St George (London County Council constituency)

St George
St George
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member	2
Replaced by	Whitechapel and St George's

St George, also known as St George's-in-the-East, was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Created1889

Abolished1919

Member2

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Year	Name		Name
1889	Richard Stevens Sly	Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau	Progressive
1892	Andrew Mercer	Labour Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau	Progressive
1895	Harry Marks	Moderate	Dalby Williams	Moderate
1898	Christopher Balian	Progressive	Charles Barratt	Progressive
1900	John Ernest Matthews	Progressive	Charles Barratt	Progressive
1901	George Foster	Conservative	John Smith	Progressive
1904	Harry Gosling	Progressive	John Smith	Progressive
1907			Percy Coleman Simmons	Municipal Reform
1910			Charles Mathew	Progressive

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Richard Stevens Sly	1,146
Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau	786
Moderate	Frederick Joseph White Dellow	558
Moderate	Robert Gresley Hall	175
Progressive win (new seat)
Progressive win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau	1,424
Labour Progressive	Andrew Mercer	1,276
Moderate	Frederick Joseph White Dellow	642
Progressive hold		Swing
Labour Progressive hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Moderate	Harry Marks	1,453
Moderate	Dalby Williams	1,335
Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau	1,259
Progressive	Andrew Mercer	1,181
Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
Moderate hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Charles Barratt	1,510
Progressive	Christopher Balian	1,458
Moderate	J. Abrahams	1,232
Moderate	Dalby Williams	1,227
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing

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St George
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member	2
Replaced by	Whitechapel and St George's

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	John Smith	1,123	26.0	−1.8
Conservative	George Foster	1,117	25.9	+3.2
Conservative	Francis Anderton	1,047	24.3	+1.7
Progressive	John Ernest Matthews	1,024	23.7	−3.1
Progressive hold		Swing
Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing	+2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Harry Gosling	1,350
	Progressive	John Smith	1,263
	Conservative	George Foster	1,095
	Conservative	H. H. Wells	1,045
Majority
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Harry Gosling	1,183
	Municipal Reform	Percy Coleman Simmons	1,104
	Progressive	John Smith	1,035
	Roman Catholic	T. King	952
	Municipal Reform	W. R. Smith	881
	Roman Catholic	J. W. Linch	632
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Harry Gosling	1,532
	Progressive	Charles James Mathew	1,492
	Municipal Reform	Percy Coleman Simmons	1,147
	Municipal Reform	G. W. Gilbert	887
	Independent	Frederick Wallace Brame	56
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing