Paddington North (London County Council constituency)

Paddington North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 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
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Melvill Beachcroft		Moderate	Edward Parker Young		Moderate	Two seats until 1949
1892	Henry Percy Harris		Moderate	William Urquhart		Moderate
1901	Melvill Beachcroft		Conservative	John Blackwood		Progressive
1904				James Stephens		Conservative
1907	Walter Guinness		Municipal Reform	Herbert Hunter		Municipal Reform
1910	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff		Municipal Reform
1913	Herbert Lidiard		Municipal Reform
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

1898 London County Council election: Paddington North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	William Urquhart	2,142
	Moderate	Henry Harris	2,086
	Progressive	A. White	1,842
	Progressive	W. Stevenson	1,816
	Moderate hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Paddington North^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvill Beachcroft	1,962	26.0	−1.2
	Progressive	John Blackwood	1,916	25.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Henry Harris	1,858	24.6	−1.9
	Progressive	Walter Richard Warren	1,820	24.1	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.5

1904 London County Council election: Paddington North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvill Beachcroft	3,346
	Conservative	James Stephens	3,120
	Progressive	John Blackwood	2,393
	Progressive	J. H. Turner	2,172
Majority
	Conservative gain from Progressive		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Paddington North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Walter Guinness	4,711
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Hunter	4,597
	Progressive	James Fairbank	3,607
	Progressive	G. G. Maberly	3,453
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Paddington North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Herbert Hunter	4,017
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff	3,965
	Progressive	James Fairbank	3,882
	Progressive	Horace George Holmes	3,732
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Paddington North^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Herbert Hunter	4,561
	Municipal Reform	Herbert Lidiard	4,522
	Progressive	Horace Holmes	3,573
	Progressive	James Scott Duckers	3,485
Majority			949
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Paddington North^[7]

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^[7]

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^[8]

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^[9]

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^[10]

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^[11]

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^[12]

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^[13]

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^[14]

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^[15]

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^[16]

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^[17]

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^[18]

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^[19]

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

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