Streatham (London County Council constituency)

Streatham was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Streatham
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)
Created fromWandsworth

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Arthur Roberts Municipal Reform Clifford Thomas Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1921 Bertram Galer Municipal Reform
1925 Elliott Mark Municipal Reform
1946 Frank Henry Campbell Conservative
1949 Albert Frederick Hopkinson Conservative George Mitchell Conservative Patrick Stirling Conservative
1952 Gladys Rodwell Norris Conservative
1955 Percy Gale Conservative Ian McLean Conservative Harold Sebag-Montefiore Conservative
1961 Gerard Vaughan Conservative Frederick Weyer Conservative

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Streatham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Arthur Roberts Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Clifford Thomas Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Streatham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Bertram Galer Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Arthur Roberts Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Streatham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Bertram Galer Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Elliott Mark Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1928 London County Council election: Streatham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederic Bertram Galer 7,463 n/a
Municipal Reform James Elliott Mark 7,416 n/a
Liberal W. G. Jackson 2,058 n/a
Liberal Basil Andrew Murray 2,005 n/a
Labour R. C. Beresford 1,084 n/a
Labour C. W. Dorrell 1,051 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1931 London County Council election: Streatham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Bertram Galer 7,100
Municipal Reform Elliott Mark 7,049
Labour R. C. Beresford 867
Labour S. C. Gilbey 830
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Streatham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Elliott Mark 8,007
Municipal Reform Bertram Galer 8,003
Labour P. O'Gorman 1,871
Labour F. Beswick 1,838
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Streatham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Bertram Galer 11,128
Municipal Reform Elliott Mark 10,970
Labour R. Jones 3,415
Labour M. C. Young 3,329
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Streatham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Henry Campbell 10,997
Conservative Bertram Galer 10,798
Labour A. E. Bennett 5,153
Labour P. Taylor 5,006
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Streatham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Mitchell 19,775
Conservative Albert Frederick Hopkinson 19,764
Conservative Patrick Stirling 19,668
Labour E. G. F. Griffiths 8,339
Labour M. J. Manning 8,324
Labour A. R. Wilson 8,198
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1952 London County Council election: Streatham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Mitchell 16,181
Conservative Patrick Stirling 15,741
Conservative Gladys Rodwell Norris 15,669
Labour W. Morley 7,267
Labour R. Millar 7,107
Labour W. Toynbee 7,075
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Streatham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Sebag-Montefiore 12,869
Conservative Ian McLean 12,803
Conservative Percy Gale 12,686
Labour P. C. Gibson 5,213
Labour E. H. Horstead 5,138
Labour P. J. Hendrie 5,109
Liberal J. P. Barton 518
Liberal T. G. Hill 417
Independent Bill Boaks 413
Liberal E. C. Codd 390
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Streatham[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Percy Gale 10,132
Conservative Ian McLean 10,102
Conservative Harold Sebag-Montefiore 9,894
Labour P. C. Gibson 6,484
Labour E. H. Horstead 6,445
Labour P. J. Hendrie 6,281
Liberal W. B. Mattinson 2,780
Independent Bill Boaks 552
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Streatham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerard Vaughan 11,803
Conservative Percy Gale 11,682
Conservative Frederick Weyer 11,283
Labour F. Sims 4,717
Labour M. J. Verden 4,540
Labour A. J. Crouch 4,456
Liberal A. Cowan 2,381
Liberal P. E. Winner 2,117
Liberal C. Barrington-Ward 1,783
Independent Bill Boaks 669
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.
  8. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  9. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  10. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  11. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  12. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.
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