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Fulham East (London County Council Constituency)
Fulham East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ... between 1919 and 1955. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. It was largely replaced by a new Fulham constituency. Councillors Election results References {{London County Council London County Council constituencies Politics of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Fulham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The LCC was the largest, most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day. History By the 19th century, the City of London Corporation covered only a small fraction of metropolitan London. From 1855, the Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) had certain powers across the metropolis, but it was appointed rather than elected. Many powers remained in the hands of traditional bodies such as parishes and the counties of Middlesex, Surrey and Kent. The creation of the LCC in 1889, as part of the Local Government Act 1888, was forced by a succession of scandals involving the MBW, and was also prompted by a general desire to create a competent government fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 7 April 1949. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Conservative Party made substantial gains, achieving the same number of seats as the Labour Party. However, Labour held the chair of the council, and was thus able to retain control. The constituencies were completely reorganised before the election. The 60 former two-member constituencies and one four-member constituency were replaced by 43 three-member constituencies, to align with the UK Parliamentary constituencies due to be introduced at the 1950 UK general election. Campaign The Labour Party campaigned on its progress on the ''County of London Plan'', its construction of housing and schools, and its takeover of health services. The Conservative Party chose not to stand candidates in Bethnal Green, where it hoped its supporters would instead vote for the Liberal Party candidates. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London County Council Constituencies
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coppock
Sir Richard Coppock (21 February 1885 – 7 September 1971) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Cheetham in Manchester, Coppock left school at eleven and followed his father in becoming an apprentice bricklayer two years later. During this period, he also became a member of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). He supervised the construction of the Socialist Hall built by members of the Openshaw Socialist Society in 1907. On completing his apprenticeship, he joined the Operative Bricklayers' Society and became an active trade unionist. He served as a full-time branch secretary from 1911, then divisional organiser in 1916. He was active on the Manchester and Salford Trades Council, and became a magistrate before he was thirty.John Saville, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', Vol.III, pp. 48-52 Coppock opposed World War I, during which he was active in Independent Labour Party (ILP), through which he became friends with Harry Pollitt. He was elected to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Lockyer
William Lockyer (1875 – 19 February 1959) was a British politician and trade unionist, who served on the London County Council. Born in Lambeth, Lockyer came to prominence as the chair of the Postmen's Federation from 1904. He supported the formation of a single union for post office staff, and chaired the conference which led the federation to merge with other unions, forming the Union of Post Office Workers. Lockyer served as the union's treasurer until he retired in 1935. Lockyer was a supporter of the Labour Party, and in 1919 he was elected to Lambeth Borough Council, serving as Mayor of Lambeth from 1938 until 1945. At the 1937 London County Council election, he won a seat in Lambeth North, and he served until 1949. Lockyer was made a Freeman of the City of London The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Samuels
Harry Samuels, OBE (1893 – 1976) was a British barrister and political activist. Born in Liverpool, Samuels was educated at the University of Oxford. While there, he joined the Fabian Society, and became increasingly active in the organisation, serving on its executive committee, as its local government adviser, and writing numerous books and tracts for the society. In 1923, Samuels became a barrister, and was soon reviewing legal cases for the ''Journal of Industrial Welfare''. He joined the Industrial Welfare Society, and by 1930 was lecturing for the organisations. He became its legal counsel, serving until 1970. He also had an interest in tenants' rights, and for 25 years he chaired the Islington and East London Rent Tribunal. He was a member of the Anglo-Jewish Association, B'nai B'rith, and the Board of Deputies. Samuels stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Sheffield Ecclesall at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, in Fulham East at the 1931 London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1931. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Municipal Reform Party slightly increased its majority on the council, with overall results matching those from 1925. Campaign The Municipal Reform Party had run the council since 1907. The party campaigned on its record in government, contending that it had run the council economically, keeping rates low. Since the previous election, the council had gained the power to administer welfare benefits, and the Municipal Reformers argued that the Labour Party would practice "Poplarism" and be overly generous. The party stood 106 candidates, and won the seats in City of London, Kensington South, Paddington South, Westminster Abbey and Westminster St George's without facing a contest. The Labour Party argued that welfare was administered in a harsh and cruel manner. It also contended that the Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1925. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Municipal Reform Party retained a large majority, while the Labour Party established itself as the principal opposition, supplanting the Progressive Party. Campaign The Municipal Reform Party campaigned on its record in office, noting that it had reduced rates, and built housing. It opposed compulsory education for children over 14 years old and promised "patriotic education", and claimed that the Labour Party would introduce "communist schemes... under the revolutionary red flag". It stood 112 candidates, and those in the City of London, Kensington South and Streatham were elected without facing a contest. ''The Times'' predicted that the party could gain seats in Bow and Bromley, Kennington and Shoreditch. The Labour Party's manifesto proposed a major programme of municipalisation, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Hayward
Sir Isaac James Hayward (17 November 1884 – 3 January 1976) was a British politician who was the longest-serving leader of the London County Council. He served from 1947 until it was abolished on the expansion of London (to form Greater London) in 1965. Biography Hayward was the son of a miner from Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, and helped in the mining some years from the age of 12. He became involved in trade union affairs and was chosen as a union official, which brought him to London. From 1932 he was General Secretary of the National Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics and Electrical Workers, retiring in 1946 when his other commitments precluded continuing. As a trade unionist he also became active in the Labour Party and was selected in 1928 to stand for the party in the London County Council elections in the safe seat of Rotherhithe. Herbert Morrison spotted him and in 1932 appointed him Chief Whip to the Labour Group, a job he retained until he became Leader. Hayward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dunstan
Robert Dunstan (1877 – 1963) was a British people, British doctor and political activist. Dunstan qualified as both a barrister and a medical doctor.George J. Barnsby, ''Socialism in Birmingham and the Black Country, 1850-1939'', pp.362-364 He worked as a general practitioner, and was a member of Gray's Inn. He stood for the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party, unsuccessfully, in Totnes (UK Parliament constituency), Totnes in December 1910 United Kingdom general election, December 1910 on a platform of land reform, and the local party again adopted him as their candidate for the General Election expected to take place in 1914/15. During World War I, Dunstan served in Mesopotamia as a lieutenant with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returned to the UK in 1917, resigned from the Liberal Party, and instead joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP). Through his membership of the ILP, he was adopted as the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party candidate in Birmingham Moseley (UK Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Selwyn-Clarke
Lady Hilda Alice Selwyn-Clarke, née Browning, (1899-1967) was a British socialist activist. Born in Sevenoaks as Hilda Alice Browning, she was educated on a scholarship at a local grammar school, then studied teaching at Goldsmiths College.Susanna Hoe, ''The private life of old Hong Kong'', pp. 266-268 Selwyn-Clarke became active in the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and stood for it in Clapham at the 1931 general election. In 1934, she stood for the London County Council in Clapham against Bertram Mills, using the slogan "Bread not Circuses". In 1934, she wrote a pamphlet, "Women under fascism and communism", with Dora Fabian. Selwyn-Clarke worked as an assistant to Fenner Brockway, then for the Society for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union. Through this, she met Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, and the two married in 1935. She went to live with her husband on postings in Ghana and Nigeria, and from February 1938 in Hong Kong, and brought up their daughter, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cronin (British Politician)
John Desmond Cronin (1 March 1916 – 3 January 1986) was a British surgeon and Labour Party politician. Early life and education He was born in Simla, British India (since 1947 known as Shimla), the summer capital of India in the days of the British Raj. The family, like many others living in India at the time, had moved there to escape the heat and disease of India's lower altitudes during the summer months. His father, John Patrick Cronin (1889–1952), a director of Lever Brothers, was Lord Leverhulme's representative in India and later Chairman of Horlicks, Australia. Cronin spent the first three years of his life in India until the family returned to their home in Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London in 1919. In 1929, the family moved to Woodside Park near Totteridge in North East Finchley. Cronin was educated at St Aloysius' College in Highgate from 1923 to 1924, then at Hodder House, the preparatory school for Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Lancashire, from 1924 to 1930 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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