1913 London County Council election

1913 London County Council election
	5 March 1913
118 Council Seats ; 60 seats needed for a majority
	Colours denote the winning party.

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1913. It was the ninth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. Unlike for parliamentary elections, women qualified as electors for these elections on exactly the same basis as men. Women were also permitted to stand as candidates for election.

The election was to be the last held before the outbreak of the First World War: in 1915 legislation was enacted to postpone all local elections until the end of the conflict (see below). The term of office of the councillors was extended to 1919 when triennial elections resumed.

National government background

The Prime Minister of the day was the Liberal H. H. Asquith who led a minority Liberal Government that relied upon the Irish Parliamentary Party for a majority. The recently merged Unionist Party was the official opposition. The Labour Party was the fourth party and generally voted with the Liberals in parliament.

London Council background

The Municipal Reform party had been in power since winning a majority back in 1907. It was now seeking its third consecutive mandate.

Candidates

All constituencies were contested. The governing Municipal Reform Party ran a full slate of 118 candidates. The opposition Progressive Party ran 110 candidates. They ran candidates everywhere except the City of London where they ran three candidates, Hampstead, St George's Hanover Square and Strand where only one candidate stood, three constituencies where one candidate ran in tandem with Labour and Woolwich where they did not oppose a Labour pair. Four Independents also ran.

Labour Party

By 1913, all Labour Party members had withdrawn from the Progressive Party and at these elections stood under their own party label. The party fielded ten candidates, three of these candidates ran in tandem with Progressive candidates, a further two candidates were not opposed by Progressives. The other five all stood in opposition to Progressive candidates. The Labour Party in London had no elected or otherwise recognised Leader.

British Socialist Party

The British Socialist Party had been formed in 1911 from the merger of a few socialist groups with the Social Democratic Federation. As with the SDF, the BSP was opposed to socialists having electoral pacts with Liberals and they were critical of Labour Party branches for working with the Progressives in London. The BSP put forward dual candidates in three constituencies, all constituencies where both the Progressives and Municipal Reform parties were running dual candidates. Nowhere did they run against a Labour candidate.

Outcome

The Municipal Reform Party was returned with its third successive majority, slightly larger than the old one. However, its leader, Cyril Jackson was unseated by the Progressives at Limehouse. When the new council met, the ruling Municipal Reform majority was forced to use one of their Aldermanic nominations to put Jackson back on the council. Although the Progressives lost ground, they comfortably retained their position as main challengers to the Municipal Reformers in those seats where socialists stood. All socialist candidates (BSP and Labour) who stood against Progressive candidates finished bottom of the poll. Of the three Labour candidates running in tandem with a Progressive, all polled less than the Progressive and two of the three failed to join their Progressive running mate in victory. In Woolwich, where the Labour candidates were given a free run against the Municipal Reform pair, they also lost.

Constituency results

Incumbent Councillors shown in bold.

Battersea and Clapham

Battersea

Battersea[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Walter Richard Warren	5,483	27.5	+1.9
	Progressive	William J. West	5,451	27.3	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	H Ramsden	4,502	22.6	-2.2
	Municipal Reform	George Bettesworth Piggott	4,502	22.6	-0.8
Majority			949	4.7	+3.9
	Progressive hold		Swing	+2.0

Montefiore

Clapham[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore	8,890	28.0	-2.3
	Municipal Reform	Herbert James Francis Parsons	8,881	27.9	-2.7
	Progressive	Hubert George Beaumont	7,049	22.2	+2.7
	Progressive	Oswald Partington	6,971	21.9	+2.4
Majority			1,832	5.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.5

Bethnal Green

Smith

Bethnal Green North East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Garnham Edmonds	2,731	29.4	-7.2
	Progressive	Edward Smith	2,667	28.7	-7.4
	Municipal Reform	G. Allen	1,961	21.1	+6.9
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Andrew Blane	1,941	20.9	+7.8
Majority			706	7.6	-14.3
	Progressive hold		Swing	-7.1

Headlam

Bethnal Green South West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Stewart Duckworth Headlam	2,369	30.9	+1.9
	Progressive	Percy Alfred Harris	2,359	30.8	+2.6
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	1,487	19.4	-2.8
	Municipal Reform	L Tyfield	1,441	18.8	-1.7
Majority			872	11.4	+5.4
	Progressive hold		Swing	+2.7

