Stoke Newington (London County Council constituency)

Stoke Newington
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Created fromHackney North
Replaced byStoke Newington and Hackney North

Stoke Newington was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1919 Edward Holton Coumbe Municipal Reform Walter Henry Key Municipal Reform
1922 Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon Municipal Reform
1937 Mark Auliff Labour Catherine Jefferies Labour
1946 Reginald Pestell Labour

Election results

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1919 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 1,508 43.3
Municipal Reform Walter Henry Key 1,451 41.7
Independent George Wicks 523 15.0
Majority 928 26.7
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 4,312 42.5 −0.8
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 4,121 40.7 −1.0
Independent George Wicks 1,704 16.8 +1.8
Majority 2,417 23.9 −2.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 3,585
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 3,491
Progressive Hamilton Lenney Hibbard 1,937
Labour Duncan Carmichael 1,134
Labour E. R. Pountney 1,052
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 3,601
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 3,479
Liberal Hamilton Lenney Hibbard 2,831
Liberal Gerald Spence Tetley 2,700
Labour A. Watson 1,637
Labour F. L. Kerran 1,599
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 3,699
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 3,626
Labour A. Watson 2,055
Liberal Iolo Aneurin Williams 1,212
Liberal A. Herbert 1,181
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 3,574
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 3,548
Labour E. Pearce 3,127
Labour I. Davis 3,039
Liberal H. C. Cohen 970
Liberal Ursula Warren 934
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Auliff 4,937
Labour Catherine Jefferies 4,917
Municipal Reform Archibald Albert McDonald Gordon 4,655
Municipal Reform Edward Holton Coumbe 4,650
Liberal J. H. Black 586
Liberal A. L. Hamwee 502
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1946 London County Council election: Stoke Newington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Pestell 3,706
Labour Mark Auliff 3,666
Conservative E. Norvall 2,424
Conservative D. Barnes 2,418
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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.
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