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Islington North (London County Council Constituency)
Islington North 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 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. 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 Islington ... [...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] |
Geoffrey Finsberg
Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, (13 June 1926 – 8 October 1996) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency), Hampstead from 1970 to 1983, and for its successor constituency, Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency), Hampstead & Highgate, from 1983 to 1992. Early life Finsberg was born in Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Hampstead in 1926 into a devout British Jews, Jewish family, who were politically inclined towards the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives. The only son of the late Montefiore Finsberg, Military Cross, MC, and May Finsberg (''née'' Grossman), Finsberg was educated at Hendon School, Hendon County Grammar School and the City of London School. From 1944 to 1947, he worked in coal pits as a Bevin Boy, this period spanning the latter part of the World War II, Second World War. Finsberg served at Glapwell colli ... [...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] |
Freda Corbet
Freda Corbet (née Künzlen, later Mansell; 15 November 1900 – 1 November 1993) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. Born in London, Corbet spent some time as a teacher in Cornwall before moving back to London to work with her husband in his shop. The couple were both members of the Independent Labour Party and were elected as councillors on London County Council in 1934. There she served on the education committee, helping to introduce comprehensive schools to the city. Corbet was elected Member of Parliament for Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency), Camberwell North West in 1945, though she did not attend many debates, focusing more on her municipal work. She became chief whip of the London County Council in 1947, requiring councillors to check with her before even asking questions at public meetings. Her short stature led to her being known as the 'tiny tyrant'. In 1960, she became chairman of the general services committee, and oversaw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 8 March 1928. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Labour Party made slight gains at the expense of the Municipal Reform Party, which nonetheless retained a substantial majority. Campaign The Municipal Reform Party had run the council since 1907. It campaigned on its record of providing services while keeping rates low, and proposed maintain its current policies on education, housing, health and employment, while strengthening flood defences, in the wake of recent floods by the Thames. The party won the seats in Clapham, Kensington South, Paddington South and Westminster St George's without a contest. It hoped to make gains in Battersea North and Woolwich East. The party contested every seat on the council, the first time any party had done so. The Labour Party manifesto prioritised clearing slums and constructing new housing, improving sec ... [...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] |
David Waterlow
David Sydney Waterlow (18 December 1857 – 25 August 1924), was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician and businessman. Background He was born in Highgate, he was the fourth son of Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet, Sir Sydney Waterlow, a Liberal Member of Parliament. He was educated at Northampton and Lausanne. He married Edith Emma Maitland in 1883, and the couple had three daughters. Career He travelled round the world in 1879. He joined the firm of Waterlow and Sons, Ltd, printers, in 1880. He retired from the firm in 1898 but subsequently became chairman in 1922. He was the Director of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, Ltd, from 1885 to 1924. He was a member of the London County Council, sitting for St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency), North St Pancras for the Liberal backed Progressive Party (London), Progressive Party, from 1898 to 1910. He sat as Liberal MP for Islington North (UK Parliament constituency), Islington North from 1906 to De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 London County Council Election
An election to the London County Council, County Council of London took place on 5 March 1913. It was the ninth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. Unlike for parliamentary elections, women qualified as electors for these elections on exactly the same basis as men. Women were also permitted to stand as candidates for election. The election was to be the last held before the outbreak of the First World War: in 1915 legislation was enacted to postpone all local elections until the end of the conflict (#Appointments_to_vacant_seats_1915-1919, see below). The term of off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Hall Caine
Gordon Ralph Hall Caine CBE (15 August 1884 – 5 March 1962) was a British publisher and Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Dorset East between 1922 and 1929, and again between 1931 and 1945. Caine was the son of British novelist Thomas Henry Hall Caine and his wife Mary Chandler. He was born at Hampstead London. His father had dramatic interests in America and in 1902 Gordon Caine was in America to study business methods and consider publishing an American version of Household Words. With his brother, Derwent Hall Caine, he founded the publishing house The Reader's Library. In 1920 as Deputy Controller of Paper, he was appointed a CBE. At the 1922 general election Hall Caine was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dorset as an Independent Conservative. He took the Conservative Whip in 1923 and held the seat until the 1929 general election, when he lost to Liberal candidate Alec Glassey. In the 1931 general election he regained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 London County Council Election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1904. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Progressive Party retained control of the council, with a slightly reduced majority. Campaign Since the 1901 London County Council election, the electorate for the council had increased by 19,221, the increase being in the outlying boroughs, while most inner city boroughs lost voters. Turnout was also reported as being higher in the outer boroughs. All the seats were contested other than Deptford and Greenwich, which were held uncontested by the Progressive Party. The main issue at the election was education policy, as the London School Board was to be abolished and its powers absorbed by the council. ''The Times'' argued that the Conservative Party candidates had undoubted loyalty to the Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Gedge
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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