Camberwell

Dulwich

Dulwich[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Viscount Massereene	6,048	30.1	0.0
	Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson	6,027	29.9	0.0
	Progressive	Percy Phipps	4,057	20.2	+0.2
	Progressive	Dr Sophia Jevons	3,993	19.8	-0.2
Majority			1,970	9.7	-0.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-0.1

Taylor

Camberwell North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Reginald Bray	4,358	28.2	-2.9
	Progressive	Henry Robert Taylor	4,303	27.8	-3.1
	Municipal Reform	William Alfred Hirst	3,423	22.1	+2.9
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Truby	3,374	21.8	+3.0
Majority			880	5.7	-6.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.0

Dowton

Peckham[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	5,306	25.6	-2.4
	Progressive	Earl of Haddo	5,206	25.1	-1.1
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	5,127	24.7	+1.4
	Municipal Reform	T Richards	5,092	24.5	+2.1
Majority			79	0.4	-2.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.2

Chelsea

Norman

Chelsea[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	5,200	33.6	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,113	33.0	+1.3
	Progressive	Katherine Talbot Wallas	2,598	16.8	-1.4
	Progressive	George Ernest Schuster	2,569	16.6	-1.4
Majority			2,515	16.2	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.4

City of London

Hemphill

City of London[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	James William Domoney	7,321	21.5	+0.6
	Municipal Reform	Gilbert Johnstone	7,279	21.4	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell	7,245	21.2	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Stuart Sankey	7,206	21.2	+0.3
	Progressive	Fitzroy Hemphill	1,708	5.0	-0.6
	Progressive	Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli	1,647	4.8	-0.8
	Progressive	Stephen Miall	1,644	4.8	-0.6
Majority			5,498	16.2	+1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Deptford

Phillimore

Deptford[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Theodore Prestige	5,704	25.3	-3.3
	Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore	5,667	25.1	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith	5,643	25.0	+0.7
	Labour	Charles Mostyn Lloyd	5,532	24.5	+1.0
Majority			172	0.8	-4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
Majority			24	0.1	0.8
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	+0.4

Finsbury

Finsbury Central

Finsbury Central[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Lawrence William Simpson Rostron	3,006	25.6	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	Samuel Joyce Thomas	2,947	25.1	+0.5
	Progressive	Arthur Barnett Russell	2,929	25.0	-0.3
	Progressive	Herbert Sutton Syrett	2,853	24.3	-0.7
Majority			18	0.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.6
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+0.4

Cotton

Finsbury East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Masterman Gillett	2,037	26.2	-1.6
	Progressive	Henry Evan Auguste Cotton	2,026	26.1	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell	1,866	24.0	+1.7
	Municipal Reform	William George Perring	1,837	23.7	+1.8
Majority			160	2.1	-3.4
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.8

Lygon

Holborn[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Robert Inigo 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

Fulham

Waterlow

Fulham[2]
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

Greenwich

Hume

Greenwich[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George Hopwood Hume	4,815	26.0	-2.6
	Municipal Reform	Lord Hill	4,787	25.8	-2.8
	Progressive	Alfred Henry Scott	4,486	24.2	*+6.9
	Progressive	Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton	4,463	24.1	+6.8
Majority			301	1.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-4.8

One Labour Party candidate withdrew

Hackney

Adler

Hackney Central[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Ray	3,670	25.2	+1.7
	Progressive	Henrietta Adler	3,653	25.0	-1.2
	Municipal Reform	Lord William Cecil	3,645	25.0	+2.2
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,622	24.8	-2.7
Majority			8	0.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+2.2

Hackney North

Hackney North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George William Henry Jones	6,014	26.6	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Oscar Emanuel Warburg	5,965	26.4	-1.5
	Progressive	William Ashley Nicholls	5,322	23.5	+1.6
	Progressive	W. B. J. Hickman	5,299	23.4	+1.6
Majority			643	2.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.6

Hackney South

Hackney South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George King Naylor	3,132	25.5	+7.2
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	3,109	25.3	-6.7
	Municipal Reform	James Ernest Brudenell-Bruce	3,059	24.9	+6.7
	Progressive	C. Watson	2,981	24.3	-7.2
Majority			50	0.4	-12.8
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+7.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	+6.7

Hammersmith

Hammersmith[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	5,615	29.8	-3.7
	Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon	5,609	29.7	-2.9
	Progressive	W. P. Hunter	3,937	20.9	+3.9
	Progressive	Glynne Williams	3,703	19.6	+2.7
Majority			1,672	8.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-3.3

