Lewisham East (London County Council constituency)

Lewisham East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Lewisham East
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Created from	Lewisham
Replaced by	Lewisham North and Lewisham South

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1919	Eric Ball		Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts		Municipal Reform
1925	John Littlejohns		Municipal Reform	Walter Waring		Municipal Reform
1928	Joseph Benskin		Municipal Reform	Paul Latham		Municipal Reform
1934	Amy Crossman		Labour	Walter Richard Owen		Labour
1937	William Hare		Labour
1946	Edmund Henry Hambly		Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Eric Ball	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Eric Ball	11,759	37.1	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	11,288	35.6	n/a
	Labour	W. J. R. Gillings	4,392	13.8	n/a
	Labour	J. W. Matthews	4,295	13.5	n/a
Majority			6,896	21.8	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	John Littlejohns	8,594
	Municipal Reform	Walter Waring	8,191
	Labour	J. W. Matthews	4,986
	Labour	W. J. K. Gillings	4,785
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Joseph Benskin	9,737
	Municipal Reform	Paul Latham	9,543
	Labour	T. R. Richardson	6,485
	Labour	D. C. Cummings	6,369
	Liberal	C. H. Dodd	4,752
	Liberal	C. J. Robinson	4,365
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Joseph Benskin	12,714
	Municipal Reform	Paul Latham	12,678
	Labour	Catherine Mary Wadham	9,803
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	9,772
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	13,029
	Labour	Amy Crossman	12,856
	Municipal Reform	Paul Latham	12,642
	Municipal Reform	Joseph Benskin	12,499
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	17,899
	Labour	William Hare	17,666
	Municipal Reform	Neville Pearson	16,865
	Municipal Reform	Eric Ball	16,689
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Lewisham East^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edmund Henry Hambly	18,677
	Labour	Walter Richard Owen	18,638
	Conservative	N. W. Farmer	11,214
	Conservative	E. Ratcliffe Hoare	11,087
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing