List of members of London County Council 1889–1919

This is a list of councillors and aldermen elected or co-opted to the London County Council from its creation under the Local Government Act 1888 until 1919. There were nine triennial elections of the whole council during this period. Elections were postponed for the duration of the First World War. Elections resumed in 1919 under new electoral boundaries and are detailed in List of members of London County Council 1919–37.

Representation by divisions following the inaugural 1889 election.

Councillors 1889–1898

Elections of councillors were held every three years. There were 118 councillors, with four elected to represent the City of London and two each for 57 electoral divisions. The divisions were identical to the constituencies for elections to the United Kingdom House of Commons that had been created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the 1889 elections, and retained it until 1907.

Electoral division	Elected 17 January 1889[1] * Members of the outgoing Metropolitan Board of Works	Party		Elected 6 March 1892[2]	Party		Elected 2 March 1895[3]	Party
City of London	Sir John Lubbock MP		Progressive	Alfred Fowell Buxton		Moderate	Sir Joseph Dimsdale¶		Moderate
	Earl of Rosebery		Progressive	Henry Fitzalan-Howard		Moderate	Henry Fitzalan-Howard (resigned 20 January 1896) Rudolp Feilding (elected 1 February 1896)		Moderate
	Benjamin Cohen		Moderate	Benjamin Cohen		Moderate	Benjamin Cohen MP		Moderate
	Henry Clarke		Moderate	Henry Clarke		Moderate	Henry Clarke		Moderate
Battersea and Clapham (Battersea)	John Burns		Progressive	John Burns		Progressive	John Burns MP		Progressive
	James Tims		Progressive	James Tims (resigned 10 July 1893 following conviction for fraud[4]) William Willis (elected 22 July 1893)		Progressive	William J Davies		Progressive
Battersea and Clapham (Clapham)	Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rotton		Moderate	Fred Henderson (resigned 27 March 1893 following his imprisonment)[5][6]		Labour Progressive	Colonel Arthur Rotton		Moderate
				Colonel Arthur Rotton (by-election, 11 April 1893)[7]		Moderate
	Thomas Lorimer Corbett		Moderate	Henry Hollier Hood Barrs		Progressive	Thomas Lorimer Corbett		Moderate
Bethnal Green North East	James Fenning Torr		Progressive	James Fenning Torr		Progressive	James Fenning Torr (resigned 18 June 1895 on appointment as Recorder of Deal[8])		Progressive
							Cosmo Rose-Innes (elected 29 June 1895)		Moderate
	Walter Wren		Progressive	Charles Freak		Labour Progressive	Charles Freak		Labour Progressive
Bethnal Green South West	James Branch		Progressive	James Branch		Progressive	James Branch		Progressive
	Charles Harrison		Progressive	Charles Harrison		Progressive	Charles Harrison MP (died December 1897: seat remained vacant until 1898 election)		Progressive
Camberwell (Dulwich)	William Mitchell Acworth		Moderate	William Matthews		Moderate	William Matthews		Moderate
	Harry James Powell		Moderate	Harry James Powell		Moderate	Captain Richard William Evelyn Middleton		Moderate
Camberwell (North)	Richard Strong		Progressive	Richard Strong		Progressive	Richard Strong		Progressive
	Rev. Hugh Boswell Chapman		Progressive	James Sears		Progressive	James Sears		Progressive
Camberwell (Peckham)	Edwin Jones		Progressive	Edwin Jones		Progressive	Edwin Jones		Progressive
	Robert Lyon		Progressive	Robert Lyon		Progressive	Robert Lyon		Progressive
Chelsea	William Æneas Smith		Progressive	William Æneas Smith (resigned 31 January 1893) Edmund Turton (elected unopposed 8 February 1893)		Progressive	Charles Cadogan (resigned 2 November 1895) Cecil Maurice Chapman (elected 19 November 1895)		Moderate
	George William Osborn		Progressive	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe		Progressive	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe		Progressive
Deptford	Ernest Collard		Moderate	Sidney Webb		Progressive	Sidney Webb		Progressive
	William Hazlewood Phillips		Progressive	Henry Keylock		Labour Progressive	John Dumphreys		Moderate
Finsbury (Central)	William Compton		Progressive	Hon. Ashley Ponsonby		Progressive	Hon. Ashley Ponsonby		Progressive
	Frederick Alfred Ford		Progressive	Ernest Bowen Rowlands (declared bankrupt 10 June 1892) Dr William Farewell Blake (elected at by-election 2 July 1892)		Progressive	Dr William Farewell Blake		Progressive
Finsbury (East)	John Benn		Progressive	John Benn		Progressive	John Benn		Progressive
	Captain John Sinclair		Progressive	Earl of Rosebery		Progressive	Joseph Allen Baker		Progressive
Finsbury (Holborn)	Alfred Hoare		Moderate	James Remnant		Moderate	James Remnant		Moderate
	Thomas William Maule		Progressive	Arthur Cowper Ranyard		Moderate	William Ward		Moderate
Fulham	James Beal		Progressive	Edwin Cornwall		Progressive	Edwin Cornwall		Progressive
	Robert Arthur Germaine		Moderate	Commissary General Arthur Downes		Progressive	Sir William Lawrence Young		Progressive
Greenwich	George Lidgett		Progressive	George Lidgett		Progressive	Henry Thomas Banning		Moderate
	Richard Stephens Jackson		Progressive	Richard Jackson		Progressive	Dr Ralph Gooding		Moderate
Hackney (Central)	John Lowles		Moderate	Edward Pickersgill		Progressive	Frederick William Maude		Progressive
	Walter Johnston		Moderate	Thomas McKinnon Wood		Progressive	Thomas McKinnon Wood		Progressive
Hackney (North)	Joseph Beck (died 18 April 1891)[9] Dr. Elijah Baxter Forman elected at by-election 11 May 1891		Moderate	Dr. Elijah Baxter Forman		Moderate	Dr. Elijah Baxter Forman		Moderate
	Alfred Davies		Progressive	John McCall		Progressive	Edward Baudouin Ellice-Clark		Moderate
Hackney (South)	John Jones		Progressive	Captain James Bannerman		Progressive	Alfred Smith		Progressive
	George Bethell Holmes		Progressive	George Bethell Holmes		Progressive	Arthur Humphrey		Labour Progressive
Hammersmith	Charles Courtenay Cramp		Moderate	William Bull		Moderate	William Bull		Moderate
	Andrew Arter		Moderate	Andrew Arter		Moderate	Edward Goulding		Moderate
Hampstead	John Fletcher		Moderate	John Fletcher		Moderate	John Fletcher		Moderate
	Henry Harben*		Moderate	Henry Harben		Moderate	Edward Bond		Moderate
Islington East	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive
	Charles Horsley		Moderate	James Galloway Weir		Progressive	James Laughland		Progressive
Islington North	Dr William Ebenezer Grigsby		Progressive	Dr William Ebenezer Grigsby (resigned 8 November 1893 following appointment as a district judge in Cyprus.[10]) Dr Thomas Bateman Napier (elected 25 November 1893)		Progressive	Dr Thomas Bateman Napier		Progressive
	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive
Islington South	George Samuel Elliott		Progressive	George Samuel Elliott		Progressive	George Samuel Elliott		Progressive
	Richard Roberts		Progressive	Richard Roberts		Progressive	Richard Roberts		Progressive
Islington West	Donald Horne Macfarlane		Progressive	George Joseph Chatterton		Moderate	George Heynes Radford		Progressive
	Robert Brudenell Carter		Moderate	William Goodman		Progressive	William Goodman		Progressive
Kensington North	Frederick Charlwood Frye*		Progressive	Frederick Charles Baum (resigned 11 October 1892 [11]) Richard Baxter Doake (elected at by-election 29 October 1892)		Progressive	William Henry Fox		Moderate
	John Lloyd		Progressive	John Lloyd		Progressive	James Biggs Porter		Moderate
Kensington South	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate
	Captain Walter Haweis James		Moderate	Captain Walter Haweis James (resigned 31 January 1893) Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope (elected at by-election 15 February 1893)		Moderate	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope (resigned 3 November 1896) Richard Robinson (elected unopposed 14 November 1896)		Moderate
Lambeth (Brixton)	Captain Edmund Verney		Progressive	Dr Henry Harris		Progressive	William Haydon		Moderate
	Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope (on petition)‡		Moderate	Stephen Seaward Tayler		Progressive	Charles Jerome		Moderate
Lambeth (Kennington)	Horatio Myer		Progressive	William Stockbridge		Progressive	Joseph Dixon		Moderate
	Harry Seymour Foster		Moderate	Hon Richard Cecil Grosvenor		Progressive	Thomas Arthur Organ		Progressive
Lambeth (North)	James Rolls Hoare		Moderate	Frank Smith		Progressive	Spencer Barclay Heward		Progressive
	Henry Bell		Moderate	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ford		Progressive	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ford		Progressive
Lambeth (Norwood)	William Bennett Doubleday		Progressive	William Bennett Doubleday		Progressive	Col Frederick Campbell		Moderate
	Nathaniel William Hubbard		Progressive	Nathaniel William Hubbard		Progressive	Dr James White		Moderate
Lewisham	William George Lemon		Progressive	William George Lemon		Progressive	Sir Alexander Wilson		Moderate
	Franc Sadleir Brereton		Moderate	George Alfred Harvey		Progressive	Theophilus William Williams		Moderate
Marylebone East	Harry Hananel Marks		Moderate	Edmund Boulnois		Moderate	Edmund Boulnois MP		Moderate
	Horace Farquhar		Moderate	Horace Farquhar		Moderate	Sir Horace Farquhar		Moderate
Marylebone West	Edmund Boulnois		Moderate	Thomas Reed		Moderate	Thomas Reed (died 9 February 1897) Albert Yorke elected 26 February 1897, succeeded to the title Earl of Hardwicke 18 May 1897)		Moderate
	Sir Reginald Hanson		Moderate	Thomas Dewar		Moderate	Edward White		Moderate
Newington (Walworth)	John Marsland		Progressive	John Marsland		Progressive	Richard Parker		Progressive
	William Saunders		Progressive	William Saunders		Progressive	Russell Spokes		Progressive
Newington (West)	Dr William Gibson Bott		Progressive	Dr William Gibson Bott		Progressive	William Marcus Thompson		Progressive
	Albert Bassett Hopkins		Progressive	Albert Bassett Hopkins		Progressive	Frank Russell		Progressive
Paddington (North)	Richard Melvill Beachcroft		Moderate	William Urquhart		Moderate	William Urquhart		Moderate
	Dr Edward Parker Young		Moderate	Henry Percy Harris		Moderate	Henry Percy Harris		Moderate
Paddington (South)	George Fardell*		Moderate	George Fardell		Moderate	George Fardell		Moderate
	Sir George David Harris		Moderate	Sir George David Harris		Moderate	Sir George David Harris		Moderate
St George's Hanover Square	Robert Antrobus		Moderate	Robert Antrobus		Moderate	Robert Antrobus		Moderate
	Howard Vincent		Moderate	Howard Vincent		Moderate	Howard Vincent (resigned 18 February 1896) Hon Henry Legge (elected unopposed 29 February 1896)		Moderate
St Pancras (East)	Nathan Robinson		Progressive	Nathan Robinson		Progressive	Nathan Robinson		Progressive
	Thomas Bentley Westacott		Moderate	Thomas Bentley Westacott		Moderate	Thomas Bentley Westacott		Moderate
St Pancras (North)	Thomas Howell Williams		Progressive	Thomas Howell Williams		Progressive	Thomas Howell Williams Idris (assumed the additional surname "Idris")[12]		Progressive
	Charles Lee Lewes (died 26 February 1891)		Progressive	William James Wetenhall*		Moderate	William James Wetenhall		Moderate
	William James Wetenhall (elected at by-election 17 March 1891)		Moderate
St Pancras (South)	John Hutton		Progressive	John Hutton		Progressive	Sir John Hutton		Progressive
	Colonel Robert William Edis		Moderate	Captain Frank Sheffield		Progressive	Sir John Blundell Maple MP		Moderate
St Pancras (West)	Harry Levy-Lawson MP		Progressive	Lord Carrington		Progressive	Lord Carrington		Progressive
	Herbert Raphael		Progressive	Dr William Job Collins		Progressive	Dr William Job Collins		Progressive
Shoreditch (Haggerston)	Joseph Bottomley Firth MP (died 3 September 1889) William James Orsman elected in by-election 14 October 1889		Progressive	William James Orsman		Progressive	Edmund Turton (resigned 21 January 1897) Rt Hon. George Shaw-Lefevre (elected 13 February 1897)		Progressive
	Robert Collier		Progressive	Robert Collier		Progressive	Robert Collier		Progressive
Shoreditch (Hoxton)	Edward Austin		Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive
	Nathan Moss		Progressive	Nathan Moss		Progressive	Nathan Moss		Progressive
Southwark (Bermondsey)	George Cooper		Progressive	George Cooper		Progressive	George Cooper		Progressive
	Joseph Thornton		Progressive	Joseph Thornton		Progressive	Joseph Thornton		Progressive
Southwark (Rotherhithe)	Francis Culling Carr-Gomm		Progressive	Dr James Thomas Macnamara (resigned 15 March 1894) Howell Jones Williams (elected 31 March 1894)[13]		Progressive	Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton		Moderate
	Lawrence Stevens		Progressive	Lawrence Stevens (died 5 May 1894)[14]		Progressive	William Henry Christopher Payne		Moderate
				William Henry Christopher Payne (by-election, 9 June 1894)[15]		Moderate
Southwark (West)	Alfred Henry Haggis		Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Labour Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Progressive
	John George Rhodes		Progressive	Edric Bayley		Progressive	Edric Bayley		Progressive
Strand	Sir Augustus Harris		Moderate	Walter Emden		Moderate	Walter Emden		Moderate
	Major Clifford Probyn		Moderate	Major Clifford Probyn		Moderate	Major Clifford Probyn		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Bow and Bromley)	Walter Hunter JP		Moderate	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive
	Jane Cobden §		Progressive	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Limehouse)	James Ambrose		Progressive	William Pearce		Progressive	William Pearce		Progressive
	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Mile End)	Frederick Nicholas Charrington		Progressive	Frederick Nicholas Charrington		Progressive	William de Montmorency		Moderate
	Alfred Jordan Hollington		Progressive	Alfred Jordan Hollington		Progressive	Gerard Bicker-Caarten		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Poplar)	William Pelham Bullivant		Moderate	Will Crooks		Labour Progressive	Will Crooks		Labour Progressive
	John McDougall		Progressive	John McDougall		Progressive	John McDougall		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (St George's in the East)	Richard Stevens Sly*		Progressive	Andrew Mercer		Labour Progressive	Dalby Williams		Moderate
	Philip Meadows Martineau		Progressive	Philip Meadows Martineau		Progressive	Harry Marks		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Stepney)	Captain William Spencer Beaumont		Moderate	W. C. Steadman		Progressive	W. C. Steadman		Progressive
	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe		Progressive	Walter Baldwyn Yates		Progressive	Walter Baldwyn Yates		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel)	Stuart Samuel		Progressive	Thomas Catmur		Progressive	Thomas Catmur (resigned 24 February 1897) Hon. Harry Levy-Lawson (elected 16 March 1897)		Progressive
	Charles Tarling		Progressive	Charles Tarling		Progressive	Morris Abrahams		Moderate
Wandsworth	Willoughby Dickinson		Progressive	Willoughby Dickinson		Progressive	Windham Wyndham-Quin		Moderate
	Dr. George Longstaff		Moderate	Dr. George Longstaff		Moderate	Dr. George Longstaff		Moderate
Westminster	Sir Walter Eugene de Souza		Moderate	Sir Walter Eugene de Souza		Moderate	Sir Walter Eugene de Souza (died 13 April 1897) Louis Henry Hayter (elected 20 May 1897)		Moderate
	Vernon James Watney		Moderate	Henry Fox-Strangways		Moderate	Hon. Lionel Holland		Moderate
Woolwich	Colonel Edwin Hughes MP*		Moderate	Colonel Edwin Hughes MP		Moderate	Colonel Edwin Hughes MP		Moderate
	James Alexander Rentoul		Moderate	John Robert Jolly		Independent Progressive	Abel Penfold		Moderate

‡ Margaret Sandhurst (Progressive) received the second highest number of votes. However Beresford-Hope, who came third, petitioned on the grounds that a woman was not eligible to hold a seat on the county council. His petition was allowed and he was deemed elected.[16]

¶ Previously an alderman.

