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Southwark Central was a London County Council constituency used for elections between 1919 and 1949. The constituency elected two members per electoral cycle and shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. It was abolished in 1949 and replaced by the enlarged Southwark constituency.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name
1919	George Henry Cook	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	Progressive
1928	David Arlott	Labour	Kitty Colyer	Labour
1931			Harry Day	Labour
1939			Ernest George Saunders	Labour
1946	Albert Gates	Labour	John Keen	Labour

Election results

1919 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive	George Henry Cook	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	6,374	35.9	n/a
	Progressive	George Henry Cook	6,154	34.7	n/a
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	2,618	14.7	n/a
	Labour	W. Barrett	2,611	14.7	n/a
Majority			3,536	20.0	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert	5,198
	Progressive	George Henry Cook	4,810
	Labour	Alfred George Prichard	3,189
	Labour	F. Roberts	3,148
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kitty Colyer	5,391
	Labour	David Arlott	4,852
	Liberal	James Daniel Gilbert	4,796
	Liberal	George Henry Cook	4,534
	Municipal Reform	C. B. Salmon	1,823
	Municipal Reform	Irene Dowling	1,814
Majority
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing
	Labour gain from Progressive		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harry Day	3,325
	Labour	David Arlott	3,037
	Anti-Socialist	J. M. Oakey	2,548
	Anti-Socialist	F. Williams	2,358
	Independent	P. McCarthy	1,973
	Organised Unemployed	J. Fitzgerald	123
	Organised Unemployed	W. Newton	111
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harry Day	5,309
	Labour	David Arlott	4,760
	Liberal	P. McCarthy	2,410
	Liberal	James Robert Want	2,225
	Municipal Reform	Hugh Gough	1,611
	Municipal Reform	A. Mash	1,502
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harry Day	6,291
	Labour	David Arlott	5,628
	Municipal Progressive	James Robert Want	3,517
	Municipal Progressive	F. A. Stockdale	3,476
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Southwark Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Albert Gates	3,745
	Labour	John Keen	3,653
	Conservative	V. S. White	777
	Conservative	A. E. Lloyd	763
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1 2 London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
↑ "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.
↑ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
↑ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
↑ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
↑ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
↑ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

[lmsnotes-1] 1 2 London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[2] "LCC Elections: Municipal Reform Leading". The Times. 6 March 1925.

[3] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[4] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[5] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[6] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[7] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

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