London County Council election, 1922
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An election to the County Council of London took place on 2 March 1922. It was the eleventh triennial election of the whole council. There were sixty dual member constituencies and one four member constituency, making a total of 124 seats. 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 David Lloyd George who led a Coalition Government that included the Unionist Party and those Liberals and Socialists who had broken from the main Liberal and Labour parties who sat in opposition. The Coalition was numerically dominated by the Unionists who were still 7 months away from overthrowing Lloyd George. The Coalition had been losing parliamentary seats in by-elections to both opposition parties including two in London to Labour; at Southwark South East by-election, 1921 and during the council election campaign at Camberwell North by-election, 1922 where one of the incumbent London Labour councillors Charles Ammon was elected to parliament on 20 February 1922. Ten days later, the electors of Camberwell North re-elected him to the County Council.
London Council background

Although the Municipal Reform party had an overall majority, in line with national politics, they decided late in 1917 to form a war-time coalition to mirror the national government. Some Progressive Party members were offered chairmanships of committees. This coalition had continued after the war ended, but both parties, along with the Labour Party, fought the 1922 elections on separate platforms.[1]
Candidates

The leader of the Municipal Reform Party did not defend his seat, but was expected to remain a member when the new council appointed its new aldermen. There was no county wide electoral agreements between any of the parties, though clearly there had been some locally agreed situations. There were very few constituencies where all three parties stood two candidates. In the past, the Progressive Party had encompassed the Labour Party, with candidates running in harness. That situation had recently ended when former Progressive Party councillor Harry Gosling became leader of the Labour Party. In its place there were a few Progressive candidates running in harness with Municipal Reform candidates. Among Labour's candidates were members of the recently formed Communist Party, such as Albert Inkpin.
Outcome
Labour suffered a setback when their Leader, Harry Gosling was defeated at Kennington, thanks to an electoral arrangement between the Progressives and the Municipal Reformers, although he regained the seat at a by-election a month later.[2] Labour had mixed results, managing to more or less hold their own. The leader of the Progressive Party, John Scott Lidgett, was also unseated at Rotherhithe, although he was able to remain a member of the council when he was appointed an alderman.[3]
The big winners were the Municipal Reform party, who made a number of gains at the expense of the Progressives.
Constituency results
- Incumbent Councillors shown in bold.
Battersea

London County Council election, 1922: Battersea North[4]
Electorate = 31,462 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
6,585 | |||
Labour | ![]() |
6,557 | |||
Municipal Reform | W Watts | 4,686 | |||
Municipal Reform | Charles James Allpass | 4,669 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Battersea South[4]
Electorate= 36,615 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
10,424 | |||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
10,394 | |||
Labour | Caroline Selina Ganley | 5,872 | |||
Labour | Rev. Alfred George Prichard | 5,843 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Bermondsey

London County Council election, 1922: Rotherhithe[4]
Electorate = 25,662 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
5,457 | |||
Labour | ![]() |
5,296 | |||
Progressive | Rev. John Scott Lidgett | 3,807 | |||
Progressive | Arthur Acland Allen | 3,604 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Bermondsey West[4]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
4,113 | |||
Labour | ![]() |
4,091 | |||
Progressive | Harold James Glanville | 3,277 | |||
Progressive | Samuel Lithgow | 2,671 | |||
Independent | Mrs. Jessie E Scriven | 2,339 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Bethnal Green

London County Council election, 1922: Bethnal Green North East[4]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,522 | n/a | ||
Progressive | ![]() |
3,518 | n/a | ||
Labour | B Gray | 3,295 | n/a | ||
Labour | George Belt | 3,154 | n/a | ||
Majority | |||||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Bethnal Green South West[4]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,178 | |||
Progressive | ![]() |
3,049 | |||
Labour | Joseph James Vaughan | 2,244 | |||
Labour | J Valentine | 2,148 | |||
Majority | |||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Camberwell

London County Council election, 1922: Dulwich[4]
Electorate 28,344 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,545 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,364 | n/a | ||
Labour | H Luckhart | 2,398 | n/a | ||
Labour | T E Wright | 2,374 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Camberwell North[4]
Electorate 25,052 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
4,277 | |||
Labour | ![]() |
4,011 | |||
Municipal Reform | Alexander West Russell | 2,152 | |||
Municipal Reform | Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan | 2,137 | |||
Progressive | Herbert Arthur Baker | 1,235 | |||
Progressive | Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton | 1,069 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Camberwell North-West[4]
Electorate 27,486 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,794 | |||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,551 | |||
Labour | John George Spradbrow | 2,846 | |||
Labour | J F Lucas | 2,520 | |||
Progressive | Seth Coward | 1,873 | |||
Progressive | Henry Ernest Wood | 1,806 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Peckham[4]
Electorate 33,316 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
6,693 | n/a | ||
Progressive | ![]() |
6,543 | n/a | ||
Labour | Arthur Creech-Jones | 3,890 | n/a | ||
Labour | P Sabine | 3,728 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Chelsea

London County Council election, 1922: Chelsea[4]
Electorate 25,306 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,727 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,655 | n/a | ||
Labour | J T Houlihan | 3,214 | n/a | ||
Labour | Mrs C M Merrifield | 3,203 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
City of London
London County Council election, 1922: City of London[4]
Electorate 28,699 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Deptford

London County Council election, 1922: Deptford[4]
Electorate 46,512 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,545 | 25.4 | +4.4 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,487 | 25.3 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Margaret McMillan | 9,333 | 24.8 | -6.2 | |
Labour | John Speakman | 9,199 | 24.5 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 154 | 0.5 | -8.1 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Finsbury

London County Council election, 1922: Finsbury[4]
Electorate 32,830 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,778 | 25.7 | +3.5 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,636 | 25.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | C H Brew | 3,222 | 14.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Charles R Simpson | 3,109 | 13.8 | n/a | |
Progressive | Alfred Baker | 2,464 | 11.0 | -18.9 | |
Progressive | Miss Ida Samuel | 2,253 | 10.0 | -16.5 | |
Majority | 2,414 | 10.8 | 15.1 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Fulham

London County Council election, 1922: Fulham East[4]
Electorate 31,729 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,941 | 35.1 | +1.3 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,849 | 34.7 | -0.1 | |
Labour | T. M. Cox | 3,431 | 15.2 | -0.8 | |
Labour | Isaac James Hayward | 3,403 | 15.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 4,418 | 19.5 | -1.7 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Fulham West[4]
Electorate 34,532 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,849 | 34.8 | +0.0 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,588 | 33.8 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Robert Mark Gentry | 4,555 | 16.1 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Mrs I M Lineham | 4,350 | 15.3 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 5,033 | 17.7 | +3.1 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Greenwich

London County Council election, 1922: Greenwich[4]
Electorate 39,093 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,412 | 28.3 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
9,367 | 28.2 | n/a | |
Labour | Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 7,332 | 22.0 | n/a | |
Labour | J G Davenport | 7,145 | 21.4 | n/a | |
Majority | n/a | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Hackney

London County Council election, 1922: Hackney Central[4]
Electorate 29,557 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Hackney North[4]
Electorate 28,618 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Hackney South[4]
Electorate 28,226 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,588 | 32.0 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,416 | 30.8 | n/a | |
Labour | E Wigan | 2,669 | 18.6 | n/a | |
Labour | Emma Boyce | 2,662 | 18.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,747 | 12.2 | n/a | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Hammersmith

London County Council election, 1922: Hammersmith North[4]
Electorate 25,131 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,104 | 31.4 | -1.8 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,066 | 31.2 | -5.2 | |
Labour | John Thomas Westcott | 3,049 | 18.8 | n/a | |
Labour | T Martin | 3,026 | 18.6 | -11.7 | |
Majority | 2,017 | 12.4 | +9.5 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Hammersmith South[4]
Electorate 26,228 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,483 | 36.4 | -4.0 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,415 | 36.1 | -3.2 | |
Labour | C J Atkinson | 2,574 | 14.5 | -4.4 | |
Labour | Miss M Price | 2,305 | 13.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,841 | 21.6 | +2.7 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Hampstead

London County Council election, 1922: Hampstead[4]
Electorate= 26,093 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
10,572 | |||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
10,565 | |||
Labour | E E Balfour | 2,390 | |||
Labour | J May | 2,390 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Holborn

London County Council election, 1922: Holborn[4]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,234 | 46.2 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,143 | 45.4 | n/a | |
Independent | H Janner | 947 | 8.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,196 | 37.0 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Islington

London County Council election, 1922: Islington East[4]
Electorate 37,658 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
6,877 | 41.2 | +5.9 | |
Progressive | ![]() |
6,767 | 40.5 | +6.7 | |
Independent | George K Naylor | 3,065 | 18.3 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 3,702 | 22.2 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
- Naylor had contested the seat in 1919 as a Municipal Reform candidate.

London County Council election, 1922: Islington North[4]
Electorate 41,314 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,644 | 26.9 | +1.6 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,970 | 24.8 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Robert McKenna | 4,833 | 15.1 | -34.4 | |
Labour | Hilda Caroline Miall Smith | 4,766 | 14.8 | n/a | |
Progressive | David Sydney Waterlow | 3,207 | 10.0 | n/a | |
Progressive | W. Allen | 2,692 | 8.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,137 | 9.7 | 33.9 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Islington South[4]
Electorate 29,678 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,916 | 25.6 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,882 | 25.4 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | A Hudson | 4,735 | 24.7 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | G Hampton Lewis | 4,665 | 24.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 147 | 0.7 | n/a | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Islington West[4]
Electorate 28,771 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
5,903 | 33.6 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
5,746 | 32.7 | n/a | |
Labour | P. H. Black | 3,013 | 17.2 | n/a | |
Labour | G. Davison | 2,894 | 16.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,733 | 15.5 | n/a | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Kensington

London County Council election, 1922: Kensington North[4]
Electorate 36,841 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,364 | 31.9 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,234 | 31.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Barbara Drake | 3,687 | 18.5 | n/a | |
Labour | E. C. Porton | 3,646 | 18.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,547 | 12.8 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Kensington South[4]
Electorate 30,226 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Lambeth

London County Council election, 1922: Brixton[4]
Electorate 34,066 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,260 | 35.5 | +4.3 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,149 | 35.0 | +3.0 | |
Labour | W. I. G. Scott | 3,455 | 14.8 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Henry Devenish Harben | 3,423 | 14.7 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 4,694 | 20.2 | +7.7 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Kennington[4]
Electorate 31,838 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,728 | 31.8 | +12.5 | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,805 | 26.7 | -4.6 | |
Labour | Harry Gosling | 4,275 | 23.7 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Charles William Gibson | 3,212 | 17.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 530 | 3.0 | -9.0 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Lambeth North[4]
Electorate 26,858 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
3,019 | 17.3 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,015 | 17.2 | -20.9 | |
Progressive | Frank Dawson Lapthorn | 3,015 | 17.2 | n/a | |
Labour | JC Bessell | 2,838 | 16.2 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | RT Sharpe | 2,802 | 16.0 | +3.3 | |
Municipal Reform | T. Page | 2,793 | 16.0 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | -24.9 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Norwood[4]
Electorate 37,575 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
12,076 | 38.0 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
12,044 | 37.9 | n/a | |
Labour | Edgar Lansbury | 3,895 | 12.2 | n/a | |
Labour | Alfred E Lugg | 3,800 | 11.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,149 | 25.7 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Lewisham

London County Council election, 1922: Lewisham East[4]
Electorate 38,391 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
11,759 | 37.1 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
11,288 | 35.6 | n/a | |
Labour | W. J. R. Gillings | 4,392 | 13.8 | n/a | |
Labour | J. W. Matthews | 4,295 | 13.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,896 | 21.8 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Lewisham West[4]
Electorate 36,319 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,680 | 35.4 | +8.2 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,197 | 33.4 | +7.1 | |
Progressive | Henry Arthur Evans | 4,013 | 16.4 | -7.0 | |
Progressive | G. H. Stepney | 3,644 | 14.9 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 4,184 | 17.0 | +14.1 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Paddington

London County Council election, 1922: Paddington North[4]
Electorate 33,134 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,722 | 34.5 | +5.7 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,713 | 34.5 | +6.8 | |
Labour | W. C. Bolton | 3,484 | 15.6 | -6.3 | |
Labour | H P Lawless | 3,456 | 15.4 | -6.2 | |
Majority | 4,229 | 18.9 | +13.1 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Paddington South[4]
Electorate 24,652 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Poplar

London County Council election, 1922: Bow and Bromley[4]
Electorate 29,837 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
8,121 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
8,043 | 31.6 | ||
Municipal Reform | Florence Barrie Lambert | 4,721 | 18.5 | ||
Municipal Reform | A. Barnard | 4,599 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 3,322 | 13.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Poplar South[4]
Electorate 31,927 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
10,716 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
10,511 | 31.0 | ||
Municipal Reform | CR Ingleby | 6,397 | 18.8 | ||
Municipal Reform | Rev. A Tildesley | 6,328 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 4,114 | 12.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St Marylebone

London County Council election, 1922: St Marylebone[4]
Electorate 40,388 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
St Pancras

London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras North[4]
Electorate 32,605 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,982 | 24.6 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,751 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | H J Brown | 4,912 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Frank Lawrence Combes | 4,798 | 16.9 | ||
Progressive | William Lloyd Taylor | 2,513 | 8.9 | ||
Progressive | John Hunter Harley | 2,407 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 1,839 | 6.5 | |||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras South East[4]
Electorate 26,111 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,158 | 26.8 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,114 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | S Presbury | 2,617 | 13.6 | ||
Labour | H D Large | 2,613 | 13.6 | ||
Progressive | Arthur Lewis Leon | 1,859 | 9.7 | ||
Progressive | Alfred Henry Scott | 1,856 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | 2,497 | 13.0 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: St. Pancras South West[4]
Electorate 24,533 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,456 | 26.9 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,464 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Henry Montague Tibbles | 2,036 | 12.3 | ||
Labour | Albert Samuel Inkpin | 1,992 | 12.0 | ||
Progressive | Ernest Devan Wetton | 1,814 | 10.9 | ||
Progressive | R E Allen | 1,810 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 2,428 | 14.6 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Shoreditch

London County Council election, 1922: Shoreditch[4]
Electorate 43,404 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,015 | 28.7 | ||
Progressive | ![]() |
3,814 | 27.2 | ||
Labour | C E Taylor | 3,215 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Alfred Walton | 2,930 | 21.0 | ||
Majority | 599 | 4.2 | |||
Progressive gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Southwark

London County Council election, 1922: Southwark Central[4]
Electorate 26,699 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
6,374 | 35.9 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
6,154 | 34.7 | n/a | |
Labour | Lewis Silkin | 2,618 | 14.7 | n/a | |
Labour | W Barrett | 2,611 | 14.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,536 | 20.0 | n/a | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Southwark North[4]
Electorate 21,292 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
4,453 | 32.1 | -7.8 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,306 | 31.0 | -5.7 | |
Labour | George Wilfrid Holford Knight | 2,565 | 18.5 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Rev T P Stevens | 2,553 | 18.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,741 | 12.5 | -12.5 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Southwark South East[4]
Electorate 27,025 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,261 | 27.4 | -12.2 | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,215 | 27.1 | -11.9 | |
Labour | G J Chaplin | 2,703 | 22.8 | +0.8 | |
Labour | W H Lock | 2,693 | 22.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 512 | 4.3 | -12.7 | ||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Stepney

