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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 1919–1937. ==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. :‡ Lady 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. :¶ Previously an alderman. :§ Cobden (later Mrs Fisher Unwin), although elected, as a woman was barred from taking her seat, making it effectively vacant from 1889 to 1892. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of members of London County Council 1889–1919」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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