1922 London County Council election

An election to the County Council of London took place on 2 March 1922. It was the eleventh triennial election of the whole council. There were sixty dual member constituencies and one four member constituency, making a total of 124 seats. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats.

1922 London County Council election
2 March 1922
124 Council Seats
63 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Hume Scott Lidgett Harry Gosling
Party Municipal Reform Progressive Labour
Leader since 1918 1918 1920
Leader's seat Greenwich Rotherhithe Kennington
Last election 68 seats 40 seats 15 seats
Seats won 82 26 16
Seat change Increase14 Decrease14 Increase1
Popular vote 557,210 182,512 385,292
Percentage 49.2% 16.1% 34.1%
Swing Increase10.2% Decrease7.3 Decrease0.6%
Colours denote the winning party.

National government background

The Prime Minister of the day was the Liberal David Lloyd George who led a Coalition Government that included the Unionist Party and those Liberals and Socialists who had broken from the main Liberal and Labour parties who sat in opposition. The Coalition was numerically dominated by the Unionists who were still 7 months away from overthrowing Lloyd George. The Coalition had been losing parliamentary seats in by-elections to both opposition parties including two in London to Labour; at 1921 Southwark South East by-election and during the council election campaign at 1922 Camberwell North by-election where one of the incumbent London Labour councillors Charles Ammon was elected to parliament on 20 February 1922. Ten days later, the electors of Camberwell North re-elected him to the County Council.

London Council background

Although the Municipal Reform Party had an overall majority, in line with national politics, they decided late in 1917 to form a war-time coalition to mirror the national government. Some Progressive Party members were offered chairmanships of committees. This coalition had continued after the war ended, but both parties, along with the Labour Party, fought the 1922 elections on separate platforms.[1]

Candidates

The leader of the Municipal Reform Party did not defend his seat, but was expected to remain a member when the new council appointed its new aldermen. There was no county wide electoral agreements between any of the parties, though clearly there had been some locally agreed situations. There were very few constituencies where all three parties stood two candidates. In the past, the Progressive Party had encompassed the Labour Party, with candidates running in harness. That situation had recently ended when former Progressive Party councillor Harry Gosling became leader of the Labour Party. In its place there were a few Progressive candidates running in harness with Municipal Reform candidates. Among Labour's candidates were members of the recently formed Communist Party, such as Albert Inkpin.

Outcome

Labour suffered a setback when their Leader, Harry Gosling was defeated at Kennington, thanks to an electoral arrangement between the Progressives and the Municipal Reformers, although he regained the seat at a by-election a month later.[2] Labour had mixed results, managing to more or less hold their own. The leader of the Progressive Party, John Scott Lidgett, was also unseated at Rotherhithe, although he was able to remain a member of the council when he was appointed an alderman.[3] The big winners were the Municipal Reform Party, who made a number of gains at the expense of the Progressives.

London County Council election, 1922
Party Seats Seats % +/- Votes Votes % +/- Candidates
Municipal Reform 82 66.1% +14 557,210 49.2% +10.2% 98
Progressive 26 21.0% -14 182,512 16.1% -7.3% 50
Labour 16 12.9% +1 385,292 34.1% -0.6 96
Independent 0 0.0% -1 6,396 0.6% -2.2% 5

Constituency results
  • Incumbent Councillors shown in bold.

Battersea
Battersea North
London County Council election, 1922: Battersea North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph George Butler 6,585
Labour Alfred Augustus Watts 6,557
Municipal Reform W Watts 4,686
Municipal Reform Charles James Allpass 4,669
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Battersea South
London County Council election, 1922: Battersea South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edwin Evans 10,424
Municipal Reform William Hall 10,394
Labour Caroline Selina Ganley 5,872
Labour Rev. Alfred George Prichard 5,843
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Bermondsey
Rotherhithe
London County Council election, 1922: Rotherhithe[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Allan Randle 5,457
Labour William John Webb 5,296
Progressive Rev. John Scott Lidgett 3,807
Progressive Arthur Acland Allen 3,604
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Bermondsey West
London County Council election, 1922: Bermondsey West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eveline Mary Lowe 4,113
Labour Frederick Charles Langton 4,091
Progressive Harold James Glanville 3,277
Progressive Samuel Lithgow 2,671
Independent Mrs. Jessie E Scriven 2,339
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour gain from Progressive Swing

Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green N E
London County Council election, 1922: Bethnal Green North East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter 3,522 n/a
Progressive William Shadforth 3,518 n/a
Labour B Gray 3,295 n/a
Labour George Belt 3,154 n/a
Majority
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Headlam
London County Council election, 1922: Bethnal Green South West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Rev. Stewart Duckworth Headlam 3,178
Progressive Percy Alfred Harris 3,049
Labour Joseph James Vaughan 2,244
Labour J Valentine 2,148
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Camberwell
Dulwich
London County Council election, 1922: Dulwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Henry Cubitt Gooch 9,545 n/a
Municipal Reform George Sitwell Campbell Swinton 9,364 n/a
Labour H Luckhart 2,398 n/a
Labour T E Wright 2,374 n/a
Majority n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Camberwell North
London County Council election, 1922: Camberwell North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles George Ammon MP 4,277
Labour Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning 4,011
Municipal Reform Alexander West Russell 2,152
Municipal Reform Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan 2,137
Progressive Herbert Arthur Baker 1,235
Progressive Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton 1,069
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour hold Swing
Camberwell North West
London County Council election, 1922: Camberwell North-West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Charles D Kingston 4,794
Municipal Reform William Jackson Morton 4,551
Labour John George Spradbrow 2,846
Labour J F Lucas 2,520
Progressive Seth Coward 1,873
Progressive Henry Ernest Wood 1,806
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Peckham
London County Council election, 1922: Peckham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Gautrey 6,693 n/a
Progressive Earl of Haddo 6,543 n/a
Labour Arthur Creech-Jones 3,890 n/a
Labour P Sabine 3,728 n/a
Majority n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a

Chelsea
Chelsea
London County Council election, 1922: Chelsea[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Sidney 7,727 n/a
Municipal Reform Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 7,655 n/a
Labour J T Houlihan 3,214 n/a
Labour Mrs C M Merrifield 3,203 n/a
Majority n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

City of London
London County Council election, 1922: City of London[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sir John Lulham Pound Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform William Wilson Grantham Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Sir Percy Coleman Simmons Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Geoffrey Head Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Deptford
Deptford
London County Council election, 1922: Deptford[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Guy Herbert Walmisley 9,545 25.4 +4.4
Municipal Reform Marshall James Pike 9,487 25.3 +6.8
Labour Margaret McMillan 9,333 24.8 -6.2
Labour John Speakman 9,199 24.5 -5.0
Majority 154 0.5 -8.1
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing

Finsbury
Finsbury
London County Council election, 1922: Finsbury[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Otho William Nicholson 5,778 25.7 +3.5
Municipal Reform Miss Rachel M Parsons 5,636 25.1 +3.7
Labour C H Brew 3,222 14.3 n/a
Labour Charles R Simpson 3,109 13.8 n/a
Progressive Alfred Baker 2,464 11.0 -18.9
Progressive Miss Ida Samuel 2,253 10.0 -16.5
Majority 2,414 10.8 15.1
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Fulham
Fulham East
London County Council election, 1922: Fulham East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Beatrix Margaret Lyall 7,941 35.1 +1.3
Municipal Reform Frank Holmes 7,849 34.7 -0.1
Labour T. M. Cox 3,431 15.2 -0.8
Labour Isaac James Hayward 3,403 15.0 -0.4
Majority 4,418 19.5 -1.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Fulham West
London County Council election, 1922: Fulham West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb 9,849 34.8 +0.0
Municipal Reform Frank W Hobbs 9,588 33.8 +1.6
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 4,555 16.1 -1.5
Labour Mrs I M Lineham 4,350 15.3 -0.1
Majority 5,033 17.7 +3.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Greenwich
Greenwich
London County Council election, 1922: Greenwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Martin Dence 9,412 28.3 n/a
Municipal Reform George Rowland Hill 9,367 28.2 n/a
Labour Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 7,332 22.0 n/a
Labour J G Davenport 7,145 21.4 n/a
Majority n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Hackney
Adler
London County Council election, 1922: Hackney Central[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henrietta Adler Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform William Ray Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Hackney North
London County Council election, 1922: Hackney North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Lady Trustram Eve Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Oscar Emanuel Warburg Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Hackney South
London County Council election, 1922: Hackney South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Theodore Chapman 4,588 32.0 n/a
Progressive H O Grant 4,416 30.8 n/a
Labour E Wigan 2,669 18.6 n/a
Labour Emma Boyce 2,662 18.6 n/a
Majority 1,747 12.2 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a