§ Jane Cobden (later Mrs Fisher Unwin), although elected, as a woman was barred from voting,[17] making it effectively vacant from 1889 to 1892.

Party strength 1889–1898

The strength of the parties on the council after each election was as follows:[18]

Party	Councillors 1889	Aldermen 1889	Total 1889	Councillors 1892	Aldermen 1892	Total 1892	Councillors 1895	Aldermen 1895	Total 1895
Moderate	46	1	47	35	2	37	59	7	66
Progressive	72	18	90	83	17	100	59	12	71

Councillors 1898–1907

In 1904 the London School Board was abolished, and its responsibilities were transferred to the county council. At the 1904 election a number of outgoing school board members were elected as councillors.

Electoral division	Elected 3 March 1898[19]	Party		Elected 2 March 1901[20]	Party		Elected 5 March 1904[21]	Party
City of London	Sir Joseph Dimsdale		Moderate	Herbert Stuart Sankey		Moderate	Herbert Stuart Sankey		Moderate
	Duke of Leeds (resigned 13 March 1899) Lord Alexander Thynne (elected unopposed 27 March 1899)[22]		Moderate	Alderman Frederick Prat Alliston		Moderate	Alderman Frederick Prat Alliston		Moderate
	Benjamin Louis Cohen MP		Moderate	Alfred Louis Cohen (died 4 December 1903. Seat remained vacant until March 1904)		Moderate	Sir Thomas Brooke-Hitching		Moderate
	Henry Clarke		Moderate	Henry Clarke		Moderate	Hon Rupert Guinness		Moderate
Battersea and Clapham (Battersea)	John Burns		Progressive	John Burns		Progressive	John Burns MP		Progressive
	William J Davies		Progressive	William J Davies		Progressive	William J Davies		Progressive
Battersea and Clapham (Clapham)	Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rotton		Moderate	Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rotton		Moderate	Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rotton		Moderate
	Thomas Lorimer Corbett		Moderate	Thomas Penn Gaskell		Moderate	Thomas Penn Gaskell		Moderate
Bethnal Green North East	E A Cornwall		Progressive	E A Cornwall		Progressive	E A Cornwall		Progressive
	Charles Freak		Labour Progressive	Edward Smith		Progressive	Edward Smith		Progressive
Bethnal Green South West	James Branch		Progressive	James Branch		Progressive	James Branch		Progressive
	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe (died 22 December 1899)[23] Thomas Wiles (elected unopposed at byelection 3 February 1900)[24]		Progressive	Thomas Wiles		Progressive	Thomas Wiles		Progressive
Camberwell (Dulwich)	William Matthews (died 15 May 1899) Bryce Grant (by-election 29 May 1899)[25]		Moderate	George Alexander Hardy		Progressive	George Alexander Hardy		Progressive
	Captain Richard William Evelyn Middleton (resigned 15 May 1899) John Ratcliffe Cousins (by-election 29 May 1899)[25]		Moderate	John Ratcliffe Cousins		Moderate	Thomas Gautrey (Member of abolished London School Board)		Progressive
Camberwell (North)	Richard Strong		Progressive	Richard Strong		Progressive	Reginald Bray (Member of abolished London School Board)		Progressive
	Henry Robert Taylor		Labour Progressive	Henry Robert Taylor		Labour Progressive	Henry Robert Taylor		Labour Progressive
Camberwell (Peckham)	Frederick William Verney		Progressive	Frederick William Verney		Progressive	Frederick William Verney		Progressive
	Charles Goddard Clarke		Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke		Progressive	Charles Goddard Clarke		Progressive
Chelsea	James Jeffery		Progressive	James Jeffery		Progressive	James Jeffery		Progressive
	Emslie Horniman		Progressive	Emslie Horniman		Progressive	Emslie Horniman		Progressive
Deptford	Sidney Webb		Progressive	Sidney Webb		Progressive	Sidney Webb		Progressive
	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive
Finsbury (Central)	Phillip John Rutland		Moderate	Hon. Fitzroy Hemphill		Progressive	Hon. Fitzroy Hemphill		Progressive
	Richard Melvill Beachcroft		Moderate	Frank Smith (resigned 12 November 1901) Ramsay MacDonald (elected unopposed 30 November 1901)		Labour Progressive	Arthur Barnett Russell (Member of abolished London School Board)		Progressive
Finsbury (East)	Joseph Benson		Progressive	Joseph Benson		Progressive	Thomas Edmund Harvey		Progressive
	Joseph Allen Baker		Progressive	Joseph Allen Baker		Progressive	Joseph Allen Baker		Progressive
Finsbury (Holborn)	James Remnant		Moderate	Sir H. W. Bliss		Moderate	Sir H. W. Bliss		Moderate
	Sir John Dickson-Poynder MP		Moderate	Captain George Swinton		Moderate	Captain George Swinton		Moderate
Fulham	Lord Wolverton		Moderate	Peter Lawson		Progressive	Peter Lawson (resigned 17 October 1905)		Progressive
							Cyril Stephen Cobb (elected at by-election, 28 October 1905)[26]		Moderate
	Edward George Easton		Moderate	Timothy Davies		Progressive	Timothy Davies		Progressive
Greenwich	John Peppercorn		Progressive	Frederick William Warmington		Progressive	Frederick William Warmington		Progressive
	Richard Stephens Jackson		Progressive	Richard Stephens Jackson		Progressive	Richard Stephens Jackson		Progressive
Hackney (Central)	James Stuart MP		Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard		Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard		Progressive
	McKinnon Wood		Progressive	McKinnon Wood		Progressive	McKinnon Wood		Progressive
Hackney (North)	Dr. Elijah Baxter Foreman		Moderate	John Edward Sears		Progressive	John Edward Sears		Progressive
	George Lampard		Progressive	George Lampard		Progressive	George Lampard		Progressive
Hackney (South)	Alfred Smith		Progressive	Alfred Smith		Progressive	Alfred Smith		Progressive
	Edmond Browne		Progressive	Edmond Browne		Progressive	Edmond Browne		Progressive
Hammersmith	William James Bull		Moderate	Jocelyn Brandon		Moderate	Jocelyn Brandon		Moderate
	Edward Alfred Goulding MP		Moderate	Edward Collins		Moderate	Edward Collins		Moderate
Hampstead	John Fletcher		Moderate	John Fletcher		Moderate	John Thomas Taylor		Moderate
	Edward Bond		Moderate	William Edward Mullins		Progressive	Nicholas Hanhart		Moderate
Islington East	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive	Andrew Mitchell Torrance		Progressive
	James Laughland		Progressive	James Laughland		Progressive	Arthur Augustus Thomas		Progressive
Islington North	Dr Thomas Bateman Napier		Progressive	Dr Thomas Bateman Napier		Progressive	Dr Thomas Bateman Napier		Progressive
	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson		Progressive
Islington South	George Samuel Elliott		Independent Progressive	George Samuel Elliott		Moderate	George Dew¶		Progressive
	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive
Islington West	George Heynes Radford		Progressive	George Heynes Radford		Progressive	George Heynes Radford		Progressive
	William Goodman		Progressive	William Goodman		Progressive	William Goodman		Progressive
Kensington North	George Edmund Septimus Fryer		Moderate	Walter Pope		Progressive	Walter Pope		Progressive
	James Biggs Porter		Moderate	Henry Lorenzo Jephson		Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson		Progressive
Kensington South	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate	Charles Hallyburton Campbell		Moderate	Hon. F J N Thesiger (succeeded to title "Baron Chelmsford" 9 April 1905, resigned 17 October 1905 on appointment as Governor of Queensland) Charles Frederick Colvile (elected unopposed 28 October 1905)		Moderate
	Richard Atkinson Robinson		Moderate	Richard Atkinson Robinson		Moderate	Richard Atkinson Robinson		Moderate
Lambeth (Brixton)	William Haydon		Moderate	Frederick Dolman		Progressive	Frederick Dolman		Progressive
	Charles Jerome		Moderate	Lewen Sharp		Progressive	Lewen Sharp		Progressive
Lambeth (Kennington)	John Benn		Progressive	John Benn		Progressive	John Benn		Progressive
	Thomas Arthur Organ		Progressive	Stephen Collins		Progressive	Stephen Collins		Progressive
Lambeth (North)	Frank Smith		Progressive	Robert Williams		Progressive	Jabez Williams		Moderate
	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ford		Progressive	William Wightman		Progressive	William Wightman (died 25 November 1905)[27] Frank Briant (elected at by-election, 16 December 1905)[28]		Progressive
Lambeth (Norwood)	Colonel Frederick Campbell		Moderate	Nathaniel William Hubbard¶		Progressive	Nathaniel William Hubbard		Progressive
	Dr James White		Moderate	George Shrubsall		Progressive	George Shrubsall		Progressive
Lewisham	George Edward Dodson		Moderate	George Edward Dodson		Moderate	Hon. Arthur Stanley		Progressive
	Theophilus William Williams		Moderate	James William Cleland		Progressive	James William Cleland		Progressive
Marylebone East	Edmund Boulnois		Moderate	Walter Leaf		Independent	Lord Ludlow		Moderate
	Sir Horace Farquhar		Moderate	Dr John Fletcher Little		Independent	W C Bridgeman (Member of abolished London School Board) (resigned 15 November 1904) Earl of Essex (elected 5 December 1904)		Moderate
Marylebone West	Earl of Hardwicke		Moderate	Lord Farquhar (resigned 9 July 1901)		Moderate	John Lewis		Progressive
				John Lewis (elected 9 July 1901)		Progressive
	Edward White		Moderate	Edward White		Moderate	W Bailey		Moderate
Newington (Walworth)	Richard Parker		Progressive	Richard Parker		Progressive	Rev. Arthur William Jephson (Member of abolished London School Board) (resigned 1 May 1906) James Arthur Dawes (elected at by-election, 12 May 1906)[29]		Progressive
	Russell Spokes		Progressive	Russell Spokes		Progressive	Russell Spokes (died 22 April 1906) Charles Jesson (elected at by-election, 12 May 1906)[29]		Progressive
Newington (West)	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive
	John Piggott		Progressive	John Piggott		Progressive	John Piggott		Progressive
Paddington (North)	William Urquhart		Moderate	Richard Melvill Beachcroft¶		Moderate	Richard Melvill Beachcroft		Moderate
	Henry Percy Harris		Moderate	John Blackwood		Progressive	J Stephens		Moderate
Paddington (South)	Henry Andrade Harben		Moderate	Henry Andrade Harben		Moderate	Henry Andrade Harben		Moderate
	Sir George David Harris		Moderate	Sir George David Harris (elevated to alderman 12 March 1901) Henry Percy Harris (elected unopposed 23 March 1901)		Moderate	Henry Percy Harris		Moderate
St George's Hanover Square	Robert Antrobus (elected alderman 15 March 1898) William Henry Christopher Payne (elected unopposed 26 March 1898)[30]		Moderate	Hubert John Greenwood		Moderate	Hubert John Greenwood		Moderate
	Colonel the Hon. Henry Charles Legge		Moderate	Sir John Dickson-Poynder MP		Moderate	Hon. Francis Dudley Leigh		Moderate
St Pancras (East)	Nathan Robinson		Progressive	Nathan Robinson (died 9 August 1902) Thomas Howell Williams Idris (elected 30 August 1902)[31]		Progressive	Thomas Howell Williams Idris		Progressive
	Frederick Purchese		Progressive	Thomas Arthur Organ		Progressive	Edmund Barnes (Member of abolished London School Board)		Moderate
St Pancras (North)	Thomas Howell Williams		Progressive	Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce		Progressive	Dr R M Beaton		Progressive
	David Sydney Waterlow		Progressive	David Sydney Waterlow		Progressive	David Sydney Waterlow		Progressive
St Pancras (South)	Sir John Hutton		Progressive	Major Frank Sheffield		Progressive	Major Houghton Gastrell		Moderate
	Sir John Blundell Maple MP		Moderate	Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset		Progressive	Frank Goldsmith		Moderate
St Pancras (West)	Earl Carrington		Progressive	Earl Carrington		Progressive	Earl Carrington		Progressive
	Dr William Job Collins		Progressive	Dr William Job Collins		Progressive	Sir William Job Collins		Progressive
Shoreditch (Haggerston)	George Shaw-Lefevre		Progressive	James Stuart		Progressive	James Stuart		Progressive
	Lord Monkswell		Progressive	Lord Monkswell		Progressive	Lord Monkswell		Progressive
Shoreditch (Hoxton)	Henry Ward		Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive
	Henry Taylor Sawell		Progressive	Edward Austin		Progressive	Graham Wallas (Member of abolished London School Board)		Progressive
Southwark (Bermondsey)	Dr George Joseph Cooper		Progressive	Dr George Joseph Cooper		Progressive	Dr George Joseph Cooper (resigned 27 February 1906) Alfred Salter (elected unopposed 10 March 1906)		Progressive
	Joseph Thornton (resigned 1 June 1899) Arthur Acland Allen (elected unopposed 24 June 1899)		Progressive	Arthur Acland Allen		Progressive	Arthur Acland Allen		Progressive
Southwark (Rotherhithe)	Ambrose Pomeroy		Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy		Progressive	Ambrose Pomeroy		Progressive
	Harold Glanville		Progressive	Harold Glanville		Progressive	Harold Glanville		Progressive
Southwark (West)	Thomas Hunter		Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Labour Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Progressive
	Edric Bayley		Progressive	Edric Bayley		Progressive	Edric Bayley		Progressive
Strand	Walter Emden		Moderate	Walter Emden		Moderate	Lord Elcho		Moderate
	Major Clifford Probyn		Moderate	Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford Probyn		Moderate	Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford Probyn		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Bow and Bromley)	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive	Ben Cooper		Labour Progressive
	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive	William Wallace Bruce		Labour Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Limehouse)	William Pearce		Progressive	William Byron Bawn		Progressive	William Byron Bawn		Progressive
	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Mile End)	Bertram Stuart Straus		Progressive	Bertram Stuart Straus		Progressive	Bertram Stuart Straus		Progressive
	John Renwick Seager		Progressive	John Renwick Seager (resigned 11 March 1902)		Progressive	G J Warren		Progressive
				Alfred Ordway Goodrich (elected at by-election, 24 March 1902)[32]		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Poplar)	Will Crooks		Labour Progressive	Will Crooks		Labour Progressive	Will Crooks MP		Labour Progressive
	John McDougall		Progressive	John McDougall		Progressive	Sir John McDougall		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (St George's in the East)	Charles Barratt		Progressive	John Smith		Progressive	John Smith		Progressive
	Christopher Balian (resigned following issue of warrant for his arrest 3 April 1900)[33] John Ernest Matthews (elected unopposed 14 April 1900)		Progressive	George Foster		Moderate	Harry Gosling		Labour Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Stepney)	William Charles Steadman		Progressive	William Charles Steadman		Progressive	William Charles Steadman		Progressive
	Walter Baldwyn Yates		Progressive	Alfred Thomas Williams		Moderate	Lord Malmesbury (resigned 7 March 1905)[34] Alfred Ordway Goodrich (elected at 18 March 1905 by-election)[35]		Moderate
Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel)	Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson		Progressive	Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson		Progressive	Henry Herman Gordon		Independent
	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive
Wandsworth	Earl of Dunraven (resigned 10 November 1899)		Moderate	Mark James Mayhew		Progressive	W Hunt		Moderate
	Mark James Mayhew (elected at 25 November 1899 byelection)		Progressive
	Dr. George Blundell Longstaff		Moderate	Dr. George Blundell Longstaff		Moderate	William John Lancaster		Moderate
Westminster	Louis Henry Hayter		Moderate	Louis Henry Hayter		Moderate	Clement Young Sturge		Moderate
	Reginald White Granville-Smith		Moderate	Reginald White Granville-Smith		Moderate	Reginald White Granville-Smith		Moderate
Woolwich	Colonel Edwin Hughes MP (resigned 6 February 1900) William James Squires (elected at by-election 24 February 1900)[36]		Moderate	William James Squires		Moderate	L Jenkin Jones		Labour Progressive
	Abel Penfold (died 5 February 1900)[37] Hon. William Wellesley Peel MP (elected at by-election 24 February 1900)[36]		Moderate	Hon. William Wellesley Peel MP		Moderate	F Chambers		Progressive

