| Deptford | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for theLondon County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Members | 2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949) |
Deptford was a constituency used for elections to theLondon County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with theUK Parliament constituency of the same name.
| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Ernest Collard | Progressive | William Hazlewood Phillips | Progressive | Two seats until 1949 | ||||
| 1892 | Henry Keylock | Labour Progressive | Sidney Webb | Progressive | |||||
| 1895 | John Dumphreys | Moderate | |||||||
| 1898 | Robert Charles Phillimore | Progressive | |||||||
| 1910 | William Freeman Barrett | Municipal Reform | Edwin Mumford Preston | Municipal Reform | |||||
| 1913 | Robert Charles Phillimore | Progressive | John Theodore Prestige | Municipal Reform | |||||
| 1919 | Margaret McMillan | Labour | John Speakman | Labour | |||||
| 1922 | Marshall James Pike | Municipal Reform | Guy Herbert Walmisley | Municipal Reform | |||||
| 1925 | James Mahoney | Labour | John Speakman | Labour | |||||
| 1937 | Isaac Hayward | Labour | |||||||
| 1942 | Ernest Sherwood | Labour | |||||||
| 1949 | William James Coombs | Labour | |||||||
| 1952 | Alfred Seabrook Simons | Labour | Harold Shearman | Labour | |||||
| 1955 | Eugene Murphy | Labour | |||||||
| 1961 | Albert John Blackman | Labour | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Ernest Collard | 2,294 | |||
| Progressive | William Phillips | 2,283 | |||
| Labour Progressive | Henry Keylock | 1,871 | |||
| Independent Progressive | Althro Alfred Knight | 1,047 | |||
| Moderatewin (new seat) | |||||
| Progressivewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | 4,088 | |||
| Labour Progressive | Henry Keylock | 3,503 | |||
| Moderate | Henry T. Banning | 2,251 | |||
| Moderate | John C. Bailey | 2,231 | |||
| Social Democratic Federation | John Elliott | 780 | |||
| Independent Progressive | Althro Alfred Knight | 321 | |||
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Labour Progressivegain fromModerate | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | 4,286 | |||
| Moderate | John Dumphreys | 2,667 | |||
| Moderate | H. S. A. Foy | 2,518 | |||
| Progressive | Henry Keylock | 2,402 | |||
| Ind. Labour Party | John Elliott | 1,255 | |||
| Moderategain fromLabour Progressive | Swing | ||||
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | 4,512 | |||
| Progressive | Robert Charles Phillimore | 4,487 | |||
| Moderate | H. S. A. Foy | 3,218 | |||
| Moderate | John Dumphreys | 2,866 | |||
| Ind. Labour Party | J. Yallop | 233 | |||
| Progressivegain fromModerate | Swing | ||||
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | 5,496 | 33.3 | +3.4 | |
| Progressive | Robert Charles Phillimore | 5,349 | 32.4 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Thomas William Marchant | 2,865 | 17.4 | −3.9 | |
| Conservative | Francis Herman Milford Wayne | 2,781 | 16.9 | −2.1 | |
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Progressivehold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
| Progressive | Robert Charles Phillimore | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
| Progressivehold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Progressivehold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Sidney Webb | 6,185 | |||
| Progressive | Robert Charles Phillimore | 6,083 | |||
| Municipal Reform | H. G. Wells | 5,879 | |||
| Municipal Reform | William Freeman Barrett | 5,839 | |||
| Independent | R. R. Fairburn | 182 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Progressivehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | William Freeman Barrett | 5,932 | 28.6 | ||
| Municipal Reform | Edwin Mumford Preston | 5,047 | 24.3 | ||
| Progressive | William James Pethybridge | 4,910 | 23.6 | ||
| Labour | Campion Watson | 4,880 | 23.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reformgain fromProgressive | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformgain fromProgressive | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | John Theodore Prestige | 5,704 | 25.3 | −3.3 | |
| Progressive | Robert Charles Phillimore | 5,667 | 25.1 | +1.5 | |
