1910 London County Council election

none March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 1910 London County Council election England parliamentary no yes 1907 London County Council election 1907 1913 London County Council election 1913 118 Council Seats 60 seats needed for a majority 5 March 1910 Councillors Aldermen Seats +/– 110px William Fisher 1910 Alderman Municipal Reform Party 79 seats 60 19 217,537 52.1% 110px Sir John Benn 1907 Kennington Progressive Party (London) 37 seats 55 18 174,872 41.9% 95x50px|Blank None — — Labour Party (UK) 1 seat 3 2 24,736 5.9% An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1910. It was the eighth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. National government background The Prime Minister of the day was the Liberal H. H. Asquith who led a minority Liberal Government that relied upon the Irish Parliamentary Party for a majority. A General Election had taken place a couple of months earlier in January at which the Liberals had lost their overall majority. The Conservatives and Liberal Unionists formed the official opposition. The Labour Party was the fourth party and generally voted with the Liberals in parliament. London Council background The Municipal Reform party had been in power since winning a majority in 1907. It was now seeking its second mandate. Candidates All constituencies were contested. The governing Municipal Reform Party ran a full slate of 118 candidates. The opposition Progressive Party ran 110 candidates. They ran candidates everywhere except the City of London where they ran three candidates, Hampstead, St George's Hanover Square and Strand where only one candidate stood, three constituencies where one candidate ran in tandem with Labour and Woolwich where they did not oppose a Labour pair. Four Independents also ran. Labour Party The party fielded ten candidates, five of these candidates ran in tandem with Progressive candidates, a further two candidates were not opposed by Progressives. The other three all stood in opposition to Progressive candidates. The Labour Party in London had no elected or otherwise recognised Leader. Outcome The Municipal Reform Party was returned with its second successive majority. At the 1907 elections, they had an overall majority of 40. After that election they shared out the 9 vacant Aldermanic seats giving them an effective working majority of 43. At the 1910 elections, their overall majority was cut to just 2. After the election they decided to bolster their majority by giving themselves all 10 of the vacant Aldermanic seats. This gave them an effective working majority of 17. Two of their new Aldermanic appointments were people who had just been voted out by the electors. Constituency results Incumbent Councillors shown in bold. Battersea and Clapham thumb|120px|Benn Battersea"London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016. Progressive Party (London) William J Davies 7,254 26.3 Progressive Party (London) Walter Richard Warren 7,049 25.6 Municipal Reform Party Arthur Shirley Benn 6,837 24.8 Municipal Reform Party Edwin Evans 6,441 23.4 212 0.8 Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Montefiore Clapham Municipal Reform Party Alexander Murray 9,184 30.6 Municipal Reform Party Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore 9,087 30.3 Progressive Party (London) F Griffiths 5,864 19.5 Progressive Party (London) William Watts 5,861 19.5 3,223 10.8 Municipal Reform Party Bethnal Green thumb|120px|Smith Bethnal Green North East Progressive Party (London) Garnham Edmonds 3,423 36.6 Progressive Party (London) Edward A Smith 3,369 36.1 Municipal Reform Party Alexander Edwards 1,327 14.2 Municipal Reform Party William Long Restall 1,221 13.1 2,042 21.9 Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Headlam Bethnal Green South West Progressive Party (London) Stewart Headlam 