Paddington North (London County Council constituency)

Paddington North 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.

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

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Herbert Hunter Municipal Reform Herbert Lidiard Municipal Reform Two seats until 1949
1922 Thomas Clarence Edward Goff Municipal Reform
1930 Frank Stanley Henwood Municipal Reform
1931 Geoffrey FitzClarence Municipal Reform
1937 Eric Hall Municipal Reform
1946 George de Swiet Labour Xenia Field Labour
1949 Ernest Hyatt Conservative Mary Proby Conservative David Wilkie Conservative
1952 Edward Avery Labour Myfanwy Griffith Labour John O'Neill Ryan Labour
1961 Harry Browne Labour George Lowe Labour

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Paddington North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Herbert Hunter 1,938 28.8
Municipal Reform Herbert Lidiard 1,864 27.7
Labour Charles Terry Hendin 1,470 21.9
Labour Hugh Roberts 1,454 21.6
Majority 394 5.8
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Paddington North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Herbert Hunter 7,722 34.5 +5.7
Municipal Reform Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 7,713 34.5 +6.8
Labour W. C. Bolton 3,484 15.6 -6.3
Labour H. P. Lawless 3,456 15.4 -6.2
Majority 4,229 18.9 +13.1
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Paddington North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 5,612
Municipal Reform Herbert Hunter 5,607
Labour Terry Hendin 2,694
Labour L. G. Paul 2,690
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Paddington North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform John Herbert Hunter 5,812
Municipal Reform Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 5,743
Labour Walter Day 4,491
Labour Charles Terry Hendin 4,421
Liberal John Bethell Sackville-Evans 1,548
Liberal Simeon Gilbert 1,533
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Paddington North by-election, 1930[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frank Stanley Henwood 4,327
Labour Terry Hendin 3,209
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Paddington North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frank Stanley Henwood 6,197
Municipal Reform Geoffrey FitzClarence 6,138
Labour Richard Coppock 3,414
Labour Ewart Culpin 3,374
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Paddington North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frank Stanley Henwood 5,949
Municipal Reform Geoffrey FitzClarence 5,948
Labour Barbara Ayrton-Gould 4,261
Labour Harry Samuels 4,212
Communist A. G. Barker 393
Communist H. Smith 328
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Paddington North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frank Stanley Henwood 7,272
Municipal Reform Eric Hall 7,109
Labour G. Cann 6,687
Labour E. A. Whitfield 6,510
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Paddington North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George de Swiet 5,185
Labour Xenia Field 5,175
Conservative D. Webster 3,690
Conservative A. R. Moore 3,673
Majority
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1949 London County Council election: Paddington North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Hyatt 9,409
Conservative David Wilkie 9,328
Conservative Mary Proby 9,208
Labour Xenia Field 8,971
Labour Edward Avery 8,839
Labour Frances Grimmett 8,605
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
1952 London County Council election: Paddington North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Myfanwy Griffith 13,174
Labour Edward Avery 13,109
Labour John O'Neill Ryan 12,713
Conservative Ernest Hyatt 9,913
Conservative Joan Vickers 9,318
Conservative David Wilkie 9,214
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1955 London County Council election: Paddington North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Myfanwy Griffith 8,889
Labour Edward Avery 8,829
Labour John O'Neill Ryan 8,782
Conservative R. R. Brown 7,185
Conservative J. O'Connell 7,043
Conservative L. V. West Russell 6,924
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Paddington North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Avery 9,040
Labour John O'Neill Ryan 8,949
Labour Myfanwy Griffith 8,883
Conservative T. P. K. Kemble 4,243
Conservative S. T. A. Coren 4,230
Conservative J. W. Nuttall 4,219
Liberal A. V. Stitt 863
Liberal H. Burke 830
Liberal C. N. Gilbert 728
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Paddington North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Avery 7,963
Labour George Lowe 7,743
Labour Harry Browne 7,474
Conservative R. Browne 7,159
Conservative Harold Sebag-Montefiore 6,343
Conservative T. P. K. Kemble 6,057
Liberal L. Lever 840
Liberal S. Cowan 806
Liberal A. Sheldon-Williams 647
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
  3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. "LCC By-election result". The Times. 14 March 1930.
  5. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  6. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  7. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  8. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  9. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  10. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  11. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  12. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  13. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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