Stepney (London County Council constituency)

Stepney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Stepney
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created fromLimehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Jeremiah Long Labour Jack Oldfield Labour Louise Reeve Labour
1958 Alice King Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey Labour
1961 Cyril Bird Labour

Election results
1949 London County Council election: Stepney[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 13,926
Labour Jeremiah Long 13,886
Labour Louise Reeve 13,450
Communist Jack Gaster 5,621
Communist Michael Shapiro 5,442
Communist Ted Bramley 5,391
Conservative J. Harvey-Kelly 3,426
Conservative H. S. Eyre 3,104
Conservative Theodore Magnus Wechsler 2,781
Independent H. J. Greenbaum 617
1952 London County Council election: Stepney[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Oldfield 9,504
Labour Jeremiah Long 9,470
Labour Louise Reeve 8,928
Communist Arnold Posner 1,902
Communist Jack Gaster 1,531
Communist Max Levitas 1,495
Conservative E. J. Emden 1,391
Conservative P. Buckminster 1,328
Conservative D. Denning 1,298
Independent Mohammed Abbas Ali 226
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Stepney[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremiah Long 8,347
Labour Jack Oldfield 8,300
Labour Louise Reeve 7,872
Communist Arnold Posner 1,419
Communist Max Levitas 1,367
Communist Solly Kaye 1,314
Conservative E. G. Emden 1,041
Conservative R. G. Gee 991
Conservative L. Black 986
Liberal T. Lamb 377
Liberal M. Pugachow 340
Liberal M. Isaaman 293
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Stepney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice King 8,912
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby 8,892
Labour Alfred Ernest Sealey 8,471
Communist Solly Kaye 1,673
Conservative A. J. Lyons 1,159
Conservative M. Wigoder 810
Conservative R. L. Johnson 784
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Stepney[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice King 8,269
Labour Alfred Dennis Kirby 8,008
Labour Cyril Bird 7,067
Communist Solly Kaye 2,018
Conservative A. J. Lyons 1,939
Conservative B. Calwell 1,891
Conservative F. Hughes 1,282
Liberal W. Bogan 1,245
Liberal M. Dove 1,070
Liberal J. W. Gibbs 955
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  2. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  3. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  4. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  5. "No change in last LCC results". The Times. 15 April 1961.
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