Evan Spicer
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Sir Evan Spicer {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DL|JP}} (20 April 1849 – 22 December 1937) was a British Liberal and London Progressive politician who served for 30 years on the London County Council.
Background
Spicer was the son of James Spicer. He was educated at Mill Hill School. In 1873 he married Annie Whitley. They had four sons and two daughters. He was knighted in 1917.‘SPICER, Sir Evan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U217424, accessed 28 Jan 2017]
Political career
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Spicer was a Progressive Party member of the London County Council from its inception in 1889 until his retirement in 1919. In 1889 he was one of the inaugural Aldermanic appointments. He served three consecutive terms as an Alderman, covering 1889–1907. In 1907, he was elected to the LCC as a Councillor representing Newington West. He served three consecutive terms as a Councillor, covering 1907–1919. On the LCC he was Chairman of Finance from 1892 to 1895. He served as Vice-Chairman of the LCC from 1906 to 1906 and chairman from 1906 to 1907. Despite being assured of an Aldermanic seat, he also chose to run as a Progressive candidate at the LCC elections; In the 1901 London County Council election he ran in the heavily Conservative constituency of the City of London.
Spicer was Liberal candidate for the Dulwich division at the December 1910 General Election.British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1973, FWS Craig
He was knighted in the 1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.{{cite news |title=Five New Peers. List of Resignation Honours. |work=The Times |page=8 |date=22 December 1916 }}
=Electoral record=
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|title=1901 London County Council election: City of London"The London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 5 March 1901: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 September 2016.
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|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Frederick Prat Alliston
|votes=3,325
|percentage=18.8
|change=-2.2
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|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Henry Clarke
|votes=3,290
|percentage=18.6
|change=-2.0
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|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Alfred Louis Cohen
|votes=3,251
|percentage=18.4
|change=-2.1
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|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Herbert Stuart Sankey
|votes=3,138
|percentage=17.8
|change=-2.8
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|party=Progressive Party (London)
|candidate=Lord Welby
|votes=2,341
|percentage=13.2
|change=+4.6
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|party=Progressive Party (London)
|candidate=Evan Spicer
|votes=2,327
|percentage=13.2
|change=+4.7
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|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=-3.5
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|title=1910 London County Council election: Newington West"London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 March 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
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|candidate=James Daniel Gilbert
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|party=Municipal Reform Party
|candidate=Frank Henry Baber
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|party=Municipal Reform Party
|candidate=Richard Owen Roberts
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|title=1913 London County Council election: Newington WestLondon Municipal Notes, 1913
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|candidate=James Daniel Gilbert
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|party=Municipal Reform Party
|candidate=Edgar Abbott
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|candidate=Richard Owen Roberts
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Category:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Category:Progressive Party (London) politicians