Mile End (London County Council constituency)

Mile End was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Mile End
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byStepney

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 Frederick Nicholas Charrington Progressive Alfred Jordan Hollington Progressive
1895 Gerard Bicker-Caarten Moderate William de Montmorency Moderate
1898 John Renwick Seager Progressive Bertram Straus Progressive
1902 Alfred Ordway Goodrich Conservative
1904 George John Warren Progressive
1907 Edward Holton Coumbe Municipal Reform Robert Hugh Montgomery Municipal Reform
1910 James May Progressive Carl Stettauer Progressive
1913 Thomas William Wickham Progressive
1913 George Albert Dutfield Progressive
1917 George Bettesworth Piggott Progressive
1919 Alfred Ordway Goodrich Municipal Reform David Hazel Municipal Reform
1922 John Cecil Gerard Leigh Municipal Reform Offley Wakeman Municipal Reform
1925 Hugh Roberts Labour Julia Scurr Labour
1926 Johnnie Dodge Anti-Socialist
Municipal Reform
1928 Lionel Guest Municipal Reform
1931 Daniel Frankel Labour John Scurr Labour
1932 Somerville Hastings Labour
1946 Ted Bramley Communist Jack Gaster Communist

Election results
1898 London County Council election: Mile End[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Renwick Seager 1,711
Progressive Bertram Straus 1,669
Moderate L. Darwin 1,535
Moderate Gerard Bicker-Caarten 1,492
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
1901 London County Council election: Mile End[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Bertram Straus 1,941 29.9 +3.9
Progressive John Renwick Seager 1,906 29.4 +2.7
Conservative Ernest Flower 1,341 20.6 -3.4
Conservative George Henry Booth 1,306 20.1 -3.2
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing +3.3
1904 London County Council election: Mile End[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George John Warren 2,125
Progressive Bertram Straus 2,121
Conservative A. Goodrich 1,539
Conservative W. R. Smith 1,368
Independent W. Baxter 36
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Mile End[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Robert Hugh Montgomery 2,023
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 2,011
Progressive R. Harcourt 1,988
Progressive T. Warren 1,925
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1910 London County Council election: Mile End[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Carl Stettauer 2,032
Progressive James May 2,016
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 1,973
Municipal Reform Cecil Ince 1,924
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Mile End[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas William Wickham 2,252
Progressive Carl Stettauer 2,204
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 1,973
Municipal Reform Cecil Ince 1,924
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1919 London County Council election: Mile End[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Alfred Ordway Goodrich 1,874 31.2
Municipal Reform David Hazel 1,800 29.9
Labour I. Sharp 1,172 19.5
Labour Bernard Noël Langdon-Davies 1,166 19.4
Majority 628 10.4
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1922 London County Council election: Mile End[7]
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 Clarence Henry 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
1925 London County Council election: Mile End[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julia Scurr 3,587
Labour Hugh Roberts 3,290
Progressive J. W. Rosenthal 2,674
Municipal Reform Offley Wakeman 2,531
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Mile End by-election, 1926[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Johnnie Dodge 4,116
Labour Esther Rickards 3,843
Progressive Robert Gurney Randall 475
Majority 273
Anti-Socialist gain from Labour
1928 London County Council election: Mile End[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Johnnie Dodge 4,860
Municipal Reform Lionel Guest 4,583
Labour Esther Rickards 4,015
Labour A. C. Warwick 3,950
Liberal Samuel Immanuel Cohen 1,196
Liberal Marcus Lipton 1,147
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
1931 London County Council election: Mile End[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Scurr 3,994
Labour Daniel Frankel 3,965
Municipal Reform F. R. Barker 3,806
Municipal Reform Dudley Ryder 3,615
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Mile End by-election, 1932[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Somerville Hastings 4,116
Municipal Reform Frank Barker 1,853
Majority 2,263
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Mile End[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Frankel 6,113
Labour Somerville Hastings 6,042
Municipal Reform A. H. Anderson 2,823
Municipal Reform R. G. Mullan 2,775
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Mile End[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Frankel 7,365
Labour Somerville Hastings 7,286
Municipal Reform W. J. O'Donovan 4,420
Municipal Reform T. H. Fligelstone 3,998
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Mile End[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Jack Gaster 2,788
Communist Ted Bramley 2,783
Labour Somerville Hastings 2,420
Labour Elsie Janner 2,349
Majority
Communist gain from Labour Swing
Communist gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  2. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  3. "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  4. "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  5. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  6. London Municipal Notes, 1913
  7. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  8. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  9. "Socialist defeated at Mile-End". The Times. 16 March 1926.
  10. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  11. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  12. "Result of LCC by-election in Mile End". The Times. 28 July 1932.
  13. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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