Hammersmith
Hammersmith North
London County Council election, 1922: Hammersmith North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform David Cawdron 5,104 31.4 -1.8
Municipal Reform Lord Decies 5,066 31.2 -5.2
Labour John Thomas Westcott 3,049 18.8 n/a
Labour T Martin 3,026 18.6 -11.7
Majority 2,017 12.4 +9.5
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Hammersmith South
London County Council election, 1922: Hammersmith South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Francis Robert Ince Anderton 6,483 36.4 -4.0
Municipal Reform Isidore Salmon 6,415 36.1 -3.2
Labour C J Atkinson 2,574 14.5 -4.4
Labour Miss M Price 2,305 13.0 n/a
Majority 3,841 21.6 +2.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Hampstead
Hampstead
London County Council election, 1922: Hampstead[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Andrew Thomas Taylor 10,572
Municipal Reform Walter Reynolds 10,565
Labour E E Balfour 2,390
Labour J May 2,390
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Holborn
Holborn
London County Council election, 1922: Holborn[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Robert Inigo Tasker 5,234 46.2 n/a
Municipal Reform George Harvey 5,143 45.4 n/a
Independent H Janner 947 8.4 n/a
Majority 4,196 37.0 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Islington
Islington East
London County Council election, 1922: Islington East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Lace Clague 6,877 41.2 +5.9
Progressive Jack Percy Blake 6,767 40.5 +6.7
Independent George King Naylor 3,065 18.3 +2.7
Majority 3,702 22.2
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
  • Naylor had contested the seat in 1919 as a Municipal Reform candidate.
Islington North
London County Council election, 1922: Islington North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 8,644 26.9 +1.6
Municipal Reform Miss Rosamund Smith 7,970 24.8 -0.4
Labour Robert McKenna 4,833 15.1 -34.4
Labour Hilda Caroline Miall Smith 4,766 14.8 n/a
Progressive David Sydney Waterlow 3,207 10.0 n/a
Progressive W. Allen 2,692 8.4 n/a
Majority 3,137 9.7 33.9
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Islington South
London County Council election, 1922: Islington South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 4,916 25.6 n/a
Progressive George Dew 4,882 25.4 n/a
Municipal Reform A Hudson 4,735 24.7 n/a
Municipal Reform G Hampton Lewis 4,665 24.3 n/a
Majority 147 0.7 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Islington West
London County Council election, 1922: Islington West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Mills 5,903 33.6 n/a
Progressive Frank Raffety 5,746 32.7 n/a
Labour P. H. Black 3,013 17.2 n/a
Labour G. Davison 2,894 16.5 n/a
Majority 2,733 15.5 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a

Kensington
Kensington North
London County Council election, 1922: Kensington North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform David Davis 6,364 31.9 n/a
Municipal Reform Cecil Bingham Levita 6,234 31.3 n/a
Labour Barbara Drake 3,687 18.5 n/a
Labour E. C. Porton 3,646 18.3 n/a
Majority 2,547 12.8 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Kensington South
London County Council election, 1922: Kensington South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Frederick Cavaye Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Henry Vincent Rowe Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Lambeth
Brixton
London County Council election, 1922: Brixton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ernest Gray 8,260 35.5 +4.3
Municipal Reform Gervas Evelyn 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
Kennington
London County Council election, 1922: Kennington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Harold Swann 5,728 31.8 +12.5
Progressive Sir John Williams Benn 4,805 26.7 -4.6
Labour Harry Gosling 4,275 23.7 -7.9
Labour Charles William Gibson 3,212 17.8 n/a
Majority 530 3.0 -9.0
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Lambeth North
London County Council election, 1922: Lambeth North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R C E Powell 3,019 17.3 n/a
Progressive Reginald Myer 3,015 17.2 -20.9
Progressive Frank Dawson Lapthorn 3,015 17.2 n/a
Labour JC Bessell 2,838 16.2 n/a
Municipal Reform RT Sharpe 2,802 16.0 +3.3
Municipal Reform T. Page 2,793 16.0 +4.4
Majority 0 0.0 -24.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Norwood
London County Council election, 1922: Norwood[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rose Dunn Gardner 12,076 38.0 n/a
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 12,044 37.9 n/a
Labour Edgar Lansbury 3,895 12.2 n/a
Labour Alfred E Lugg 3,800 11.9 n/a
Majority 8,149 25.7 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Lewisham
Lewisham East
London County Council election, 1922: Lewisham East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Eric Ball 11,759 37.1 n/a
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts 11,288 35.6 n/a
Labour W. J. R. Gillings 4,392 13.8 n/a
Labour J. W. Matthews 4,295 13.5 n/a
Majority 6,896 21.8 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Lewisham West
London County Council election, 1922: Lewisham West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Taswell Campbell 8,680 35.4 +8.2
Municipal Reform Percival H Reed 8,197 33.4 +7.1
Progressive Henry Arthur Evans 4,013 16.4 -7.0
Progressive G. H. Stepney 3,644 14.9 -8.2
Majority 4,184 17.0 +14.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Paddington
Paddington North
London County Council election, 1922: Paddington North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Herbert Hunter 7,722 34.5 +5.7
Municipal Reform Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 7,713 34.5 +6.8
Labour W. C. Bolton 3,484 15.6 -6.3
Labour H P Lawless 3,456 15.4 -6.2
Majority 4,229 18.9 +13.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Paddington South
London County Council election, 1922: Paddington South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Burgess-Preston Karslake Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Harry Barned Lewis-Barned Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Poplar
Bow and Bromley
London County Council election, 1922: Bow and Bromley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlie E Sumner 8,121 31.9
Labour Edward Cruse 8,043 31.6
Municipal Reform Florence Barrie Lambert 4,721 18.5
Municipal Reform A. Barnard 4,599 18.0
Majority 3,322 13.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Poplar South
London County Council election, 1922: Poplar South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel March 10,716 31.6
Labour Arabella Susan Lawrence 10,511 31.0
Municipal Reform CR Ingleby 6,397 18.8
Municipal Reform Rev. A Tildesley 6,328 18.6
Majority 4,114 12.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Marylebone
St Marylebone
London County Council election, 1922: St Marylebone[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Dr Adeline Roberts Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Ernest Sanger Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

