Middlesex County Council | ||
Members 1949-1965 | ||
Succeeded by: Greater London Council |
List of members of Middlesex County Council 1949-1965.
The county council was made up of three quarters elected councillors and one quarter aldermen chosen by the council. Councillors were elected every three years while aldermen had a six year term of office, with half being chosen at the annual meeting immediately after the triennial elections. In 1949 the number of councillors was increased to ninety, each representing a single electoral division. At the next election in 1952 the number of divisions and councillors was reduced to eighty-seven. The boundaries remained unchanged until the council's abolition. There were twenty-nine aldermen, with fourteen or fifteen retiring every three years.
Aldermen[]
Group 1: Retiring 1955 and 1961[]
There were fourteen seats in Group 1 following the enlargement of the council in 1949. No elections had been held for this group since 1937 and a large number had been co-opted in the twelve years since. When the annual meeting of the council was held on 21 May 1949, all the seats were taken by Conservatives with no nominations by Labour.
- 1949-53: Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Henry Farley - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Friern Barnet. Resigned in 1953 on being elected to West Sussex County Council.
- 1953-55, 1955-61, 1961-65: John Wilfred Ambrose Billam - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Wembley North-West. Elected December 1953.
- 1949-55, 1955-61, 1962-65: Albert Noel Hansel Baines - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Finchley North. Retired at 1961 election. Returned to council to fill a casual vacancy in May 1962.
- 1949-55, 1955-61: James Percy Bennetts - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Harrow South.
- 1949-55, 1955-61, 1961-65: Wilfrid Rendel Myson Chambers - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Wembley South-East.
- 1949-55: William Reginald Clemens - Conservative Party. Alderman since 1937. Retired at 1955 election.
- 1949-55: William Josiah Grimshaw- Conservative Party - previously councillor for Hornsey, Muswell Hill. Knighted in 1953. Retired at 1955 election.
- 1949-55, 1955-58: Francis Edward Harmsworth - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Ealing South. Retired 1958. Died 18 April 1958.
- 1949-55, 1955-61, 1961-65: Archer Hoare - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Harrow North-West. Knighted 1955.
- 1949-55: John Rees Hughes - Conservative Party. Alderman since 1943. Retired at 1955 election.
- 1949-51: Arthur Ernest Jones - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Willesden, Mapesbury. Leader of the Conservative group on Willesden Borough Council. Sentenced to four months in prison in March 1951 for dangerous driving causing death. [1]
- 1951-55:
- 1949-55, 1955-58: William Morgans - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Ealing Central. Resigned 1958.
- 1949-51: George Jenner Pryke - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Hendon North. Mayor of Hendon 1949-50. Resigned 1951
- 1951-55
- 1949-55, 1955- : Herbert Edmund Purser - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Staines.
- 1949-55: Geoffrey Maber Sparrow - Conservative Party - alderman since 1947.
- 1957-61, 1961-65: Cyril Chaventre. Previously councillor for Wembley East. Elected 1957 to fill casual vacancy.
- 1957-61, 1961-62: Maurice Walter Burns - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Hornsey Stroud Green. Elected 1957 to fill a casual vacancy, died 20 April 1962.
- 1961-65: Frances Timpson - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Friern Barnet.
- 1961-62: Kenneth Andrew Cleland - Conservative Party - previously an alderman in Group 2, lost seat in 1958. Died 24 April 1962.
- 1962-65: George James Stephens - Conservative Party - elected May 1962
Group 2: Retiring 1952 and 1958[]
Thirteen aldermanic seats were filled at the meeting on 12 March 1946, all by Labour Party members. In 1951 the Conservative Party gained one seat when a casual vacancy occurred. Two extra seats were created in Group 2 in 1949 when the council was enlarged and at the annual meeting on 21 May two more Conservatives were elected to the new seats. At the election held in 1952 three Labour aldermen were elected with the remaining seats going to the Conservatives. In 1958 the Labour Party again took control of the council and chose all the aldermen elected that year, with nine Conservatives being unseated. The term of office of Group 2 was extended from 1964 to 1965 as the county council was abolished in that year.
- Beatrix Alice Beaumont: 1946-52 - Labour Party - became councillor for Yiewsley and West Drayton in 1952.
- Louis Maurice Benen-Stock: 1946-52 - Labour Party - became councillor for Staines North-West in 1952.
- George Ridley Richardson: 1947-52 - Labour Party - former Mayor of Hendon
- Frank Corbett: 1946-52 - Labour Party
- Ena Daniels: 1946-52 - Labour Party - became a member of the London County Council in 1952.
- Olive Alice Florence Davis: 1946-52 - Labour Party - a former member of Ealing Borough Council
- Robert William Gunton: 1946-52 - Labour Party - a previous Chairman of Hayes Urban District Council.
- James Ernest Hutton: 1946-51 - Labour Party - died 4 September 1951.
- Stanley Graham Rowlandson - 1951-52, 1952-58 Conservative Party - councillor for Enfield Central.
- Ethel Florence Johnson: 1946-48 - Labour Party - resigned December 1948
- William John Irving MP: 1949-52 -Labour Party - elected January 1949
- Frederick Messer: 1946-52 - Labour Party (alderman since 1938)
- George Albert Pargiter MP : 1946-52, 1952-58 - Labour Party - previously councillor for Southall North West
- Florence May Suggate : 1946-52 - Labour Party - previously county councillor for Hendon West
- Dr Eileen Marian Warren: 1946-48 - Labour Party- resigned December 1948
- Muriel Rose Forbes: 1949-52 - Labour Party (councillor for Willesden Church End)
- Sir Gilfrid Gordon Craig: 1949 (new seat)-1952, 1952-53 - Conservative Party - had lost his aldermanic seat in 1946. Died 5 April 1953.
- James Henry Knaggs: 1953-55, 1955-61, 1961-64 - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Twickenham East. Elected 29 April 1953. Resigned 23 November 1964, seat left vacant.
- Charles Henry Knifton: 1949 (new seat)-1952, 1952-58 - Conservative Party - had lost his aldermanic seat in 1946.
- Col. Gerald Beach: 1952-55 Conservative Party - previously councillor for Finchley East. Retired in 1954.
- 1954-58: Kenneth Andrew Cleland - previously councillor for Brentford and Chiswick East. Elected May 1954.
- Joseph John Copestake: 1952-58 Conservative Party - previously councillor for Hendon South 1937-49.
- Christopher George Armstrong Cowan: 1952-58, 1958-65 Conservative Party - knighted 1958.
- Kathleen Mary St Patrick Crump: 1952-58 Conservative Party - previously councillor for Hornsey Highgate.
- George James Barnard Furness: 1952-58 Conservative Party - defeated councillor at Willesden Green
- Oliver John Galley: 1952-58 Conservative Party - defeated councillor for Ealing North.
- William Irving MP: 1952-58 Labour Party - Member of Parliament for Wood Green 1950-55.
- Louisa Rhoda Ithell: 1952-57 Labour Party - outgoing councillor for Edmonton South-East. Resigned December 1957.
- Muriel Rose Forbes: 1958 Labour Party - councillor for Willesden Kilburn, elected 1 January 1958.
- Reginald George Ridge: 1952-58 - Conservative Party
- Charles W F Ridley: 1952-58 Conservative Party
- Meta Ashdown: 1958-63 Labour Party - previously councillor for Hounslow West. Resigned January 1963.[2]
- Frank Sayle Brierley: 1963-65 Labour Party - member of Brentford and Chiswick Borough Council.
- Thomas Edward Parker: 1958-65 Labour Party
- Bernard Harry Rockman: 1958-65 Labour Party
Acton (3 seats)[]
The representation of the Municipal Borough of Acton remained at three seats in 1949. The North-West and South divisions were abolished. Two new divisions called Acton South-East and West were formed. The existing North-East division had its boundaries revised. There was no change to the boundaries in 1952.
Acton North-East Division[]
- 1949-52: Albert 'Bert' Edwin Mitchell - Labour Party - Mayor of Acton 1949-50.
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Charles O'Day - Labour Party - Mayor of Acton 1945-46.
- 1961-65: Frederick Henry Morris - Labour Party - Mayor of Acton 1953-54.
Acton South-East Division[]
- 1949-52: Wilfred Perry Forbes Conservative Party - Mayor of Acton 1943-44.
- 1952-55: Christopher Thomas Higgins - Labour Party. Defeated Peter Blair Black of the Conservatives, outgoing councillor for Acton West. Mayor of Acton 1958-59.
- 1955-58, 1958-61: Albert Teichmann Howell - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Aubrey John Beasley - Labour Party
Acton West Division[]
- 1949-52: Peter Blair Black, Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Morris Franks - Labour Party. Gain from Conservatives in 1952.
