Peckham (London County Council constituency)

Peckham
Peckham
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Peckham was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 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
1889	Edwin Jones	Progressive	Robert Lyon	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1898	Charles Goddard Clarke	Progressive	Frederick Verney	Progressive
1907	William Leonard Dowton	Municipal Reform	Thomas Gautrey	Progressive
1910	George Gordon	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	Progressive
1925	J. P. Blake	Labour	Ruth Dalton	Labour
1931	Arthur Bateman	Municipal Reform	William James Jennings	Municipal Reform
1934	Francis Bowie	Labour	Richard Sargood	Labour
1937	David Beatty	Municipal Reform
1946	James Walter Frederick Lucas	Labour
1949	Freda Corbet	Labour			Cecil Manning	Labour
1950					Arthur Skeffington	Labour
1958					Walter Allen	Labour

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Peckham^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke	3,201
Progressive	Frederick Verney	2,849
Moderate	William Scott-Scott	2,664
Moderate	William Leonard Dowton	2,356
Ind. Labour Party	J. E. Dobson	268
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Peckham^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Frederick Verney	3,553	31.6	+5.9
Progressive	Charles Clarke	3,546	31.6	+2.7
Conservative	William Scott-Scott	2,138	19.0	−5.2
Conservative	John David Rees	2,000	17.8	−3.4
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Peckham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke	3,935
	Progressive	Frederick Verney	3,871
	Conservative	J. Somerville	1,759
	Conservative	F. Fleming	1,666
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Peckham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,659
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	4,426
	Municipal Reform	D. C. Preston	4,379
	Progressive	R. Steven	4,262
	Labour	William Kelly	499
Majority			164
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Peckham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	4,381	28.0
	Progressive	George Gordon	4,097	26.2
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	3,653	23.3
	Municipal Reform	P. Conway	3,508	22.4
Majority			444	2.9
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Peckham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	5,306	25.6	−2.4
	Progressive	George Gordon	5,206	25.1	−1.1
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	5,127	24.7	+1.4
	Municipal Reform	T. Richards	5,092	24.5	+2.1
Majority			79	0.4	−2.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.2

1919 London County Council election: Peckham^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	George Gordon	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Peckham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	6,693		n/a
	Progressive	Earl of Haddo	6,543		n/a
	Labour	Arthur Creech-Jones	3,890		n/a
	Labour	P. Sabine	3,728		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Peckham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Ruth Dalton	6,398
	Labour	J. P. Blake	5,695
	Municipal Reform	G. J. Molony	2,988	n/a
	Progressive	Thomas Gautrey	2,833
	Municipal Reform	D. C. Stephenson	2,583	n/a
	Independent	Collingwood Hughes	2,346	n/a
Majority				n/a
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Peckham^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Ruth Dalton	7,705
	Labour	J. P. Blake	7,380
	Municipal Reform	John Martin Oakey	4,835
	Municipal Reform	William Reed Hornby Steer	4,833
	Liberal	A. Williams	1,810
	Liberal	G. H. Stepney	1,791
	Independent Labour	G. R. Carter	182	n/a
Majority				n/a
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Peckham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Bateman	5,525
	Municipal Reform	William James Jennings	5,399
	Labour	J. P. Blake	4,502
	Labour	James Kaylor	4,329
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Peckham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Sargood	6,351
	Labour	Francis Bowie	6,279
	Municipal Reform	F. A. Lockwood	4,838
	Municipal Reform	W. H. Graham	4,738
	Liberal	F. Bridges	791
	Liberal	C. H. Rhodes	771
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Peckham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Sargood	8,024
	Municipal Reform	David Beatty	7,928
	Labour	Francis Bowie	7,725
	Municipal Reform	F. A. L. Lockwood	7,640
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Peckham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Sargood	4,453
	Labour	James Walter Frederick Lucas	4,429
	Conservative	R. J. O'Connel	2,411
	Conservative	A. F. Robinson	2,316
	British People's Party	G. Cook	236
	British People's Party	R. Malhotra	191
Majority
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Peckham^[14]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freda Corbet	14,150
Labour	Cecil Manning	13,995
Labour	Richard Sargood	13,453
Conservative	G. W. Bentley	7,081
Conservative	W. Harrison	7,021
Conservative	A. G. Hopkins	6,839
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Peckham^[15]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freda Corbet	18,545
Labour	Richard Sargood	15,374
Labour	Arthur Skeffington	15,354
Conservative	Evan Cook	5,375
Conservative	A. E. Fournier	5,235
Conservative	W. Wilson	5,220
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Peckham^[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freda Corbet	11,430
Labour	Arthur Skeffington	10,216
Labour	Richard Sargood	10,156
Conservative	Evan Cook	4,145
Conservative	F. J. Whetstone	4,013
Conservative	G. R. Blake	3,962
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Peckham^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freda Corbet	11,419
Labour	Richard Sargood	10,143
Labour	Walter Allen	9,452
Conservative	B. Jordan	2,198
Conservative	G. W. Bentley	1,660
Conservative	G. R. Blake	1,628
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Peckham^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freda Corbet	11,871
Labour	Walter Allen	10,117
Labour	Richard Sargood	9,862
Conservative	Toby Jessel	3,648
Conservative	Alan Frank Lockwood	3,578
Conservative	B. Jorden	3,408
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "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.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

[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

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

[11] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[12] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[13] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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

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

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

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

[18] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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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
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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