¶ Previously an alderman.

Party strength 1898–1907

The strength of the parties on the council after each election was as follows:[18]

Party	Councillors 1898	Aldermen 1898	Total 1898	Councillors 1901	Aldermen 1901	Total 1901	Councillors 1904	Aldermen 1904	Total 1904
Moderate	48	8	56	32	6	38	35	6	41
Progressive	70	10	80	86	12	98	82	13	95
Labour	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Independents	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

County aldermen 1889–1913

In addition to the 118 councillors the council consisted of 19 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Half of the aldermanic bench (nine or ten aldermen) were elected every three years following the tri-ennial council election. In the first election of aldermen in February 1889, ten of the nineteen chosen had three-year terms, retiring in 1892.

1889–1892 term Alderman Party John Barker[38] Progressive Stephen Seaward Tayler[38] Progressive Hon. Richard Cecil Grosvenor[38] Progressive Samuel Hope Morley[38] (resigned 15 January 1890) Progressive Thomas Eccleston Gibb[38] Progressive Earl of Meath[38] Moderate Evan Spicer[38] Progressive Mark Beaufoy[38] (resigned 15 January 1890) Progressive Emma Cons[38] Progressive Rev Charles Fleming Williams[38] Progressive Sir Vincent Kennett Barrington[39] (elected 4 February 1890)♦ Moderate Professor James Stuart MP[39] (elected 4 February 1890)♦ Progressive ♦ Election held to fill two vacancies (Beaufoy and Morley)

1889–1895 term Alderman Party Lord Lingen[38] (resigned 14 March 1893) Nominated by both parties Lord Hobhouse[38] (resigned 8 August 1892) Nominated by both parties Quintin Hogg[38] Progressive Sir Thomas Farrer,[38] (Lord Farrer from 1893) Progressive Frederic Harrison[38] (resigned 18 October 1893) Progressive Edmund Routledge[38] Progressive Frank Debenham[38] (resigned 25 May 1894) Progressive Arthur Arnold[38] Progressive George William Erskine Russell[38] Progressive Earl Compton†[40] (11 October 1892 in place of Hobhouse) Progressive John Fletcher Moulton (11 April 1893 in place of Lingen,[41] declined seat on a technicality 15 April 1893,[42] re-elected 9 May 1893[43]) Progressive David Martineau (7 November 1893 in place of Harrison)[44] Progressive Lord Welby (12 June 1894 in place of Debenham)[45] Progressive

1892–1898 term Alderman Party Evan Spicer[46] ‡ Progressive Rev Charles Fleming Williams ‡[46] Progressive Professor James Stuart MP ‡[46] Progressive Sir John Lubbock †[46] Progressive Richard Melvill Beachcroft †[46] Moderate Thomas Chambers[46] (died 6 December 1895) Progressive Alfred Hoare[46] † Moderate John George Rhodes[46] † (died 22 January 1895) Progressive Henry Robert Taylor[46] Progressive Ben Tillett[46] Labour Progressive Lord Tweedmouth[47] (5 February 1895 in place of Rhodes) Progressive Sir Robert Arthur Arnold[48]♣ (17 December 1895 in place of Chambers) Progressive ‡ re-elected alderman † previously a councillor ♣ previously an alderman (as Arthur Arnold), 1889–1895

1895–1901 term Alderman Party Lord Farrer‡[49] (resigned 15 March 1898) Progressive Rt Hon. C T Ritchie[49] (resigned 14 October 1895) Moderate Lord Welby[49]‡ Progressive Hon Evelyn Hubbard[49] (resigned 18 March 1898) Moderate Sir Godfrey Lushington[49] (resigned 11 March 1898) Nominated by both parties Charles Algernon Whitmore MP[49] Moderate Earl of Onslow[49] (resigned 16 October 1899) Moderate Wiloughby Hyatt Dickinson†[49] Progressive Nathaniel William Hubbard†[49] Progressive Sir Harry Bodkin Poland QC[50] (29 October 1895 in place of Ritchie) Moderate Earl of Meath[51] (29 March 1898)♦ Moderate Sir Algernon Edward West[51] (29 March 1898)♦ Progressive Thomas Bentley Westacott†[51] (29 March 1898)♦ Moderate Sir William Henry Porter, Bt[52] (24 October 1899 in place of Onslow) Moderate ♦ Election held to fill three vacancies (Farrer, Hubbard and Lushington)

1898–1904 term Alderman Party Lord Tweedmouth[53]‡ Progressive Dr William Farewell Blake[53]† Progressive Earl Russell[53] Progressive Robert Antrobus[53]† Moderate Sir Arthur Arnold[53]‡ (died 20 May 1902) Progressive Jervoise Athelstane Baines[53] (resigned 25 February 1902) Moderate George Dew[53] Labour Progressive Harry Gosling[53] Labour Progressive Alfred Hoare[53]‡ (resigned 14 November 1899) Moderate Rev Charles Fleming Williams[53]‡ Progressive Lord Ribblesdale[54] (21 November 1899 in place of Hoare) Progressive Sir Frederic Lacey Robinson[55] (4 March 1902 in place of Baines) Moderate Lord Sandhurst (21 June 1902 in place of Arnold) Progressive

1901–1907 term Alderman Party C. W. Bowerman[56] Progressive Wiloughby Dickinson‡[56] Progressive Dr Elijah Baxter Forman Moderate Sir George David Harris† (died 28 February 1902)[57] Moderate Sidney James Mark Low (resigned 24 October 1905) Moderate Evan Spicer‡[56] Progressive Lord Welby‡[56] Progressive Sir Algernon West‡[56] Progressive Walter Baldwyn Yates†[56] Progressive Sir William James Bell[58] (18 March 1902 in place of Harris) Moderate Henry Torrens Anstruther[59] (7 November 1905 in place of Low) Moderate

1904–1910 term Alderman Party Alfred Fowell Buxton[60] Moderate Isaac Mitchell[60] (resigned 8 October 1907) Progressive Sir Francis Mowatt[60] (resigned 21 July 1907) Progressive William Edward Mullins †[60] Progressive Sir William Blake Richmond[60] (resigned 21 November 1905) Progressive William Stephen Sanders[60] Progressive Lord Sandhurst‡[60] (resigned 2 July 1907) Progressive Richard Strong†[60] (resigned 12 March 1907) Progressive William Whitaker Thompson[60] Moderate Edward White[60] Moderate Rev. John Scott Lidgett[61] (5 December 1905 in place of Richmond) Progressive Alfred James Shepheard[62] (19 March 1907 in place of Strong) Progressive Henry Lorenzo Jephson[63] (23 July 1907)♦ Progressive Lewin Sharp†[63] (23 July 1907)♦ Progressive Ben Cooper†[64] (5 November 1907 in place of Mitchell) Labour Progressive ‡ re-elected alderman † previously a councillor ♦ Election held to fill two vacancies (Mowatt and Sandhurst)

