Norwood (London County Council constituency)

Norwood 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.

Norwood
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Cecil Urquhart Fisher Municipal Reform Forbes St John Morrow Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1922 Rose Dunn-Gardner Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant Municipal Reform
1931 Priscilla Worsthorne Municipal Reform
1934 Audrey Nona Gamble Municipal Reform
1937 Joan Vickers Municipal Reform
1946 Ronald Russell Conservative Margery Thornton Conservative
1949 Aubrey Stapleton Conservative
1955 Wilfrid Bateman Conservative Percy Fender Conservative
1958 Ellis Hillman Labour Robert William Humphreys Labour Nancy Silverman Labour
1961 Lucille Iremonger Conservative William Wycliffe Livingston Conservative John Patten Conservative

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Norwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Cecil Urquhart Fisher Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform Forbes St John Morrow Unopposed n/a n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Norwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rose Dunn Gardner 12,076 38.0 n/a
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 12,044 37.9 n/a
Labour Edgar Lansbury 3,895 12.2 n/a
Labour Alfred Lugg 3,800 11.9 n/a
Majority 8,149 25.7 n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Norwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rose Dunn Gardner 8,178
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 8,050
Labour Edgar Lansbury 2,454
Labour H. A. Banks 2,407
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Norwood[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Rose Dunn Gardner 8,338
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 8,323
Labour H. A. Banks 2,806
Labour H. J. Bostock 2,749
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Norwood[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 7,772
Municipal Reform Priscilla Worsthorne 7,617
Labour Ann Anstey 2,244
Labour P. E. Thompson 2,196
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Norwood[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 8,148
Municipal Reform Audrey Nona Gamble 7,701
Labour W. Hunter 3,078
Labour Ruth Dalton 3,013
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Norwood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform William Francis Marchant 10,962
Municipal Reform Joan Vickers 10,664
Labour C. W. James 5,566
Labour G. Esher 5,538
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Norwood[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Russell 7,938
Conservative Margery Thornton 7,854
Labour F. Matzen 6,655
Labour Bernard Bagnari 6,584
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Norwood[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Stapleton 16,794
Conservative Margery Thornton 16,369
Conservative Ronald Russell 16,195
Labour John Stonehouse 11,653
Labour F. E. Armond 10,927
Labour K. M. Shade 10,869
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1952 London County Council election: Norwood[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Percy Fender 16,415
Conservative Margery Thornton 16,326
Conservative Wilfrid Bateman 16,268
Labour D. Finch 15,412
Labour M. J. Jenkins 15,244
Labour N. Whine 14,587
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Norwood[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Percy Fender 14,005
Conservative Margery Thornton 13,967
Conservative Wilfrid Bateman 13,757
Labour Charles Wegg-Prosser 8,801
Labour Fred Tonge 8,787
Labour Ena Daniels 8,761
Liberal G. D. Day 754
Liberal A. W. Wilson 607
Liberal R. J. B. Rappitt 531
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Norwood[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellis Hillman 11,708
Labour Robert William Humphreys 11,579
Labour Nancy Silverman 11,578
Conservative William Wycliffe Livingston 10,834
Conservative Margery Thornton 10,561
Conservative Percy Fender 10,561
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1961 London County Council election: Norwood[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wycliffe Livingston 13,390
Conservative Lucille Iremonger 13,182
Conservative John Patten 13,089
Labour F. B. Groves 9,819
Labour T. G. Boston 9,693
Labour Robert William Humphreys 9,685
Liberal Dennis Raymond Chapman 2,227
Liberal M. Deakin 2,112
Liberal D. D. Simons 1,417
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  8. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  9. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  10. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  11. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  12. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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