Woolwich West (London County Council constituency)

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

Woolwich West 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 James Squires	Municipal Reform	Percy Reginald Simner	Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1922	Sidney Herbert Cuff	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	Municipal Reform
1925	Frederick Thomas Halse	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	Municipal Reform
1934	Samuel McClements	Labour	Ethel Newman	Labour
1937	Francis Beech	Municipal Reform	James Harry Millar	Municipal Reform
1945	Francis Beech	Municipal Reform	Stanley Charles Camps Harris	Municipal Reform
1946	Edwin Thomas Lamerton	Labour	Ethel Newman	Labour
1949	Francis Beech	Conservative	Unity Lister	Conservative	William Steward	Conservative
1952	Francis Beech	Conservative	Daisy Maud Munns	Labour	Charles Salter	Labour
1955	Unity Lister	Conservative	Leslie Smith	Conservative	Brian Warren	Conservative
1958	Constance Cole	Labour	Mair Garside	Labour	Gavin Henderson	Labour
1961	Unity Lister	Conservative	Evelyn Middleton	Conservative	George Wayman	Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	4,269	28.1
	Municipal Reform	Percy Reginald Simner	4,104	27.0
	Labour	Charles H. Langham	3,461	22.8
	Labour	Angus Macdonald Tynemouth	5,845	22.1
Majority			643	4.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Sidney Cuff	8,654	29.9	+1.8
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	8,573	29.6	+2.6
	Labour	J. F. Matthews	5,907	20.4	−2.4
	Labour	H. A. Hart	5,845	20.2	−1.9
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	7,888
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Thomas Halse	7,872
	Labour	Henry Berry	5,324
	Labour	J. D. Lawrence	5,198
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	7,797
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Thomas Halse	7,753
	Labour	J. D. Lawrence	6,140
	Labour	Reginald H. Pott	6,076
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	8,654
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Thomas Halse	8,649
	Labour	W. T. Cusheon	5,400
	Labour	Ethel Newman	5,346
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Samuel McClements	10,013
	Labour	Ethel Newman	9,867
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Thomas Halse	9,200
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Henry Kemp	9,181
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Francis Beech	12,945
	Municipal Reform	James Harry Millar	12,693
	Labour	Samuel McClements	11,563
	Labour	Ethel Newman	11,433
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edwin Thomas Lamerton	11,602
	Labour	Ethel Newman	11,529
	Conservative	Stanley Charles Camps Harris	8,261
	Conservative	William Steward	8,162
Majority
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Francis Beech	16,628
Conservative	William Steward	15,993
Conservative	Unity Lister	15,934
Labour	H. E. Amos	12,864
Labour	J. W. Andrews	12,765
Labour	A. Gorman	12,608
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Charles Salter	15,784
Labour	Daisy Munns	15,741
Conservative	Francis Beech	15,698
Conservative	Unity Lister	15,489
Labour	W. O. Stein	15,473
Conservative	O. H. Furlong	15,438
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Unity Lister	15,834
Conservative	Leslie Smith	15,426
Conservative	Brian Warren	15,381
Labour	Daisy Munns	14,099
Labour	S. L. Collins	13,794
Labour	Charles Salter	13,859
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[11]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gavin Henderson	13,946
Labour	Constance Cole	13,810
Labour	Mair Garside	13,492
Conservative	J. P. Ellis	12,217
Conservative	Unity Lister	12,068
Conservative	G. K. Messervy	11,839
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Woolwich West^[12]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Unity Lister	15,531
Conservative	Evelyn Middleton	15,215
Conservative	George Wayman	15,180
Labour	Gavin Henderson	14,113
Labour	Mair Garside	14,036
Labour	Constance Cole	13,887
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ ^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.
^ "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.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[12] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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