1907–1913 term Alderman Party Henry Torrens Anstruther‡[65] (resigned 11 October 1910) Municipal Reform William St John Fremantle Brodrick[65] (succeeded to title Viscount Midleton 18 April 1907) Municipal Reform Vincent Caillard[65] (resigned 19 November 1907) Municipal Reform William Hayes Fisher[65] Municipal Reform Lord Michelham[65] Municipal Reform George King Naylor[65] Municipal Reform Captain George Swinton[65] (resigned 5 June 1912) Municipal Reform Henry Ward†[65] Progressive McKinnon Wood†[65] (resigned 2 March 1909) Progressive Sir George Taubman Goldie[66] (26 November 1907 in place of Caillard, resigned 6 February 1912) Municipal Reform Hon. Neil Primrose[67] (9 March 1909 in place of Wood) Progressive Francis Robert Ince Anderton[68] (25 October 1910 in place of Anstruther) Municipal Reform Major Percy Machell[69] (13 February 1912 in place of Goldie) Municipal Reform Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons[70] (23 July 1912 in place of Swinton) Municipal Reform

Councillors 1907–1919

In 1906 the Moderate grouping was reorganised as the Municipal Reform Party and as such gained a majority and control of the Council in the 1907 elections. Labour Party councillors were also elected for the first time independent of the Progressive Party in 1910. The elections due to be held in 1916 were postponed due to the First World War, and councillors elected in 1913 remained in office until 1919. The Elections and Registration Act 1915 gave the council the power to co-opt members to fill casual vacancies.

The first women who could clearly serve as members were elected as councillors (and as an alderman) in 1910 (Henrietta Adler, Susan Lawrence and Lady St Helier). Prior to the Qualification of Women (County and Borough Councils) Act 1907, the position was in some respects equivocal. Lady Sandhurst had been elected to the Council in 1889, but her election was challenged by petition,[16] and the Court of Appeal ruled that a woman was ineligible for election. Jane Cobden had, however, also been elected in 1889, and Emma Cons had been elected as an alderman in 1889; neither of their elections was challenged within the requisite time limit. The Court of Appeal subsequently held,[17] however, following Lady Sandhurst's case, that any woman who cast a vote would be voting whilst disqualified from holding office, and so liable to a financial penalty for having voted.