Hampstead

Taylor

Hampstead[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	4,567	40.5	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Thomas Taylor	4,529	40.2	+0.9
	Progressive	Henry Holman	2,169	19.3	-1.9
Majority			2,360	20.9	+2.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Islington

Smallwood

Islington East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Edward Smallwood	4,545	26.1	-0.1
	Progressive	William Lace Clague	4,453	25.6	-0.1
	Municipal Reform	David Hazel	4,226	24.3	+0.1
	Municipal Reform	John Foster Vesey-FitzGerald	4,170	24.0	0.0
Majority			227	1.3	-0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.1

Islington North

Islington North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	4,796	25.6	-1.4
	Municipal Reform	Richard Joshua Cooper	4,792	25.6	-1.5
	Progressive	J. H. Torrance	4,574	24.4	+1.4
	Progressive	Henry Scipio Reitlinger	4,549	24.3	+1.5
Majority			228	1.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.5

Williams

Islington South[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Dew	3,197	26.6	+0.0
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	3,195	26.6	-0.1
	Municipal Reform	A Dingli	2,829	23.5	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	2,807	23.3	+0.1
Majority			366	3.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.0

Jephson

Islington West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Mills	2,999	27.9	+0.0
	Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	2,978	27.7	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	C. W. French	2,412	22.4	+0.2
	Municipal Reform	Harold Frazer Wyatt	2,372	22.0	-0.1
Majority			566	5.3	-0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.1

Kensington

Bentham

Kensington North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	4,025	29.0	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Bingham Levita	3,999	28.9	+0.7
	Progressive	C D'O Cooper	1,895	13.7	-9.0
	Progressive	G S Warren	1,844	13.3	-9.4
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	1,099	7.9	-12.8
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	998	7.2	-13.3
Majority			2,104	15.2	+9.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

One Progressive and one Labour candidate intervene

Kensington South

Kensington South[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Frederick Cavaye	5,072	44.1	-0.9
	Municipal Reform	Augustus Gilbert Colvile	4,997	43.4	-1.1
	Progressive	F C Jarvis	731	6.3	+1.0
	Progressive	Harry Christopher Bickmore	713	6.2	+1.1
Majority			4,266	37.1	-2.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0

Lambeth

Gray

Brixton[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Haydon	4,289	28.8	-0.0
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray	4,274	28.7	+0.1
	Progressive	A. R. Gridley	3,154	21.2	-0.1
	Progressive	Hillier Holt	3,151	21.2	-0.0
Majority			1,120	7.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	0.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.5

Benn

Kennington[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sir John Williams Benn	3,517	24.9	-3.1
	Municipal Reform	Lord Peel	3,371	23.8	+3.2
	Municipal Reform	Ellice Victor Sassoon	3,264	23.1	+3.4
	Progressive	W J Richardson	2,878	20.3	-3.8
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	1,121	7.9	+0.2
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+3.5
Majority			493	3.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.2
Majority			253	1.8

Lambeth North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Frank Briant	2,370	27.5	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Louis Courtauld	2,118	24.5	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	William Gough-Cook	2,105	24.4	+1.7
	Labour	Francis Samuel Smith	2,037	23.6	-1.4
Majority			13	0.1
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing	+1.5

Morrow

Norwood[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Urquhart Fisher	6,047	31.5	+1.1
	Municipal Reform	Forbes St John Morrow	6,006	31.3	+1.1
	Progressive	Sir Charles James Tarring	3,559	18.6	-1.5
	Progressive	A E Bennetts	3,553	18.5	-0.8
Majority			2,447	12.8	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Lewisham

Bellairs

Lewisham[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Houston Carter	9,497	31.1	-4.7
	Municipal Reform	Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	9,410	30.8	-4.7
	Progressive	Charles Garfitt	5,865	19.2	-0.4
	Progressive	J S Lewis	5,809	19.0	+9.9
Majority			3,545	11.6	-4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-7.3

Marylebone

Thynne

Marylebone East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Ridley Debenham	3,492	38.7	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne	3,411	37.8	+1.0
	Progressive	Thomas W. McCormack	1,056	11.7	-1.6
	Progressive	Hilda Caroline Miall-Smith	1,055	11.7	-1.0
Majority			2,355	26.1	+2.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Marylebone West

