HARROW VOTES

THE URBAN AND COUNCILS, 1894-1933

and

THE PARISH COUNCILS, 1894-1933

Revised Edition

A Handbook of Election Results

Compiled and Edited by

COLIN J. GRAY

Abbots Langley 2020

CONTENTS

Page Preface 5 Introduction 6 Party Abbreviations 9 Miscellaneous Abbreviations and Symbols 9 Explanatory Notes 10 Map 1: The Parishes of Harrow and Pinner (Late 18th Century) 12 2: The Parishes of Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore and Edgware (1835) 13 3: The Urban and Rural Districts (1910) 14 4: Boundary of Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District with Wembley and Greenford Urban Districts 15 5: Boundary of Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District with Rural District 16 6: Boundary of Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District with Wealdstone and Wembley Urban Districts 17 7: Boundary of Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District with Wealdstone Urban and Hendon Rural Districts 18 8: Boundary of Wealdstone Urban District with Hendon Rural District 19

HARROW-ON-THE-HILL URBAN DISTRICT ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 21 1919-1933 33

WEALDSTONE URBAN DISTRICT ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 43 1919-1933 55

HENDON RURAL DISTRICT ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 63 1919-1933 71

PINNER PARISH ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 81 1919-1933 89

HARROW WEALD PARISH ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 97 1919-1933 105

GREAT STANMORE PARISH ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 109 1919-1933 117

LITTLE STANMORE PARISH ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 121 1919-1933 129

EDGWARE PARISH ELECTION RESULTS: 1894-1918 133 1919-1931 139

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3 Page Appendix A: Chairmen of the District Councils 144 Appendix B: Chairmen of the Parish Councils 147 Appendix C: Polling Dates of District Council Elections 152 Appendix D Dates of Parish Council Elections 153 Appendix E: Parliamentary Elections: Boundaries and Polling Dates 154 Appendix F: Parliamentary Elections: Results, 1885-1941 157 Appendix G: Members of Parliament, 1885-1941: Brief Biographies 160 Appendix H: County Council Elections: Boundaries and Polling Dates 161 Appendix J: Middlesex County Council Elections: Results, 1889-1936 163 Appendix K: Hendon Union Board of Guardians: Election Results, 1894-1928 169 Appendix L: The 1895 Register of Electors 175 Appendix M: The 1918 Register of Electors 177 Appendix N: Local Authority Elections During the First World War 179 Appendix P: Parish Councils and their Election 180 Appendix Q: Three Wards for Pinner Parish 181 Appendix R: Pinner Local Poll (1926) 183 Appendix S: Harrow Weald Local Polls (1913, 1925 and 1927) 184 Appendix T: Great Stanmore Local Poll (1930) 186 Appendix U: Little Stanmore and Edgware Local Polls (1922-1923) 188 Appendix V: Edgware Local Poll (1927) 190 Appendix W: Names of Candidates: F.C. Gough — An Unusual Case 192 Appendix X: Register of Electors: Dates of Coming into Force 194 Appendix Y: Population Data, 1901-1931 195 Appendix Z: Discovering Old Boundaries 196

Index to Candidates: Harrow-on-the-Hill UDC Elections 218 Wealdstone UDC Elections 220 Hendon RDC Elections 222 Pinner Parish Council Elections 224 Harrow Weald Parish Council Elections 226 Great Stanmore Parish Council Elections 228 Little Stanmore Parish Council Elections 229 Edgware Parish Council Elections 231 Parliamentary, MCC and Guardians Elections 232

A Note on the Sources 234 Acknowledgements 236

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