1892 London County Council election

5 March 1892

	First party	Second party

Leader	James Stuart	None
Party	Progressive	Moderate
Leader's seat	Alderman	None
Seats won	83	35
Seat change	11	11
Popular vote	135,368	108,976

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1892. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Progressive Party retained control of the council, gaining seats from the Moderates.

Campaign

The Progressives argued that a political party system was necessary on the council, and that the Conservative Party had attempted to discredit the party's leadership of the council, for the benefit of the opposition Moderates. The party called for the council to be given powers over the Metropolitan Police, and the city's water supply and tramways.

The Moderates did not conduct a centralised campaign, but the Conservative Party worked in support of the group. It argued that a formal party system would lead to corruption, and that the Progressives were at fault for developing one. It also campaigned against Irish home rule.

W. M. Thompson, one of the Progressive candidates in Strand was disqualified as he did not live in the division. Working as a barrister, he had supplied the address of his chambers on the nomination papers, but this was not deemed suitable qualification.

Results

Although the previous election was not conducted on formal party lines, the elected members had either joined the Progressives or aligned with the Moderate group, so it was possible to track the changes to the council. The Progressives won 11 more seats than in 1889, at the expense of the Moderates. The Moderate gained a single seat, in Holborn.

The Manchester Guardian argued that the Progressives would be unable to carry out much of their programme, as it fell outside the council's remit; but that if the Liberal Party won the upcoming 1892 UK general election, it might be given responsibilities in these additional areas.

Party		Votes			Seats
Party		Number	%	Stood	Seats	%
	Progressive	135,368		93	83
	Moderate	108,976		109	35
	Labour Progressive			7	0	0.0
	Ind. Labour Party			5	0	0.0
	Independent			8	0	0.0
	Independent Progressive			5	0	0.0
	Independent Labour			5	0	0.0
	Social Democratic Federation	1,076		3	0	0.0
	Liberal Unionist			2	0	0.0
	Independent Radical	1,060		1	0	0.0
	Independent Moderate			1	0	0.0
	Conservative			1	0	0.0

References

"The coming county council election: conference of Liberals". The Observer. 21 February 1892.
^ "". Manchester Guardian. 7 March 1892.
"London, Sunday, March 6". The Observer. 6 March 1892.
"The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1892.
"The London Council Council election: letter from Lord Rosebery". Manchester Guardian. 8 March 1892.
"The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
Council. "London County Council Elections 1889 – 1961" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
"London County Council election: the nominations". The Times. 23 February 1895.

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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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