Marylebone West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Lord Greville	4,010	33.1	-3.2
	Municipal Reform	Sir Edward White	3,942	32.5	-4.1
	Progressive	Evelyn Emily Marian Fox	2,110	17.4	+3.8
	Progressive	Charles James Vasey	2,066	17.0	+3.6
Majority			1,832	15.1	-7.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-3.4
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-4.0

Newington

Dawes

Walworth[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Arthur Dawes	2,575
	Progressive	Cornelius Charles Jesson	2,476
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Bird	2,199
	Municipal Reform	G. Aspinall	2,114
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Newington West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,161
	Progressive	Evan Spicer	3,097
	Municipal Reform	Edgar Abbott	2,268
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	2,222
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Paddington

Paddington North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Herbert Hunter	4,561
	Municipal Reform	John Herbert Lidiard	4,522
	Progressive	Horace Holmes	3,573
	Progressive	James Scott Duckers	3,485
Majority			949
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Paddington South[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	3,353
	Municipal Reform	Harry Barned Lewis-Barned	3,316
	Progressive	Reymond Hervey de Montmorency	817
	Progressive	Alfred Young Mayell	805
Majority			2,499
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St George's Hanover Square

Cheylesmore

St George's Hanover Square[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Lord Cheylesmore	4,335
	Municipal Reform	Hubert John Greenwood	4,279
	Progressive	Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell	821
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St Pancras

St. Pancras East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Albert William Claremont	2,549
	Progressive	Henry de Rosenbach Walker	2,522
	Municipal Reform	W Clark-Smith	2,454
	Municipal Reform	J Hewson	2,436
Majority			68
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

St. Pancras North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Thomas Frederick Hobson	2,901
	Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon	2,887
	Municipal Reform	Conrad Hugh Dinwiddy	2,654
	Municipal Reform	Edward Gunter Jones	2,646
	British Socialist Party	A C Edwards	514
	British Socialist Party	W G Woodley	501
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

St. Pancras South[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	David Davies	2,360
	Municipal Reform	John Cuthbert Denison-Pender	2,307
	Progressive	George Frederick Cosburn	1,353
	Progressive	Thomas Charles	1,307
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St. Pancras West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Auberon Claud Hegan Kennard	3,278
	Municipal Reform	Lord Windsor	3,252
	Progressive	William Lloyd Taylor	2,672
	Progressive	Arthur George Rickards	2,579
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Shoreditch

Haggerston[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Henry Ward	2,178
	Progressive	David Blackley	2,167
	Municipal Reform	Joseph John Jarvis	1,975
	Municipal Reform	William Brass	1,970
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Hoxton[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Joseph Stanley Holmes	2,749
	Progressive	Oswald Lewis	2,693
	Municipal Reform	Henry Busby Bird	2,402
	Municipal Reform	C. Filby	2,279
	Independent Municipal Reform	Miss Willoughby	158
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Southwark

Bermondsey[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	William Henry Ecroyd	2,951
	Progressive	Montague Shearman	2,820
	Municipal Reform	Ald. Stickland	2,462
	Municipal Reform	John Swiney	2,409
	Labour	Alfred Salter	1,632
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	1,374
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Rotherhithe[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	R. L. Stuart	3,186
	Progressive	John Scott Lidgett	3,159
	Municipal Reform	W. G. Marriott	2,662
	Municipal Reform	D. Radcliffe	2,457
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Southwark West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Albert Wilson	2,642
	Progressive	Thomas Hunter	2,831
	Municipal Reform	H Edwards	2,105
	Municipal Reform	Rev. Walter T Somerville	2,070
Majority			726
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Strand

Pilditch

Strand[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Clifford Probyn	3,109
	Municipal Reform	Philip Edward Pilditch	3,065
	Progressive	Miss Ellen Pocock	793
Majority			2,272
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Tower Hamlets

Bow and Bromley[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frank Herbert John Baber	2,505
	Municipal Reform	George Malcolm Hilbery	2,464
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	1,936
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	1,826
	British Socialist Party	Charlie Sumner	1,794
	British Socialist Party	Edwin C. Fairchild	1,609
	Independent	Frederick John William Leaney	79
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Yeo