Electoral division	Elected 2 March 1907[71]	Party		Elected 5 March 1910[72]	Party		Elected 5 March 1913[73]	Party
City of London	Alderman Francis Stanhope Hanson		Municipal Reform	James William Domoney		Municipal Reform	James William Domoney (died 23 March 1918) Capt Rowland Blades [74]		Municipal Reform
	Herbert Stuart Sankey		Municipal Reform	Herbert Stuart Sankey		Municipal Reform	Herbert Stuart Sankey (resigned 29 April 1913) William Wilson Grantham (elected unopposed 9 May 1913)		Municipal Reform
	Nathaniel Louis Cohen		Municipal Reform	Nathaniel Louis Cohen (resigned 17 October 1911) Hon. Gilbert Johnstone (elected unopposed 30 October 1911)		Municipal Reform	Hon. Gilbert Johnstone (resigned 31 July 1917) J Robarts (co-opted 10 October 1917)		Municipal Reform
	William Henry Pannell		Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell		Municipal Reform	William Henry Pannell (retired due to ill health, 9 February 1915) Charles Augustin Hanson (elected unopposed 1 March 1915)		Municipal Reform
Battersea and Clapham (Battersea)	Arthur Shirley Benn		Municipal Reform Party	Walter Richard Warren		Progressive	Walter Richard Warren		Progressive
	William J Davies		Progressive	William J Davies		Progressive	William J. West		Progressive
Battersea and Clapham (Clapham)	James William Domoney		Municipal Reform	Lord Dunmore VC		Municipal Reform	H E S Parsons		Municipal Reform
	Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke		Municipal Reform	Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore		Municipal Reform	Robert Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore (died of wounds received on active service, 19 November 1915) William Henry Peruzzi Gibson (co-opted 7 December 1915)[75]		Municipal Reform
Bethnal Green North East	Sir Edwin Cornwall MP		Progressive	Garnham Edmonds		Progressive	Garnham Edmonds		Progressive
	Edward Smith		Progressive	Edward Smith		Progressive	Edward Smith		Progressive
Bethnal Green South West	Rev. Stewart Duckworth Headlam		Progressive	Rev. Stewart Duckworth Headlam		Progressive	Rev. Stewart Duckworth Headlam		Progressive
	Percy Alfred Harris		Progressive	Percy Alfred Harris		Progressive	Percy Alfred Harris		Progressive
Camberwell (Dulwich)	Henry Cubitt Gooch		Municipal Reform	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen		Municipal Reform	Lord Massereene		Municipal Reform
	Frederick Hall		Municipal Reform	Frederick Hall MP		Municipal Reform	Cuthbert Wilkinson (died 20 June 1918) Captain Henry Newton Knights [76]		Municipal Reform
Camberwell (North)	Reginald Arthur Bray		Progressive	Reginald Arthur Bray		Progressive	Reginald Arthur Bray		Progressive
	Henry Robert Taylor		Progressive	Henry Robert Taylor		Progressive	Henry Robert Taylor		Progressive
Camberwell (Peckham)	Thomas Gautrey		Progressive	Thomas Gautrey		Progressive	Thomas Gautrey		Progressive
	William Leonard Dowton		Municipal Reform	Lord Haddo		Progressive	Lord Haddo		Progressive
Chelsea	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff		Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen		Municipal Reform	Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen		Municipal Reform
	Ronald Collet Norman		Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman		Municipal Reform	Ronald Collet Norman		Municipal Reform
Deptford	Sidney Webb		Progressive	William Freeman Barrett		Municipal Reform	John Theodore Prestige		Municipal Reform
	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive	Edwin Mumford Preston		Municipal Reform	Robert Charles Phillimore		Progressive
Finsbury (Central)	Hon. Fitzroy Hemphill		Progressive	Lawrence William Simpson Rostron		Municipal Reform	Lawrence W S Rostron (retired 14 May 1916 due to ill health)[77] James Little (co-opted 30 May 1916)		Municipal Reform
	Arthur Barnett Russell		Progressive	Arthur Barnett Russell		Progressive	Samuel Joyce Thomas		Municipal Reform
Finsbury (East)	Lt-Col. (later Sir) Alfred Cholmeley Earle Welby		Municipal Reform	Henry Evan Auguste Cotton		Progressive	Henry Evan Auguste Cotton		Progressive
	Enos Howes		Municipal Reform	George Masterman Gillett		Progressive	George Masterman Gillett		Progressive
Finsbury (Holborn)	Ernest Wild		Municipal Reform	Robert Inigo Tasker		Municipal Reform	Robert Inigo Tasker (resigned 27 October 1914) Henry Hugh Tasker (elected unopposed 9 November 1914)		Municipal Reform
	Hon. Henry Lygon		Municipal Reform	Hon. Henry Lygon		Municipal Reform	Hon. Henry Lygon		Municipal Reform
Fulham	Cyril Stephen Cobb		Municipal Reform	Cyril Stephen Cobb		Municipal Reform	Cyril Stephen Cobb		Municipal Reform
	Edward George Easton		Municipal Reform	Edward George Easton		Municipal Reform	Edward George Easton (died 2 August 1916) Capt. Henry George Harris (co-opted 31 October 1916)[78]		Municipal Reform
Greenwich	Ion Hamilton Benn		Municipal Reform	George Hopwood Hume		Municipal Reform	George Hopwood Hume		Municipal Reform
	Lord Alexander Thynne		Municipal Reform	Lord Hill		Municipal Reform	Lord Hill		Municipal Reform
Hackney (Central)	George Billings		Municipal Reform	Alfred James Shepheard¶		Progressive	William Ray		Municipal Reform
	William Burton Stewart		Municipal Reform	Henrietta Adler		Progressive	Henrietta Adler		Progressive
Hackney (North)	Walter Greene		Moderate	Oscar Emanuel Warburg		Municipal Reform	Oscar Emanuel Warburg		Municipal Reform
	Walter Henry Key		Moderate	George William Henry Jones		Municipal Reform	George William Henry Jones		Municipal Reform
Hackney (South)	Theodore Chapman		Progressive	Theodore Chapman		Progressive	Theodore Chapman		Progressive
	William Augustus Casson		Progressive	William Augustus Casson		Progressive	George King Naylor¶ (resigned 4 September 1916) Charles Winkley (co-opted 31 October 1916)[78]		Municipal Reform
Hammersmith	Jocelyn Brandon		Municipal Reform	Jocelyn Brandon		Municipal Reform	Francis Robert Ince Anderton¶		Municipal Reform
	Edward Collins		Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon		Moderate	Isidore Salmon		Municipal Reform
Hampstead	J T Taylor (died 14 September 1908) Andrew Thomas Taylor (elected 24 October 1908)		Municipal Reform	Andrew Thomas Taylor		Municipal Reform	Andrew Thomas Taylor		Municipal Reform
	Walter Reynolds		Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds		Municipal Reform	Walter Reynolds		Municipal Reform
Islington East	Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow		Municipal Reform	Edward Smallwood		Progressive	Edward Smallwood (resigned 10 December 1917) Arthur Christopher Denham (co-opted 18 December 1917)		Progressive
	Philip Edward Pilditch		Municipal Reform	Arthur Augustus Thomas		Progressive	William Lace Clague		Progressive
Islington North	Frederick Lionel Dove		Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove		Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove		Municipal Reform
	Charles Kenneth Murchison		Municipal Reform	John Cathles Hill (resigned 30 April 1912) Col. Richard Joshua Cooper (elected 13 May 1912)		Municipal Reform	Col. Richard Joshua Cooper		Municipal Reform
Islington South	George Dew		Labour	George Dew		Progressive	George Dew		Progressive
	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive	Howell Jones Williams		Progressive
Islington West	H J Clarke		Municipal Reform	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert		Progressive	Henry Mills		Progressive
	Isidore Salmon		Municipal Reform	Henry Lorenzo Jephson¶		Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson (died 31 January 1914) W A Nicholls (elected unopposed 21 February 1914)		Progressive
Kensington North	David Davis		Municipal Reform	David Davis		Municipal Reform	David Davis		Municipal Reform
	Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner		Municipal Reform	Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner (resigned 7 February 1911) Major Cecil Levita (elected 20 February 1911)		Municipal Reform	Major Cecil Levita		Municipal Reform
Kensington South	Richard Atkinson Robinson¶		Municipal Reform	William Whitaker Thompson¶		Municipal Reform	Augustus Gilbert Colvile		Municipal Reform
	Elijah Baxter Forman¶		Municipal Reform	Col. William Frederick Cavaye		Municipal Reform	Col. William Frederick Cavaye		Municipal Reform
Lambeth (Brixton)	William Haydon		Municipal Reform	William Haydon		Municipal Reform	William Haydon		Municipal Reform
	Samuel John Gurney Hoare		Municipal Reform	Ernest Gray		Municipal Reform	Major Ernest Gray		Municipal Reform
