Chelsea | |
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Former constituency for the London County Council | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1919 |
Abolished | 1965 |
Member(s) | 2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949) |
Chelsea was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
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1889 | William Æneas Smith | Progressive | George William Osborn | Progressive | Two seats until 1949 | ||||
1892 | Frank Costelloe | Progressive | |||||||
1893 | Edmund Turton | Progressive | |||||||
1895 | George Cadogan | Moderate | |||||||
1895 | Cecil Chapman | Moderate | |||||||
1898 | Emslie Horniman | Progressive | James Jeffery | Progressive | |||||
1907 | Thomas Clarence Edward Goff | Municipal Reform | Ronald Collet Norman | Municipal Reform | |||||
1910 | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | Municipal Reform | |||||||
1922 | William Sidney | Municipal Reform | |||||||
1933 | Basil Futvoye Marsden-Smedley | Municipal Reform | |||||||
1934 | Catherine Fulford | Conservative | |||||||
1946 | John Vaughan-Morgan | Conservative | |||||||
1949 | Alexander Lloyd | Conservative | |||||||
1952 | Marion Bennett | Conservative | Roderick Edwards | Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | Conservative | |||
1958 | Stuart Townend | Conservative | |||||||
1961 | John Elliott Brooks | Conservative | Percy Rugg | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | George William Osborn | 3,170 | |||
Progressive | William Æneas Smith | 2,512 | |||
Moderate | Leedham White | 1,774 | |||
Moderate | W. Jeffrey | 1,647 | |||
Independent | Charles Mossop | 1,217 | |||
Independent | Andrew Thompson | 211 | |||
Progressive win (new seat) | |||||
Progressive win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | William Æneas Smith | 3,332 | |||
Progressive | Frank Costelloe | 3,207 | |||
Moderate | Cecil Chapman | 2,930 | |||
Moderate | John Humphrey | 2,916 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Harry Quelch | 170 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Walter Geard | 126 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moderate | George Cadogan | 3,441 | |||
Progressive | Frank Costelloe | 3,355 | |||
Moderate | Cecil Chapman | 3,338 | |||
Progressive | S. Insull | 2,996 | |||
Ind. Labour Party | Harold Snelling | 218 | |||
Moderate gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
In 1898, Horniman and Chapman tied on 3,675 votes after the initial count. A recount reduced Chapman's vote total by two, so Horniman was elected. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | James Jeffery | 4,044 | |||
Progressive | Emslie Horniman | 3,675 | |||
Moderate | Cecil Chapman | 3,673 | |||
Moderate | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 3,315 | |||
Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | James Jeffery | 4,582 | 31.8 | +4.3 | |
Progressive | Emslie Horniman | 4,481 | 31.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 2,682 | 18.6 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | William Elliott | 2,659 | 18.5 | -6.5 | |
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | James Jeffery | 4,224 | |||
Progressive | Emslie Horniman | 4,143 | |||
Conservative | Euston Sartorius | 3,471 | |||
Conservative | Clarence Goff | 3,462 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing | ||||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Thomas Clarence Edward Goff | 5,877 | |||
Municipal Reform | Ronald Collet Norman | 5,779 | |||
Progressive | Emslie Horniman | 3,977 | |||
Progressive | John Jeffery | 3,915 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Ronald Collet Norman | 4,935 | 32.1 | ||
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 4,886 | 31.7 | ||
Progressive | Leonard Costello | 2,809 | 18.2 | ||
Progressive | John Mackenzie | 2,766 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 2,077 | 13.5 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Ronald Collet Norman | 5,200 | 33.6 | +1.5 | |
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 5,113 | 33.0 | +1.3 | |
Progressive | Katharine Wallas | 2,598 | 16.8 | -1.4 | |
Progressive | George Schuster | 2,569 | 16.6 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 2,515 | 16.2 | +2.7 | ||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform | Ronald Collet Norman | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | William Sidney | 7,727 | n/a | ||
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 7,655 | n/a | ||
Labour | J. T. Houlihan | 3,214 | n/a | ||
Labour | C. M. Merrifield | 3,203 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | William Sidney | 5,947 | |||
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 5,650 | |||
Labour | Dora Russell | 2,640 | |||
Labour | A. L. Walton | 2,141 | |||
Progressive | Iolo Aneurin Williams | 2,141 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 6,294 | |||
Municipal Reform | William Sidney | 6,178 | |||
Liberal | Iolo Aneurin Williams | 1,487 | |||
Liberal | Amy Beatrice Huntington | 1,318 | |||
Labour | A. L. Walton | 1,029 | |||
Labour | P. A. Skinner | 980 | |||
Independent Labour | L. W. Potter | 841 | |||
Independent Labour | B. J. Gifford | 823 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen | 6,186 | |||
Municipal Reform | William Sidney | 6,130 | |||
Liberal | E. G. G. Bach | 1,095 | |||
Liberal | E. S. G. Bach | 1,082 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Basil Marsden-Smedley | 6,174 | |||
Municipal Reform | Catherine Fulford | 6,105 | |||
Labour | L. Arnold | 2,235 | |||
Labour | V. C. Elliott | 2,216 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Municipal Reform | Basil Marsden-Smedley | 7,814 | |||
Municipal Reform | Catherine Fulford | 7,685 | |||
Labour | P. A. Skinner | 2,900 | |||
Labour | G. Watson | 2,850 | |||
Majority | |||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 6,204 | |||
Conservative | Catherine Fulford | 6,186 | |||
Labour | Mary Louisa Piercy | 2,462 | |||
Labour | R. C. Edmonds | 2,442 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Lloyd | 14,994 | |||
Conservative | Catherine Fulford | 14,902 | |||
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 14,829 | |||
Labour | R. Edmonds | 4,589 | |||
Labour | F. L. Tonge | 4,535 | |||
Labour | Robin Davis | 4,429 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roderick Edwards | 15,814 | |||
Conservative | Marion Bennett | 15,789 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 15,592 | |||
Labour | J. Sofer | 4,587 | |||
Labour | H. Atkinson | 4,511 | |||
Labour | J. Allen | 4,444 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roderick Edwards | 12,473 | |||
Conservative | Marion Edwards | 12,465 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 12,174 | |||
Labour | H. J. Davies | 2,406 | |||
Labour | S. Fordyce | 2,122 | |||
Labour | S. Stratford-Lawrence | 2,049 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion Bennett | 10,894 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Townend | 10,828 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 10,689 | |||
Labour | L. Bonham | 2,660 | |||
Labour | W. R. Johnson | 2,633 | |||
Labour | H. Halpin | 2,626 | |||
Liberal | H. Symons | 2,157 | |||
Liberal | Ruth Abrahams | 2,139 | |||
Liberal | J. Hart | 2,081 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Elliott Brooks | 10,991 | |||
Conservative | Percy Rugg | 10,914 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Townend | 10,786 | |||
Liberal | S. Marsden-Smedley | 2,764 | |||
Liberal | Peter Guy Henry Thorold | 2,486 | |||
Labour | P. F. Corbett | 2,482 | |||
Labour | M. Baxter | 2,469 | |||
Liberal | J. L. Spicer | 2,405 | |||
Labour | M. Shufeldt | 2,315 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |