Kensington North (London County Council constituency)

Kensington North
Kensington North
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 136 years ago
Abolished	1965; 60 years ago
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Created1889; 136 years ago

Abolished1965; 60 years ago

Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Kensington North 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	Frederick Frye	Progressive	John Lloyd	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892	Frederick Charles Baum	Progressive
1892	Richard Baxter Doake	Progressive
1895	William Henry Fox	Moderate	James Biggs Porter	Moderate
1898	George Edmund Septimus Fryer	Moderate	James Biggs Porter	Moderate
1901	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	Progressive	Walter Pope	Progressive
1907	David Davis	Municipal Reform	Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner	Municipal Reform
1911	David Davis	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	Municipal Reform
1930	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Municipal Reform
1931	Henry Robinson	Municipal Reform
1937	Helen Bentwich	Labour	Ivan Power	Labour
1940	Helen Bentwich	Labour	Donald Daines	Labour
1946	Leonard Foster Browne	Labour	Eva Hubback	Labour
1949	Francis J. Clark	Conservative	Edith Deakin	Conservative	Denis Charles Griffiths	Conservative
1949	Francis J. Clark	Conservative	Edith Deakin	Conservative	Jack Cooper	Labour
1952	Olive M. Wilson	Labour	Anna Grieves	Labour	Donald Chesworth	Labour

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Frederick Frye	3,026
Progressive	John Lloyd	2,163
Moderate	Edward Morton Daniel	1,770
Progressive	Joseph James Stansfeld	559
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	John Lloyd	2,738
Progressive	Frederick Charles Baum	2,430
Moderate	William Cecil	1,849
Moderate	Harold Marcus Nunn	1,836
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Richard Baxter Doake	1,520
Moderate	Harold Marcus Nunn	1,310
Progressive hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	William Henry Fox	2,384
Moderate	James Biggs Porter	2,346
Progressive	John Lloyd	1,972
Progressive	Richard Baxter Doake	1,889
Ind. Labour Party	Fred Hammill	147
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing

Kensington North (London County Council constituency)

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Kensington North
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889; 136 years ago (1889)
Abolished	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Edmund Septimus Fryer	2,319
Conservative	James Biggs Porter	2,293
Progressive	John Lloyd	2,265
Progressive	Richard Baxter Doake	2,209
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Walter Pope	2,315	26.1	+1.2
Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	2,233	25.1	+0.8
Conservative	William Alexander Thomson	2,179	24.5	−1.0
Conservative	Hugh Morrison	2,156	24.3	−0.9
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing
Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Walter Pope	3,232
	Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	3,203
	Conservative	W. W. Thompson	2,914
	Conservative	Percy de Worms	2,858
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	4,418
	Municipal Reform	Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner	4,382
	Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	3,170
	Progressive	Walter Pope	3,181
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	3,761
	Municipal Reform	Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner	3,714
	Progressive	Frank Murray Carson	2,990
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	2,724
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	4,025	29.0	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	3,999	28.9	+0.7
	Progressive	C. D'O. Cooper	1,895	13.7	−9.0
	Progressive	G. S. Warren	1,844	13.3	−9.4
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	1,099	7.9	−12.8
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	998	7.2	−13.3
Majority			2,104	15.2	+9.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Municipal Reform	David Davis	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	6,364	31.9	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,234	31.3	n/a
	Labour	Barbara Drake	3,687	18.5	n/a
	Labour	E. C. Porton	3,646	18.3	n/a
Majority			2,547	12.8	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	5,130
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	4,696
	Labour	H. Forster	3,008
	Labour	Boris Dvorkovitz	2,676
	Independent	Harry Barnes	1,531	n/a
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Kensington North by-election, 1949^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cooper	14,197
	Conservative	Ian Percival	13,100
	Communist	John Eyre	464
	Common Wealth	Chrystal Cates	135
Majority			1,097
Turnout				52	+9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Kensington North^[22]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Chesworth	8,297
Labour	Anna Grieves	8,152
Labour	Olive Wilson	8,016
Conservative	P. M. Hordern	7,046
Conservative	L. Myers	7,007
Conservative	F. K. Roberts	6,838
Liberal	Yvonne Cameron Richardson	1,420
Liberal	R. J. Bailey	1,326
Liberal	R. Arnold	1,257
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	5,756
	Municipal Reform	David Davis	5,732
	Labour	Walter David Little	4,694
	Labour	Maximillian Walter Geffen	4,588
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,279
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	6,270
	Labour	P. Carter	2,448
	Labour	B. Dvorkovitz	2,352
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Levita	6,062
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	6,021
	Labour	F. Carter	5,884
	Labour	George Pearce Blizard	5,761
	Communist	G. Poole	234
	Communist	W. Rowe	196
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivan Power	9,439
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	9,404
	Municipal Reform	J. Fox-Strangways	8,224
	Municipal Reform	Henry Robinson	8,055
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Leonard Browne	6,098
	Labour	Eva Hubback	6,008
	Conservative	J. Fox-Strangways	4,766
	Conservative	L. M. Bosanquet	4,700
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Dennis Charles Griffiths	11,785
Conservative	Edith Deakin	11,738
Conservative	Francis J. Clark	11,670
Labour	Leonard Browne	11,253
Labour	F. Carter	11,157
Labour	Eva Hubback	11,141
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Anna Grieves	14,367
Labour	Olive Wilson	14,231
Labour	Donald Chesworth	13,860
Conservative	Francis J. Clark	11,354
Conservative	Edith Deakin	11,338
Conservative	C. Vernon-Plummer	11,289
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donald Chesworth	9,979
Labour	Anna Grieves	9,975
Labour	Olive Wilson	9,829
Conservative	H. Moore-Brabazon	9,401
Conservative	A. F. H. Royle	9,316
Conservative	L. Stallwood	9,275
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Anna Grieves	10,753
Labour	Olive Wilson	10,751
Labour	Donald Chesworth	10,718
Conservative	R. Bulbrook	6,745
Conservative	A. Colpoys	6,673
Conservative	H. Moore-Brabazon	6,606
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

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