Lewisham South (London County Council constituency)

Lewisham South
Lewisham South
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Lewisham East

Lewisham South 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	Walter Richard Owen	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	Labour	Tom Gillinder	Labour
1958	Frederick Hawes	Labour		Labour
1961	Frederick Hawes	Labour		Liberal

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Walter Richard Owen	16,639
Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	16,379
Labour	Tom Gillinder	16,245
Conservative	Swash	12,864
Conservative	J. G. Weeple	12,756
Conservative	D. Brooks	12,718

1952 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Tom Gillinder	18,967
Labour	Walter Richard Owen	18,944
Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	18,815
Conservative	A. Beattie	11,422
Conservative	A. Tennant	11,254
Conservative	M. Thirlby	11,128
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Walter Richard Owen	15,216
Labour	Tom Gillinder	15,107
Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	15,097
Conservative	D. E. New	8,782
Conservative	G. J. Smith	8,580
Conservative	A. D. Bartlett	8,491
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Tom Gillinder	14,669
Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	14,599
Labour	Frederick Hawes	14,255
Conservative	R. W. Scott	6,284
Conservative	M. Hill	6,260
Conservative	D. Mappin	6,249
Independent	George Forrester	502
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Lewisham South^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Tom Gillinder	14,336
Labour	Frederick Hawes	14,311
Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	14,290
Conservative	John Hunt	8,865
Conservative	J. E. McDonald	8,508
Conservative	A. R. Tyrrell	8,213
Liberal	A. Marchant	2,303
Liberal	Francis Michael Bennett	2,299
Liberal	T. E. J. Bean	2,203
Alert Party	George Forrester	489
Alert Party	C. Vincent	183
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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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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Lewisham South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Lewisham East

Lewisham South (London County Council constituency)

Councillors

Election results

References

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