# Bethnal Green North East (London County Council constituency)

Bethnal Green North East was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

## Councillors

| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party |
| 1889 | James Fenning Torr | Progressive | Walter Wren | Progressive |
| 1892 | James Fenning Torr | Progressive | Charles Freak | Labour Progressive |
| 1895 | Cosmo Rose-Innes | Moderate | Charles Freak | Labour Progressive |
| 1898 | Edwin Cornwall | Progressive | Charles Freak | Labour Progressive |
| 1901 | Edwin Cornwall | Progressive | Edward Smith | Progressive |
| 1910 | Garnham Edmonds | Progressive | Edward Smith | Progressive |
| 1922 | Edgar Bonham-Carter | Progressive | William Shadforth | Progressive |
| 1925 | George Belt | Labour | Henry Talbot Macdonald | Labour |
| 1928 | Eleanor Nathan | Liberal | Richard Edward Pearson | Liberal |
| 1934 | Thomas Dawson | Labour | Rachel Keeling | Labour |
| 1941 | Thomas Dawson | Labour | Wyndham Deedes | Labour |
| 1946 | Helen Bentwich | Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | Labour |

## Election results

1889 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | James Fenning Torr | 1,740 | | |
| Progressive | Walter Wren | 1,709 | | |
| Moderate | Theodore Lumley | 1,456 | | |
| Independent | William Wright | 718 | | |
| Liberal Unionist | James Bishop | 484 | | |
| Progressive | James Milbourne | 401 | | |
| Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) |
| Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) | Progressive win (new seat) |
1892 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour Progressive | Charles Freak | 2,361 |
| Progressive | James Fenning Torr | 2,298 |
| Moderate | Beaufoi Moore | 1,551 |
| Moderate | Thomas Watson Francis | 1,544 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
1895 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Charles Freak | 1,828 |
| Progressive | James Fenning Torr | 1,822 |
| Moderate | Cosmo Rose-Innes | 1,059 |
| Moderate | A. W. H. Hay | 1,050 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
1898 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Charles Freak | 2,733 |
| Progressive | Edwin Cornwall | 2,580 |
| Moderate | J. A. Nix | 1,611 |
| Moderate | Edward Sassoon | 1,599 |
| Progressive gain from Moderate | Progressive gain from Moderate | Swing |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
1901 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Progressive | Edward Smith | 3,030 | 36.3 |
| Progressive | Edwin Cornwall | 2,963 | 35.5 |
| Conservative | Charles Thomas Bruce | 1,181 | 14.2 |
| Conservative | Cartaret Fitzgerald Collins | 1,169 | 14.0 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | |
1904 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Edward Smith | 3,265 |
| Progressive | Edwin Cornwall | 3,251 |
| Conservative | McCrae | 1,211 |
| Conservative | Richard Storry Deans | 1,163 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
1907 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive | Edwin Cornwall | 3,877 |
| | Progressive | Edward Smith | 3,776 |
| | Municipal Reform | R. A. Robinson | 1,918 |
| | Municipal Reform | L. H. Lemon | 1,907 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |
1910 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive | Garnham Edmonds | 3,423 | 36.6 |
| | Progressive | Edward Smith | 3,369 | 36.1 |
| | Municipal Reform | Alexander Edwards | 1,327 | 14.2 |
| | Municipal Reform | William Long Restall | 1,221 | 13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,042 | 21.9 |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | |
1913 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | Garnham Edmonds | 2,731 | 29.4 | −7.2 |
| | Progressive | Edward Smith | 2,667 | 28.7 | −7.4 |
| | Municipal Reform | G. Allen | 1,961 | 21.1 | +6.9 |
| | Municipal Reform | Thomas Andrew Blane | 1,941 | 20.9 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | 7.6 | −14.3 |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | | |
1919 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | Edward Smith | Unopposed | n/a | n/a |
| Progressive | Garnham Edmonds | Unopposed | n/a | n/a |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |
1922 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | Edgar Bonham-Carter | 3,522 | | n/a |
| | Progressive | William Shadforth | 3,518 | | n/a |
| | Labour | B. Gray | 3,295 | | n/a |
| | Labour | George Belt | 3,154 | | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | n/a | |
1925 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Henry Talbot Macdonald | 3,912 |
| | Labour | George Belt | 3,808 |
| | Progressive | Edgar Bonham-Carter | 3,485 |
| | Progressive | Richard Edward Pearson | 3,382 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour gain from Progressive | Labour gain from Progressive | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Progressive | Labour gain from Progressive | Swing |
1928 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard Edward Pearson | 5,577 |
| | Liberal | Eleanor Nathan | 5,524 |
| | Labour | T. Stone | 2,821 |
| | Labour | George Belt | 2,773 |
| | Communist | Jim Bradley | 1,238 |
| | Communist | Minnie Birch | 1,140 |
| | Municipal Reform | James Alan Bell | 975 |
| | Municipal Reform | William Shadforth | 896 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
1931 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Eleanor Nathan | 5,543 |
| | Liberal | Richard Edward Pearson | 5,401 |
| | Labour | H. P. Wilson | 3,878 |
| | Labour | Rachel Keeling | 3,809 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
1934 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Rachel Keeling | 6,470 |
| | Labour | Thomas Dawson | 6,410 |
| | Liberal | Eleanor Nathan | 4,320 |
| | Liberal | Richard Edward Pearson | 4,223 |
| | Independent | William Shadforth | 159 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
1937 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas Dawson | 7,777 |
| | Labour | Rachel Susanna Keeling | 7,756 |
| | British Union of Fascists | Alexander Raven Thomson | 3,028 |
| | British Union of Fascists | E. G. Clarke | 3,022 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Irvine | 2,328 |
| | Liberal | H. K. Sadler | 2,298 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
1946 London County Council election: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ronald McKinnon Wood | 3,218 |
| | Labour | Helen Bentwich | 3,205 |
| | Liberal | J. Ellis | 1,679 |
| | Liberal | R. H. Roberts | 1,614 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |