St George (London County Council constituency)

London County Council constituency

St George
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1919
Member(s)	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.

Councillors

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

Election results

1898 London County Council election: St George
	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

1901 London County Council election: St George
	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

1904 London County Council election: St George
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

1907 London County Council election: St George
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

1910 London County Council election: St George
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

1913 London County Council election: St George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Harry Gosling	1,246
	Progressive	Charles James Mathew	1,209
	Municipal Reform	P. Daniel	961
	Municipal Reform	D. Knocker	929
	Independent	J. Dibbs	164
	Independent	Frederick Wallace Brame	24
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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