| Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
| November 1935 - 3 vacancies |
| Alex Wood |
R |
(Lab) |
793 |
51.3% |
| Albert Stubbs |
R |
(Lab) |
730 |
47.2% |
| Jesse Harwood |
R |
(Con) |
727 |
47.0% |
| Marcus D. Bradford |
R |
(Con) |
681 |
44.0% |
| Esther Foister |
R |
(Lab) |
673 |
43.5% |
| Constance Wooten |
R |
(Con) |
650 |
42.0% |
|
| November 1936 |
| Jesse Harwood |
R |
(Con) |
740 |
53.2% |
| David Hardman |
|
(Lab) |
651 |
46.8% |
|
| November 1937 |
| Albert Stubbs |
R |
(Lab) |
798 |
51.3% |
| Sidney Rolfe |
|
(Con) |
757 |
48.7% |
|
Con Maj 46 3.0%. Retiring 1938, 1937 & 1936.
Bradford, Harwood & Wooten were retiring councillors for St Andrews.
|
No change, Con Maj 89 6.4%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 41 2.6%.
|
| November 1938 |
| Alex Wood |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
|
No change.
|
No elections were held during World War II, any vacancies being filled by co-option. Elections resumed in November 1945.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, elections from 1949 were held in May instead of November - the terms of sitting councillors being extended by 6 months.
|
|
| November 1945 - 2 vacancies |
| W.Donald Chapman |
|
(Lab) |
1178 |
64.4% |
| John Overton |
R |
(Lab) |
1109 |
60.7% |
| Hubert Woodley Betts |
|
(Con) |
715 |
39.1% |
| Frank Pointer |
|
(Con) |
654 |
35.8% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 394 21.6%. Overton had been co-opted during the war.
Retiring 1947 & 1946 because of byelection in December 1945.
|
| Byelection - December 1945 |
| Arthur Cross |
|
(Lab) |
879 |
55.4% |
| Sidney Rolfe |
|
(Con) |
709 |
44.6% |
|
| November 1946 |
| John Overton |
R |
(Lab) |
1055 |
53.6% |
| William Hardesty |
|
(Con) |
913 |
46.4% |
|
| November 1947 |
| William Hardesty |
|
(Con) |
1270 |
50.1% |
| W.Donald Chapman |
R |
(Lab) |
1264 |
49.9% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 170 10.7%. Retiring 1949.
|
No change, Lab Maj 142 7.2%.
|
Con gain, Maj 6 0.2%.
|
| May 1949 |
| Derek Traylen |
|
(Con) |
1293 |
54.6% |
| Leonard Wordingham |
|
(Lab) |
1073 |
45.4% |
|
| May 1950 |
| Albert Cox |
|
(Con) |
1056 |
54.2% |
| John Overton |
R |
(Lab) |
893 |
45.8% |
|
| May 1951 |
| William Hardesty |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 220 9.3%.
|
Con gain, Maj 163 8.4%.
|
No change.
|
| May 1952 |
| Geoffrey Baker |
|
(Lab) |
1145 |
51.0% |
| Derek Traylen |
R |
(Con) |
1101 |
49.0% |
|
| May 1953 |
| Albert Cox |
R |
(Con) |
962 |
51.4% |
| Frank Bailey |
|
(Lab) |
909 |
48.6% |
|
| May 1954 |
| Frank Bailey |
|
(Lab) |
959 |
50.5% |
| William Hardesty |
R |
(Con) |
940 |
49.5% |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 44 2.0%.
|
No change, Con Maj 53 2.8%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 19 1.0%.
|
| May 1955 |
| William Hardesty |
|
(Con) |
1038 |
55.3% |
| Geoffrey Baker |
R |
(Lab) |
838 |
44.7% |
|
| May 1956 |
| Raymond Flack |
|
(Lab) |
779 |
46.2% |
| Albert Cox |
R |
(Con) |
571 |
33.9% |
| Francis Leach |
|
(RPA) |
335 |
19.9% |
|
| May 1957 |
| Frank Bailey |
R |
(Lab) |
920 |
54.0% |
| Derek Traylen |
|
(Con) |
784 |
46.0% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 200 10.7%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 208 12.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 136 8.0%.
|
| May 1958 |
| Florence Roden |
|
(Lab) |
840 |
52.8% |
| William Hardesty |
R |
(Con) |
752 |
47.2% |
|
| May 1959 |
| William Hardesty |
|
(Con) |
729 |
51.2% |
| Raymond Flack |
R |
(Lab) |
695 |
48.8% |
|
| May 1960 |
| Derek Traylen |
|
(Con) |
677 |
52.6% |
| Frank Bailey |
R |
(Lab) |
611 |
47.4% |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 88 5.5%.
|
Con gain, Maj 34 2.4%.
|
Con gain, Maj 66 5.1%.
|
| May 1961 |
| Brian Lister |
|
(Con) |
746 |
58.9% |
| Florence Roden |
R |
(Lab) |
521 |
41.1% |
|
| May 1962 |
| Sonia Abrams |
|
(Lab) |
603 |
51.7% |
| William Hardesty |
R |
(Con) |
564 |
48.3% |
|
| May 1963 |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
|
(Lab) |
656 |
50.5% |
| Derek Traylen |
R |
(Con) |
644 |
49.5% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 225 17.8%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 39 3.3%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 12 0.9%.
|
| May 1964 |
| Josef Schicker |
|
(Lab) |
658 |
58.0% |
| Peter John |
|
(Con) |
477 |
42.0% |
|
| May 1965 |
| Sonia Abrams |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1966 |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 181 15.9%.
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| |
| Byelection - November 1966 |
| Rev.Victor Dixon |
|
(Ind) |
392 |
39.8% |
| Frank Ramsbottom |
|
(Lab) |
319 |
32.4% |
| Helga Howard |
|
(Con) |
273 |
27.7% |
|
|
|
Ind gain, Maj 73 7.4%. Retiring 1968.
|
| May 1967 |
| Anthony Cornell |
|
(Con) |
447 |
41.0% |
| Josef Schicker |
R |
(Lab) |
329 |
30.2% |
| David Murray |
|
(Lib) |
313 |
28.7% |
|
|
|
Con gain, Maj 118 10.8%.
|
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In 1968 St Matthew's Ward was abolished; the area divided between Abbey, Market and Petersfield;
and the sitting councillors assigned to the newly formed Arbury Ward.
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