Newington West (London County Council constituency)

Constituency used for elections

Newington West
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Southwark Central

Newington West 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.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1889	William Gibson Bott	Progressive	Albert Bassett Hopkins	Progressive
1895	Frank Russell	Progressive	William Marcus Thompson	Progressive
1898	James Daniel Gilbert	Progressive	John Piggott	Progressive
1907	James Daniel Gilbert	Progressive	Evan Spicer	Progressive

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Newington West
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	2,639
Progressive	John Piggott	2,598
Moderate	William Lansdale	1,383
Moderate	A. A. Bethune	1,368
Socialist	W. Langley	194
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Newington West
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	John Piggott	3,020	39.6	+7.1
Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,009	39.4	+6.4
Conservative	William Lansdale	822	10.8	−6.5
Conservative	Thomas Hoare	779	10.2	−6.9
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+6.7

1904 London County Council election: Newington West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Piggott	3,244
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,029
	Conservative	William Lansdale	1,380
	Conservative	H. C. Gibbings	1,356
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Newington West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Evan Spicer	3,778
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,759
	Municipal Reform	A. Waddell	2,705
	Municipal Reform	H. Jarvis	2,700
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Newington West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,540
	Progressive	Evan Spicer	3,536
	Municipal Reform	Frank Henry Baber	2,483
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	2,470
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Newington West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	3,161
	Progressive	Evan Spicer	3,097
	Municipal Reform	Edgar Abbott	2,268
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	2,222
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

References

"London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
"London County Council Election." Times 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 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
London Municipal Notes, 1913

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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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