Lewisham South (London County Council constituency)

Lewisham South 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.

Lewisham South
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created fromLewisham East

Councillors

YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Walter Richard Owen Labour Edmund Henry Hambly Labour Tom Gillinder Labour
1958 Frederick Hawes Labour
1961 Liberal

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Lewisham South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Richard Owen 16,639
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 16,379
Labour Tom Gillinder 16,245
Conservative Swash 12,864
Conservative J. G. Weeple 12,756
Conservative D. Brooks 12,718
1952 London County Council election: Lewisham South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Gillinder 18,967
Labour Walter Richard Owen 18,944
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 18,815
Conservative A. Beattie 11,422
Conservative A. Tennant 11,254
Conservative M. Thirlby 11,128
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Lewisham South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Richard Owen 15,216
Labour Tom Gillinder 15,107
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 15,097
Conservative D. E. New 8,782
Conservative G. J. Smith 8,580
Conservative A. D. Bartlett 8,491
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Lewisham South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Gillinder 14,669
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 14,599
Labour Frederick Hawes 14,255
Conservative R. W. Scott 6,284
Conservative M. Hill 6,260
Conservative D. Mappin 6,249
Independent George Forrester 502
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Lewisham South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Gillinder 14,336
Labour Frederick Hawes 14,311
Labour Edmund Henry Hambly 14,290
Conservative John Hunt 8,865
Conservative J. E. McDonald 8,508
Conservative A. R. Tyrrell 8,213
Liberal A. Marchant 2,303
Liberal Frank Bennett 2,299
Liberal T. E. J. Bean 2,203
Alert Party George Forrester 489
Alert Party C. Vincent 183
Labour hold Swing
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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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