Lambeth (Kennington)	John Williams Benn MP		Progressive	John Williams Benn MP		Progressive	John Williams Benn MP		Progressive
	Rev. Edward Denny		Progressive	Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest		Progressive	Lord Peel		Municipal Reform
Lambeth (North)	Frank S Smith		Labour	Frank S Smith		Labour	Louis Courtauld		Municipal Reform
	Frank Briant		Progressive	Frank Briant		Progressive	Frank Briant		Progressive
Lambeth (Norwood)	Cecil Urquhart Fisher		Municipal Reform	Cecil Urquhart Fisher		Municipal Reform	Cecil Urquhart Fisher		Municipal Reform
	Forbes St John Morrow		Municipal Reform	Forbes St John Morrow		Municipal Reform	Forbes St John Morrow		Municipal Reform
Lewisham	Lord Lewisham		Municipal Reform	Lord Stanhope		Municipal Reform	Comdr. Carlyon Bellairs Lt-Col. William Henry Le May (elected unopposed 8 May 1915, resigned 21 March 1916)[79] Robert Jackson (co-opted 4 April 1916)[80]		Municipal Reform
	Assheton Pownall		Municipal Reform	Frederick Houston Carter		Municipal Reform	Frederick Houston Carter (died 11 March 1918)[81] Richard Owen Roberts (co-opted 15 October 1918)[76]		Municipal Reform
Marylebone East	Lord Duncannon		Municipal Reform	Lord Alexander Thynne		Municipal Reform	Lord Alexander Thynne		Municipal Reform
	James Boyton		Municipal Reform	Lt-Col. Hercules Arthur Pakenham (resigned 13 February 1912) Ernest Ridley Debenham [82]		Municipal Reform	Ernest Ridley Debenham		Municipal Reform
Marylebone West	Lord Henry Bentinck		Municipal Reform	Sir Edward White ¶		Municipal Reform	Sir Edward White (died 14 June 1914) Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell (elected unopposed 6 July 1914)		Municipal Reform
	Lord Kerry		Municipal Reform	Susan Lawrence (resigned 23 January 1912) Lord Greville elected at by-election 7 February 1912[83]		Municipal Reform	Lord Greville (resigned 16 May 1916) Ernest Sanger (co-opted 30 May 1916)		Municipal Reform
Newington (Walworth)	James Arthur Dawes		Progressive	James Arthur Dawes MP		Progressive	James Arthur Dawes MP		Progressive
	Charles Jesson		Progressive	Charles Jesson		Progressive	Charles Jesson		Progressive
Newington (West)	Evan Spicer ¶		Progressive	Evan Spicer		Progressive	Evan Spicer		Progressive
	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive	James Daniel Gilbert		Progressive
Paddington (North)	Hon. Walter Guinness		Municipal Reform	Thomas Clarence Edward Goff		Moderate	Herbert Lidiard		Moderate
	John Herbert Hunter		Municipal Reform	John Herbert Hunter		Municipal Reform	John Herbert Hunter		Municipal Reform
Paddington (South)	Sir Richard Melvill Beachcroft		Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake		Municipal Reform	John Burgess-Preston Karslake		Municipal Reform
	Henry Percy Harris		Municipal Reform	Major Harry Barned Lewis-Barned		Municipal Reform	Major Harry Barned Lewis-Barned		Municipal Reform
St George's Hanover Square	Lord Cheylesmore		Municipal Reform	Lord Cheylesmore		Municipal Reform	Lord Cheylesmore		Municipal Reform
	Hubert John Greenwood		Municipal Reform	Hubert John Greenwood		Municipal Reform	Hubert John Greenwood		Municipal Reform
St Pancras (East)	Albert William Claremont		Progressive	Albert William Claremont		Progressive	Albert William Claremont		Progressive
	Rev. Frederick Hastings		Progressive	Hugh Cecil Lea		Progressive	Henry de Rosenbach Walker		Progressive
St Pancras (North)	Dr R M Beaton		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive	Arthur Lewis Leon		Progressive
	David Sydney Waterlow MP		Progressive	Thomas Frederick Hobson		Progressive	Thomas Frederick Hobson		Progressive
St Pancras (South)	George Alexander		Municipal Reform	George Alexander		Municipal Reform	David Davies		Municipal Reform
	Frank Goldsmith		Municipal Reform	John Denison-Pender		Municipal Reform	John Denison-Pender		Municipal Reform
St Pancras (West)	Percy Vosper		Municipal Reform	William Lloyd-Taylor		Progressive	Captain Auberon Claud Hegan Kennard		Municipal Reform
	Felix Cassel		Municipal Reform	Samuel Lithgow		Progressive	Lord Windsor		Municipal Reform
Shoreditch (Haggerston)	Hon. Gilbert Johnstone		Municipal Reform	Arthur Acland Allen		Progressive	David Blackley		Progressive
	Hon. Rupert Guinness		Municipal Reform	Stephen Gee		Progressive	Henry Ward		Progressive
Shoreditch (Hoxton)	Dr John Davies		Municipal Reform	Benjamin B Evans		Progressive	Oswald Lewis		Progressive
	Ernest Gray		Municipal Reform	Joseph Stanley Holmes		Progressive	Joseph Stanley Holmes		Progressive
Southwark (Bermondsey)	Dr Alfred Salter		Progressive	Hon. Charles Russell		Progressive	Montague Shearman junior		Progressive
	Arthur Acland Allen		Progressive	W H Ecroyd		Progressive	W H Ecroyd		Progressive
Southwark (Rotherhithe)	Ambrose Pomeroy		Progressive	Rev. John Scott Lidgett ¶		Progressive	Rev. John Scott Lidgett		Progressive
	Harold Glanville		Progressive	R L Stuart		Progressive	R L Stuart		Progressive
Southwark (West)	Thomas Hunter		Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Progressive	Thomas Hunter		Progressive
	Albert Wilson		Progressive	Albert Wilson		Progressive	Albert Wilson (died 16 July 1918) Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough(co-opted 15 October 1918)[76]		Progressive
Strand	Lord Elcho		Municipal Reform	Philip Edward Pilditch		Municipal Reform	Philip Edward Pilditch		Municipal Reform
	Clifford Probyn		Municipal Reform	Clifford Probyn		Municipal Reform	Clifford Probyn (died 10 February 1918) John Maria Gatti (co-opted 5 March 1918)		Municipal Reform
Tower Hamlets (Bow and Bromley)	William Stanley Macbean Knight		Municipal Reform	George Lansbury		Labour	Frank Herbert Baber		Municipal Reform
	Henry Vincent Rowe		Municipal Reform	George Lewis Bruce		Progressive	George Malcolm Hilbery (resigned 9 March 1917) W C Bersey (co-opted 3 April 1917)		Municipal Reform
Tower Hamlets (Limehouse)	Cyril Jackson		Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson		Municipal Reform	Benjamin B Evans (resigned 15 December 1914) H Marks (elected unopposed 14 January 1915)		Progressive
	John Rolleston Lort-Williams		Municipal Reform	Alfred William Yeo		Progressive	Alfred William Yeo		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Mile End)	R H Montgomery		Municipal Reform	Carl Stettauer		Progressive	Carl Stettauer (died 24 July 1913)		Progressive
							George Albert Dutfield (elected at by-election 13 August 1913, resigned 18 July 1916) George Bettesworth Piggott (co-opted 1 May 1917)		Municipal Reform
	Edward Holton Coumbe		Municipal Reform	James May		Progressive	T W Wickham		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Poplar)	Will Crooks MP		Progressive	Robert Charles Kirkwood Ensor		Labour	St John Hutchinson		Progressive
	Sir John McDougall		Progressive	Sir John McDougall		Progressive	Susan Lawrence		Labour
Tower Hamlets (St George's in the East)	Harry Gosling		Progressive	Harry Gosling		Progressive	Harry Gosling		Progressive
	Percy Coleman Simmons		Municipal Reform	Charles James Mathew		Progressive	Charles James Mathew		Progressive
Tower Hamlets (Stepney)	Alfred Ordway Goodrich		Municipal Reform	Alfred Ordway Goodrich		Municipal Reform	Alfred Ordway Goodrich		Municipal Reform
	Frederick Leverton Harris		Municipal Reform	John Sankey		Municipal Reform	Hon. A Chichester (resigned 7 December 1915) D Hazel (co-opted 21 December 1915)		Municipal Reform
Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel)	Henry Herman Gordon		Progressive	Henry Herman Gordon		Progressive	Henry Herman Gordon		Progressive
	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive	William Cowlishaw Johnson		Progressive
Wandsworth	Sir William John Lancaster		Municipal Reform	John William Lorden		Municipal Reform	Edwin Evans		Municipal Reform
	William Hunt		Municipal Reform	William Hunt		Municipal Reform	Alfred Cooper Rawson		Municipal Reform
Westminster	Clement Young Sturge		Municipal Reform	Clement Young Sturge (died 23 July 1911) Percy George Gates (elected unopposed 16 October 1911)[84]		Municipal Reform	Percy George Gates		Municipal Reform
	Hon. William Robert Peel		Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith		Municipal Reform	Reginald White Granville-Smith		Municipal Reform
Woolwich	William James Squires		Municipal Reform	William James Squires		Municipal Reform	William James Squires		Municipal Reform
	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay		Municipal Reform	Edward Aubrey Hastings Jay (resigned 7 November 1911) Howard Kingsley Wood (elected 22 November 1911)[85]		Municipal Reform	Howard Kingsley Wood		Municipal Reform

