Brixton (London County Council constituency)

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

Brixton
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1889 Edmund Verney Progressive Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope Moderate Two seats until 1949
1892 Henry Harris Progressive Stephen Seaward Tayler Progressive
1895 William Haydon Moderate Charles Jerome Moderate Moderate
1901 Frederick Dolman Progressive Lewen Sharp Progressive
1907 William Haydon Municipal Reform Samuel Hoare Municipal Reform
1910 Ernest Gray Municipal Reform
1919 Charles Henry Gibbs Municipal Reform
1922 Gervas Pierrepont Municipal Reform
1925 Nigel Colman Municipal Reform
1928 Barrie Lambert Municipal Reform
1931 Charles Kingston Municipal Reform
1934 Barbara Hornby Municipal Reform
1946 Walter Boys Labour Victor Mishcon Labour
1949 Donald Ford Labour
1954 Beatrice Serota Labour
1961 Nathan Marock Labour

Election results
1898 London County Council election: Brixton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Moderate William Haydon 2,944 20.2 -1.1
Moderate Charles Jerome 2,863
Progressive J. W. Horsley 2,339
Progressive Spencer Barclay Heward 2,323
Moderate hold Swing
Moderate hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Brixton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive Frederick Dolman 3,244 30.1 +5.7
Progressive Lewen Sharp 3,226 29.9 +5.6
Conservative William Bell 2,180 20.2 -1.1
Conservative Charles Jerome 2,138 19.8 -10.1
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative Swing +5.6
1904 London County Council election: Brixton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive Frederick Dolman 3,170
Progressive Lewen Sharp 3,120
Conservative W. Haydon 2,022
Conservative S. Cresswell 2,911
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Brixton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform William Haydon 4,997
Municipal Reform Samuel Hoare 4,295
Progressive Lewen Sharp 3,546
Progressive L. Earle 3,525
Majority
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1910 London County Council election: Brixton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform William Haydon 4,324
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 4,295
Progressive M. B. Lange 3,188
Progressive George Shrubsall 3,186
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Brixton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform William Haydon 4,289 28.8 -0.0
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 4,274 28.7 +0.1
Progressive A. R. Gridley 3,154 21.2 -0.1
Progressive Hillier Holt 3,151 21.2 -0.0
Majority 1,120 7.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing 0.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing +0.5
1919 London County Council election: Brixton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Charles Henry Gibbs 2,159 32.0
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 2,102 31.2
Labour Horace Herbert Tavender 1,261 18.7
Labour W. Burroughs 1,216 18.1
Majority 841 12.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Brixton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 8,260 35.5 +4.3
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 8,149 35.0 +3.0
Labour W. I. G. Scott 3,455 14.8 -3.9
Labour Henry Devenish Harben 3,423 14.7 -3.4
Majority 4,694 20.2 +7.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Brixton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 5,935
Municipal Reform Nigel Colman 5,817
Labour James Adams 2,784
Labour Amy Sayle 2,029 -
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Brixton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 4,371
Municipal Reform Barrie Lambert 4,340
Liberal P. H. Chase 2,123
Liberal G. W. Nash 2,112 -
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Brixton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 5,392
Municipal Reform Charles Kingston 5,320
Labour E. J. Titler 2,073
Labour A. Hindell 1,979
Liberal Arthur Stanley Quick 1,088
Liberal Ursula Warren 1,070 -
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Brixton[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 5,107
Municipal Reform Barbara Hornby 4,940
Labour B. Fraser 4,485
Labour F. E. Brown 4,455
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Brixton[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Barbara Hornby 8,018
Municipal Reform Gervas Pierrepont 7,956
Labour Gavin Henderson 6,945
Labour C. Johnson 6,695
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Brixton[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Boys 5,955
Labour Victor Mishcon 5,945
Conservative Barbara Hornby 3,366
Conservative Gervas Pierrepont 3,329
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1949 London County Council election: Brixton[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Donald Ford 11,904
Labour Walter Boys 11,867
Labour Victor Mishcon 11,859
Conservative F. T. Horne 11,651
Conservative Lady Williams 11,462
Conservative W. Shepheard 11,445
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Brixton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Donald Ford 15,315
Labour Victor Mishcon 15,169
Labour Walter Boys 14,912
Conservative W. H. Hall 8,680
Conservative J. W. Loveridge 8,655
Conservative M. Rose 8,542
Union Movement J. F. Dunigan 758
Union Movement F. E. Lewis 523
Union Movement J. M. Ryan 373
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Beatrice Serota was elected unopposed in 1954.
1955 London County Council election: Brixton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Victor Mishcon 9,571
Labour Donald Ford 9,158
Labour Beatrice Serota 9,073
Conservative N. M. Miskin 6,103
Conservative B. Knightly 6,077
Conservative A. G. Morkill 5,745
Union Movement G. A. Hudson 307
Liberal M. R. Gidley 268
Union Movement J. M. Ryan 262
Liberal Eunice Jones 251
Union Movement Robert Row 218
Liberal M. D. E. Smart 177
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Brixton[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Donald Ford 10,173
Labour Victor Mishcon 10,134
Labour Beatrice Serota 9,627
Conservative J. W. Proctor 3,742
Conservative J. C. Blofeld 3,715
Conservative J. Warren 3,714
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Brixton[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Victor Mishcon 9,966
Labour Nathan Marock 9,949
Labour Beatrice Serota 9,687
Conservative A. J. Warren 7,566
Conservative K. P. Payne 7,481
Conservative R. F. Long 7,193
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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References
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  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. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  8. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  9. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  10. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  11. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  12. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  13. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  14. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  15. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  16. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  17. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  18. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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