Fulham West (London County Council constituency)

Fulham West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. It was largely replaced by a new Fulham constituency.

Fulham West
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1955
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created fromFulham
Replaced byFulham

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Cyril Cobb Municipal Reform William Warner Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1922 Frank Hobbs Municipal Reform
1931 George Gordon Municipal Reform
1934 Christopher Lancaster Labour Leah L'Estrange Malone Labour
1937 Geoffrey Weston Aplin Municipal Reform
1946 Frank Banfield Labour
1949 Ian Mactaggart Conservative Ethel Rankin Labour
1952 Richard Edmonds Labour

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Fulham West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 3,834 34.8
Municipal Reform William Warner 3,542 32.2
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 1,934 17.6
Labour John Palmer 1,695 15.4
Majority 1,608 14.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Fulham West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 9,849 34.8 +0.0
Municipal Reform Frank Hobbs 9,588 33.8 +1.6
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 4,555 16.1 -1.5
Labour I. M. Lineham 4,350 15.3 -0.1
Majority 5,033 17.7 +3.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Fulham West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 6,872
Municipal Reform Frank Hobbs 6,379
Labour Joan Howson 4,162
Labour Christopher Lancaster 4,135
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Fulham West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 6,818
Municipal Reform Frank Hobbs 6,406
Labour George Spero 5,630
Labour Christopher Lancaster 5,621
Liberal Robert Wilson Black 4,449
Liberal Walter Cunningham 4,005
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Fulham West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 7,626
Municipal Reform George Gordon 6,877
Labour Christopher Lancaster 5,025
Labour Monica Whately 4,758
Liberal Robert Wilson Black 2,586
Liberal Edgar Gale Hardy 2,111
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Fulham West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Christopher Lancaster 8,560
Labour Leah L'Estrange Malone 8,282
Municipal Reform Cyril Cobb 7,902
Municipal Reform George Gordon 7,599
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Fulham West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Christopher Lancaster 10,480
Municipal Reform Geoffrey Weston Aplin 10,255
Municipal Reform R. Etherton 10,230
Labour Leah L'Estrange Malone 10,071
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
1946 London County Council election: Fulham West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Frank Banfield 9,610
Labour Christopher Lancaster 9,589
Conservative Geoffrey Weston Aplin 5,576
Conservative P. F. Remnant 5,477
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1949 London County Council election: Fulham West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Frank Banfield 12,382
Conservative Ian Mactaggart 12,216
Labour Ethel Rankin 12,073
Labour Eleanor Nathan 12,054
Conservative J. Haggie 12,052
Conservative E. Hoare 12,033
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Fulham West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Frank Banfield 15,192
Labour Ethel Rankin 15,073
Labour Richard Edmonds 14,742
Conservative Ian Mactaggart 11,360
Conservative J. Haggie 11,317
Conservative P. B. Kenyon 11,229
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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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.
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