Whitechapel (London County Council constituency)

Whitechapel was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Whitechapel
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced byWhitechapel and St George's

Councillors
YearNamePartyNameParty
1889 Stuart Samuel Progressive Charles Tarling Progressive
1892 Thomas Catmur Progressive
1895 Morris Abrahams Moderate
1897 Harry Levy-Lawson Progressive
1898 William Cowlishaw Johnson Progressive
1904 Henry Herman Gordon Independent
1907 Progressive

Election results
1898 London County Council election: Whitechapel[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Harry Levy-Lawson 1,917
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,768
Moderate L. Campbell-Johnson 1,322
Progressive gain from Moderate Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Whitechapel[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Harry Levy-Lawson 1,785 32.9 +2.6
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,701 31.3 +3.4
Conservative Donald Alexander Munro 1,053 19.4 -1.2
Conservative Henry Wren Henderson 892 16.4 4.5
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1904 London County Council election: Whitechapel[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Herman Gordon 1,616
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,326
Progressive George Lewis Bruce 1,163
Conservative E. C. Carter 910
Conservative G. B. B. Hobart 710
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Independent gain from Progressive Swing
1907 London County Council election: Whitechapel[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,756
Independent Henry Herman Gordon 1,627
Municipal Reform E. Hodsoll 1,211
Municipal Reform C. Wertheimer 980
Independent Progressive Elkin 772
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Whitechapel[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,954
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon 1,950
Municipal Reform W. Dully 825
Municipal Reform John Benjamin Lindenbaum 813
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive gain from Independent Swing
1913 London County Council election: Whitechapel[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon 1,746
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,792
Municipal Reform E. G. Parry 1,008
Municipal Reform A. Ludski 916
Majority 738
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive 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
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