Westminster (London County Council constituency)

Westminster 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.

Westminster
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byWestminster Abbey and Westminster St George's

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 Walter Eugene de Souza Moderate Vernon James Watney Moderate
1892 Henry Fox-Strangways Moderate
1895 Lionel Holland Moderate
1897 Louis Henry Hayter Moderate
1898 Reginald White Granville-Smith Moderate
1904 Clement Young Sturge Municipal Reform
1907 William Peel Municipal Reform
1910 Reginald White Granville-Smith Municipal Reform
1911 Percy Gates Municipal Reform

Election results
1898 London County Council election: Westminster[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Louis Henry Hayter 2,212
Moderate Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,190
Progressive T. Bremner 789
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Westminster[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louis Henry Hayter 1,509 35.3 -7.3
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith 1,485 34.7 -7.5
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood 883 20.7 +5.5
Temperance John George Chappell 399 9.3 n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -6.5
1904 London County Council election: Westminster[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,006
Conservative Clement Young Sturge 1,935
Labour Charles Langstein Heywood 1,192
Labour Charles Duncan 1,169
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Westminster[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Peel 3,419
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge 3,392
Progressive W. B. Campbell 1,299
Progressive E. Herrin 1,298
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Westminster[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,907
Municipal Reform Clement Young Sturge 2,828
Progressive William Wheeler 1,018
Progressive Charles Langstein Heywood 1,014
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Westminster[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 3,310
Municipal Reform Percy George Gates 3,228
Progressive Mabel St Clair Stobart 1,199
Progressive Lionel Gurney Buxton 1,168
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform 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
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