Frederick William Powe (7 July 1903 – 15 March 1990) was a British politician, who served on 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 ...

and

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. Powe joined the Labour Party in his youth, and in 1928 was elected to

St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council St Pancras was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board ...

. At the

1937 London County Council election An election to the County Council of London took place on 4 March 1937. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Labour Party made gains, increasing their majority over the ...

, he was elected in Fulham East, and served until he lost the seat in 1949. In 1946/47, he additionally served as Mayor of St Pancras. Powe was re-elected in the

1952 London County Council election An election to the County Council of London took place on 3 April 1952. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Labour Party made substantial gains and greatly increase ...

, having switched to represent Islington South West. In 1948, when Frank Coombes, vice chair of the council, died, Powe was elected to serve the remainder of his term. He became the leader of St Pancras Council, on which he worked closely with the

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opposition. By the mid-1950s, he was facing significant opposition from his backbenchers and when, in 1956, they voted to overturn an agreement he had made to nominate five Conservatives as aldermen, he resigned, to be replaced by John Lawrence. At the

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and 1959 general elections, Powe stood unsuccessfully in Harrow Central. He remained a member of London County Council until its abolition, in 1965. He was elected to its replacement, the

, representing Hounslow until 1967.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Powe, Fred 1903 births 1990 deaths Labour Party (UK) councillors Mayors of places in Greater London Members of the Greater London Council Members of London County Council Members of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council Leaders of local authorities of England