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Members 1937-1949 |
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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 |
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| Preceded by: Metropolitan Board of Works London School Board |
Succeeded by: Greater London Council Inner London Education Authority | ||
This is a list of councillors and aldermen elected or co-opted to the London County Council from 1949 until its abolition in 1965.
The method of electing the council, and the electoral boundaries were altered by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The County of London was divided into electoral districts which were identical to the constituencies used to elected members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. Until 1949 each electoral district returned two county councillors. The exception was the City of London, which had four county councillors and elected two MPs.[1]
Under the 1948 legislation the number of constituencies in the county was reduced from sixty-one to forty-three due to population loss. Each electoral district, corresponding to the new constituencies, was to have three councillors. The number of elected councillors was thus 129. To this were added 21 aldermen who were chosen by the council. Aldermen had a six-year term of office, with half being chosen every three years at the first meeting following the election of councillors.[1]
Elections on these boundaries were held in 1949 and 1952. Further boundary changes were made by the First Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect in 1955. This led to a net loss of one seat in the County of London, and a reduction in the number of councillors to 126, with the number of aldermen remaining at 21. Elections were held on the revised boundaries in 1955, 1958 and 1961.[1]
Under the London Government Act 1963 the London County Council was to be abolished on 31 March 1965, and replaced by the Greater London Council (GLC), covering a larger area. The 1963 legislation cancelled the county council elections due in 1964, extending the term of office of councillors and aldermen until the abolition date.[1] The elections to the first GLC were held in 1964, with the new council acting as a "shadow" authority until 1 April 1965. A number of county council members subsequently served on the GLC.
Councillors 1949 - 1955[]
Councillors 1955 - 1965[]
County aldermen 1949-1965[]
Aldermen retiring in 1946 had originally been elected for 1934-1940, those retiring in 1949 had been elected for 1937-1943.[1]
| Term | Alderman | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 - 1952 | Donald H Daines | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 |
| 1946 - 1952 | Florence Evelyne Cayford | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 |
| 1946 - 1950 | Albert Emil Davies (died 18 July 1950) |
Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 |
| 1946 - 1952 | Walter Henry Green | Labour | |
| 1946 - 1952, 1952 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Somerville Hastings | Labour | |
| 1946 - 1952, 1952 - 1955 | A Reginald Stamp | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1955 |
| 1946 - 1952 | Tom Wheeler | Labour | |
| 1946 - 1952 | Harold C Shearman | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 |
| 1949 - 1955, 1958 - 1965 | Helen Bentwich | Labour | Formerly a councillor: became an elected councillor again in 1955 - 1958. |
| 1949 - 1955, 1955 - 1960 | Dr.Leonard F Browne (died 15 May 1960) |
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1949 - 1955, 1955 - 1961, 1961 - 1965 | Richard Coppock
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1949 - 1955 | Vera Dart | Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1949 - 1955 | William Geoffrey Fiske | Labour | Formerly a councillor: became an elected councillor again in 1955 |
| 1949 - 1955 | Leah L'Estrange Malone
|
Labour | Re-elected |
| 1949 - 1955 | John Hare
|
Conservative | Re-elected |
| 1949 - 1955 | Eileen Hoare | Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1955 |
| 1949 - 1955 | Dame Florence Barrie Lambert (resigned 27 February 1952) |
Conservative | Re-elected |
| 1949 - 1955, 1955 - 1961 | Norah Runge | Conservative | Re-elected |
| 1949 - 1955 | Theodore Magnus Wechsler
|
Conservative | Formerly a councillor |
| 1950 - 1952 | Norman George Mollett Prichard (in place of Davies 10 October 1950)[12] |
Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1952 |