2,684 29.0 Progressive Party (London) Percy Harris 2,618 28.2 Municipal Reform Party Eric Alfred Hoffgaard 2,060 22.2 Municipal Reform Party Horace Alfred Medway 1,900 20.5 558 6.0 Progressive Party (London) Camberwell thumb|120px|Hall Dulwich Municipal Reform Party Frederick Hall 5,836 30.1 Municipal Reform Party Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 5,786 29.9 Progressive Party (London) Arthur John Waldron 3,872 20.0 Progressive Party (London) J. E. Boon 3,871 20.0 1,914 9.9 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Taylor Camberwell North Progressive Party (London) Reginald Bray 4,355 31.1 Progressive Party (London) Henry Robert Taylor 4,339 30.9 Municipal Reform Party W. Courtney 2,694 19.2 Municipal Reform Party P. Michael 2,633 18.8 1,645 11.7 Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Dowton Peckham Progressive Party (London) Thomas Gautrey 4,381 28.0 Progressive Party (London) George Gordon 4,097 26.2 Municipal Reform Party William Leonard Dowton 3,653 23.3 Municipal Reform Party P Conway 3,508 22.4 444 2.9 Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Chelsea thumb|120px|Norman Chelsea Municipal Reform Party Ronald Collet Norman 4,935 32.1 Municipal Reform Party Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen 4,886 31.7 Progressive Party (London) Leonard Costello 2,809 18.2 Progressive Party (London) John Mackenzie 2,766 18.0 2,077 13.5 Municipal Reform Party City of London thumb|120px|Rawlings City of London Municipal Reform Party Nathaniel Louis Cohen 5,413 21.0 Municipal Reform Party James William Domoney 5,404 20.9 Municipal Reform Party Herbert Stuart Sankey 5,383 20.9 Municipal Reform Party William Henry Pannell 5,370 20.8 Progressive Party (London) Edmund Charles Rawlings 1,439 5.6 Progressive Party (London) Harold Glanville 1,403 5.4 Progressive Party (London) Samuel Lammas Dore 1,403 5.4 Progressive Party (London) Frederick Link 1,393 5.4 Municipal Reform Party Deptford thumb|120px|Deptford Deptford Municipal Reform Party William Freeman Barrett 5,932 28.6 Municipal Reform Party Edwin Mumford Preston 5,047 24.3 Progressive Party (London) William James Pethybridge 4,910 23.6 Labour Party (UK) Campion Watson 4,880 23.5 Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Finsbury thumb|120px|Hemphill Finsbury Central Progressive Party (London) Arthur Barnett Russell 2,482 25.3 Municipal Reform Party Lawrence William Simpson Rostron 2,460 25.1 Progressive Party (London) Fitzroy Hemphill 2,459 25.0 Municipal Reform Party Samuel Joyce Thomas 2,420 24.6 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Cotton Finsbury East Progressive Party (London) Evan Cotton 2,026 27.9 Progressive Party (London) George Gillett 2,020 27.8 Municipal Reform Party Lord Hardwicke 1,616 22.3 Municipal Reform Party Joseph Lewthwaite 1,592 21.9 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Lygon Holborn Municipal Reform Party Henry Lygon 3,324 35.0 Municipal Reform Party Robert Tasker 3,309 34.8 Progressive Party (London) T. E. Morris 1,444 15.2 Progressive Party (London) David Endacott 1,424 15.0 Municipal Reform Party Fulham thumb|120px|Fulham Fulham Municipal Reform Party Cyril Cobb 7,398 30.1 Municipal Reform Party Edward George Easton 7,314 29.8 Progressive Party (London) W R Sayer 4,989 20.3 Progressive Party (London) George Arthur Gale 4,856 19.8 Municipal Reform Party Greenwich thumb|120px|Hume Greenwich Municipal Reform Party Rowland Clegg-Hill 4,574 28.6 Municipal Reform Party George Hume 4,569 28.6 Progressive Party (London) Thomas Ford 2,919 17.3 Progressive Party (London) John Belcher Allpass 2,768 17.3 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Gilbert 1,161 7.3 Municipal Reform Party Hackney thumb|120px|Shepheard Hackney Central Progressive Party (London) Alfred James Shepheard 3,634 27.5 Progressive Party (London) Henrietta Adler 3,521 26.2 Municipal