¶ Previously an alderman.

Party strength 1907–1919

The strength of the parties on the council after each election was as follows:[18]

Party	Councillors 1907	Aldermen 1907	Total 1907	Councillors 1910	Aldermen 1910	Total 1910	Councillors 1913	Aldermen 1913	Total 1913
Municipal Reform	79	11	90	60	17	77	67	15	88
Progressive	37	8	45	55	2	57	49	4	53
Labour	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	2
Independents	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

County aldermen 1910–1919

Ten aldermen were appointed in 1910 and nine in 1913 to serve a six-year term. Elections due in 1916 were postponed until 1919, and vacancies were filled by co-option.

Year of election	Alderman	Party	Notes
1910[86]	Arthur Shirley Benn	Municipal Reform	Defeated candidate at the election
1910[86]	Alfred Fowell Buxton	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Harold Cox	Municipal Reform	Resigned 16 July 1912
1910[86]	Geoffrey Drage	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	John William Gilbert	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Bernard Henry Holland	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Frederick Rogers	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Henry Vincent Rowe	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Lady St Helier	Municipal Reform
1910[86]	Percy Coleman Simmons	Municipal Reform	Defeated candidate at the election
1912	Lord Monk Bretton	Municipal Reform	co-opted to fill vacancy
1912	Henry L Cripps	Municipal Reform	co-opted to fill vacancy. Resigned 1913
1912	Maurice George Carr Glyn	Municipal Reform	co-opted to fill vacancy.[70] Resigned 1914
1912	Major Percy Wilfrid Machell	Municipal Reform	co-opted to fill place of Sir George Goldie, resigned.[87]
1913[88]	Cyril Jackson	Municipal Reform	resigned 1916[80]
1913[88]	William Hunt	Municipal Reform
1913[88]	Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons	Municipal Reform
1913[88]	Jessie Wilton Phipps	Municipal Reform
1913[88]	Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie	Municipal Reform
1913[88]	Lord Chelmsford	Municipal Reform	Previous a councillor for South Kensington
1913[88]	Oswald Partington	Progressive
1913[88]	Alfred Henry Scott	Progressive
1913[88]	George Alexander Hardy	Progressive
1913[88]	Katherine Wallas	Progressive	To serve until 1916 in place of Henry L Cripps, resigned
1915	Howard Willmott Liversidge	Municipal Reform	co-opted to serve in place of Lord Monk Bretton, resigned
1916	Francis Capel Harrison	Municipal Reform	co-opted to serve until 1919 in place of Cyril Jackson, resigned[80]

See also

• 1901 London County Council election
• 1910 London County Council election
• 1913 London County Council election
• List of members of London County Council 1919–37
• List of members of London County Council 1937–49
• List of members of London County Council 1949–65
• List of chairmen of the London County Council

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