Poplar (London County Council constituency)

Poplar 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.

Poplar
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created fromBow and Bromley and Poplar South

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Frederick Thomas Baldock Labour John Branagan Labour William Henry Guy Labour
1952 Arthur Niederman Labour

Election results
1949 London County Council election: Poplar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 13,219
Labour John Branagan 12,864
Labour Frederick Thomas Baldock 12,518
Conservative C. P. T. Burke 4,237
Conservative Joan Vickers 3,935
Conservative W. S. Pennicutt 3,826
1952 London County Council election: Poplar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 14,485
Labour John Branagan 13,871
Labour Arthur Niederman 13,581
Conservative R. E. Gayler 2,406
Conservative M. Lazarus 1,876
Conservative R. W. Hudson 1,820
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Poplar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 9,698
Labour John Branagan 9,093
Labour Arthur Niederman 8,974
Conservative A. L. Causton 2,037
Conservative J. T. Reynolds 1,766
Conservative Gerard Vaughan 1,689
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Poplar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 10,173
Labour Arthur Niederman 9,565
Labour John Branagan 9,498
Conservative R. E. G. Howe 1,464
Conservative J. T. Reynolds 1,157
Conservative F. A. Rowland 1,090
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Poplar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Henry Guy 9,871
Labour Arthur Niederman 9,095
Labour John Branagan 9,003
Conservative E. A. F. Horey 1,680
Conservative A. J. Lawrence 1,510
Conservative F. A. Rowland 1,341
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. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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