Shoreditch and Finsbury (London County Council constituency)

Shoreditch and Finsbury
Shoreditch and Finsbury
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Finsbury and Shoreditch

Shoreditch and Finsbury 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	William Lewis Prowse	Labour	Charles Simmons	Labour	Robert Jefferson Tallantire	Labour
1952	Florence Cayford	Labour	Donald Daines	Labour	Arthur Wicks	Labour
1958	Florence Cayford	Labour	Olive Deer	Labour	Arthur Wicks	Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Lewis Prowse	9,474
Labour	Robert Jefferson Tallantire	9,443
Labour	Charles Simmons	9,348
Conservative	W. W. Lovejoy	6,170
Conservative	A. G. Webb	6,071
Conservative	M. Westerman	5,933

1952 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Daines	11,739
Labour	Arthur Wicks	11,719
Labour	Florence Cayford	11,703
Conservative	M. Westerman	4,688
Conservative	D. W. Bromfield	4,388
Conservative	D. M. Ambrose	4,093
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Florence Cayford	8,125
Labour	Arthur Wicks	7,988
Labour	Donald Daines	7,934
Conservative	R. Blackler	1,868
Conservative	D. M. Ambrose	1,795
Conservative	B. Wheare	1,760
Union Movement	W. B. Beard	953
Union Movement	M. Jones	850
Union Movement	Jeffrey Hamm	773
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur Wicks	9,504
Labour	Olive Deer	9,319
Labour	Florence Cayford	9,142
Conservative	D. R. Collins	2,691
Conservative	D. M. Ambrose	1,742
Conservative	Malcolm Bowden Agnew	1,720
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Shoreditch and Finsbury^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur Wicks	9,386
Labour	Olive Deer	9,182
Labour	Florence Cayford	9,180
Conservative	Thomas Henry Martin Whipham	2,887
Conservative	J. B. W. Holderness	2,701
Conservative	J. Silver	2,571
Labour 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.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 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] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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