Elected (12 seats)
*Arthur Street | Liberal Party | 549 |
*William Growse | Conservative Party | 524 |
*Edward Hodges | Conservative Party | 517 |
Joseph Crouch | Liberal Party | 492 |
*Charles Randall | Conservative Party | 466 |
*James Jackson | Liberal Party | 440 |
John Clarke | Liberal Party | 425 |
*Henry Griffiths | Liberal Party | 422 |
*Edwin Gee | Conservative Party | 418 |
Andrew Hacking | Liberal Party | 376 |
*Arthur Perkins | Conservative Party | 353 |
*Charles Carter | Conservative Party | 352 |
Not Elected
Ernest Nixon | Conservative Party | 344 |
Madeley Burman | Conservative Party | 338 |
Charles Housiaux | Conservative Party | 115 |
Robert Lynn | Conservative Party | 62 |
*denotes retiring member
Only One Person at Declaration
Only 16 candidates stood in this triennial election. The result being a gain of two seats for the Liberal Party, all six of their candidates being returned, including two new members, Hacking and Clarke. Indeed, this was Mr Clarke’s forth attempt at a KUDC election.
One noticable absentee from the election was George Bostock, who at been on the council since 1898. The reason giving was that he was leaving Kenilworth to live in Cubbington.
Votes recorded totalled 2,704 for the Liberals and 2,630 for the Conservatives.
For the very first time in a Kenilworth election, there were no public meetings held by either party in the town. There was very little use of any traps or carriages displaying any posters, and motor-cars were generally few and far between in bringing people to the polling stations. Voting did increase a little after 7pm, only one hour before polling closed but this is normal in local elections. Polling stations, as usual were at St Nicholas School in School Lane.
The count started at 9am on the following day (Tuesday 8th) at the council house at Upper Rosemary Hill, The declaration came at 11.30am and with the election being so underwhelming, only one member of the public was there to witness it.
Ernest Hadow, the temporary council clerk, carried out the duties of the returning officer due to the illness of Joseph Willington-Wilmshurst. Unfortunately, he died just over a month after the election, on 9th May, he was only 58.
KUDC Councillors
6 Conservatives (W. Growse, E. Hodges, C. Randall, E. Gee, A. Perkins and C. Carter)
6 Liberals (A. Street, J. Crouch, J. Jackson, J. Clarke, H. Griffiths, A. Hacking)
Chairman
Chairman 1913 to 1919
1913-14 Arthur Street
1914-15 Arthur Street
1915-16 Arthur Street
1916-17 Charles Randall
1917-18 Charles Randall
1918-19 Charles Randall
Council Clerk – Ernest Hadow
photo courtesy of Warwickshire County Records Office. (ref. PH (N) 600/147/3)