Cities of London and Westminster (London County Council constituency)

Cities of London and Westminster 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.

Cities of London and Westminster
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Henry Brooke Conservative Denys Lowson Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon Conservative
1952 Ralph Perring Conservative
1955 John Chapman-Walker Conservative Hubert Pitman Conservative
1958 Victor Goodhew Conservative James Miller Conservative
1961 Alison M. Tennant Conservative

Election results
1949 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 25,300
Conservative Denys Lowson 24,948
Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon 24,680
Labour B. Hamilton 4,886
Labour J. J. Curran 4,844
Labour D. Clark 4,828
1952 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 22,674
Conservative Ralph Perring 21,987
Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon 21,817
Labour B. Hamilton 6,157
Labour E. Havers 6,013
Labour C. Benjafield 5,751
Conservative hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hubert Pitman 17,100
Conservative John Chapman-Walker 17,052
Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon 16,883
Labour P. H. F. Johnson 3,697
Labour J. M. Raynor 3,510
Labour R. T. Robinson 3,403
Conservative hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Goodhew 14,812
Conservative James Miller 14,703
Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon 14,636
Labour D. A. J. Smith 4,919
Labour H. G. Garside 4,890
Labour R. Welan 4,776
Conservative hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Cities of London and Westminster[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Miller 15,246
Conservative Alison M. Tennant 15,206
Conservative Samuel Isidore Salmon 15,130
Labour A. C. Miles 4,920
Labour K. V. Taylor 4,862
Labour W. H. Wheeler 4,840
Liberal Timothy Beaumont 2,308
Liberal Jeremy Mostyn 2,252
Liberal Manuela Sykes 2,242
Conservative 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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