Vauxhall (London County Council constituency)

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

Vauxhall
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created fromKennington and Lambeth North

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Charles Gibson Labour Howell John Powell Labour Patricia Strauss Labour
1952 Kythé Caroline Hendy Labour
1955 William Walter Begley Labour
1958 Sidney Aubrey Melman Labour
1961 Ewan Geddes Carr Labour

Election results
1949 London County Council election: Vauxhall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Strauss 10,161
Labour Charles Gibson 10,096
Labour Howell John Powell 9,852
Conservative S. Oborne 6,317
Conservative W. H. Hall 6,228
Conservative I. Cook 6,192
1952 London County Council election: Vauxhall[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Strauss 12,831
Labour Charles Gibson 12,127
Labour Kythé Caroline Hendy 11,765
Conservative S. Oborne 5,205
Conservative E. P. Roberts 5,008
Conservative I. Cook 4,894
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Vauxhall[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Strauss 6,622
Labour Kythé Caroline Hendy 6,067
Labour William Walter Begley 6,042
Conservative E. P. Roberts 3,130
Conservative A. K. Twaddle 3,087
Conservative W. Bell 2,997
Liberal B. Crooke 553
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Vauxhall[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Walter Begley 7,594
Labour Kythé Caroline Hendy 7,537
Labour Sidney Aubrey Melman 7,256
Conservative Elizabeth Havers 2,171
Conservative B. Rathbone 1,814
Conservative E. P. Roberts 1,803
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Vauxhall[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ewan Geddes Carr 8,348
Labour William Walter Begley 8,294
Labour Sidney Aubrey Melman 7,925
Conservative E. P. Roberts 3,129
Conservative B. Rathbone 3,124
Conservative D. E. Fearn 3,057
Liberal S. S. Eustace 1,472
Liberal A. Vickery 1,198
Liberal E. Webster 1,088
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  2. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  3. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  4. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  5. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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