Putney (London County Council constituency)

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

Putney
Former Constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Wandsworth

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Cooper Rawson		Municipal Reform	Charles Thomas Dickins		Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1922	William Hunt		Municipal Reform	Angus Newton Scott		Municipal Reform
1931	Robert Taylor		Municipal Reform
1934				Arthur Bellamy		Municipal Reform
1940	William Onslow		Conservative	Herbert Ryan		Conservative
1949	Deodora Croft		Conservative				Frank Headland East		Conservative
1952				Frederick Swinbourn		Conservative
1955				Eileen Hoare		Conservative
1955							Geoffrey Johnson-Smith		Conservative
1958	Anne Kerr		Labour	James Archibald Parker		Labour	David Tutaev		Labour
1961				Eileen Hoare		Conservative	John Ian Tweedie-Smith		Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Putney[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Cooper Rawson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Charles Thomas Dickins	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Putney[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	8,307	41.1
	Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	8,231	40.7
	Labour	Eli Jenkins	1,894	9.4	n/a
	Labour	G. Wyver	1,790	8.9	n/a
Majority			6,337	31.3	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Putney[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	6,461
	Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	6,424
	Labour	W. Backhouse	1,867
	Labour	A. J. Hoare	1,842
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Putney[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	7,044
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	7,023
	Labour	M. Beavan	2,530
	Labour	A. V. Holock	2,517
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Putney[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Angus Scott	7,202
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	7,090
	Labour	B. Blyth	1,886
	Labour	Burfoot	1,885
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Putney[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	7,382
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Bellamy	7,361
	Labour	A. D. Hillier	3,815
	Labour	T. Fox-Russell	3,761
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Putney[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Bellamy	10,509
	Municipal Reform	Robert Taylor	10,298
	Labour	Richard Adams	5,416
	Labour	W. Adams	5,415
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Putney[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Onslow	9,985
	Conservative	Herbert Ryan	9,970
	Labour	W. T. F. Iles	6,619
	Labour	F. E. Key	6,540
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Putney[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Deodora Croft	19,365
	Conservative	Frank Headland East	18,896
	Conservative	Herbert Ryan	18,826
	Labour	W. Griffiths	11,803
	Labour	I. D. Scott	11,315
	Labour	E. Whitlock	11,249
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Putney[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Deodora Croft	17,361
	Conservative	Frederick Swinbourn	16,953
	Conservative	Frank Headland East	16,941
	Labour	Cyril Willey Jerome Bird	12,593
	Labour	P. Haddy	12,206
	Labour	G. F. Lee	12,106
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Putney[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Deodora Croft	17,511
	Conservative	Frank Headland East	17,219
	Conservative	Eileen Hoare	17,099
	Labour	Vera Dart	12,585
	Labour	E. S. Henrich	12,510
	Labour	A. D. Bermel	12,408
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Putney[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Archibald Parker	16,342
	Labour	Anne Clarke	15,981
	Labour	David Tutaev	15,950
	Conservative	Gordon Passmore	14,726
	Conservative	Geoffrey Johnson-Smith	14,516
	Conservative	Eileen Hoare	14,099
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Putney[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anne Kerr	15,401
	Conservative	Eileen Hoare	15,263
	Conservative	John Tweedie-Smith	15,235
	Conservative	Gordon Passmore	15,161
	Labour	James Archibald Parker	15,029
	Labour	David Tutaev	14,867
	Liberal	Margaret Wingfield	3,882
	Liberal	Rhys Lloyd	3,742
	Liberal	H. de Bossart	3,545
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
2. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
4. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
5. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
6. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
7. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
8. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
9. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
10. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
11. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
12. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.