Limehouse[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Benjamin B Evans	2,665
	Progressive	Alfred William Yeo	2,664
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson	2,024
	Municipal Reform	R A Reith	1,916
Majority			640
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Mile End[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	T W Wickham	2,252
	Progressive	Carl Stettauer	2,204
	Municipal Reform	Edward Holton Coumbe	1,973
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Ince	1,924
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Poplar[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	St John Hutchinson	3,061
	Labour	Arabella Susan Lawrence	2,960
	Municipal Reform	T Vosper	1,599
	Municipal Reform	Mrs Elliott	1,492
Majority			1,361
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,462
	Progressive hold		Swing

Gosling

St George's in the East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Harry Gosling	1,246
	Progressive	Charles James Mathew	1,209
	Municipal Reform	Dr P Daniel	961
	Municipal Reform	D Knocker	929
	Independent	J Dibbs	164
	Independent	Frederick Wallace Brame	24
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Hardy

Stepney[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Ordway Goodrich	1,827
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester	1,805
	Progressive	J S Henry	1,667
	Progressive	George Alexander Hardy	1,630
	British Socialist Party	Joseph George Butler	108
	British Socialist Party	Alfred Augustus Watts	105
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Johnson

Whitechapel[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Henry Herman Gordon	1,746
	Progressive	William Cowlishaw Johnson	1,792
	Municipal Reform	Rev E G Parry	1,008
	Municipal Reform	A Ludski	916
Majority			738
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Wandsworth

Wandsworth[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Evans	13,927
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Cooper Rawson	13,804
	Progressive	George Pearce Blizard	7,390
	Progressive	C H Williams	7,357
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith	3,310
	Municipal Reform	Percy George Gates	3,228
	Progressive	Mabel Annie St Clair Stobart	1,199
	Progressive	Lionel Gurney Buxton	1,168
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Woolwich

Sanders

Woolwich[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	William James Squires	8,378
	Municipal Reform	Howard Kingsley Wood	8,300
	Labour	William Stephen Sanders	7,618
	Labour	Margaret Grace Bondfield	7,598
Majority			682
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Aldermen

In addition to the 124 councillors the council consisted of 20 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Half of the aldermanic bench were elected every three years following the triennial council election. After the elections, there were ten aldermanic vacancies and the following alderman were appointed by the newly elected council on 13 March 1913;[3][4]

To serve until 1919:

Viscount Chelmsford, Municipal Reform. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1904–1905.
Rt. Hon. Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie, Municipal Reform. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1907–1912.
George Alexander Hardy, Progressive. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1901–1907.
William Hunt, Municipal Reform, outgoing councillor for Wandsworth, had unsuccessfully contested Islington South.
Cyril Jackson, Municipal Reform, outgoing councillor for Limehouse.
Oswald Partington, Progressive
Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons, Municipal Reform, reappointed.
Mrs. Jessie Wilton Phipps, Municipal Reform
Alfred Henry Scott, Progressive

To serve until 1916:

Katherine Talbot Wallas, Progressive, in place of Henry Lawrence Cripps, resigned 4 February 1913

By-elections 1913–1915

There were eight by-elections to fill casual vacancies during the term of the ninth London County Council.

City of London, 9 May 1913

Cause: resignation of Colonel Sir Stuart Sankey 29 April 1919

London County Council by-election, 1913: City of London
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Tower Hamlets, Mile End, 13 August 1913

Cause: death of Carl Stettauer, 24 July 1913[5]

London County Council by-election, 1913: Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	George A Dutfield	1,743	51.7
	Progressive	Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton	1,627	48.3
Majority			116	3.4
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Islington West, 21 February 1914

Cause: death of Henry Lorenzo Jephson 31 January 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Islington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	W A Nicholls	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

Marylebone West, 6 July 1914

Cause: death of Sir Edward White 14 June 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Marylebone West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Finsbury, Holborn, 9 November 1914

Cause: resignation of Robert Inigo Tasker 27 October 1914 on mobilisation of the 11th Battalion, London Regiment

London County Council by-election, 1914: Holborn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Tower Hamlets, Limehouse, 14 January 1915

Cause: resignation of Benjamin B Evans due to ill health 15 December 1914[6]

London County Council by-election, 1915: Limehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Marks	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

City of London, 1 March 1915

Cause: resignation of William Henry Pannell due to ill health 9 February 1915[7]

London County Council by-election, 1915: City of London
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charles Augustin Hanson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Lewisham, 8 May 1915

Cause: resignation of Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs 27 April 1915[7]

London County Council by-election, 1915: Lewisham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Le May	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Appointments to vacant seats 1915–1919

Under the Elections and Registration Act 1915, a wartime piece of legislation that cancelled local elections until the end of the conflict (and thus the county council election due to be held in March 1916), the members of the county council were given the power to appoint or co-opt councillors to fill vacant seats. The legislation remained in force for the rest of the eleventh county council's existence.

Date of appointment	Division	Outgoing member	New member appointed
7 December 1915	Battersea & Clapham, Clapham	Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore (died 19 November 1915)	William Henry Peruzzi Gibson	Municipal Reform
21 December 1915	Tower Hamlets, Stepney	Arthur Claud Chichester (resigned 7 December 1915 on entering active service with the army)[8]	David Hazel[9]	Municipal Reform
4 April 1916	Lewisham	William Henry Le May (resigned 21 March 1916)[10]	Robert Jackson[11]	Municipal Reform
30 May 1916	Finsbury Central	Lawrence William Simpson Rostron (died 14 May 1916)	James Little[12]	Municipal Reform
30 May 1916	Marylebone West	Lord Greville (resigned 16 May 1916)[13]	Ernest Sanger[12]	Municipal Reform
31 October 1916	Fulham	Edward George Easton (died 2 August 1916)	Henry George Norris[14]	Municipal Reform
31 October 1916	Hackney South	George K Naylor (resigned 4 September 1916)	Charles Winkley[14]	Municipal Reform
3 April 1917	Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley	George Malcolm Hilbery (resigned 9 March 1917)	Walter Charles Bersey[15]	Municipal Reform
1 May 1917	Tower Hamlets, Mile End	George A Dutfield (resigned 18 July 1916)[16]	George Bettesworth Piggott[17]	Municipal Reform
16 October 1917	City of London	Gilbert Johnstone (resigned 31 July 1917)	John Robarts[18]	Municipal Reform
18 December 1917	Islington East	Edward Smallwood (resigned 10 December 1917)	A C Denham	Progressive
8 March 1918	Strand	Clifford Probyn (died 10 February 1918)	John Maria Gatti[19]	Municipal Reform
23 April 1918	City of London	James William Domoney (died 23 March 1918)[20]	George Rowland Blades[21]	Municipal Reform
15 October 1918	Camberwell, Dulwich	Cuthbert Wilkinson (died 20 June 1918)	Henry Newton Knights	Municipal Reform
	Lewisham	Frederick Houston Carter (died 11 March 1918)[22]	Richard Owen Roberts	Municipal Reform
	Southwark West	Albert Wilson (died 16 July 1918)	Duchess of Marlborough	Progressive

Aldermanic vacancies filled 1913–1919

There were four casual vacancies among the aldermen in the term of the eleventh London County Council, which were filled as follows:[23]

27 January 1914: Henry Cubitt Gooch (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1916 (extended to 1919) in place of Maurice C Carr Glyn, resigned 20 January 1914. Gooch had previously sat as a councillor from 1907 to 1910.[24]
9 November 1915: Howard Willmott Liversidge (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1916 (extended to 1919) in place of Lord Monk Bretton, resigned 26 October 1915.[25]
7 March 1916: Sir Harry Lushington Stephen (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1919 (extended to 1922) in place of Lord Chelmsford, resigned 22 February 1916.[26]
4 April 1916: Francis Capel Harrison (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1919 (extended to 1922) in place of Cyril Jackson, resigned 21 March 1916.[11]