| Municipal Reform | Thomas Kincaid-Smith | 5,643 | 25.0 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Charles Mostyn Lloyd | 5,532 | 24.5 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 172 | 0.8 | −4.3 | ||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
| Majority | 24 | 0.1 | |||
| Progressivegain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret McMillan | 4,575 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | John Speakman | 4,356 | 29.5 | ||
| Municipal Reform | William Francis Marchant | 3,094 | 21.0 | ||
| Municipal Reform | Fred Bramston | 2,730 | 18.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,262 | 8.6 | |||
| Labourgain fromProgressive | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Guy Herbert Walmisley | 9,545 | 25.4 | +4.4 | |
| Municipal Reform | Marshall James Pike | 9,487 | 25.3 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | Margaret McMillan | 9,333 | 24.8 | −6.2 | |
| Labour | John Speakman | 9,199 | 24.5 | −5.0 | |
| Majority | 154 | 0.5 | −8.1 | ||
| Municipal Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Mahoney | 12,222 | |||
| Labour | John Speakman | 12,056 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Guy Herbert Walmisley | 7,823 | |||
| Municipal Reform | A. G. Harben | 7,540 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Mahoney | 13,523 | |||
| Labour | John Speakman | 13,422 | |||
| Municipal Reform | M. Glenn McCarthy | 7,545 | |||
| Municipal Reform | J. C. Manifold | 7,485 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Mahoney | 10,738 | |||
| Labour | John Speakman | 10,695 | |||
| Municipal Reform | J. R. Chalmers | 6,440 | |||
| Municipal Reform | G. F. Kingham | 6,374 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Speakman | 14,800 | |||
| Labour | James Mahoney | 14,558 | |||
| Municipal Reform | John Southwell | 7,215 | |||
| Municipal Reform | G. F. Kingham | 7,176 | |||
| Communist | Kath Duncan | 1,387 | |||
| Communist | V. Parker | 1,177 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Speakman | 16,605 | |||
| Labour | Isaac Hayward | 16,050 | |||
| Municipal Reform | G. F. Kingham | 7,948 | |||
| Municipal Reform | John Southwell | 7,908 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Isaac Hayward | 8,608 | |||
| Labour | Ernest Sherwood | 8,540 | |||
| Conservative | F. Andrews | 3,775 | |||
| Conservative | V. T. Reed | 3,715 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William James Coombs | 14,087 | |||
| Labour | Isaac Hayward | 14,074 | |||
| Labour | Ernest C. Sherwood | 13,933 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs Davies | 8,702 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Body | 8,561 | |||
| Conservative | F. Andrews | 8,521 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Isaac Hayward | 16,606 | |||
| Labour | Harold Shearman | 15,733 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Seabrook Simons | 15,415 | |||
| Conservative | E. Greenaway | 7,198 | |||
| Conservative | A. Bowden | 6,998 | |||
| Conservative | H. Marsh | 6,772 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harold Shearman | 10,660 | |||
| Labour | Eugene Murphy | 10,639 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Seabrook Simons | 10,478 | |||
| Conservative | B. J. Jenkins | 5,586 | |||
| Conservative | E. M. Wheeler | 5,439 | |||
| Conservative | R. S. Guest | 5,343 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harold Shearman | 10,471 | |||
| Labour | Eugene Murphy | 10,406 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Seabrook Simons | 10,257 | |||
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 3,553 | |||
| Conservative | F. K. Roberts | 3,545 | |||
| Conservative | J. F. Rowley | 3,538 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert John Blackman | 9,702 | |||
| Labour | Alfred Seabrook Simons | 9,097 | |||
| Labour | Harold Shearman | 8,595 | |||
| Conservative | I. H. Davison | 4,805 | |||
| Conservative | D. P. Jeffcock | 4,542 | |||
| Conservative | P. S. F. Noble | 4,503 | |||
| British National | R. Simpson | 1,520 | |||
| British National | A. Charman | 1,337 | |||
| British National | J. E. Stanton | 838 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||