Poplar (London County Council constituency)

Poplar was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Poplar
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889; 1949
Abolished1919; 1965
Member(s)3
Created fromBow and Bromley and Poplar South
Replaced byPoplar South

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 William Pelham Bullivant Moderate John McDougall Progressive
1892 Will Crooks Labour Progressive
1910 Robert Ensor Labour
1913 St John Hutchinson Progressive Susan Lawrence Labour
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Frederick Thomas Baldock Labour John Branagan Labour William Henry Guy Labour
1952 Arthur Niederman Labour

Election results

1889 to 1919
1898 London County Council election: Poplar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Will Crooks 3,632
Progressive John McDougall 3,310
Moderate J. B. Atlay 1,585
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Poplar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Will Crooks unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive John McDougall unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1904 London County Council election: Poplar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Will Crooks 3,565
Progressive John McDougall 3,169
Conservative T. H. Clarke 1,891
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Poplar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Will Crooks 3,504
Progressive John McDougall 3,476
Municipal Reform T. H. Clarke 2,778
Municipal Reform A. Maude 2,579
Majority 725
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Poplar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John McDougall 3,169
Labour Robert Ensor 2,835
Municipal Reform T. J. Clarke 1,883
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Poplar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive St John Hutchinson 3,061
Labour Susan Lawrence 2,960
Municipal Reform T. Vosper 1,599
Municipal Reform Elliott 1,492
Majority 1,361
Labour hold Swing
Majority 1,462
Progressive hold Swing

1949 to 1965
1949 London County Council election: Poplar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 13,219
Labour John Branagan 12,864
Labour Frederick Thomas Baldock 12,518
Conservative C. P. T. Burke 4,237
Conservative Joan Vickers 3,935
Conservative W. S. Pennicutt 3,826
1952 London County Council election: Poplar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 14,485
Labour John Branagan 13,871
Labour Arthur Niederman 13,581
Conservative R. E. Gayler 2,406
Conservative M. Lazarus 1,876
Conservative R. W. Hudson 1,820
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Poplar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 9,698
Labour John Branagan 9,093
Labour Arthur Niederman 8,974
Conservative A. L. Causton 2,037
Conservative J. T. Reynolds 1,766
Conservative Gerard Vaughan 1,689
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Poplar[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 10,173
Labour Arthur Niederman 9,565
Labour John Branagan 9,498
Conservative R. E. G. Howe 1,464
Conservative J. T. Reynolds 1,157
Conservative F. A. Rowland 1,090
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Poplar[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 9,871
Labour Arthur Niederman 9,095
Labour John Branagan 9,003
Conservative E. A. F. Horey 1,680
Conservative A. J. Lawrence 1,510
Conservative F. A. Rowland 1,341
Labour hold 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. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  8. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  9. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  10. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  11. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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