Hampstead (London County Council constituency)

Hampstead
Hampstead
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Members	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Created1889

Abolished1965

Members2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Hampstead was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Year	Name		Name		Name
1889	John Fletcher	Moderate	Henry Harben	Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1895			Edward Bond	Moderate
1901			William Edward Mullins	Progressive
1904	Nicholas Hanhart	Conservative	John Thomas Taylor	Conservative
1907	Walter Reynolds	Municipal Reform	John Thomas Taylor	Conservative
1908			Andrew Taylor	Municipal Reform
1926			Frank Geere Howard	Municipal Reform
1931	William Steer	Municipal Reform	Frank Geere Howard	Municipal Reform
1934			Sydney Copeman	Municipal Reform
1945			John Fremantle	Conservative
1949					Geoffrey Hutchinson	Conservative
1952	Doris Bailey	Conservative			Randolph Cleaver	Conservative
1955	Francis Bennett	Conservative	Lena Townsend	Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	Conservative

	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	John Fletcher	1,730
Moderate	Henry Harben	1,630
Progressive	E. K. Blyth	905
Progressive	Thomas Birch	364
Moderate win (new seat)
Moderate win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes	%
Moderate	John Fletcher	Unopposed	N/A
Moderate	Henry Harben	Unopposed	N/A
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	John Fletcher	2,439
Moderate	Edward Bond	2,282
Progressive	J. W. Greig	1,447
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	John Fletcher	2,344
Moderate	Edward Bond	2,277
Progressive	F. Debenham	1,878
Progressive	H. Wilberforce	1,873
Moderate hold		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

Hampstead (London County Council constituency)

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Hampstead
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Members	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	John Fletcher	2,476	37.7	+1.6
Progressive	William Edward Mullins	2,231	34.0	+5.1
Conservative	Edward Bond	1,864	28.4	−6.6
Conservative hold		Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nicholas Hanhart	3,252
	Conservative	John Thomas Taylor	3,213
	Progressive	William Edward Mullins	2,893
	Progressive	C. H. Smith	2,737
Majority
	Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	John Thomas Taylor	5,577
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	5,508
	Progressive	G. L. Bruce	2,894
	Progressive	C. A. McCurdy	2,878
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	4,527	39.5
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	4,509	39.3
	Progressive	Alexander Jones David	2,431	21.2
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	4,567	40.5	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	4,529	40.2	+0.9
	Progressive	Henry Holman	2,169	19.3	−1.9
Majority			2,360	20.9	+2.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	3,378
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	3,289
	Labour	Skene Mackay	1,352
	Labour	Arthur Duncan-Jones	1,286
Majority			1,937
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	10,572
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	10,565
	Labour	E. E. Balfour	2,390
	Labour	J. May	2,390
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Andrew Taylor	7,015
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	6,953
	Labour	Skene Mackay	1,826
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds	6,481
	Municipal Reform	Frank Geere Howard	6,458
	Liberal	William Lloyd Taylor	2,432
	Liberal	Ida Frances Homfray	2,331
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Hampstead^[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Francis Bennett	15,656
Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	15,503
Conservative	Lena Townsend	15,401
Labour	T. Chapman	8,120
Labour	Arthur Richardson	7,953
Labour	R. E. Shaw	7,706
Liberal	David Sacker	1,364
Liberal	Elizabeth Barling	1,341
Liberal	C. Grey	1,280
Independent	A. R. Enfield	461
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Hampstead^[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Francis Bennett	11,421
Conservative	Lena Townsend	11,395
Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	11,286
Labour	A. E. Skinner	9,839
Labour	L. Evans	9,602
Labour	Ernest Wistrich	9,570
Liberal	Christopher Frere-Smith	4,319
Liberal	Elizabeth Barling	4,285
Liberal	David Sacker	4,227
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Hampstead^[20]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Francis Bennett	12,208
Conservative	Lena Townsend	11,843
Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	11,805
Labour	A. E. Skinner	8,064
Labour	V. A. Bonafont	8,013
Labour	L. Evans	7,862
Liberal	Renee Soskin	4,149
Liberal	A. J. Allen	4,065
Liberal	M. Darvall	4,041
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frank Geere Howard	7,935
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	7,663
	Liberal	Ida Frances Homfray	1,160
	Liberal	A. Vinter	1,058
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Sydney Copeman	8,246
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	8,164
	Labour	H. Smith	2,153
	Labour	F. L. Kerran	2,067
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Sydney Copeman	10,244
	Municipal Reform	William Steer	10,196
	Labour	W. H. Morris	4,655
	Labour	J. L. Brewer	4,637
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Fremantle	11,430
	Conservative	William Steer	11,395
	Labour	Florence Cayford	8,473
	Labour	J. L. Copeland	8,385
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Geoffrey Hutchinson	21,451
Conservative	John Fremantle	21,155
Conservative	William Steer	21,134
Labour	M. Goldhill	10,249
Labour	Mary Ormerod	10,217
Labour	Beatrice Serota	10,005
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Randolph Cleaver	19,227
Conservative	John Fremantle	19,127
Conservative	Doris Bailey	19,047
Labour	Arthur Richardson	11,959
Labour	Beatrice Serota	11,458
Labour	A. E. Skinner	11,187
Independent	A. R. Enfield	1,146
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

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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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