| 1951 - 1955, 1955 - 1961 | John William Bowen
|
Labour | A councillor until 1949, remained a member of the council as chairman 1949 - 1951 without being either a councillor or alderman |
| 1952 - 1955, 1955 - 1958 | Catherine Fulford
|
Conservative | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1955 | John Melbourne Howard
|
Conservative | Formerly a councillor, defeated at 1952 election |
| 1952 - 1955 | Mrs E V W Deakin (in place of Wechsler 7 October 1952) |
Conservative | Formerly a councillor, defeated at 1952 election |
| 1952 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Ivy Molly Bolton | Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1958 | Francis J Clark
|
Conservative | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Margaret Cole | Labour | |
| 1952 - 1958 | John "Jack" Cooper
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1958 | Olive G Deer | Labour | Became an elected councillor in 1958 |
| 1952 - 1958 | Duncan McArthur Jackson
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1958 | Arthur Edward Middleton
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1952 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Lady Eleanor Nathan | Labour | Formerly a councillor until 1949 |
| 1952 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | George Percival Wright
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1953 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Sidney James Barton
|
Labour | |
| 1953 - 1958 | Anthony M Blake
|
Labour | |
| 1954 - 1955, 1955 - 1961 | Martin Willoughby Parr
|
Conservative | |
| 1955 - 1958, 1958 - 1965 | Isaac James Hayward
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1955 - 1961 | Eleanor K Goodrich | Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1955 - 1961, 1961 - 1965 | James Mantle Greenwood
|
Conservative | |
| 1955 - 1961 | Dr G F Vaughan | Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1961 |
| 1955 - 1961, 1961 - 1965 | Lady Walton | Conservative | |
| 1955 - 1961 | Dr Lancelot Lionel Ware | Conservative | |
| 1956 - 1958, 1961 - 1965 | William Compton Carr
|
Conservative | |
| 1958 - 1961 | Edward Percy Rugg
|
Conservative | Became an elected councillor in 1961 |
| 1958 - 1964 | Marjorie E McIntosh
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1958 - 1965 | Rev. Donald Oliver Soper | Labour | |
| 1960 - 1961, 1964 - 1965 | Charles William Gibson
|
Labour | Formerly a councillor |
| 1961 - 1962 | Martin Garneys Bond
|
Conservative | Previously a councillor |
| 1961 - 1964 | Gerald Austin Gardiner
|
Labour | |
| 1961 - 1965 | Reginald Eustace Goodwin | Labour | Formerly an elected councillor |
| 1961 - 1965 | Lady Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler | Conservative | Previously a councillor |
| 1961 - 1965 | Lord Faringdon | Labour | Previously a councillor |
| 1961 - 1965 | Isita Clare Mansel | Conservative | Previously a councillor until 1958 |
| 1961 - 1965 | Harold H Sebag-Montefiore | Conservative | Previously a councillor |
| 1962 - 1965 | Dr. H Brian S Warren (in place of Bond 2 October 1962) |
Conservative | Previously a councillor until 1961 |
| 1964 - 1965 | Victor Ramsden Shaw
|
Labour | |
| 1964 - 1965 | E Bacharach
|
Labour |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jackson, William Eric, Achievement : a short history of the London County Council, Longmans, 1965
- ↑ "L.C.C. Polling. Detailed Results". The Times: p. 6. 9 April 1949.
- ↑ "London County Council Election Results". The Times: p. 2. 5 April 1952.
- ↑ "Marriages". The Times: p. 8. 4 October 1950.
- ↑ [1] Mary Proby (thePeerage.com. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe)
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 40366, 1 January 1955, p.2
- ↑ "London County Council Election Results. Many Labour Gains". The Times: p. 5. 17 April 1958.
- ↑ "London County Council Election Results. Labour Retain Control". The Times: p. 8. 14 April 1961.
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 42051, 3 June 1960, p.3974
- ↑ Obituary: Mrs Anne Kerr Controversial former Labour MP for Rochester and Chatham , The Times, 30 July 1973, p.14
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette,issue 39104, 29 December 1950, p.1
- ↑ "Security Plans For L.C.C. Check On Loyalty". The Times: p. 3. 11 October 1950.
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 42683, 25 May 1962, p.4308
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 41727, 5 June 1959, p.3698