Bethnal Green (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Bethnal Green North East and Bethnal Green South West

Bethnal Green was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1949	Percy Harris	Liberal	Beatrice Lilian Tate	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	Labour
1952	Dorothy Holman	Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	Labour
1961	Dorothy Holman	Labour	A. McLaughlin	Labour	Ashley Bramall	Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Bethnal Green^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Percy Harris	8,305
Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	8,236
Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	8,115
Labour	Helen Bentwich	7,877
Liberal	Guy Darnley Naylor	7,652
Liberal	Patrick Moynihan	7,573
Liberal hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Bethnal Green^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy Holman	11,277
Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,290
Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,735
Liberal	Norman Harris	3,460
Liberal	R. W. Scott	2,517
Liberal	P. R. C. Lumsden	2,460
Conservative	J. J. Harvey-Kelly	1,145
Conservative	H. Seabag-Montefiore	1,110
Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Bethnal Green^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,263
Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,087
Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,545
Liberal	J. Douglas	1,328
Conservative	K. B. Campbell	1,194
Liberal	J. Walters	1,178
Liberal	S. Ainley	1,135
Conservative	P. R. Roney	1,092
Conservative	L. L. Ware	1,084
Union Movement	F. Bailey	634
Union Movement	Alexander Raven Thomson	540
Union Movement	P. Duhig	476
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Bethnal Green^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,395
Labour	Beatrice Lilian Tate	10,012
Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,822
Conservative	W. H. Ballard	721
Conservative	R. Stock	615
Conservative	R. Roney	543
Socialist (GB)	A. W. Iverney	356
Socialist (GB)	J. L. Read	333
Socialist (GB)	F. James	306
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Bethnal Green^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy Holman	10,341
Labour	A. McLaughlin	9,441
Labour	Ashley Bramall	9,072
Liberal	Tudor Gates	1,669
Liberal	D. Sacker	1,539
Liberal	D. E. Wolfe	1,429
Conservative	W. H. Ballard	1,349
Conservative	O. S. Henriques	1,146
Conservative	J. G. Hemingway	1,112
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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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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