Whitechapel (London County Council constituency)

London County Council constituency

Whitechapel

Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created| 1889
Abolished| 1919
Member(s)| 2
Replaced by| Whitechapel and St George's

Whitechapel was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

## Councillors

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Year | Name | Party | Name | Party

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1889 | Stuart Samuel |  | Progressive | Charles Tarling  |  | Progressive
1892 | Thomas Catmur  |  | Progressive
1895 | Morris Abrahams  |  | Moderate
1897  | Harry Levy-Lawson |  | Progressive
1898 | William Cowlishaw Johnson |  | Progressive
1904 | Henry Herman Gordon  |  | Independent
1907 |  | Progressive

## Election results

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1898 London County Council election: Whitechapel[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | Harry Levy-Lawson | 1,917  |  |
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,768  |  |
| Moderate | L. Campbell-Johnson  | 1,322  |  |
| Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
1901 London County Council election: Whitechapel[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | Harry Levy-Lawson | 1,785  | 32.9  | +2.6
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,701  | 31.3  | +3.4
| Conservative | Donald Alexander Munro  | 1,053  | 19.4  | −1.2
| Conservative | Henry Wren Henderson  | 892  | 16.4  | 4.5
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
1904 London County Council election: Whitechapel[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,616  |  |
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,326  |  |
| Progressive | George Lewis Bruce  | 1,163  |  |
| Conservative | E. C. Carter  | 910  |  |
| Conservative | G. B. B. Hobart  | 710  |  |
Majority |  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
| Independent gain from Progressive | Swing |  |
1907 London County Council election: Whitechapel[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,756  |  |
| Independent | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,627  |  |
| Municipal Reform | E. Hodsoll  | 1,211  |  |
| Municipal Reform | C. Wertheimer  | 980  |  |
| Independent Progressive | Elkin  | 772  |  |
Majority |  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |
1910 London County Council election: Whitechapel[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,954  |  |
| Progressive | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,950  |  |
| Municipal Reform | W. Dully  | 825  |  |
| Municipal Reform | John Benjamin Lindenbaum  | 813  |  |
Majority |  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
| Progressive gain from Independent | Swing |  |
1913 London County Council election: Whitechapel[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | Henry Herman Gordon | 1,746  |  |
| Progressive | William Cowlishaw Johnson | 1,792  |  |
| Municipal Reform | E. G. Parry  | 1,008  |  |
| Municipal Reform | A. Ludski  | 916  |  |
Majority | 738  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |

## References

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

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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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