Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)
Islington West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Finsbury |
Replaced by | Islington South West |
Islington West was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in North London.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Lower Holloway and Thornhill.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Richard Chamberlain | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1892 | Thomas Lough | Liberal | |
1918 | Sir George Elliott | Unionist | |
1922 | James Despencer-Robertson | Unionist | |
1923 | Frederick Montague | Labour | |
1931 | Patrick Donner | Conservative | |
1935 | Frederick Montague | Labour | |
1947 | Albert Evans | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Islington South West |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Chamberlain | 3,470 | 60.6 | ||
Conservative | George Danford Thomas[3] | 2,256 | 39.4 | ||
Majority | 1,214 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,726 | 78.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Richard Chamberlain | 2,793 | 65.0 | +25.6 | |
Liberal | William Archibald Macdonald[4] | 1,501 | 35.0 | −25.6 | |
Majority | 1,292 | 30.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,294 | 59.0 | −19.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 3,385 | 56.0 | +21.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Richard Chamberlain | 2,655 | 44.0 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 730 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,040 | 72.2 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,365 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +21.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 3,494 | 53.5 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Barham | 3,031 | 46.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 463 | 7.0 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,525 | 72.9 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,950 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 3,178 | 50.1 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | F H Medhurst | 3,159 | 49.9 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.2 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,337 | 69.8 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,074 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 4,116 | 53.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | F H Medhurst | 3,618 | 46.8 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 498 | 6.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,734 | 83.8 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,229 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 3,768 | 51.7 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 3,514 | 48.3 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 254 | 3.4 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,282 | 85.2 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,544 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 3,549 | 54.3 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | William George Black | 2,985 | 45.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 564 | 8.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,534 | 76.5 | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,544 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Thomas Lough
- Unionist:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Elliott | 4,996 | 45.4 | −0.3 |
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 2,616 | 23.7 | −30.6 | |
Labour | John Thomas Sheppard | 2,300 | 20.9 | New | |
NFDDSS | Ernest Miles Taylor | 1,105 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,380 | 21.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,017 | 42.1 | −34.6 | ||
Registered electors | 26,197 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.2 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Despencer-Robertson | 7,335 | 38.9 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Henry Mills | 6,643 | 35.3 | +11.6 | |
Labour | W. J. Lewington | 4,856 | 25.8 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 692 | 3.6 | −18.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,834 | 57.5 | +15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 32,775 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Montague | 7,955 | 41.4 | +15.6 | |
Unionist | James Despencer-Robertson | 5,829 | 30.3 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | Joseph William Molden | 5,443 | 28.3 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 2,126 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,227 | 57.7 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 33,351 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Montague | 10,174 | 45.3 | +3.9 | |
Unionist | James Despencer-Robertson | 9,499 | 42.3 | +12.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph William Molden | 2,780 | 12.4 | −15.9 | |
Majority | 675 | 3.0 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,453 | 67.2 | +9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 33,427 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Montague | 13,768 | 55.2 | +9.9 | |
Unionist | James Despencer-Robertson | 6,921 | 27.7 | −14.6 | |
Liberal | David Eifion Puleston Evans | 4,267 | 17.1 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 6,847 | 27.5 | +24.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,956 | 60.2 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 41,466 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Donner | 14,487 | 59.22 | ||
Labour | Frederick Montague | 9,977 | 40.78 | ||
Majority | 4,510 | 18.44 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,464 | 58.00 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Montague | 11,340 | 55.00 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Ponsonby | 9,280 | 45.00 | ||
Majority | 2,060 | 10.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,620 | 52.63 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Frederick Montague[9]
- Conservative: ET Hope
- Liberal: WC Woodroofe [10]
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Montague | 11,496 | 73.8 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | E.T. Hope | 4,090 | 26.2 | −18.8 | |
Majority | 7,406 | 47.6 | +37.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,926 | 60.1 | +7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Evans | 8,760 | 57.2 | −16.6 | |
Conservative | Tom Howard | 4,084 | 26.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 2,459 | 16.0 | New | |
Independent | L.J. Wildman | 33 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,676 | 30.6 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,859 | 51.4 | −8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.5 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 30 November 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 2 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr W. A. MacDonald M.P. On Ireland". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 18 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 2 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939