Paddington South (London County Council constituency)

Paddington South 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.

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

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	John Burgess-Preston Karslake		Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned		Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1930				John Temple Scriven		Municipal Reform
1931	Harold Vaughan Kenyon		Municipal Reform
1936				Henry Studholme		Municipal Reform
1945				Ernest Hyatt		Municipal Reform
1946	Norris Kenyon		Conservative	Frederick Lawrence		Conservative
1949							Thelma de Chair		Conservative
1955							Edward Clive Bigham		Conservative
1958	Montagu Lowry-Corry		Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Paddington South[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake
	Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Paddington South[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Paddington South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	4,759		n/a
	Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	4,629		n/a
	Labour	A. Farrer	1,175		n/a
	Labour	Leopold Spero	1,139		n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Paddington South[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Harry Lewis-Barned	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Paddington South by-election, 1930[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Paddington South[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Paddington South[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	5,647		n/a
	Municipal Reform	John Temple Scriven	5,574		n/a
	Labour	J. E. MacColl	2,251		n/a
	Labour	G. Hill	2,200		n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Paddington South[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Harold Vaughan Kenyon	7,531
	Municipal Reform	Henry Studholme	7,276
	Labour	J. E. MacColl	2,941
	Labour	B. Ash	2,817
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Paddington South[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Norris Kenyon	7,354
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lawrence	7,317
	Labour	F. Hardie	3,648
	Labour	R. Chinn	3,595
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Paddington South[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	13,093
	Conservative	Norris Kenyon	13,085
	Conservative	Thelma de Chair	13,005
	Labour	Charles Wegg-Prosser	4,581
	Labour	H. Browne	4,284
	Labour	M. Pawley	4,261
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Paddington South[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norris Kenyon	11,909
	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	11,857
	Conservative	Thelma de Chair	11,700
	Labour	Charles Wegg-Prosser	5,781
	Labour	A. Dumont	4,619
	Labour	C. L. James	4,583
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Paddington South[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norris Kenyon	9,857
	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	9,778
	Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	9,771
	Labour	A. Dumont	3,446
	Labour	M. Haston	3,425
	Labour	C. Somers	3,337
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Paddington South[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norris Kenyon	7,579
	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	7,512
	Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	7,434
	Labour	J. Alford	4,974
	Labour	William Dow	4,949
	Labour	H. Gray	4,890
	Liberal	P. Bradney	945
	Liberal	S. M. Cowan	926
	Liberal	A. R. P. Ducros	611
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Paddington South[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick Lawrence	8,352
	Conservative	Montagu Lowry-Corry	8,187
	Conservative	Edward Clive Bigham	8,105
	Labour	William Dow	4,413
	Labour	C. Genese	4,324
	Labour	P. Park	4,205
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative 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. "New London County Councillor". The Times. 30 January 1930.
5. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
6. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
7. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
8. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
9. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
10. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
11. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
12. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
13. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.