St Pancras
St Pancras North
London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Ian Fraser 6,982 24.6
Municipal Reform Mrs A Elliot 6,751 23.8
Labour H J Brown 4,912 17.3
Labour Frank Lawrence Combes 4,798 16.9
Progressive William Lloyd Taylor 2,513 8.9
Progressive John Hunter Harley 2,407 8.5
Majority 1,839 6.5
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
St Pancras South East
London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras South East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Mrs Ethelind J Hopkins 5,158 26.8
Municipal Reform David Davies 5,114 26.6
Labour S Presbury 2,617 13.6
Labour H D Large 2,613 13.6
Progressive Arthur Lewis Leon 1,859 9.7
Progressive Alfred Henry Scott 1,856 9.7
Majority 2,497 13.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
St Pancras South West
London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras South West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Auberon Claud Hegan Kennard 4,456 26.9
Municipal Reform Charles William Matthews 4,464 26.9
Labour Henry Montague Tibbles 2,036 12.3
Labour Albert Samuel Inkpin 1,992 12.0
Progressive Ernest Devan Wetton 1,814 10.9
Progressive R E Allen 1,810 10.9
Majority 2,428 14.6
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Shoreditch
Shoreditch
London County Council election, 1922: Shoreditch[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Ward 4,015 28.7
Progressive Frank Stanley Henwood 3,814 27.2
Labour C E Taylor 3,215 23.0
Labour Alfred Walton 2,930 21.0
Majority 599 4.2
Progressive gain from Labour Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Southwark
London County Council election, 1922: Southwark Central[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Daniel Gilbert 6,374 35.9 n/a
Progressive George Henry Cook 6,154 34.7 n/a
Labour Lewis Silkin 2,618 14.7 n/a
Labour W Barrett 2,611 14.7 n/a
Majority 3,536 20.0 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Southwark North
London County Council election, 1922: Southwark North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Owers Devereux 4,453 32.1 -7.8
Municipal Reform Frank Percy Rider 4,306 31.0 -5.7
Labour George Wilfrid Holford Knight 2,565 18.5 +6.8
Labour Rev T P Stevens 2,553 18.4 +6.7
Majority 1,741 12.5 -12.5
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
Southwark South East
London County Council election, 1922: Southwark South East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William James Pincombe 3,261 27.4 -12.2
Progressive John Osborne 3,215 27.1 -11.9
Labour G J Chaplin 2,703 22.8 +0.8
Labour W H Lock 2,693 22.7 n/a
Majority 512 4.3 -12.7
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Stepney
Limehouse
London County Council election, 1922: Limehouse[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Marks 5,746 28.8 +5.7
Municipal Reform Mrs C B Lankester 5,454 27.4 n/a
Labour Julia Scurr 4,385 22.0 -0.6
Labour Benjamin Skene Mackay 4,350 21.8 +1.0
Majority 1,069 5.4 +5.2
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Mile End
London County Council election, 1922: Mile End[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Cecil Gerard Leigh 3,695 27.4 -3.8
Municipal Reform Offley Wakeman 3,658 27.1 -2.8
Labour C H Norman 3,077 22.8 +3.3
Labour John Scurr 3,048 22.6 +3.2
Majority 581 4.3 -6.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Whitechapel & St George's
London County Council election, 1922: Whitechapel[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher John Kelly 3,244 19.0 n/a
Progressive William C Johnson 3,085 18.1
Labour Morris Harold Davis 2,998 17.5 n/a
Progressive Dr J J Reidy 2,972 17.4
Municipal Reform Woolf Joel 2,557 15.0 n/a
Municipal Reform Claude Herbert Grundy 2,227 13.0 n/a
Majority 87 0.6
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing

Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
London County Council election, 1922: Stoke Newington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 4,312 42.5 -0.8
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 4,121 40.7 -1.0
Independent George Wicks 1,704 16.8 +1.8
Majority 2,417 23.9 -2.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Wandsworth
Balham and Tooting
London County Council election, 1922: Balham & Tooting[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Ernest Perring 8,403 27.1 +13.5
Municipal Reform Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 8,308 26.8 +13.8
Progressive Rev. Bevill Allen 4,587 14.8 -12.3
Progressive S G Warner 3,529 11.4 -15.1
Labour Rev. G Bell 3,203 10.3 -0.0
Labour Mary Thoresby 2,943 9.5 -0.4
Majority 3,721 12.0 24.9
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Wandsworth Central
London County Council election, 1922: Wandsworth Central[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Robert G Taylor 6,524 32.6 +3.5
Municipal Reform Charles Paston Crane 6,514 32.6 +3.3
Labour George Pearce Blizard 3,511 17.6 -4.6
Labour W J Humphreys 3,447 17.2 n/a
Majority 3,003 15.0
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Clapham constituency
London County Council election, 1922: Clapham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cyril H M Jacobs 8,993 36.3
Municipal Reform Lord Monk Bretton 8,707 35.2
Labour H Harries 3,522 14.2 n/a
Labour A. Stuart Albery 3,522 14.2 n/a
Majority 5,185 21.0 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Putney
London County Council election, 1922: Putney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Hunt 8,307 41.1
Municipal Reform Angus Newton Scott 8,231 40.7
Labour Eli Jenkins 1,894 9.4 n/a
Labour G Wyver 1,790 8.9 n/a
Majority 6,337 31.3 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Streatham
London County Council election, 1922: Streatham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sir Arthur Cornelius Roberts Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Frederic Bertram Galer Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Westminster
Abbey
London County Council election, 1922: Westminster Abbey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Reginald White Granville-Smith 7,399 42.5
Municipal Reform John Maria Emilio Gatti 7,301 42.0
Labour J H Martin 1,360 7.8 n/a
Labour L. Agnes Dawson 1,332 7.7 n/a
Majority 5,941 34.2 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
St George's
London County Council election, 1922: Westminster St George's[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Richard Joshua Cooper Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Hubert John Greenwood Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

