Progressive	John Pascoe Elsden	1,255	12.6	−2.4
Majority			2,431	24.4	+4.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.5

1919 London County Council election: Holborn^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Eustace Percy	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Holborn^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	5,234	46.2	n/a
	Municipal Reform	George Harvey	5,143	45.4	n/a
	Independent	H. Janner	947	8.4	n/a
Majority			4,196	37.0	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Holborn^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	2,956
	Municipal Reform	Bracewell Smith	2,950
	Independent	Frances Wheeler-Smith	1,722
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Holborn^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,141
	Municipal Reform	William George Burns	4,140
	Labour	R. W. H. Baker	1,049
	Labour	E. Howson	1,019
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Holborn^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,349
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,333
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	880
	Labour	Winifred Horrabin	863
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Holborn^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Robert Tasker	4,286
	Municipal Reform	Percy Hill	4,251
	Labour	P. E. V. Hickinbottom	1,619
	Labour	S. Seufert	1,528
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Holborn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Walter Scott	5,398
	Municipal Reform	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	5,186
	Labour	George Cox	2,515
	Labour	P. E. A. Smith	2,367
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Holborn^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Walter Scott	3,291
	Conservative	Theodore Magnus Wechsler	3,279
	Labour	Iris Bonham-Pigg	2,656
	Labour	Ewart Culpin	2,635
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 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
^ ^a ^b 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.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

[3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[ReferenceA-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: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[ReferenceTimes-7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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v t e 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 Hammersmith 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 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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Holborn
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Holborn and St Pancras South