Kennington (London County Council constituency)

Kennington
Kennington
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Brixton and Vauxhall

Kennington was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
1889	Horatio Myer	Progressive	Harry Seymour Foster	Moderate
1892	Richard Cecil Grosvenor	Progressive	William Stockbridge	Progressive
1895	Joseph Dixon	Moderate	Thomas Arthur Organ	Progressive
1898	John Benn	Progressive	Thomas Arthur Organ	Progressive
1901			Stephen Collins	Progressive
1907			Edward Denny	Progressive
1910			Maurice de Forest	Progressive
1913			William Peel	Municipal Reform
1919			Harry Gosling	Labour
1922			Harold Swann	Municipal Reform
1922	Harry Gosling	Labour
1925	George Maurice Beaufoy	Municipal Reform
1928	Charles Gibson	Labour
1931	Henry Studholme	Municipal Reform
1934	Charles Gibson	Labour	Amy Sayle	Labour
1946	Charles Gibson	Labour	Howell John Powell	Labour

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Kennington^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Horatio Myer	2,139
Moderate	Harry Seymour Foster	1,192
Independent	Charles William Andrew	1,061
Progressive	Charles Richard White	918
Independent	William Stockbridge	211
Progressive win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Kennington^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	William Stockbridge	2,872
Progressive	Robert Cecil Grosvenor	2,835
Moderate	F. E. Goodhart	1,580
Moderate	J. M. Paterson	1,529
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Kennington^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Joseph Dixon	2,337
Progressive	Thomas Arthur Organ	2,313
Progressive	R. Temple Rennie	2,297
Moderate	R. Devereux	2,261
Independent	G. Palmer	144
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Kennington^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Thomas Arthur Organ	2,672
Progressive	John Benn	2,661
Moderate	Joseph Dixon	2,526
Moderate	J. R. Cousins	2,471
Ind. Labour Party	N. P. Palmer	68
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Kennington^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	John Benn	3,505	32.8	+7.0
Progressive	Stephen Collins	3,412	32.0	+6.1
Conservative	Benjamin William Bennett	1,913	17.9	-6.0
Conservative	Joseph Dixon	1,844	17.3	-7.2
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+6.6

1904 London County Council election: Kennington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Stephen Collins	3,394
	Progressive	John Benn	3,388
	Conservative	Allen Edwards	2,460
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Kennington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Benn	3,424
	Progressive	Edward Denny	3,326
	Municipal Reform	P. F. Budge	2,718
	Municipal Reform	W. Porter	2,666
	Social Democratic Federation	Joseph George Butler	281
	Social Democratic Federation	Fred Knee	235
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Kennington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Benn	3,290
	Progressive	Maurice de Forest	2,828
	Municipal Reform	P. F. Budge	2,421
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Ince	2,317
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	900
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Kennington^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Sir John Williams Benn	3,517	24.9	-3.1
	Municipal Reform	William Peel	3,371	23.8	+3.2
	Municipal Reform	Victor Sassoon	3,264	23.1	+3.4
	Progressive	W. J. Richardson	2,878	20.3	-3.8
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	1,121	7.9	+0.2
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+3.5
Majority			493	3.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.2
Majority			253	1.8

1919 London County Council election: Kennington^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Gosling	2,764	31.6
	Progressive	John Benn	2,743	31.3
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Benjamin Oliphant Hawes	1,685	19.3
	Municipal Reform	David Margesson	1,558	17.8
Majority			1,058	12.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Kennington^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Harold Swann	5,728	31.8	+12.5
	Progressive	John Benn	4,805	26.7	-4.6
	Labour	Harry Gosling	4,275	23.7	-7.9
	Labour	Charles Gibson	3,212	17.8	n/a
Majority			530	3.0	-9.0
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Kennington by-election, 1922^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Gosling	3,871	42.2
	Municipal Reform	Austin Hudson	3,378	36.9
	Progressive	George Brittain	1,917	20.9
Majority			493	5.3
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Kennington^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	George Maurice Beaufoy	5,715
	Municipal Reform	Harold Swann	5,564
	Labour	Will Lockyer	4,803
	Labour	Francis Bowie	4,796	17.8	n/a
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Kennington^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Harold Swann	5,153
	Labour	Charles Gibson	5,151
	Municipal Reform	George Maurice Beaufoy	5,139
	Labour	Leonard Matters	5,128
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Kennington^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Harold Swann	4,731
	Municipal Reform	Henry Studholme	4,716
	Labour	Charles Gibson	4,239
	Labour	W. Hunter	4,186
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Kennington^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Gibson	5,450
	Labour	Amy Sayle	5,393
	Municipal Reform	Harold Swann	3,950
	Municipal Reform	Henry Studholme	3,940
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Kennington^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Gibson	7,303
	Labour	Amy Sayle	7,245
	Municipal Reform	A. Kennedy	5,324
	Municipal Reform	Ingham Clarke	5,055
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Kennington^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Gibson	4,378
	Labour	Howell John Powell	4,343
	Conservative	S. R. Dean	1,502
	Conservative	K. Perona-Wright	1,492
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "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
^ "L.C.C. Labour Gain. Mr. Gosling Returned For Kennington". The Times. 1 May 1922. p. 20.
^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 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.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

[3] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[4] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[5] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[6] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[7] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[10] "L.C.C. Labour Gain. Mr. Gosling Returned For Kennington". The Times. 1 May 1922. p. 20.

[11] "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.

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

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

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

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

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

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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
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