London County Council election 3 Mar 1898 London County Council election 3 Mar 1898 was held on 3 March 1898. 118 seats were filled across 58 wards and divisions in 1 councils, from 240 candidates. Progressive Party (London, 1889-1945) won 69, Moderate Party (London, 1889-1906) won 48 and Independent Progressive won 1.
Date 3 March 1898
Seats filled 118
Candidates 240
Councils 1 London County Council election 3 Mar 1898: winner in each area Area Elected Party Votes Battersea and Clapham - Battersea J. Burns Progressive 5,126 Battersea and Clapham - Battersea W. Davies Progressive 5,284 Battersea and Clapham - Clapham A. Rotton Moderate 4,785 Battersea and Clapham - Clapham T. Corbett Moderate 4,757 Bethnal Green - North East C. Freak Progressive 2,733 Bethnal Green - North East E. Cornwall Progressive 2,580 Bethnal Green - South West J. Branch Progressive 2,275 Bethnal Green - South West B. Costelloe Progressive 2,155 Camberwell - Dulwich W. Matthews Moderate 3,698 Camberwell - Dulwich R. Middleton Moderate 3,673 Camberwell - North R. Strong Progressive 3,477 Camberwell - North H. Taylor Progressive 3,318 Camberwell - Peckham G. Clarke Progressive 3,201 Camberwell - Peckham F. Verney Progressive 2,849 Chelsea J. Jeffery Progressive 4,044 Chelsea E. Horniman Progressive 3,675 City of London J. Dinsdale Moderate 5,893 City of London Duke of Leeds Moderate 5,785 City of London B. Cohen Moderate 5,780 City of London H. Clarke Moderate 5,780 Deptford S. Webb Progressive 4,512 Deptford R. Phillimore Progressive 4,487 Finsbury - Central P. Rutland Moderate 2,392 Finsbury - Central R. Beachcroft Moderate 2,286 Finsbury - East J. Baker Progressive 2,114 Finsbury - East J. Benson Progressive 2,038 Finsbury - Holborn J. Remnant Moderate 3,117 Finsbury - Holborn J. Dickson-Poynder Moderate 3,011 Fulham Wolverton Moderate 4,494 Fulham E. Easton Moderate 4,407 Greenwich R. Jackson Progressive 3,898 Greenwich J. Peppercorn Progressive 3,249 Hackney - Central T. McKinnon-Wood Progressive 3,162 Hackney - Central J. Stuart Progressive 3,125 Hackney - North E. Forman Moderate 3,507 Hackney - North G. Lampard Progressive 2,783 Hackney - South A. Smith Progressive 3,360 Hackney - South E. Browne Progressive 3,174 Hammersmith W. Bull Moderate 4,168 Hammersmith E. Goulding Moderate 4,121 Hampstead J. Fletcher Moderate 2,344 Hampstead E. Bond Moderate 2,277 Islington - East A. Torrance Progressive 3,015 Islington - East J. Laughland Progressive 2,717 Islington - North T. Napier Progressive 3,525 Islington - North W. Parkinson Progressive 3,228 Islington - South G. Elliott Independent Progressive 2,377 Islington - South H. Williams Progressive 2,172 Islington - West W. Goodman Progressive 2,456 Islington - West G. Radford Progressive 2,361 Kensington - North G. Fryer Moderate 2,319 Kensington - North J. Porter Moderate 2,293 Kensington - South C. Campbell Moderate 3,078 Kensington - South R. Robinson Moderate 3,056 Lambeth - Brixton W. Haydon Moderate 2,944 Lambeth - Brixton C. Jerome Moderate 2,863 Lambeth - Kennington T. Organ Progressive 2,672 Lambeth - Kennington J. Benn Progressive 2,661 Lambeth - North F. Smith Progressive 1,557 Lambeth - North Col. Ford Progressive 1,849 Lambeth - Norwood J. White Moderate 3,354 Lambeth - Norwood F. Campbell Moderate 3,373 Lewisham G. Dodson Moderate 4,061 Lewisham T. Williams Moderate 4,025 Marylebone - East Farquhar Moderate 2,182 Marylebone - East E. Boulnois Moderate 2,089 Marylebone - West Earl of Hardwicke Moderate 3,035 Marylebone - West F. White Moderate 2,892 Newington - Walworth R. Spokes Progressive 2,172 Newington - Walworth R. Parker Progressive 2,166 Newington - West J. Piggott Progressive 2,598 Newington - West J. Gilbert Progressive 2,639 Paddington - North W. Urquhart Moderate 2,142 Paddington - North H. Harris Moderate 2,088 Paddington - South G. Harris Moderate 2,190 Paddington - South H. Harben Moderate 2,146 Shoreditch - Haggerston Monkswell Progressive 2,067 Shoreditch - Haggerston G. Lefrevre Progressive 2,060 Shoreditch - Hoxton H. Sawell Progressive 2,157 Shoreditch - Hoxton H. Ward Progressive 2,179 Southwark - Bermondsey J. Thornton Progressive 2,843 Southwark - Bermondsey G. Cooper Progressive 2,977 Southwark - Rotherhithe A. Pomeroy Progressive 2,778 Southwark - Rotherhithe H. Glanville Progressive 2,650 Southwark - West E. Bayley Progressive 2,575 Southwark - West T. Hunter Progressive 2,578 St George Hanover Square R. Antrobus Moderate 3,143 St George Hanover Square H. Legge Moderate 3,086 St Pancras - East E. Purchase Progressive 2,741 St Pancras - East N. Robinson Progressive 2,952 St Pancras - North D. Waterlow Progressive 2,112 St Pancras - North T. Idris Progressive 2,334 St Pancras - South J. Hutton Progressive 2,036 St Pancras - South J. Maple Moderate 1,830 St Pancras - West Carrington Progressive 2,236 St Pancras - West W. Collins Progressive 2,404 Strand Major Probyn Moderate 2,697 Strand W. Emden Moderate 2,343 Tower Hamlets - Bow and Bromley W. Bruce Progressive 3,082 Tower Hamlets - Bow and Bromley B. Cooper Progressive 3,018 Tower Hamlets - Limehouse W. Pearce Progressive 2,336 Tower Hamlets - Limehouse A. Leon Progressive 2,142 Tower Hamlets - Mile End J. Seager Progressive 1,711 Tower Hamlets - Mile End B. Strauss Progressive 1,669 Tower Hamlets - Poplar W. Crooks Progressive 3,632 Tower Hamlets - Poplar J. McDougall Progressive 3,310 Tower Hamlets - St George C. Barrett Progressive 1,510 Tower Hamlets - St George C. Balian Progressive 1,458 Tower Hamlets - Stepney W. Steadman Progressive 1,955 Tower Hamlets - Stepney W. Yates Progressive 1,855 Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel H. Lawson Progressive 1,917 Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel W. Johnson Progressive 1,768 Wandsworth G. Longstaff Moderate 6,378 Wandsworth Dunraven Moderate 5,493 Westminster L. Hayter Moderate 2,212 Westminster R. Granville-Smith Moderate 2,190 Woolwich E. Hughes Moderate 5,133 Woolwich A. Penfold Moderate 4,661