- 1961-62: Patrick Cosgrove - Conservative Party. Gained seat from Morris Franks of the Labour Party. Resigned November 1962.
- 1962-65: Morris Franks - Labour Party. Regained seat at by-election on 14 December 1962.
Brentford and Chiswick (3 seats 1949-52, 2 seats 1952-65)[]
The three divisions of the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick were unchanged in 1949. In 1952 two new divisions replaced them.
Brentford Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Arthur Herbert Charlton -Conservative Party - sitting councillor re-elected. Mayor of Brentford and Chiswick 1951-52.
Chiswick East Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Richard Leslie Avery - Conservative Party. Gained seat from Labour Party. Mayor of Brentford and Chiswick 1955-56.
Chiswick West Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Kenneth Andrew Cleland - Conservative Party - sitting councillor re-elected.
Brentford & Chiswick East Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-54: Kenneth Andrew Cleland - Conservative Party - became an alderman in March 1954.
- 1954-55: Andrew Jardine - Conservative Party - elected at bye-election on 8 April 1954.
- 1955-58: Lt.Col. Andrew Jardine - Conservative Party.
- 1958-61: John Jacob Dunnett - Labour Party.
- 1961-65: Lt.Col. Andrew Jardine - Conservative Party. Regained seat. Member of the Greater London Council from 1964.
Brentford and Chiswick West Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55: Albert James Fielder - Labour Party (previously councillor for Isleworth Division)
- 1955-58: Mrs. A Godfrey - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Hugh Arthur Franklin - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Mary Kathleen Bulmer - Conservative Party. Regained seat from Labour.
Ealing (8 seats 1949-52, 7 seats 1952-65)[]
In 1949 the representation of the Municipal Borough of Ealing was increased from five to eight councillors. One division was abolished, four new ones were formed there were boundary changes in three and one was unchanged. In 1952 the number of councillors was reduced to seven. Two divisions were abolished, one new division was created, the boundaries of three were changed and three were unaltered. The Central and West Divisions were unchanged.
Ealing Central Division[]
Drayton and Castlebar wards - unaltered from 1937 boundaries
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Sewell Allenby - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Clement Furber - Conservative Party
Ealing East Division[]
Boundary changes in 1949 to comprise Mount Park and Hanger Hill wards. In 1952 Hanger Hill was transferred to North-East Division and Grange ward added from South-East, reverting to old boundaries.
- 1949-52: Herbert George Greenwood - Conservative Party - sitting councilor for old East Division re-elected.
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: William Henry Crowe - Conservative Party - Mayor of Ealing 1953-54. Previously councillor for abolished South-East Division.
- 1961-65: Denis McCarthy - Conservative Party
Ealing North Division[]
New division created in 1949 to comprise North Greenford (previously in North-West) and new Perivale wards. Greatly revised boundaries from 1952: Perivale transferred to new North-East Division while Northolt North and Northolt South wards (previously comprising Northolt Division) were added
- 1949-52: Oliver John Galley - Conservative Party. Defeated Joseph Hunter Murray, outgoing Labour Party councillor for Ealing North West division.
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Ronald Ewart Gundry - Labour Party. Outgoing councillor for abolished Northolt Division.
Ealing Northolt Division (1949-52)[]
Division created in 1949 from part North-West Division (Northolt North and South wards) and abolished in 1952, becoming part of North Division
- 1949-52: Ronald Ewart Gundry - Labour Party
Ealing North-East Division (1952-65)[]
Created 1952, comprising Hanger Hill and Perivale wards from East and North Divisions respectively
- 1952-55: George Ward - Conservative Party - Mayor of Ealing 1958-59.
- 1955-58, 1958-61: Arthur William D'Arcy -Conservative Party
- 1961-63: Claude Loyd Manning - Conservative Party - died 17 July 1963.
- 1961-65: Rosemary Barbara Harrison - took seat in 28 November 1963 by-election. This was the last election to be held to Middlesex County Council.
Ealing North-West Division[]
Boundaries altered in 1949 to comprise Greenford Central and Greenford South wards. Northolt was removed to form a separate electoral division. Unchanged in 1952.
- 1949-52: George Wilfred Chandler - Labour Party - outgoing councillor for Southgate North
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Doris Gundry - Labour Party
Ealing South Division[]
1949: Manor, Lammas and Grosvenor wards - the latter had been in the abolished South-West Division. Unaltered in 1952.
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Margaret Louisa White - Conservative Party - outgoing councillor for abolished South-West Division.
- 1958-61: Alfred Madle -Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Norman Alfred Bennett - Conservative Party
Ealing South-East Division (1949-52)[]
Newly formed in 1949 and comprising Grange and Manor wards transferred from East and South divisions respectively. In 1952 the two wards were transferred back to their original divisions.
- 1949-52: William Henry Crowe - Conservative Party
Ealing West Division[]
Created in 1949 and comprising Hanwell North and Hanwell South wards from the abolished South-West Division.
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Mrs. Grace Florence Ainsley - Labour Party - Mayor of Ealing 1955-56.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: John William Thorpe - Labour Party
Edmonton (4 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Edmonton was divided into four electoral divisions.
Edmonton North-East Division[]
Bury Street Ward
- 1949-52: Thomas Henry Joyce - Labour Party. Outgoing councillor for South-West Division.
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Ernest James Baker - Labour Party
- 1958-61: Mark Simpson - Labour Party - Mayor of Edmonton 1955-56.
- 1961-65: Alfred James Tanner - Labour Party - Mayor of Edmonton 1958-59.
Edmonton North-West Division[]
Church Street Ward
- 1949-52: Edith Mary Moss - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Thomas George Lynes - Conservative Party - previously councillor for South-West Division.
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Frederick Harold Brooks - Conservative Party
Edmonton South-East Division[]
Angel Road Ward
- 1949-52: Louisa Rhoda Ithell - Labour Party - outgoing alderman.
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Florence Long - Labour Party - Mayor of Edmonton 1943-44 and 1954-55.
- 1961-65: Mark Simpson - Labour Party (previously councillor for North-East division)
Edmonton South-West Division[]
Silver Street Ward
- 1949-52: Thomas George Lynes - Conservative Party - gain from Labour.
- 1952-55, 1955-1958, 1958-1961: Thomas Henry Joyce - Labour Party. Previously councillor for North-East Division. Mayor of Edmonton 1940-41 and 1952-53.
- 1961-65: Albert Edward Kerr - Labour Party
Enfield (3 seats 1949-52, 4 seats 1949-65)[]
Enfield Urban District (the Municipal Borough of Enfield from 1955) was divided into three divisions in 1949. In 1952 one division (East) was abolished and two new divisions (North-East and South-East) created. In 1955 there were small boundary changes and two divisions were renamed.'
Enfield East Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Elizabeth Maud Squire - Labour Party
Abolished 1952, mostly included in new North-East and South-East Divisions. Squire became councillor for South-East Division
Enfield North-East Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55: Edgar Victor Garton - Labour Party
- 1955-58: W T Taylor - Labour Party
- 1958-61: Thomas Frederick Millman - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Geoffrey Hickman - Labour Party
Enfield West Division (1949-55), renamed Enfield North-West Division 1955[]
- 1949-52:
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Alicia Frances Muspratt - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Frederick George Young - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Stanley Graham Rowlandson - Conservative Party
Enfield South-East Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55: Elizabeth Maud Squire - Labour Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Edgar Victor Garton (county councillor Enfield North-East 1952-55) - Labour Party. Member of the Greater London Council from 1964.
Enfield Central Division (1949-55), renamed Enfield South-West Division 1955[]
- 1949-51: Stanley Graham Rowlandson - Conservative Party - became an alderman in 1951.
- 1951-52:
- 1952-55: Edwin P Hubbard - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Frank Wakeham - Conservative Party
Feltham (1 seat 1949-52, 2 seats 1952-65)[]
Feltham Urban District was divided into two divisions in 1952.
Feltham Division (1949-52)[]
- Horace Loker - Conservative Party
Feltham North Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958: Frank Towell - Labour Party - created an alderman in May 1958.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Arthur Robert Kemp - Labour Party
Feltham South Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Mrs Dorothy May Williams - Labour Party
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Ernest Kinghorn - Labour Party. Member of the Greater London Council from 1964.
Finchley (3 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Finchley was divided into three electoral divisions.
Finchley East Division[]
- 1949-52: Colonel Gerald Beach - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Mrs Flora Ethel Beavon - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Finchley North
- 1955-58: Anthony Purvis - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Joyce Alderson Clyne - Liberal Party. Liberal gain from Conservatives.
- 1961-65: Stephen Stout-Kerr - Conservative Party. Conservative gain from the Liberal Party.
Finchley North Division[]
- 1949-52: Flora Ethel Mercer (Beavon from 1951)[3]
- 1952-55: Captain Courtenay Arthur Harcourt Kitchin - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61: Henry John Treby - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Charles Joseph Hartigan - Conservative Party
Finchley West Division[]
- 1949-52: Ernest Alexander Minter - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: John Douglas Kitching - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Jean Leslie Scott - Conservative Party. Member of the Greater London Council from 1964.
Friern Barnet (1 seat)[]
The division was identical to Friern Barnet Urban District.
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Frances Timpson - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Janet Hazel Damant - Conservative Party
Harrow (8 seats)[]
Harrow Urban District (the Municipal Borough of Harrow from 1954) was divided into eight divisions.[4]
Harrow Central Division[]
Wealdstone North ward
- 1949-52: Joan E Layton - Labour Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961: Francis Victor Beacham - Labour Party - died 1 August 1961.
- 1961-65: Mabel Constance Burgess Morley - Labour Party - elected at by-election 28 September 1961.
Harrow East Division[]
Queensbury and Stanmore South wards
- 1949: Herbert Henry Elvin - Labour Party - died 1949.
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Joseph Barrow - Labour Party. First elected at by-election on 15 December 1949.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Thomas Taylor Swan - Labour Party
Harrow East Central Division[]
Belmont and Kenton wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Frederick Charles Battey - Conservative Party
Harrow North-East Division[]
Harrow Weald and Stanmore North wards
- 1952-55, 1955-58: John C Leigh - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: John G Bartlett - Labour Party
- 1961-65: John C Leigh - Conservative Party. Died September 1961.
- 1961-65: Captain Oliver John Galley - Conservative Party. Elected at by-election 8 November 1961.
Harrow North-West Division[]
Pinner North & Hatch End and Pinner South wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955: John E Odle -created an alderman in May 1955
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Horace Walter Cutler - Conservative Party. First elected at bye-election on 9 June 1955. Member of the Greater London Council from 1964.
Harrow South Division[]
Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill and West Harrow wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Arthur O'Loughlin - Conservative Party
Harrow South-West Division[]
Roxbourne and Roxeth wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Ellen E Hewett - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Arthur L King - Labour Party. Defeated Hewett.
- 1961-65: Arthur Edward Kingett - Conservative Party. Defeated King.
HarrowWest Central Division[]
Headstone and Wealdstone South wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955: John H Wise - Conservative Party - resigned 1955.
- 1956-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Herbert Alexander Maun - Conservative Party. Originally elected at bye-election 26 January 1956.
Hayes and Harlington (2 seats)[]
Hayes and Harlington Urban District was divided into two divisions.
Hayes and Harlington North Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Wilfred Sutcliffe - Labour Party
- 1955-58: Frederick Cecil Woods - Labour Party
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Wilfred Andrew Whitbread - Labour Party
Hayes and Harlington South Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: William John Lipscombe - Labour Party
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Ernest Kirby Harding - Labour Party
Hendon (6 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Hendon was divided into six divisions.
Hendon Central Division[]
- 1949-52: Thomas Newton Graham - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Elsie Matilda Weavers - Conservative Party
Hendon East Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Sydney John Patmore - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961: Peter Blair Black - Conservative Party - elevated to aldermanic bench 1961
- 1961-65: Paul David Mendel
Hendon North Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Kathleen Laidlow Wright - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: John Walker Ratcliffe - Conservative Party
Hendon North-West Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955: Joseph Henry Haygarth - Conservative Party - elevated to alderman 1955.
- 1955-58:
- 1958-61: Harold Meyer Cowan - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Charles Roy Russell Allen - Conservative Party
Hendon South Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Sydney John Patmore - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61: Rose Annie Freedman - Conservative Party
Hendon West Division[]
- 1949-52: Ronald Arthur Chamberlain MP - Labour Party
- 1952-55: Florence May Suggate - Labour Party
- 1955-58: Herbert Cecil Springall - Labour Party
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Dorothy Thornycroft - Labour Party
Heston and Isleworth (4 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth was divided into four divisions. In 1952 Heston and Spring Grove Division was abolished and replaced by Heston and Cranford. Hounslow West and Isleworth Divisions had altered boundaries while Hounslow Central was unaltered.
Heston and Cranford Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55: Rowland Hill Manning - Labour Party
- 1955-58: William F Bowhill - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: William James Pratt - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Richard George Dunnett - Conservative Party
Heston and Spring Grove Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: George Frederick Willment - Conservative Party
Hounslow Central Division[]
- 1949-52: George James Stephens - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Gladys Bishop - Labour Party
- 1955-58: George James Stephens - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: James Aiken Welch - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Geoffrey Chase Gardener - Conservative Party
Hounslow West Division[]
- 1949-52: Walter Edward Cross - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Meta Ashdown - Labour Party
- 1958-61: Vera Toogood - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher - Conservative Party
Isleworth Division[]
- 1949-52: Albert James Fielder - Labour Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58: George Frederick Willment - Conservative Party (previously councillor for Heston and Spring Grove)
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Albert George Cross - Conservative Party
Hornsey (4 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Hornsey was divided into four divisions.
Hornsey Central Division[]
- 1949-52: Robert D Milne - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Josephine E Thexton - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Francis Patrick Lloyd - Conservative Party
Hornsey Highgate Division[]
- 1949-52 Kathleen Mary St Patrick Crump - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Hilda Caroline Norman - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Peter Philip Rigby - Conservative Party
Hornsey Muswell Hill Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Thomas Tivendale - Conservative Party. Mayor of Hornsey 1951-52.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Neil Muldoon - Conservative Party
Hornsey Stroud Green Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-57: Maurice Walter Burns - Conservative Party. Mayor of Hornsey 1954-55. Created an alderman in 1957.
- 1957-58, 1958-61: Edward Cyril Castle - Labour Party. First won the seat at a bye-election in 1957.
- 1961-65: Hugh Alex Louis Rossi - Conservative Party
Potters Bar (1 seat)[]
This was identical to Potters Bar Urban District.
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Alfred James Ross - Conservative Party - High Sheriff of Middlesex 1961.
- 1958-61, 1961-62: George E Colson - Conservative Party - resigned February 1962.
- 1962-65: Leonard Bruce Archer - Liberal Party - elected at bye-election in April 1962.
Ruislip-Northwood (2 seats)[]
Ruislip-Northwood Urban District was divided into two divisions. There were minor boundary changes in 1955.
Ruislip-Northwood North Division[]
Northwood and Ruislip wards
- 1949-52: Christopher George Armstrong Cowan - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Edwin Batten - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Leslie Freeman - Conservative Party
Ruislip-Northwood South Division[]
Eastcote and South Ruislip wards
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Walter Louis Carr - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Janie Doreen Pratt - Labour Party
- 1961-65: George Rae Drysdale - Conservative Party
Southall (2 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Southall was divided into two electoral divisions. The North-West and South-East divisions created in 1949 were abolished in 1952 and replaced with North and South divsions.
Southall North-West Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Ellen Hamblin - Labour Party
Southall North Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Kenneth Arthur Kendall - Labour Party
- 1958-61, 1961-65: George Francis Palmer - Labour Party
Southall South-East Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Margery Cooper - Conservative Party
Southall South Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55: Edward Horace Thurtle - Labour Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-62: George Yates Lothian - Labour Party - died 8 February 1962.
- 1962-65: Albert Thomas Dane - Labour Party last Mayor of Southall
Southgate (3 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Southgate was divided into three divisions.
Southgate North Division[]
- 1949-52:
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Reginald Alexander Clarke - Conservative Party - previously councillor for Tottenham Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Dudley Gordon Smith - Conservative Party. Member of Parliament for Brentford and Chiswick 1959-66.
Southgate Middle Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Charles William Skinner - Conservative Party - Mayor of Southgate 1942-43, High Sheriff of Middlesex 1955.
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Sarah Gladys Child- Conservative Party
Southgate South Division[]
- 1949-52: William Henry Warren - Independent
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: John Wilfred Barter - Conservative Party - Member of Parliament for Ealing North 1955-64. Previously councillor for Tottenham Park and Coleraine.
- 1961-65: Thomas Broughton Mitcheson - Conservative Party - Member of the Greater London Council 1964-77.
Staines (1 seat 1949-52, 2 seats 1952-65)[]
Staines Urban District was divided into two divisions in 1952
Staines Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Edith Margaret Rogers - Conservative Party
Staines North-West Division (1952-65)[]
Staines and Stanwell wards
- 1952-55: Louis Maurice Benen-Stock - Labour Party
- 1955-58: George Charles Bowyer - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Louise Maye Woodall - Labour Party
- 1961-65: George Charles Bowyer - Conservative Party
Staines South-East Division (1952-65)[]
Ashford and Laleham wards
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Edith Margaret Rogers - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Norton Valentine Wallage - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Cyril Douglas Spragg - Conservative Party
Sunbury (1 seat)[]
Identical to the area of Sunbury on Thames Urban District.
- 1949-52, 1952-55: John Henry Worley Kaye - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61: Sir Lancelot Cecil Lepel-Griffin - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Evelyn Flagg - Conservative Party
Tottenham (7 seats 1949-52, 5 seats 1952-65)[]
The seven divisions into which the Municipal Borough of Tottenham had been divided since 1937 were unchanged in 1949. These divisions were abolished in 1952 and five new divisions formed.
Tottenham Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Reginald Alexander Clarke - Conservative Party
Tottenham Green Lanes Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-51: James Henry Morrell - Labour Party - died 1 November 1951
- 1951-52:
Tottenham Park and Coleraine Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: John Wilfred Barter - Conservative Party
Tottenham Stamford Hill Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Douglas Clark - Labour Party
Tottenham Town Hall Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Winifred A Kent - Labour Party
Tottenham West Green Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: Daisy Eveline Baynes-Cope - Conservative Party
Tottenham White Hart Lane Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: J Lyons - Labour Party
Tottenham East Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: William Henry Martin - Labour Party
Tottenham North Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Victor Butler - Labour Party
Tottenham South-East Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Mary Ethel Soall - Labour Party
Tottenham South-West Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Alfred Henry Miller - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Margaret Ellen Protheroe - Labour Party
Tottenham West Division (1952-65)[]
- 1952-55, 1955-58: William East junior - Labour Party
- 1958-61: Alan Grahame Brown - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Leonard Cohen - Labour Party
Twickenham (4 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Twickenham was divided into four divisions.
Twickenham East Division[]
- 1949-52: Edwin George Stray - Conservative Party
- 1952-53: James Henry Knaggs - Conservative Party - became an alderman in April 1953.
- 1953-55:
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Mary Eveline Doreen Lever - Conservative Party
Twickenham Hampton Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Montague William Garrett - Conservative Party
Twickenham Teddington Division[]
- 1949-52: James Donaldson Craig - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: J W Nicholls - Conservative Party
- 1955-58: C E Hastings - Conservative Party
- 1958-61, 1961: N Sheldon - Conservative Party
- 1961-1965 Dr Douglas Victor Gordon Feltham - Liberal Party - elected at bye-election in October 1961
Twickenham West Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58 - Lawrence Masters - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: David Wylie Brown - Labour Party
- 1961-62: Lawrence Masters - Conservative Party
- 1962-65: John Stanley Probert - Liberal Party
Uxbridge (2 seats)[]
Uxbridge Urban District (Municipal Borough of Uxbridge from 1955) was divided into two divisions.
Uxbridge North Division[]
- 1949-52: K Lewis - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961: Robert Jones Hughes - Conservative Party - created an alderman 1961.
- 1961-65: Ernest Lloyd Ing
Uxbridge South Division[]
- 1949-52: D Aubrey - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: Frederick Stanley Tate - Labour and Co-Operative
- 1961-65: John Joseph Coleman - Labour Party
Wembley (5 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Wembley was divided into five divisions.
Wembley East Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-57: Cyril Chaventre - Conservative Party - elected an alderman April 1957.
- 1957-58:
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Henry John Charles Faulkner - Conservative Party
Wembley North-East Division[]
Kenton and Preston wards
- 1949-52: - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Trevor Clark - Labour Party
- 1955-58: Albert Edward Mason - Conservative Party - awarded OBE in 1957 New Year Honours. Mayor of Wembley 1940-41.
- 1958-61: Gertrude E Wickeens - Labour Party
- 1961-62: George James Barnard Furness - Conservative Party - died 24 June 1962.
- 1962-65: Godfrey Hereward Buck
Wembley North-West Division[]
- 1949-50: Francis Edward Pratt - Conservative Party
- 1950-52, 1952-53: John Wilfred Ambrose Billam - Conservative Party - Mayor of Wembley 1950-51. Became alderman December 1953.
- 1954-55: Francis Edward Pratt - Conservative Party - elected at by-election 21 January 1954 (previously a county councillor from 1949-50). Mayor of Wembley 1963-64.
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Ivy Burrows - Conservative Party
Wembley South Division[]
Alperton and Tokyngton wards
- 1949-51: A E Hughes - Conservative Party
- 1951-52, 1952-54: Clifford George Osborne Clarke - Labour Party - gained seat at by-election on 30 June 1951. Resigned on appointment to British Railways Board.
- 1954-55, 1955-58: Roger Harry Melville - Labour Party - originally elected at by-election on 21 January 1954.
- 1958-61: Lilian Catherine Mary Mansfield - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Ronald Smith - Labour Party
Wembley West Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58: Thomas Charles Wardle - Conservative Party. Mayor of Wembley 1956-57. - still a councillor in March 1958, an alderman prior to 1958 election. Vacant in 1958.
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Charles Herbert Ansted - Conservative Party
Willesden (8 seats 1949-52, 7 seats 1952-65)[]
The Municipal Borough of Willesden was divided into eight divisions in 1949. The number was reduced to seven in 1952: Carlton was abolished and the boundaries of Cricklewood, Willesden Green, Harlesden, Kensal Green and Kilburn were altered.
Willesden, Carlton Division (1949-52)[]
- 1949-52: William Dunbar - Labour Party - husband of 1961-62 Mayor of Willesden.
Willesden, Church End Division[]
- 1949-52: Sarah Elizabeth Hannah Williams - Labour Party
- 1952-55: Florence Mussell - Labour Party - councillor for Cricklewood 1949-52
- 1955-58: Sarah Elizabeth Hannah Williams - Labour Party - councillor for Willesden Green 1952-55
- 1958-61, 1961-65: Florence Mussell - Labour Party
Willesden, Cricklewood Division[]
- 1949-52: Florence Mussell - Labour Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Alfred Abram Berney - Conservative Party
Willesden Green Division[]
- 1949-52: George James Barnard Furness - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Sarah Elizabeth Hannah Williams - Labour Party. Mayor of Willesden 1952-53.
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Leslie Wilson - Labour Party
Willesden, Harlesden Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61: William John Hill - Labour Party. Mayor of Willesden 1943-44.
- 1961-65: Peter Otwell - Labour Party
Willesden, Kensal Green Division[]
- 1949-52: John Henry Samuel Bangay - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Robert Thompson - Labour Party
- 1955-58: Frederick Roberts Carpenter - Conservative Party
- 1958-61: Frederick George Exton - Labour Party - Mayor of Willesden 1950-51.
- 1961-65: Ruby Georgina Nancy Freeman - Conservative Party - in 1964 she married Leon Taylor and took his surname.
Willesden, Kilburn Division[]
- 1949-52: R J Clarkson - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58: Muriel Rose Forbes - Labour Party
- 1958-61: J A Hillman - Labour Party
- 1961-65: Alec Alan Grant - Labour Party
Willesden, Mapesbury Division[]
- 1949-52, 1952-55: Stella Cox - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61: E R Phillips - Conservative Party
- 1961-65: Gabriel Harold Harrison - Conservative Party
Wood Green (2 seats)[]
The Municipal Borough of Wood Green was divided into two divisions.
Wood Green East Division[]
- 1949-52: C A Newman - Conservative Party
- 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Louis Albert Vitoria - Labour Party. Member of the Greater London Council representing London Borough of Haringey 1964-67.
Wood Green West Division[]
- 1949-52: William H Evans - Independent
- 1952-55: E Harrison - Conservative Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: Herbert Henry Godwin-Monck - Conservative Party
Yiewsley and West Drayton (1 seat)[]
Identical in area with Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
- 1949-52: Frank Alexander Green - Conservative Party
- 1952-55: Mrs Beatrice Alice Beaumont - Labour Party
- 1955-58, 1958-61, 1961-65: David John Davies - Labour Party
References and Notes[]
- ↑ He had been involved in an accident in October 1950 in Polegate, Sussex in which two people died. He was described as a retired surveyor aged 58.
- ↑ "Resigned". The Shepherds Bush Gazette and Hammersmith Post: p. 2. 10 January 1963.
- ↑ Married John Alfred Beavon in 1951.
- ↑ Much of this information has been sourced from Colin Gray's Harrow Election Results website, where you will find much more detail.Colin Gray. Harrow Election Results 1894-2020.