London County Council election, 1922: Limehouse[4]
Electorate 26,619 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | ![]() |
5,746 | 28.8 | +5.7 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
5,454 | 27.4 | n/a | |
Labour | Julia Scurr | 4,385 | 22.0 | -0.6 | |
Labour | Benjamin Skene Mackay | 4,350 | 21.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,069 | 5.4 | +5.2 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Labour | Swing | n/a | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Mile End[4]
Electorate 19,739 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
3,695 | 27.4 | -3.8 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
3,658 | 27.1 | -2.8 | |
Labour | C H Norman | 3,077 | 22.8 | +3.3 | |
Labour | John Scurr | 3,048 | 22.6 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 581 | 4.3 | -6.1 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Whitechapel[4]
Electorate 19,829 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
3,244 | 19.0 | n/a | |
Progressive | ![]() |
3,085 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | Morris Harold Davis | 2,998 | 17.5 | n/a | |
Progressive | Dr J J Reidy | 2,972 | 17.4 | ||
Municipal Reform | Woolf Joel | 2,557 | 15.0 | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | Claude Herbert Grundy | 2,227 | 13.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 87 | 0.6 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Stoke Newington

London County Council election, 1922: Stoke Newington[4]
Electorate 20,499 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,312 | 42.5 | -0.8 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
4,121 | 40.7 | -1.0 | |
Independent | George Wicks | 1,704 | 16.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 2,417 | 23.9 | -2.8 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Wandsworth
London County Council election, 1922: Balham & Tooting[4]
Electorate 35,880 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,403 | 27.1 | +13.5 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,308 | 26.8 | +13.8 | |
Progressive | Rev. Bevill Allen | 4,587 | 14.8 | -12.3 | |
Progressive | S G Warner | 3,529 | 11.4 | -15.1 | |
Labour | Rev. G Bell | 3,203 | 10.3 | -0.0 | |
Labour | Mary Thoresby | 2,943 | 9.5 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 3,721 | 12.0 | 24.9 | ||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Wandsworth Central[4]
Electorate 24,567 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,524 | 32.6 | +3.5 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
6,514 | 32.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | George Pearce Blizard | 3,511 | 17.6 | -4.6 | |
Labour | W J Humphreys | 3,447 | 17.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,003 | 15.0 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Clapham[4]
Electorate 31,143 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,993 | 36.3 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,707 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | H Harries | 3,522 | 14.2 | n/a | |
Labour | A. S. Albery | 3,522 | 14.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,185 | 21.0 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Putney[4]
Electorate 27,426 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,307 | 41.1 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,231 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Eli Jenkins | 1,894 | 9.4 | n/a | |
Labour | G Wyver | 1,790 | 8.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,337 | 31.3 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Streatham[4]
Electorate 24,493 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Westminster

London County Council election, 1922: Westminster Abbey[4]
Electorate 28,294 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,399 | 42.5 | ||
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
7,301 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | J H Martin | 1,360 | 7.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Miss L Agnes Dawson | 1,332 | 7.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,941 | 34.2 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||

London County Council election, 1922: Westminster St George's[4]
Electorate 26,036 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Woolwich

London County Council election, 1922: Woolwich East[4]
Electorate 29,042 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
9,046 | 28.5 | -5.6 | |
Labour | ![]() |
8,978 | 28.3 | -5.5 | |
Municipal Reform | Frederick George Penny | 6,764 | 21.3 | +5.2 | |
Municipal Reform | Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson | 6,277 | 19.8 | +3.9 | |
Independent | R James | 366 | 1.2 | n/a | |
Independent | J C Witcher | 314 | 1.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,214 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||

