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Battersea South (London County Council constituency)
Battersea South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
Battersea South
Former constituencyfor the London County Council
1919
1965
2 (to 1949)3 (from 1949)
Battersea and Clapham
Battersea South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 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
1919 Edwin Evans Municipal Reform William Hammond Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1921 William Hall Municipal Reform
1925 Charles James Allpass Municipal Reform Harry Selley Municipal Reform
1937 Edward Curzon Municipal Reform
1946 Dorothy Archibald Labour David Rapoport Labour
1949 Frank Abbott Conservative John Morgan Conservative Stewart Skingle Conservative
1952 William S. Hodgson Labour Reginald Harold Plant Labour Henry Stillman Labour
1955 Frank Abbott Conservative Albert Charles Marshall Conservative Douglas Rayment Conservative
1958 Harbans Lall Gulati Labour Peggy Jay Labour Marie Jenkins Labour
1961 Frank Abbott Conservative Muriel Bowen Conservative Ian Samuel Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Municipal Reform 3,836 26.3
Municipal Reform 3,683 25.2
Progressive 1,978 13.5
Progressive 1,975 13.5
Labour 1,603 11.0
Labour 1,523 10.4
1,705 11.7
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 6,358 66.2
Labour 3,247 33.8
3,111
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 10,424
Municipal Reform 10,394
Labour 5,872
Labour 5,843
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 7,813
Municipal Reform 7,731
Labour 5,530
Labour 5,290
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 7,417
Municipal Reform 7,391
Labour 3,801
Labour 3,656
Liberal 2,240
Liberal 2,193
Independent Labour 1,250
Independent Labour 1,241
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 8,397
Municipal Reform 8,258
Labour 4,566
Labour 4,553
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 8,583
Municipal Reform 8,350
Labour 7,790
Labour 7,744
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 9,800
Municipal Reform 9,715
Labour 9,601
Labour 9,542
Municipal Reform hold
Municipal Reform hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 7,982
Labour 7,541
Conservative 6,057
Conservative 5,622
Communist 811
Communist 774
Labour gain from Municipal Reform
Labour gain from Municipal Reform
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 11,794
Conservative 11,788
Conservative 11,406
Labour 10,446
Labour 10,189
Labour 9,993
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 11,620
Labour 11,568
Labour 11,561
Conservative 11,406
Conservative 11,249
Conservative 11,175
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 8,627
Conservative 8,563
Conservative 8,478
Labour 8,314
Labour 7,918
Labour 7,917
Liberal 1,148
Liberal 1,049
Liberal 839
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 8,397
Labour 8,337
Labour 8,077
Conservative 6,248
Conservative 6,169
Conservative 6,086
Liberal 2,299
Liberal 2,210
Liberal 2,030
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 7,899
Conservative 7,757
Conservative 7,706
Labour 7,338
Labour 7,141
Labour 7,070
Liberal 2,421
Liberal 2,282
Liberal 2,032
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
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