Whitechapel and St George's
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromSt George and Whitechapel
Replaced byStepney

Whitechapel and St George's was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
1919 Henry Herman Gordon Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson Progressive
1922 Christopher John Kelly Labour
1925 Morry Davis Labour
1928 Jack Sullivan Labour
1931 Jack Oldfield Labour
1934 Christopher John Kelly Labour
1937 Morry Davis Labour
1945 Richard Clements Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Henry Herman Gordon Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher John Kelly 3,244 19.0 n/a
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 3,085 18.1
Labour Morry Davis 2,998 17.5 n/a
Progressive 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
1925 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher John Kelly 4,231
Labour Morry Davis 4,187
Progressive William Cowlishaw Johnson 2,232
Progressive Ida Samuel 1,852
Municipal Reform E. E. Sturgess 623
Municipal Reform A. Ludlow 604
Majority
Labour gain from Progressive Swing
Labour hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Morry Davis 5,327
Labour Jack Sullivan 5,324
Municipal Reform E. E. Sturgess 1,407
Municipal Reform Lindsay Richard Venn 1,387
Liberal Frank Milton 1,130
Liberal D. Braidman 1,057
Independent K. J. Gerber 219
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Morry Davis 3,566
Labour Jack Oldfield 3,503
Independent M. Moses 1,352
Independent W. J. Pincombe 1,169
Communist Sid Elias 380
Communist Ernie Pountney 374
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Morry Davis 5,788
Labour Jack Oldfield 5,770
Liberal L. Buxton 1,938
Liberal W. Jones 1,796
Communist J. Lynch 418
Communist John Gollan 389
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 8,830
Labour Morry Davis 8,720
Municipal Reform R. Jones 1,610
Municipal Reform M. Rose 1,478
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Whitechapel and St George's[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 3,470
Labour Richard Clements 3,427
Communist Michael Shapiro 2,116
Communist Bill Carver 2,060
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. ↑ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  3. ↑ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. ↑ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. ↑ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. ↑ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. ↑ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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