Reform Party G J Dowse 3,157 23.5 Municipal Reform Party John Foster Vesey-FitzGerald 3,053 22.8 364 2.7 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Hackney North Hackney North Municipal Reform Party George Jones 5,133 28.4 Municipal Reform Party Oscar Emanuel Warburg 5,042 27.9 Progressive Party (London) Edward Calcott Pryce 3,970 21.9 Progressive Party (London) John Bussey 3,953 21.8 1,072 5.9 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Hackney South Hackney South Progressive Party (London) Theodore Chapman 4,947 32.0 Progressive Party (London) William Augustus Casson 4,867 31.5 Municipal Reform Party William Deedes 2,830 18.3 Municipal Reform Party Master of Saltoun 2,809 18.2 Progressive Party (London) Hammersmith thumb|120px|Hammersmith Hammersmith Municipal Reform Party Jocelyn Brandon 5,815 33.5 Municipal Reform Party Isidore Salmon 5,654 32.6 Progressive Party (London) Ben Cooper 2,960 17.0 Progressive Party (London) D R Thomas 2,936 16.9 Municipal Reform Party Hampstead thumb|120px|Taylor Hampstead Municipal Reform Party Andrew Taylor 4,527 39.5 Municipal Reform Party Walter Reynolds 4,509 39.3 Progressive Party (London) Alexander Jones David 2,431 21.2 Municipal Reform Party Islington thumb|120px|Smallwood Islington East Progressive Party (London) Edward Smallwood 4,031 26.2 Progressive Party (London) Arthur Augustus Thomas 3,949 25.7 Municipal Reform Party Charles Crole-Rees 3,715 24.2 Municipal Reform Party Percy Simner 3,685 24.0 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Hill Islington North Municipal Reform Party John Cathles Hill 4,613 27.1 Municipal Reform Party Frederick Lionel Dove 4,591 27.0 Progressive Party (London) William Edward Mullins 3,918 23.0 Progressive Party (London) Gordon Hall Caine 3,884 22.8 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Williams Islington South Progressive Party (London) Howell Jones Williams 2,855 26.7 Progressive Party (London) George Dew 2,841 26.6 Municipal Reform Party S Lambert 2,515 23.5 Municipal Reform Party Violet Douglas-Pennant 2,475 23.2 Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Lambert Islington West Progressive Party (London) Richard Cornthwaite Lambert 3,193 27.9 Progressive Party (London) Henry Lorenzo Jephson 3,172 27.7 Municipal Reform Party H J Clarke 2,542 22.2 Municipal Reform Party F Russell Davies 2,524 22.1 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Kensington thumb|120px|Bentham Kensington North Municipal Reform Party David Davis 3,761 Municipal Reform Party Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner 3,714 Progressive Party (London) Frank Murray Carson 2,990 Labour Party (UK) Ethel Bentham 2,724 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Kensington South Kensington South Municipal Reform Party William Frederick Cavaye 4,752 Municipal Reform Party William Whitaker Thompson 4,701 Progressive Party (London) J E Allen 566 Progressive Party (London) John Llewellyn Williams 543 Municipal Reform Party Lambeth thumb|120px|Gray Brixton Municipal Reform Party William Haydon 4,324 Municipal Reform Party Ernest Gray 4,295 Progressive Party (London) M B Lange 3,188 Progressive Party (London) George Shrubsall 3,186 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|de Forest Kennington Progressive Party (London) John Benn 3,290 Progressive Party (London) Maurice de Forest 2,828 Municipal Reform Party P. F. Budge 2,421 Municipal Reform Party Cecil Ince 2,317 Labour Party (UK) John Gilbert Dale 900 Progressive Party (London) Lambeth North Progressive Party (London) Frank Briant 2,262 Labour Party (UK) Frank Smith 1,930 Municipal Reform Party H Norris 1,780 Municipal Reform Party Henry Charlewood Turner 1,753 Progressive Party (London) Labour Party (UK) thumb|120px|Morrow Norwood Municipal Reform Party Cecil Urquhart Fisher 5,604 Municipal Reform Party Forbes St John Morrow 5,565 