| Wandsworth Central | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for theLondon County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Members | 2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949) |
| Created from | Wandsworth |
Wandsworth Central was a constituency used for elections to theLondon County Council between 1919 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Walter Keppel | Municipal Reform | Robert Taylor | Municipal Reform | Two seats until 1949 | ||||
| 1922 | Charles Paston Crane | Municipal Reform | |||||||
| 1925 | Clyde Wilson | Municipal Reform | |||||||
| 1931 | Edward Martin | Municipal Reform | |||||||
| 1935 | George Currie | Labour | |||||||
| 1937 | Eleanor Nathan | Labour | |||||||
| 1940 | John William Bowen | Labour | |||||||
| 1949 | Irene Burnett | Conservative | John Taylor Clarke | Conservative | Ronald Wates | Conservative | |||
| 1952 | George Edwards | Labour | Eleanor Goodrich | Labour | Annie Alice Wilson | Labour | |||
| 1955 | Martin Bond | Conservative | Lance Cocker | Conservative | Alison Tennant | Conservative | |||
| 1958 | David Kerr | Labour | George Frederick Rowe | Labour | Hugh Sutherland | Labour | |||
| 1962 | Joan Lestor | Labour | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Walter Keppel | 2,192 | 29.3 | ||
| Municipal Reform | Robert Taylor | 2,172 | 29.1 | ||
| Labour | George Pearce Blizard | 1,647 | 22.0 | ||
| Independent | Cecil Manning | 1,459 | 19.5 | ||
| Majority | 525 | 7.1 | |||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Robert Taylor | 6,524 | 32.6 | +3.5 | |
| Municipal Reform | Charles Paston Crane | 6,514 | 32.6 | +3.3 | |
| Labour | George Pearce Blizard | 3,511 | 17.6 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | W. J. Humphreys | 3,447 | 17.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 3,003 | 15.0 | |||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Robert Taylor | 4,537 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Clyde Wilson | 4,484 | |||
| Labour | Cook | 2,208 | |||
| Labour | H. G. Matthews | 2,201 | |||
| Progressive | A. J. Payne | 1,509 | |||
| Progressive | Phillips Welch | 1,383 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Robert Grosvenor Taylor | 4,440 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Clyde Wilson | 4,354 | |||
| Labour | H. G. Matthews | 2,976 | |||
| Labour | A. Johnson | 2,936 | |||
| Liberal | Henry Robert Spink | 2,653 | |||
| Liberal | E. H. Hobday | 2,333 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Edward Martin | 5,660 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Clyde Wilson | 5,639 | |||
| Labour | F. B. Alcock | 2,927 | |||
| Labour | M. Godfrey | 2,884 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Reform | Clyde Wilson | 5,433 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Edward Martin | 5,316 | |||
| Labour | M. Rosette | 4,287 | |||
| Labour | H. P. Wilson | 4,121 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Municipal Reformhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Currie | 4,662 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Evans Rees | 4,429 | |||
| Majority | 223 | ||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Currie | 8,007 | |||
| Labour | Eleanor Nathan | 7,958 | |||
| Municipal Reform | Edward Martin | 7,133 | |||
| Municipal Reform | J. M. Oakey | 7,108 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromMunicipal Reform | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eleanor Nathan | 7,038 | |||
| Labour | John William Bowen | 6,983 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Fairfax | 4,135 | |||
| Municipal Reform | D. Croft | 4,109 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Wates | 18,309 | |||
| Conservative | Irene Burnett | 18,185 | |||
| Conservative | John Taylor Clarke | 18,053 | |||
| Labour | Eleanor Goodrich | 15,595 | |||
| Labour | John William Bowen | 15,259 | |||
| Labour | George Frederick Rowe | 14,992 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eleanor Goodrich | 18,112 | |||
| Labour | Annie Alice Wilson | 17,576 | |||
| Labour | George Edwards | 17,574 | |||
| Conservative | J. Lowe | 16,845 | |||
| Conservative | Irene Burnett | 16,709 | |||
| Conservative | S. J. Bull | 16,672 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lance Cocker | 14,359 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Bond | 14,299 | |||
| Conservative | Alison Tennant | 14,131 | |||
| Labour | Eleanor Goodrich | 13,367 | |||
| Labour | George Edwards | 13,344 | |||
| Labour | Annie Alice Wilson | 12,864 | |||
| Independent | A. F. Perry | 735 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Kerr | 16,410 | |||
| Labour | George Frederick Rowe | 16,000 | |||
| Labour | Hugh Sutherland | 15,991 | |||
| Conservative | Alison Tennant | 10,667 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Bond | 10,614 | |||
| Conservative | Lance Cocker | 10,527 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Kerr | 14,102 | |||
| Labour | George Frederick Rowe | 13,470 | |||
| Labour | Hugh Sutherland | 13,290 | |||
| Conservative | K. F. Creighton | 12,743 | |||
| Conservative | D. J. Grant | 12,688 | |||
| Conservative | T. J. Mosley | 12,547 | |||
| Liberal | Ronald Arthur Locke | 2,490 | |||
| Liberal | A. Elsbury | 2,375 | |||
| Liberal | C. C. Burns | 2,075 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||