Battersea South (London County Council constituency)

Battersea South 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.

Battersea South
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)
Created from	Battersea and Clapham

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Edwin Evans		Municipal Reform	William Hammond		Municipal Reform	Two seats until 1949
1921				William Hall		Municipal Reform
1925	Charles James Allpass		Municipal Reform	Harry Selley		Municipal Reform
1937				Edward Curzon		Municipal Reform
1946	Dorothy Archibald		Labour	David Rapoport		Labour
1949	Frank Abbott		Conservative	John Morgan		Conservative	Stewart Skingle		Conservative
1952	William S. Hodgson		Labour	Reginald Harold Plant		Labour	Henry Stillman		Labour
1955	Frank Abbott		Conservative	Albert Charles Marshall		Conservative	Douglas Rayment		Conservative
1958	Harbans Lall Gulati		Labour	Peggy Jay		Labour	Marie Jenkins		Labour
1961	Frank Abbott		Conservative	Muriel Bowen		Conservative	Ian Samuel		Conservative

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Battersea South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Evans	3,836	26.3
	Municipal Reform	William Hammond	3,683	25.2
	Progressive	William J. West	1,978	13.5
	Progressive	Walter Richard Warren	1,975	13.5
	Labour	Caroline Ganley	1,603	11.0
	Labour	C. Reed	1,523	10.4
Majority			1,705	11.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Battersea South by-election, 1921

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Hall	6,358	66.2
	Labour	Caroline Ganley	3,247	33.8
Majority			3,111
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Battersea South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Edwin Evans	10,424
	Municipal Reform	William Hall	10,394
	Labour	Caroline Ganley	5,872
	Labour	Alfred George Prichard	5,843
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1925 London County Council election: Battersea South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charles James Allpass	7,813
	Municipal Reform	Harry Selley	7,731
	Labour	Edward William Coles	5,530
	Labour	Albert Samuels	5,290
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Battersea South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Charles James Allpass	7,417
	Municipal Reform	Harry Selley	7,391
	Labour	Charles Henry Young	3,801
	Labour	I. Thomas	3,656
	Liberal	William J. West	2,240
	Liberal	Thomas Patrick Brogan	2,193
	Independent Labour	J. T. Knock	1,250
	Independent Labour	J. F. Lane, Jr	1,241
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Battersea South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Harry Selley	8,397
	Municipal Reform	Charles James Allpass	8,258
	Labour	Edward William Coles	4,566
	Labour	I. O. Thomas	4,553
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Battersea South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Harry Selley	8,583
	Municipal Reform	Charles James Allpass	8,350
	Labour	E. R. Smith	7,790
	Labour	Barbara Drake	7,744
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Battersea South^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Edward Curzon	9,800
	Municipal Reform	Charles James Allpass	9,715
	Labour	David Rapoport	9,601
	Labour	Ronald McKinnon Wood	9,542
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Battersea South^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Rapoport	7,982
	Labour	Dorothy Archibald	7,541
	Conservative	E. Partridge	6,057
	Conservative	Edward Curzon	5,622
	Communist	Molly Keith	811
	Communist	J. Evans	774
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Battersea South^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan	11,794
	Conservative	Frank Abbott	11,788
	Conservative	Stewart Skingle	11,406
	Labour	Dorothy Archibald	10,446
	Labour	N. F. Hidden	10,189
	Labour	C. Nairnsey	9,993
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

1952 London County Council election: Battersea South^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William S. Hodgson	11,620
	Labour	Reginald Harold Plant	11,568
	Labour	Henry Stillman	11,561
	Conservative	I. N. Samuel	11,406
	Conservative	Frank Abbott	11,249
	Conservative	Stewart Skingle	11,175
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Battersea South^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Abbott	8,627
	Conservative	Albert Charles Marshall	8,563
	Conservative	Douglas Rayment	8,478
	Labour	Harbans Lall Gulati	8,314
	Labour	Helen Kiely	7,918
	Labour	William S. Hodgson	7,917
	Liberal	N. Goodall	1,148
	Liberal	G. Pedrick	1,049
	Liberal	S. Trustman	839
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Battersea South^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harbans Lall Gulati	8,397
	Labour	Peggy Jay	8,337
	Labour	Marie Jenkins	8,077
	Conservative	Ian Samuel	6,248
	Conservative	Frank Abbott	6,169
	Conservative	F. Horne	6,086
	Liberal	Cecil V. Gittins	2,299
	Liberal	V. J. Howe	2,210
	Liberal	B. Weekley	2,030
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Battersea South^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Samuel	7,899
	Conservative	Muriel Bowen	7,757
	Conservative	Frank Abbott	7,706
	Labour	Harbans Lall Gulati	7,338
	Labour	Marie Jenkins	7,141
	Labour	P. Goldacre	7,070
	Liberal	C. V. Gittins	2,421
	Liberal	C. J. V. Hurley	2,282
	Liberal	B. Weekley	2,032
	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: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 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.