Chelsea (London County Council constituency)

Chelsea 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.

Chelsea
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Abolished	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Member(s)	2 (to 1949) 3 (from 1949)

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	William Æneas Smith		Progressive	George William Osborn		Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1892				Frank Costelloe		Progressive
1893	Edmund Turton		Progressive
1895	George Cadogan		Moderate
1895	Cecil Chapman		Moderate
1898	Emslie Horniman		Progressive	James Jeffery		Progressive
1907	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff		Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman		Municipal Reform
1910	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen		Municipal Reform
1922				William Sidney		Municipal Reform
1933	Basil Futvoye Marsden-Smedley		Municipal Reform
1934				Catherine Fulford		Conservative
1946	John Vaughan-Morgan		Conservative
1949							Alexander Lloyd		Conservative
1952	Marion Bennett		Conservative	Roderick Edwards		Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon		Conservative
1958				Stuart Townend		Conservative
1961	John Elliott Brooks		Conservative				Percy Rugg		Conservative

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Chelsea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George William Osborn	3,170
	Progressive	William Æneas Smith	2,512
	Moderate	Leedham White	1,774
	Moderate	W. Jeffrey	1,647
	Independent	Charles Mossop	1,217
	Independent	Andrew Thompson	211
	Progressive win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Chelsea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Æneas Smith	3,332
	Progressive	Frank Costelloe	3,207
	Moderate	Cecil Chapman	2,930
	Moderate	John Humphrey	2,916
	Social Democratic Federation	Harry Quelch	170
	Social Democratic Federation	Walter Geard	126
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Chelsea^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderate	George Cadogan	3,441
	Progressive	Frank Costelloe	3,355
	Moderate	Cecil Chapman	3,338
	Progressive	S. Insull	2,996
	Ind. Labour Party	Harold Snelling	218
	Moderate gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

In 1898, Horniman and Chapman tied on 3,675 votes after the initial count. A recount reduced Chapman's vote total by two, so Horniman was elected.^[3][4]

1898 London County Council election: Chelsea^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Jeffery	4,044
	Progressive	Emslie Horniman	3,675
	Moderate	Cecil Chapman	3,673
	Moderate	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	3,315
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Chelsea^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Jeffery	4,582	31.8	+4.3
	Progressive	Emslie Horniman	4,481	31.1	+6.1
	Conservative	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	2,682	18.6	−4.0
	Conservative	William Elliott	2,659	18.5	−6.5
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1904 London County Council election: Chelsea^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Jeffery	4,224
	Progressive	Emslie Horniman	4,143
	Conservative	Euston Sartorius	3,471
	Conservative	Clarence Goff	3,462
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Chelsea^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff	5,877
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	5,779
	Progressive	Emslie Horniman	3,977
	Progressive	John Jeffery	3,915
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Chelsea^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	4,935	32.1
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	4,886	31.7
	Progressive	Leonard Costello	2,809	18.2
	Progressive	John Mackenzie	2,766	18.0
Majority			2,077	13.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Chelsea^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	5,200	33.6	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,113	33.0	+1.3
	Progressive	Katharine Wallas	2,598	16.8	−1.4
	Progressive	George Schuster	2,569	16.6	−1.4
Majority			2,515	16.2	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.4
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1919 London County Council election: Chelsea^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Chelsea^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	7,727		n/a
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	7,655		n/a
	Labour	J. T. Houlihan	3,214		n/a
	Labour	C. M. Merrifield	3,203		n/a
Majority					n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Chelsea^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	5,947
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,650
	Labour	Dora Russell	2,640
	Labour	A. L. Walton	2,141
	Progressive	Iolo Aneurin Williams	2,141
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Chelsea^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	6,294
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	6,178
	Liberal	Iolo Aneurin Williams	1,487
	Liberal	Amy Beatrice Huntington	1,318
	Labour	A. L. Walton	1,029
	Labour	P. A. Skinner	980
	Independent Labour	L. W. Potter	841
	Independent Labour	B. J. Gifford	823
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Chelsea^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	6,186
	Municipal Reform	William Sidney	6,130
	Liberal	E. G. G. Bach	1,095
	Liberal	E. S. G. Bach	1,082
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Chelsea^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Basil Marsden-Smedley	6,174
	Municipal Reform	Catherine Fulford	6,105
	Labour	L. Arnold	2,235
	Labour	V. C. Elliott	2,216
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Chelsea^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Basil Marsden-Smedley	7,814
	Municipal Reform	Catherine Fulford	7,685
	Labour	P. A. Skinner	2,900
	Labour	G. Watson	2,850
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Chelsea^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	6,204
	Conservative	Catherine Fulford	6,186
	Labour	Mary Louisa Piercy	2,462
	Labour	R. C. Edmonds	2,442
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Chelsea^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Lloyd	14,994
	Conservative	Catherine Fulford	14,902
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	14,829
	Labour	R. Edmonds	4,589
	Labour	F. L. Tonge	4,535
	Labour	Robin Davis	4,429
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Chelsea^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Edwards	15,814
	Conservative	Marion Bennett	15,789
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	15,592
	Labour	J. Sofer	4,587
	Labour	H. Atkinson	4,511
	Labour	J. Allen	4,444
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Chelsea^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Edwards	12,473
	Conservative	Marion Edwards	12,465
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	12,174
	Labour	H. J. Davies	2,406
	Labour	S. Fordyce	2,122
	Labour	S. Stratford-Lawrence	2,049
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Chelsea^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Bennett	10,894
	Conservative	Stuart Townend	10,828
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rippon	10,689
	Labour	L. Bonham	2,660
	Labour	W. R. Johnson	2,633
	Labour	H. Halpin	2,626
	Liberal	H. Symons	2,157
	Liberal	Ruth Abrahams	2,139
	Liberal	J. Hart	2,081
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Chelsea^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Elliott Brooks	10,991
	Conservative	Percy Rugg	10,914
	Conservative	Stuart Townend	10,786
	Liberal	S. Marsden-Smedley	2,764
	Liberal	Peter Guy Henry Thorold	2,486
	Labour	P. F. Corbett	2,482
	Labour	M. Baxter	2,469
	Liberal	J. L. Spicer	2,405
	Labour	M. Shufeldt	2,315
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing