Stepney (London County Council constituency)

Stepney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again from 1949 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Stepney
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889; 1949
Abolished1919; 1965
Member(s)3
Created fromLimehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's
Replaced byLimehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 William Spencer Beaumont Progressive Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe Progressive
1892 W. C. Steadman Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates Progressive
1901 Alfred Thomas Williams Conservative
1904 James Harris Conservative
1905 Alfred Ordway Goodrich Municipal Reform
1907 Leverton Harris Municipal Reform
1910 John Sankey Municipal Reform
1913 Arthur Chichester Municipal Reform
1915 David Hazel Municipal Reform
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Jeremiah Long Labour Jack Oldfield Labour Louise Reeve Labour
1958 Alice King Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey Labour
1961 Cyril Bird Labour

Election results

1889–1919
1898 London County Council election: Stepney[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 1,955
Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates 1,855
Conservative Evans Gordon 1,648
Conservative H. T. A. Chidgey 1,534
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Stepney[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 1,943 26.4 -1.6
Conservative Alfred Thomas Williams 1,842 25.1 +1.5
Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates 1,792 24.4 -2.1
Conservative Edward Emanuel Micholls 1,774 24.1 +2.2
Progressive hold Swing
Conservative gain from Progressive Swing +1.8
1904 London County Council election: Stepney[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive W. C. Steadman 2,004
Conservative James Harris 1,960
Conservative T. M. Kirkwood 1,942
Progressive Harold Spender 1,874
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Stepney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich 2,366
Municipal Reform Leverton Harris 2,292
Progressive C. S. Stettaner 1,485
Progressive C. Watson 1,386
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Stepney[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich 1,809
Municipal Reform John Sankey 1,758
Progressive William Glyn-Jones 1,646
Progressive J. M. Myers 1,524
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Stepney[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich 1,827
Municipal Reform Arthur Chichester 1,805
Progressive J. S. Henry 1,667
Progressive George Hardy 1,630
British Socialist Party Joseph George Butler 108
British Socialist Party Alf Watts 105
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

1949–1965
1949 London County Council election: Stepney[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 13,926
Labour Jeremiah Long 13,886
Labour Louise Reeve 13,450
Communist Jack Gaster 5,621
Communist Michael Shapiro 5,442
Communist Ted Bramley 5,391
Conservative J. Harvey-Kelly 3,426
Conservative H. S. Eyre 3,104
Conservative Theodore Magnus Wechsler 2,781
Independent H. J. Greenbaum 617
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Stepney[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 9,504
Labour Jeremiah Long 9,470
Labour Louise Reeve 8,928
Communist Arnold Posner 1,902
Communist Jack Gaster 1,531
Communist Max Levitas 1,495
Conservative E. J. Emden 1,391
Conservative P. Buckminster 1,328
Conservative D. Denning 1,298
Independent Mohammed Abbas Ali 226
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Stepney[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremiah Long 8,347
Labour Jack Oldfield 8,300
Labour Louise Reeve 7,872
Communist Arnold Posner 1,419
Communist Max Levitas 1,367
Communist Solly Kaye 1,314
Conservative E. G. Emden 1,041
Conservative R. G. Gee 991
Conservative L. Black 986
Liberal T. Lamb 377
Liberal M. Pugachow 340
Liberal M. Isaaman 293
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Stepney[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice King 8,912
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby 8,892
Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey 8,471
Communist Solly Kaye 1,673
Conservative A. J. Lyons 1,159
Conservative M. Wigoder 810
Conservative R. L. Johnson 784
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Stepney[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice King 8,269
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby 8,008
Labour Cyril Bird 7,067
Communist Solly Kaye 2,018
Conservative A. J. Lyons 1,939
Conservative B. Calwell 1,891
Conservative F. Hughes 1,282
Liberal W. Bogan 1,245
Liberal M. Dove 1,070
Liberal J. W. Gibbs 955
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  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
  7. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  8. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  9. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  10. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  11. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.
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