Cities of London and Westminster (London County Council constituency)

Cities of London and Westminster
Cities of London and Westminster
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3

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

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1949	Henry Brooke	Conservative	Denys Lowson	Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	Conservative
1952	Henry Brooke	Conservative	Ralph Perring	Conservative
1955	John Chapman-Walker	Conservative	Hubert Pitman	Conservative
1958	Victor Goodhew	Conservative	James Miller	Conservative
1961	Alison M. Tennant	Conservative	James Miller	Conservative

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Henry Brooke	25,300
Conservative	Denys Lowson	24,948
Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	24,680
Labour	B. Hamilton	4,886
Labour	J. J. Curran	4,844
Labour	D. Clark	4,828

1952 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Henry Brooke	22,674
Conservative	Ralph Perring	21,987
Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	21,817
Labour	B. Hamilton	6,157
Labour	E. Havers	6,013
Labour	C. Benjafield	5,751
Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Hubert Pitman	17,100
Conservative	John Chapman-Walker	17,052
Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	16,883
Labour	P. H. F. Johnson	3,697
Labour	J. M. Raynor	3,510
Labour	R. T. Robinson	3,403
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Victor Goodhew	14,812
Conservative	James Miller	14,703
Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	14,636
Labour	D. A. J. Smith	4,919
Labour	H. G. Garside	4,890
Labour	R. Welan	4,776
Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	James Miller	15,246
Conservative	Alison M. Tennant	15,206
Conservative	Samuel Isidore Salmon	15,130
Labour	A. C. Miles	4,920
Labour	K. V. Taylor	4,862
Labour	W. H. Wheeler	4,840
Liberal	Timothy Beaumont	2,308
Liberal	Jeremy Mostyn	2,252
Liberal	Manuela Sykes	2,242
Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

[1] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[2] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[3] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[4] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[5] "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.

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Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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