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Holborn And St Pancras South (London County Council Constituency)
Holborn and St Pancras South 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 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. Councillors Election results References {{coord missing, London London County Council constituencies Politics of the London Borough of Camden Holborn ... [...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] |
1955 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 31 March 1955. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Conservative Party made significant gains, but the Labour Party retained a substantial majority. The size of the council was cut by three members, with Fulham East, Fulham West and Hammersmith South abolished, and replaced in part by the new constituencies of Barons Court and Fulham. This mirrored changes to constituencies for the House of Commons which were implemented at the 1955 general election, shortly afterwards. Campaign The Labour Party began their campaign with a celebration at the Royal Festival Hall, to mark twenty-one years of running the council, and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the '' Daily Herald''. A newspaper strike limited coverage of the election; the ''Manchester Guardian'' noted that there were fewer posters and fewer meetings than in previous elections, although ... [...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] |
Edward Kellett-Bowman
Edward Thomas Kellett-Bowman Justice of the Peace, JP (born Bowman; 25 February 1931 – 22 November 2022) was a British business and management consultant. He has also had a political career as a local councillor and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. His work in the European Parliament was effective in shaping policy and he only narrowly missed being chosen to lead the Conservative group. Early career Bowman went to Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey, Cobham, Surrey and Slough College of Technology. He had technical and management training in textiles from 1951 to 1953, and then worked in textile industry management for two years."Who's Who 2008" (A & C Black). He then joined a company of pharmaceutical manufacturing chemists, working as a manager."The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1959", p. 87. London municipal politics Kellett-Bowman was already active in the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party as ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 13 April 1961. It proved to be the last election to the council, and plans for its replacement by the Greater London Council were already in process. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. Campaign The campaign attracted little attention. The Conservative Party campaign focused on housing issues. The London Labour Party organised a tour of twenty cars through South East London, carrying politicians who made short speeches at numerous locations in the area. Other election issues included the proposed construction of the Royal National Theatre, and the London Ringways road schemes. Results The Labour Party lost seventeen seats to the Conservative Party, but still secured a substantial majority of seats on the council. This ensured that the Labour Party would complete thirty years in control of the council. The Liberal Party was hopeful of winning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Campbell
Leila Campbell (née Jaffe; 10 August 1911 – 2 October 1993) was a British Labour party politician. She was a former London County Council, Greater London Council and Inner London Education Authority member, and chairman of the Hampstead Theatre Board. Early life Campbell was born on 10 August 1911 in Birkenhead, Cheshire to parents Rebecca (née Neiman, 1879–1965) and Myer Jaffe (1883–1961). She was educated at the Belvedere school, Liverpool, trained to be an art teacher and worked as a dress designer and cutter. During the early 1930s the family lived at 41 Parkfield Road, Toxteth, Liverpool and by 1939, they were living at 5 Devonshire Road, Toxteth. Career Campbell was active in the Labour Party from the 1930s. At the 1958 London County Council election, she was elected in Holborn and St Pancras South, serving until 1964, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. On the new body, Campbell represented Camden and also served on Hampstead Borough Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Braddock
Thomas Braddock (1887 – 9 December 1976) was a British politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham from 1945 to 1950, when he was defeated by the Conservative Robert Carr. Before the war he had contested the very-Conservative Wimbledon seat in 1931 and 1935, being heavily beaten. He subsequently stood, without success, for the Kingston-upon-Thames constituency in the 1959 and 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ... general elections, on both occasions failing to unseat the Conservative incumbent, John Boyd-Carpenter, and one final time in Wimbledon in 1966. References External links * 1887 births 1976 deaths UK MPs 1945–1950 Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of London County Council {{Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 16 April 1958. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Labour Party, who had already run the council for 24 years, won their largest ever majority. Campaign The Labour Party were optimistic about making gains, and targeted seats in Battersea South, Clapham, Lewisham West, Wandsworth Central and Woolwich West. The Conservatives targeted the marginal Labour-held constituencies of Barons Court, Kensington North and Paddington North. Their manifesto argued that the Labour Party were wasting money; they proposed reducing rates, and encouraged Londoners to move to new towns. The Liberal Party stood 31 candidates, but reports suggested that they were hampered by poor organisation, and were not optimistic of taking a seat. The Communist Party of Great Britain and the Independent Labour Party each stood four candidates, while the Socialist Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Jeger
Lena May Jeger, Baroness Jeger (''née'' Chivers; 19 November 1915 – 26 February 2007) was a British Labour MP during two periods. She followed her husband as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South, holding the seat from 1953 to 1959. She retook the seat in 1964, retaining it until 1979, when she became a life peer. Early life She was born Lena May Chivers in Yorkley, Gloucestershire. Her father was a postman. She was educated at Southgate County School in north London, and read English and French at Birkbeck College, University of London. She was vice-president of the National Union of Students. She joined the civil service in 1936, initially in HM Customs & Excise. During the Second World War she worked at the Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office. A fluent Russian speaker, she edited the ''British Ally'', a newspaper published by the British government in the Soviet Union. She also worked at the British Embassy in Moscow. In 1948, she marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holborn (London County Council Constituency)
Holborn 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 kn ... between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. Councillors Election results References {{London County Council London County Council constituencies Politics of the London Borough of Camden Holborn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Gilbey
Alfred Ronald Dashwood Gilbey (20 February 1911 – 31 July 1977) was a British figure skater, businessman and politician. The son of Colonel Alfred Gilbey and his wife Beatrice ''née'' Holland, he was educated at Westminster School. His father was a director of W & A Gilbey, wine and spirit merchants, co-founded by his grandfather and great uncle. Gilbey was a keen sportsman and figure skater, winning the Amateur Figure Skating Championship at Alexandra Palace, London, in 1930 and 1931, and the International Ice Figure Skating Championship in St Moritz, Switzerland, in 1931. He continued his association with winter sports throughout his life as a member of the British Olympic Council and as chairman of the National Ice Skating Association from 1966 - 1976. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force. Following the war, he entered politics in London, as a member of the Conservative Party. He was a member of Westminster City Council from 1945 to 1948. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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