George Cooper (Bermondsey MP)

George Joseph Cooper (c. 1844 – 7 October 1909)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician in London.

[2] When the London County Council (LCC) was created in 1889, Cooper was elected as a councillor for Bermondsey, standing for the Progressive Party, the municipal organisation of the Liberals.

[6] He was buried in Charlton Cemetery on 12 October, where the funeral service was so heavily attended that the chapel could accommodate only half of those present.

[7] At the resulting by-election for his seat, Alfred Salter, who had succeeded Cooper on the LCC, stood as an Independent Labour Party candidate.

The local Liberal organisation in the constituency had been heavily dependent on Cooper and his son, who had run the 1906 campaign.