Progressive Party (London) Nathaniel William Hubbard 3,698 Progressive Party (London) Frederick Kellaway 3,552 Municipal Reform Party Lewisham thumb|120px|Stanhope Lewisham Municipal Reform Party James Stanhope 9,031 Municipal Reform Party Frederick Houston Carter 8,958 Progressive Party (London) Arthur Robert Gridley 4,950 Progressive Party (London) Gee 2,297 Municipal Reform Party Marylebone thumb|120px|Thynne Marylebone East Municipal Reform Party Hercules Pakenham 3,089 Municipal Reform Party Alexander Thynne 3,056 Progressive Party (London) H J Helsdon 1,100 Progressive Party (London) Samuel Eli Hugo Kilner 1,050 Municipal Reform Party Marylebone West Municipal Reform Party Edward White 3,710 Municipal Reform Party Susan Lawrence 3,681 Progressive Party (London) Connelly 1,378 Progressive Party (London) Frederick Dolman 1,359 Municipal Reform Party Newington thumb|120px|Dawes Walworth Progressive Party (London) James Arthur Dawes 2,981 Progressive Party (London) Charles Jesson 2,868 Municipal Reform Party Frederick Bird 2,029 Municipal Reform Party Collingwood Sproule 1,980 Progressive Party (London) Newington West Progressive Party (London) James Daniel Gilbert 3,540 Progressive Party (London) Evan Spicer 3,536 Municipal Reform Party Frank Henry Baber 2,483 Municipal Reform Party Richard Owen Roberts 2,470 Progressive Party (London) Paddington thumb|120px|Hunter Paddington North Municipal Reform Party John Herbert Hunter 4,017 Municipal Reform Party Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 3,965 Progressive Party (London) James Fairbank 3,882 Progressive Party (London) Horace George Holmes 3,732 Municipal Reform Party Paddington South Municipal Reform Party John Burgess Karslake 3,226 Municipal Reform Party Harry Barned Lewis-Barned 3,200 Progressive Party (London) E E Hayward 984 Progressive Party (London) Alfred Young Mayell 946 Municipal Reform Party St George's Hanover Square thumb|120px|Cheylesmore St George's Hanover Square Municipal Reform Party Herbert Eaton 4,283 Municipal Reform Party Hubert John Greenwood 4,243 Progressive Party (London) Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell 912 Progressive Party (London) James Scott Duckers 884 Municipal Reform Party St Pancras thumb|120px|Lea St. Pancras East Progressive Party (London) Hugh Lea 3,764 Progressive Party (London) Albert William Claremont 3,678 Municipal Reform Party David Hazel 2,789 Municipal Reform Party Arthur Veasey 2,738 Progressive Party (London) St. Pancras NorthThe New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916 Progressive Party (London) Thomas Frederick Hobson 3,552 Progressive Party (London) Arthur Lewis Leon 3,507 Municipal Reform Party T. 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Russell 3,097 Municipal Reform Party Wyndham Clarke 3,022 Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Alexander St. Pancras South Municipal Reform Party George Alexander 2,719 Municipal Reform Party John Denison-Pender 2,633 Progressive Party (London) Frederick Hastings 1,281 Progressive Party (London) Charles James Tarring 1,267 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Vosper St. Pancras West Progressive Party (London) William Lloyd-Taylor 3,148 Progressive Party (London) Samuel Lithgow 3,118 Municipal Reform Party Percy Vosper 2,969 Municipal Reform Party Richard Barnett 2,876 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Shoreditch thumb|120px|Allen Haggerston Progressive Party (London) Stephen Gee 2,845 Progressive Party (London) Arthur Acland Allen 2,839 Municipal Reform Party Gilbert Johnstone 2,479 Municipal Reform Party G V Wellesley 2,358 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Hoxton Progressive Party (London) Benjamin B Evans 3,645 Progressive Party (London) Stanley Holmes 3,612 Municipal Reform Party C Ford 1,944 Municipal Reform Party Cecil Trotter 1,922 Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Southwark Bermondsey Progressive Party (London) Charles Russell 3,288 24.5 Progressive Party (London) William Henry Ecroyd 3,276 24.4 Municipal Reform Party Walter T Somerville 2,509 18.7 Municipal Reform Party Joseph Ricardo 2,470 18.4 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Salter 1,876 14.0 Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) Labour Party (UK) Rotherhithe Progressive Party (London) John Scott Lidgett 3,716 Progressive Party (London) Robert Leishman Stuart 3,706 Municipal Reform Party H.G.L. Davidson 2,060 Municipal Reform Party Gilbert Hurst 2,058 Progressive Party (London) Southwark West Progressive Party (London) Albert Wilson 2,907 Progressive Party (London) Thomas Hunter 2,904 Municipal Reform Party Edward Matthews 2,542 Municipal Reform Party John Tyson Wigan 2,531 Progressive Party (London) Strand thumb|120px|Pilditch Strand Municipal Reform Party Clifford Probyn 3,004 Municipal Reform Party Philip Pilditch 2,974 Progressive Party (London) J. M. Dent 758 Progressive Party (London) Samuel G Fenton 752 Municipal Reform Party Tower Hamlets Bow and Bromley Labour Party (UK) George Lansbury 4,002 Progressive Party (London) George Lewis Bruce 3,442 Municipal Reform Party Horace Victor Rowe 2,507 Municipal Reform Party Alfred Moor-Radford 2,395 Labour Party (UK) Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Yeo Limehouse Progressive Party (London) Alfred William Yeo 1,963 Municipal Reform Party Cyril Jackson 1,962 Progressive Party (London) H J Ogden 1,930 Municipal Reform Party George Lillie Craik 1,825 Municipal Reform Party Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party Mile End Progressive Party (London) Carl Stettauer 2,032 Progressive Party (London) James May 2,016 Municipal Reform Party Edward Holton Coumbe 1,973 Municipal Reform Party Cecil Ince 1,924 Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) Poplar Progressive Party (London) John McDougall 3,169 Labour Party (UK) Robert Ensor 2,835 Municipal Reform Party T. J. Clarke 1,883 Labour Party (UK) Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) thumb|120px|Gosling St George's in the East Progressive Party (London) Harry Gosling 1,532 Progressive Party (London) Charles James Mathew 1,492 Municipal Reform Party Percy Coleman Simmons 1,147 Municipal Reform Party G W Gilbert 887 Independent Frederick Wallace Brame 56 Progressive Party (London) Progressive Party (London) Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Sankey Stepney Municipal Reform Party Alfred Ordway Goodrich 1,809 Municipal Reform Party John Sankey 1,758 Progressive Party (London) William Samuel Glyn-Jones 1,646 Progressive Party (London) J M Myers 1,524 Municipal Reform Party thumb|120px|Johnson Whitechapel Progressive Party (London) William Cowlishaw Johnson 1,954 Progressive Party (London) Henry Herman Gordon 1,950 Municipal Reform Party W. Dully 825 Municipal Reform Party John Benjamin Lindenbaum 813 Progressive Party (London) Wandsworth Wandsworth Municipal Reform Party William Hunt 12,806 Municipal Reform Party John William Lorden 12,665 Progressive Party (London) E A Sanders 6,722 Progressive Party (London) John Dean 6,709 Municipal Reform Party Westminster Westminster Municipal Reform Party Reginald White Granville-Smith 2,907 Municipal Reform Party Clement Young Sturge 2,828 Progressive Party (London) William Wheeler 1,018 Progressive Party (London) C L Heywood 1,014 Municipal Reform Party Woolwich thumb|120px|Bondfield Woolwich Municipal Reform Party William James Squires 7,956 Municipal Reform Party Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay 7,736 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Bondfield 6,931 Labour Party (UK) Jenkin Jones 6,789 Municipal Reform Party References London County Council election County Council election 1910 London County Council election