Southwark (London County Council constituency)

Southwark 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.

Southwark
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 John Keen Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell Labour
1955 Henry Stillman Labour Leonard Styles Labour
1961 Albert Gates Labour

Election results
1949 London County Council election: Southwark[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy 13,250
Labour John Keen 13,040
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 12,569
Conservative G. H. Kirby-Smith 6,865
Conservative A. Hendries 6,808
Conservative A. I. Robin 6,375
1952 London County Council election: Southwark[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Albert Bernard Kennedy 16,372
Labour John Keen 15,885
Labour James Hyndman MacDonnell 15,328
Conservative James Greenwood 3,719
Conservative G. H. Kirby-Smith 3,065
Conservative H. Russell 2,247
Communist T. C. Fuller 841
Communist Joe Bent 741
Communist J. Mills 611
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Southwark[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Henry Stillman 10,819
Labour John Keen 10,751
Labour Leonard Styles 10,747
Conservative James Greenwood 2,394
Conservative H. Golding 1,891
Conservative R. Cummins 1,835
Communist T. C. Fuller 604
Independent W. Field 551
Communist Nell Vyse 511
Communist Joe Bent 443
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Southwark[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Keen 11,721
Labour Henry Stillman 11,702
Labour Leonard Styles 11,643
Conservative R. Cummins 1,210
Conservative H. Golding 1,205
Conservative J. Harrison 1,125
Communist Joe Bent 605
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Southwark[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Keen 11,807
Labour Albert Gates 11,742
Labour Henry Stillman 11,546
Conservative R. Cummins 2,861
Conservative J. E. Pound 2,849
Conservative H. Golding 2,822
Communist Joe Bent 1,320
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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