title: Stepney (London County Council constituency)
text: # Stepney (London County Council constituency)
  
  Stepney was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919, and again from 1949 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Year | Name | Party | Name | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1889 | William Spencer Beaumont | Progressive | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | Progressive |
  | 1892 | W. C. Steadman | Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | Progressive |
  | 1901 | W. C. Steadman | Progressive | Alfred Thomas Williams | Conservative |
  | 1904 | W. C. Steadman | Progressive | James Harris | Conservative |
  | 1905 | W. C. Steadman | Progressive | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform |
  | 1907 | Leverton Harris | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform |
  | 1910 | John Sankey | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform |
  | 1913 | Arthur Chichester | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform |
  | 1915 | David Hazel | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | Municipal Reform |
  | Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party |
  | 1949 | Jeremiah Long | Labour | Jack Oldfield | Labour | Louise Reeve | Labour |
  | 1958 | Alice King | Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | Labour | Alfred Ernest Sealey | Labour |
  | 1961 | Alice King | Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | Labour | Cyril Bird | Labour |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1889–1919
  
  1898 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 1,955 |
  | Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | 1,855 |
  | Conservative | Evans Gordon | 1,648 |
  | Conservative | H. T. A. Chidgey | 1,534 |
  | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
  | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
  
  1901 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 1,943 | 26.4 | -1.6 |
  | Conservative | Alfred Thomas Williams | 1,842 | 25.1 | +1.5 |
  | Progressive | Walter Baldwyn Yates | 1,792 | 24.4 | -2.1 |
  | Conservative | Edward Emanuel Micholls | 1,774 | 24.1 | +2.2 |
  | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | | |
  | Conservative gain from Progressive | Conservative gain from Progressive | Swing | +1.8 | |
  
  1904 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive | W. C. Steadman | 2,004 |
  | | Conservative | James Harris | 1,960 |
  | | Conservative | T. M. Kirkwood | 1,942 |
  | | Progressive | Harold Spender | 1,874 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
  
  1907 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 2,366 |
  | | Municipal Reform | Leverton Harris | 2,292 |
  | | Progressive | C. S. Stettaner | 1,485 |
  | | Progressive | C. Watson | 1,386 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | | Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Municipal Reform gain from Progressive | Swing |
  | | Municipal Reform hold | Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
  
  1910 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 1,809 |
  | | Municipal Reform | John Sankey | 1,758 |
  | | Progressive | William Glyn-Jones | 1,646 |
  | | Progressive | J. M. Myers | 1,524 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | | Municipal Reform hold | Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
  | | Municipal Reform hold | Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
  
  1913 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Municipal Reform | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | 1,827 |
  | | Municipal Reform | Arthur Chichester | 1,805 |
  | | Progressive | J. S. Henry | 1,667 |
  | | Progressive | George Hardy | 1,630 |
  | | British Socialist Party | Joseph George Butler | 108 |
  | | British Socialist Party | Alf Watts | 105 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | | Municipal Reform hold | Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
  | | Municipal Reform hold | Municipal Reform hold | Swing |
  
  ### 1949–1965
  
  1949 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Jack Oldfield | 13,926 | | |
  | Labour | Jeremiah Long | 13,886 | | |
  | Labour | Louise Reeve | 13,450 | | |
  | Communist | Jack Gaster | 5,621 | | |
  | Communist | Michael Shapiro | 5,442 | | |
  | Communist | Ted Bramley | 5,391 | | |
  | Conservative | J. Harvey-Kelly | 3,426 | | |
  | Conservative | H. S. Eyre | 3,104 | | |
  | Conservative | Theodore Magnus Wechsler | 2,781 | | |
  | Independent | H. J. Greenbaum | 617 | | |
  | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  
  1952 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Jack Oldfield | 9,504 |
  | Labour | Jeremiah Long | 9,470 |
  | Labour | Louise Reeve | 8,928 |
  | Communist | Arnold Posner | 1,902 |
  | Communist | Jack Gaster | 1,531 |
  | Communist | Max Levitas | 1,495 |
  | Conservative | E. J. Emden | 1,391 |
  | Conservative | P. Buckminster | 1,328 |
  | Conservative | D. Denning | 1,298 |
  | Independent | Mohammed Abbas Ali | 226 |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  1955 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Jeremiah Long | 8,347 |
  | Labour | Jack Oldfield | 8,300 |
  | Labour | Louise Reeve | 7,872 |
  | Communist | Arnold Posner | 1,419 |
  | Communist | Max Levitas | 1,367 |
  | Communist | Solly Kaye | 1,314 |
  | Conservative | E. G. Emden | 1,041 |
  | Conservative | R. G. Gee | 991 |
  | Conservative | L. Black | 986 |
  | Liberal | T. Lamb | 377 |
  | Liberal | M. Pugachow | 340 |
  | Liberal | M. Isaaman | 293 |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  1958 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Alice King | 8,912 |
  | Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | 8,892 |
  | Labour | Alfred Ernest Sealey | 8,471 |
  | Communist | Solly Kaye | 1,673 |
  | Conservative | A. J. Lyons | 1,159 |
  | Conservative | M. Wigoder | 810 |
  | Conservative | R. L. Johnson | 784 |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  1961 London County Council election: Stepney :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Alice King | 8,269 |
  | Labour | Alfred Dennis Kirby | 8,008 |
  | Labour | Cyril Bird | 7,067 |
  | Communist | Solly Kaye | 2,018 |
  | Conservative | A. J. Lyons | 1,939 |
  | Conservative | B. Calwell | 1,891 |
  | Conservative | F. Hughes | 1,282 |
  | Liberal | W. Bogan | 1,245 |
  | Liberal | M. Dove | 1,070 |
  | Liberal | J. W. Gibbs | 955 |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  