Battersea (London County Council constituency)

Battersea 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.

Battersea
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byBattersea North
Battersea South

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 John Burns Progressive James Tims Progressive
1893 William Willis Progressive
1895 William J. Davies Progressive
1907 Arthur Shirley Benn Municipal Reform
1910 Walter Richard Warren Progressive
1913 William J. West Progressive

Election results
1889 London County Council election: Battersea[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Burns 3,071
Progressive James Tims 2,307
Progressive Andrew Cameron 1,279
Radical Robert Arthur Valpy 1,564
Independent George Harrison 188
Vestryman William Davies 54
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)
1892 London County Council election: Battersea[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Burns 5,168
Progressive James Tims 4,470
Moderate J. G. Taylor Whitehead 2,011
Moderate James Innes Michin 1,780
Independent Progressive Howarth Barnes 1,060
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1893 Battersea by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Willis 2,817
Moderate Arthur Philip Quicke 2,165
Social Democratic Federation Harry B. Rogers 414
Independent Labour W. F. Grey 360
Progressive hold Swing
1895 London County Council election: Battersea[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Davies 4,095
Progressive John Burns 3,940
Moderate A. T. Quicke 2,945
Moderate T. Costigan 2,921
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1898 London County Council election: Battersea[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Davies 5,284
Progressive John Burns 5,126
Moderate Rudolph Feilding 3,715
Moderate A. T. Quicke 3,670
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Battersea[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Davies 5,951 38.6
Progressive John Burns 5,906 38.3
Conservative Stanley Boulter 1,829 11.9
Conservative John Dumphreys 1,746 11.3
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Battersea[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Burns 5,513
Progressive William Davies 5,502
Conservative Francis Danford Thomas 2,503
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Battersea[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Davies 7,250
Municipal Reform Arthur Benn 7,217
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans 6,691
Progressive William J. West 6,669
Independent Socialist W. H. Humphreys 489
Socialist (GB) Jack Fitzgerald 98
Socialist (GB) H. Jansen-Neumann 42
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Battersea[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Davies 7,254 26.3
Progressive Walter Richard Warren 7,049 25.6
Municipal Reform Arthur Benn 6,837 24.8
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans 6,441 23.4
Majority 212 0.8
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Battersea[9]
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
Progressive hold Swing

References
  1. "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. "The County Council election in Battersea". The Morning Post. 24 July 1893.
  3. "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  4. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  5. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  6. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  7. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  8. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  9. London Municipal Notes, 1913
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