Woolwich
Woolwich East
London County Council election, 1922: Woolwich East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Stanley Morrison 9,046 28.5 -5.6
Labour Henry Snell 8,978 28.3 -5.5
Municipal Reform Frederick George Penny 6,764 21.3 +5.2
Municipal Reform Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 6,277 19.8 +3.9
Independent R James 366 1.2 n/a
Independent J C Witcher 314 1.0 n/a
Majority 2,214
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Woolwich West
London County Council election, 1922: Woolwich West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sidney H Cuff 8,654 29.9 +1.8
Municipal Reform Ernest Henry Kemp 8,573 29.6 +2.6
Labour Rev. J. F. Matthews 5,907 20.4 -2.4
Labour H. A. Hart 5,845 20.2 -1.9
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing

Aldermen

The council also appointed 20 aldermen, to serve for a 6-year term. After the elections, there were eleven aldermanic vacancies and the following alderman were appointed by the newly elected council;

By-elections 1922-1925

There was one by-election to a fill casual vacancy during the term of the twelfth London County Council.

Lambeth, Kennington, 29 April 1922
London County Council by-election, 1922: Kennington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Gosling 3,871 42.2
Municipal Reform Captain Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 3,378 36.9
Progressive Alderman G Brittain 1,917 20.9
Majority 493 5.3
Labour gain from Progressive Swing

Aldermanic vacancies filled 1922-1925

There were six casual vacancies among the aldermen in the term of the eleventh London County Council, which were filled as follows:[6]

  • 24 October 1922: Arthur Acland Allen (Progressive) to serve until 1925 in place of Henry Evan Auguste Cotton, resigned 17 October 1922. Allen had previously sat as a councillor from 1899 to 1913.[7]
  • 30 January 1923: Mrs Anna Maria Mathew (Labour) to serve until 1925 in place of her husband Charles James Mathew, died 8 January 1923.[8][9]
  • 23 October 1923: Maj. Harry Barnes (Progressive) to serve until 1925 in place of Henry de Rosenbach Walker, died 31 July 1923.[10]
  • 5 February 1924: Henry Thomas McAuliffe (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1925 in place of Viscount Hill, died 19 December 1923.[11]
  • 18 March 1924: Alfred Baker (Labour) to serve until 1925 in place of George Masterman Gillett resigned 11 March 1924. Baker had previously sat as a councillor from 1919 to 1922.[12]
  • 25 November 1924: Hon. Gilbert Johnstone (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1925 in place of Sir Cyril Jackson died 3 September 1924. Johnstone had previously sat as a councillor from 1907 to 1910 and 1911–1917.[13]

References
  1. "L.C.C. Elections". The Times. 8 March 1919. p. 14.
  2. "L.C.C. Labour Gain. Mr. Gosling Returned For Kennington". The Times. 1 May 1922. p. 20.
  3. "LCC Elections". The Times. 3 March 1922. p. 12.
  4. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  5. ""Father" Of The L.C.C. Death Of Sir John Benn". The Times. 11 April 1922. p. 16.
  6. Jackson, W Eric (1965). "Appendix II: Members of the London County Council from 1889". Achievement: A short History of the LCC. London: Longmans. pp. 252–286.
  7. "News in Brief". The Times. 25 October 1922. p. 9.
  8. "Obituary. Mr. C. J. Mathew, K.C., M.P". The Times. 10 January 1923. p. 13.
  9. ""Loud Speaker" In The County Hall. The L.C.C. And Film Censorship". The Times. 31 January 1923. p. 7.
  10. "Future Of Deptford Market. L.C.C. And The Unemployed". The Times. 24 October 1923. p. 12.
  11. "Later Dancing In Hotels. Proposal Approved By L.C.C.". The Times. 6 February 1924. p. 12.
  12. "Coroners' Law. Government Considering Amendment". The Times. 19 March 1924. p. 16.
  13. "News". The Times. 26 November 1924. p. 19.
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