References

London Municipal Notes, 1913
The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916
"London County Council. First Meeting of the New Body". The Times. 14 March 1913. p. 5.
"London County Council. The New Chairman And Aldermen". The Times. 12 March 1913. p. 8.
"Obituary: Mr. Carl Stettauer". The Times. 25 July 1913. p. 11.
"Former Member of L.C.C. Found Shot. The Death of Mr. B. B. Evans". The Times. 9 February 1915. p. 5.
"London County Council Vacancy". The Times. 8 February 1915. p. 5.
"Dearer All-Night Fares. A County Council Economy". The Times. 8 December 1915. p. 7.
"Patriotic Teachers. Enlistments From London County Council". The Times. 22 December 1915. p. 7.
"Parties in London County Council. Coalition Suggested". The Times. 22 March 1916. p. 5.
"No Scholarships For Enemy Children. L.C.C. Decision". The Times. 5 April 1916. p. 5.
"Economy in Education. Reduction Of £356,867 in L.C.C. Expenditure". The Times. 31 May 1916. p. 5.
"Licences For Sunday Cinemas. Decision of the London County Council". The Times. 17 May 1916. p. 5.
"New L.C.C. Members. Propagandist Literature in the Parks". The Times. 1 November 1916. p. 5.
"Finance of Education. Recommendations of London County Council". The Times. 4 April 1917. p. 3.
"London Tramways. County Council and the Deficit". The Times. 19 July 1916. p. 5.
"L.C.C. Finance. Net Debt Decreased By £1,580,000". The Times. 2 May 1917. p. 3.
"Air-Raid Shelters. L. C. C. Plans For Use of Schools., Tramway Servants To Take Cover". The Times. 17 October 1917. p. 5.
"Teachers' Pay Scheme Rejected. Protest of 10,000 Women". The Times. 6 March 1918. p. 3.
"Obituary. Mr. Alderman Domoney". The Times. 26 March 1918. p. 9.
"London County Council. Teachers' Salaries Raised". The Times. 24 April 1918. p. 8.
"Obituary. Mr. F. H. Carter". The Times. 12 March 1918. p. 9.
Jackson, W Eric (1965). "Appendix II: Members of the London County Council from 1889". Achievement: A short History of the LCC. London: Longmans. pp. 252–286.
"London County Council And Tuberculosis". The Times. 28 January 1914. p. 10.
"London Estimates. County Council's Trust in the Government". The Times. 10 November 1915. p. 11.
"Savings on Rates". The Times. 9 March 1916. p. 5.

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[London_Municipal_Notes,_1913-1] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[ReferenceA-2] The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916

[3] "London County Council. First Meeting of the New Body". The Times. 14 March 1913. p. 5.

[4] "London County Council. The New Chairman And Aldermen". The Times. 12 March 1913. p. 8.

[5] "Obituary: Mr. Carl Stettauer". The Times. 25 July 1913. p. 11.

[6] "Former Member of L.C.C. Found Shot. The Death of Mr. B. B. Evans". The Times. 9 February 1915. p. 5.

[London_County_Council_Vacancy-7] "London County Council Vacancy". The Times. 8 February 1915. p. 5.

[8] "Dearer All-Night Fares. A County Council Economy". The Times. 8 December 1915. p. 7.

[9] "Patriotic Teachers. Enlistments From London County Council". The Times. 22 December 1915. p. 7.

[10] "Parties in London County Council. Coalition Suggested". The Times. 22 March 1916. p. 5.

[4may1916-11] "No Scholarships For Enemy Children. L.C.C. Decision". The Times. 5 April 1916. p. 5.

[30may1916-12] "Economy in Education. Reduction Of £356,867 in L.C.C. Expenditure". The Times. 31 May 1916. p. 5.

[13] "Licences For Sunday Cinemas. Decision of the London County Council". The Times. 17 May 1916. p. 5.

[oct16-14] "New L.C.C. Members. Propagandist Literature in the Parks". The Times. 1 November 1916. p. 5.

[15] "Finance of Education. Recommendations of London County Council". The Times. 4 April 1917. p. 3.

[16] "London Tramways. County Council and the Deficit". The Times. 19 July 1916. p. 5.

[17] "L.C.C. Finance. Net Debt Decreased By £1,580,000". The Times. 2 May 1917. p. 3.

[18] "Air-Raid Shelters. L. C. C. Plans For Use of Schools., Tramway Servants To Take Cover". The Times. 17 October 1917. p. 5.

[19] "Teachers' Pay Scheme Rejected. Protest of 10,000 Women". The Times. 6 March 1918. p. 3.

[20] "Obituary. Mr. Alderman Domoney". The Times. 26 March 1918. p. 9.

[21] "London County Council. Teachers' Salaries Raised". The Times. 24 April 1918. p. 8.

[22] "Obituary. Mr. F. H. Carter". The Times. 12 March 1918. p. 9.

[Jackson-23] Jackson, W Eric (1965). "Appendix II: Members of the London County Council from 1889". Achievement: A short History of the LCC. London: Longmans. pp. 252–286.

[24] "London County Council And Tuberculosis". The Times. 28 January 1914. p. 10.

[25] "London Estimates. County Council's Trust in the Government". The Times. 10 November 1915. p. 11.

[26] "Savings on Rates". The Times. 9 March 1916. p. 5.