London County Council election, 1922: Woolwich West[4]
Electorate 28,563 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,654 | 29.9 | +1.8 | |
Municipal Reform | ![]() |
8,573 | 29.6 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Rev. J. F. Matthews | 5,907 | 20.4 | -2.4 | |
Labour | H. A. Hart | 5,845 | 20.2 | -1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermen
The council also appointed 20 aldermen, to serve for a 6-year term. After the elections, there were eleven aldermanic vacancies and the following alderman were appointed by the newly elected council;
- John Jacob Astor, Municipal Reform
- Alfred Ordway Goodrich, Municipal Reform (retiring councillor for Mile End)
- George Hopwood Hume, Municipal Reform (retiring councillor for Greenwich)
- Dr Florence Barrie Lambert, Municipal Reform (retiring councillor for Brixton)
- Ronald Collet Norman, Municipal Reform (retiring councillor for Chelsea)
- Jessie Wilton Phipps, Municipal Reform
- Sir Harry Lushington Stephen, Municipal Reform
- Herbert Arthur Baker, Progressive (retiring councillor for Camberwell North)
- Dr John Scott Lidgett, Progressive (retiring councillor for Rotherhithe)
- George Masterman Gillett, Labour (retiring Progressive councillor for Finsbury)
- Albert Emil Davies, Labour (re-appointed)
By-elections 1922-1925
There was one by-election to a fill casual vacancy during the term of the twelfth London County Council.
Lambeth, Kennington, 29 April 1922
- Cause: death of Sir John Williams Benn, 10 April 1922[5]
London County Council by-election, 1922: Kennington[2]
Electorate 31,490 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | ![]() |
3,871 | 42.2 | ||
Municipal Reform | Captain Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson | 3,378 | 36.9 | ||
Progressive | Alderman G Brittain | 1,917 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 493 | 5.3 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic vacancies filled 1922-1925
There were six casual vacancies among the aldermen in the term of the eleventh London County Council, which were filled as follows:[6]
- 24 October 1922: Arthur Acland Allen (Progressive) to serve until 1925 in place of Henry Evan Auguste Cotton, resigned 17 October 1922. Allen had previously sat as a councillor from 1899-1913.[7]
- 30 January 1923: Mrs Anna Maria Mathew (Labour) to serve until 1925 in place of her husband Charles James Mathew, died 8 January 1923.[8][9]
- 23 October 1923: Maj. Harry Barnes (Progressive) to serve until 1925 in place of Henry de Rosenbach Walker, died 31 July 1923.[10]
- 5 February 1924: Henry Thomas McAuliffe (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1925 in place of Viscount Hill, died 19 December 1923.[11]
- 18 March 1924: Alfred Baker (Labour) to serve until 1925 in place of George Masterman Gillett resigned 11 March 1924. Baker had previously sat as a councillor from 1919-1922.[12]
- 25 November 1924: Hon. Gilbert Johnstone (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1925 in place of Sir Cyril Jackson died 3 September 1924. Johnstone had previously sat as a councillor from 1907-1910 and 1911-1917.[13]
References
- ↑ "L.C.C. Elections". The Times. 8 March 1919. p. 14.
- 1 2 "L.C.C. Labour Gain. Mr. Gosling Returned For Kennington". The Times. 1 May 1922. p. 20.
- ↑ "LCC Elections". The Times. 3 March 1922. p. 12.
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- ↑ ""Father" Of The L.C.C. Death Of Sir John Benn". The Times. 11 April 1922. p. 16.
- ↑ Jackson, W Eric (1965). "Appendix II: Members of the London County Council from 1889". Achievement: A short History of the LCC. London: Longmans. pp. 252–286.
- ↑ "News in Brief". The Times. 25 October 1922. p. 9.
- ↑ "Obituary. Mr. C. J. Mathew, K.C., M.P". The Times. 10 January 1923. p. 13.
- ↑ ""Loud Speaker" In The County Hall. The L.C.C. And Film Censorship". The Times. 31 January 1923. p. 7.
- ↑ "Future Of Deptford Market. L.C.C. And The Unemployed". The Times. 24 October 1923. p. 12.
- ↑ "Later Dancing In Hotels. Proposal Approved By L.C.C.". The Times. 6 February 1924. p. 12.
- ↑ "Coroners' Law. Government Considering Amendment". The Times. 19 March 1924. p. 16.
- ↑ "News". The Times. 26 November 1924. p. 19.
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