Hackney South (London County Council constituency)

Hackney South
Hackney South
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1955
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)
Replaced by	Bethnal Green and Hackney Central

Hackney South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The seat largely became Hackney Central, with part moved into Bethnal Green.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1889	George Bethell Holmes	Progressive	John Jones	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892	George Bethell Holmes	Progressive	James Bannerman	Progressive
1895	Arthur Humphrey	Labour Progressive	Alfred Smith	Progressive
1898	Edmond Browne	Progressive	Alfred Smith	Progressive
1907	William Augustus Casson	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	Progressive
1913	George King Naylor	Progressive
1916	Charles Winkley	Progressive
1919	John James McClelland	Progressive
1922	Herbert Grant	Progressive
1925	Alfred Baker	Labour	Ada Salter	Labour
1928			Marshall Jackman	Labour
1934			Charles Latham	Labour
1943	Giles Charles Burton	Labour	Charles Latham	Labour
1946	Giles Charles Burton	Labour	William Nichols	Labour
1949	Reginald Day	Labour	Bernard Homa	Labour	Peggy Jay	Labour
1952	Hilary Halpin	Labour	Bernard Homa	Labour	Mary Ormerod	Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Hackney South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	John Jones	2,071
Progressive	George Bethell Holmes	1,968
Moderate	John Lobb	1,863
Moderate	Thomas Jackson	1,786
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Hackney South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	George Bethell Holmes	2,795
Progressive	James Bannerman	2,730
Moderate	Frederick James Reilly	1,973
Moderate	Lewis Edmunds	1,897
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Hackney South^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour Progressive	Arthur Humphrey	3,315
Progressive	Alfred Smith	3,241
Moderate	John Lobb	2,689
Moderate	John Hely-Hutchinson	2,424
Independent	C. Steel	89
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Hackney South^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Alfred Smith	3,360
Progressive	Edmond Browne	3,174
Moderate	C. Steel	2,484
Moderate	Frederick Briscoe Oldfield	2,452
Ind. Labour Party	Ramsay Macdonald	379
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Hackney South^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Edmond Browne	4,231	33.6	+5.9
Progressive	Alfred Smith	4,169	33.1	+3.8
Conservative	Maurice Edmund Arnold Wallis	2,117	16.8	−4.9
Conservative	Frederick Briscoe Oldfield	2,068	16.4	−5.0
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+4.9

1904 London County Council election: Hackney South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Edmond Browne	4,318
	Progressive	Alfred Smith	4,316
	Municipal Reform	Stanley Boulter	1,776
	Municipal Reform	R. M. Craig	1,767
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Hackney South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	5,225
	Progressive	William Augustus Casson	5,138
	Municipal Reform	C. Winkley	3,325
	Municipal Reform	G. Naylor	3,285
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1910 London County Council election: Hackney South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	4,947	32.0
	Progressive	William Augustus Casson	4,867	31.5
	Municipal Reform	William Deedes	2,830	18.3
	Municipal Reform	Master of Saltoun	2,809	18.2
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Hackney South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George King Naylor	3,132	25.5	+7.2
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	3,109	25.3	−6.7
	Municipal Reform	James Ernest Brudenell-Bruce	3,059	24.9	+6.7
	Progressive	C. Watson	2,981	24.3	−7.2
Majority			50	0.4	−12.8
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+7.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	+6.7

1919 London County Council election: Hackney South^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Theodore Chapman	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	John James McClelland	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Hackney South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Theodore Chapman	4,588	32.0	n/a
	Progressive	H. O. Grant	4,416	30.8	n/a
	Labour	E. Wigan	2,669	18.6	n/a
	Labour	Emma Boyce	2,662	18.6	n/a
Majority			1,747	12.2	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Hackney South^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Ada Salter	4,869
	Labour	Alfred Baker	4,811
	Progressive	G. J. Holmes	4,494
	Municipal Reform	R. M. Dix	4,425	n/a
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Hackney South^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alfred Baker	5,190
	Labour	Marshall Jackman	5,158
	Municipal Reform	Gladys Cecil	3,513
	Municipal Reform	C. H. Moore	3,432
	Liberal	V. Mathews	2,390
	Liberal	Joseph James Davies	2,351
	Independent Labour	Wal Hannington	676
	Independent Labour	G. Lee	650
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Hackney South^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Marshall Jackman	4,682
	Labour	Alfred Baker	4,628
	Anti-Socialist	A. E. Smith	4,119
	Anti-Socialist	A. H. Molson	4,115
	Communist	A. V. Leicht	158
	Communist	A. Massic	151
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Hackney South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Latham	7,678
	Labour	Alfred Baker	7,662
	Municipal Reform	A. E. Smith	3,953
	Municipal Reform	G. Gardiner	3,873
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Hackney South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alfred Baker	9,102
	Labour	Charles Latham	9,051
	Municipal Reform	A. Ackerman	4,580
	Municipal Reform	H. P. M. Bower	4,538
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Hackney South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Giles Charles Burton	4,687
	Labour	William Nichols	4,602
	Conservative	A. H. Davey	1,576
	Conservative	E. T. Smith	1,447
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Hackney South^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Bernard Homa	14,251
Labour	Peggy Jay	13,892
Labour	Reginald Day	13,206
Conservative	J. Milbourne	9,775
Conservative	Montague Moustardier	9,748
Conservative	J. A. Pritchard	9,627
Communist	Solly Kaye	3,955
Communist	Bob Darke	3,227
Communist	Morrie Blaston	3,030
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Hackney South^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Bernard Homa	17,014
Labour	Hilary Halpin	16,239
Labour	Mary Ormerod	15,193
Conservative	R. P. Hornby	6,482
Conservative	J. W. Milbourne	5,956
Conservative	H. C. Coulter	5,681
Communist	Solly Kaye	1,373
Communist	Morrie Blaston	1,303
Communist	John Betteridge	1,234
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
^ ^a ^b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
^ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

[3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[4] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[5] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[6] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[ReferenceTimes-7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[London_Municipal_Notes,_1913-8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[10] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[11] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[12] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[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.

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

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

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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
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
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