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Islington East was a constituency which 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 February 1974 general election.
Islington East in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used 1885-1918
Islington East in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used 1918-50
Islington East in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used 1950-74
A map showing the wards of Islington Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of four divisions of the new parliamentary borough of Islington. The parliamentary borough was coterminous with the civil parish of Islington and each of the four divisions consisted of a number of parish wards used for the election of vestrymen to the incorporated vestry, the local authority for the area.
The East Division consisted of two wards: Canonbury and Highbury.
1918–1974
Constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland were reorganised by the Representation of the People Act 1918. In London, seats were realigned to the boundaries of the metropolitan boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Islington was divided into four constituencies with the Islington, East seat consisting of three wards as they existed in 1918: Canonbury, Highbury and Mildmay. At the next parliamentary redistribution, prior to the 1950 general election, the seat was unchanged.
The seat was last contested at the 1970 general election. By the time of the next election in 1974, new constituencies had been drawn based on the London boroughs created in 1965. The London Borough of Islington was divided between three constituencies, with the area of the abolished East seat mostly falling in the new Islington Central constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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: Edward Smallwood
- Unionist: Philip Pilditch
1917 Islington East by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Edward Smallwood |
2,709 |
57.0 |
+6.3 |
|
Independent |
Alfred Baker |
1,532 |
32.2 |
New |
|
National |
Edmund Broughton Barnard |
513 |
10.8 |
New |
Majority |
1,177 |
24.8 |
+23.4 |
Turnout |
12,874 |
36.9 |
-43.0 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1929: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ethel Bentham |
15,199 |
38.0 |
+5.7 |
|
Unionist |
Robert Tasker |
13,641 |
34.1 |
−10.4 |
|
Liberal |
Edgar Middleton |
11,136 |
27.9 |
+4.7 |
Majority |
1,558 |
3.9 |
N/A |
Turnout |
39,976 |
66.4 |
−4.4 |
Registered electors |
60,202 |
|
|
|
Labour gain from Unionist |
Swing |
+8.1 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
Islington East by-election, 19 February 1931 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Leah Manning |
10,591 |
34.7 |
−3.3 |
|
Empire Crusade |
Alfred Critchley |
8,314 |
27.2 |
New |
|
Conservative |
Thelma Cazalet |
7,182 |
23.5 |
−10.6 |
|
Liberal |
Horace Crawfurd |
4,450 |
14.6 |
−13.3 |
Majority |
2,277 |
7.5 |
+3.6 |
Turnout |
30,537 |
50.0 |
−16.4 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1935: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Thelma Cazalet |
18,248 |
52.5 |
−15.0 |
|
Labour |
Gwyn D. Jones |
13,810 |
39.8 |
+7.3 |
|
Liberal |
Cyril Harry Blackburn |
2,670 |
7.7 |
New |
Majority |
4,438 |
12.7 |
−22.3 |
Turnout |
34,728 |
57.8 |
−7.6 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
−11.2 |
|
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 the following candidates had been selected by the Autumn of 1939:
- Conservative: Thelma Cazalet
- Labour: H C Boyde
- Liberal: Cyril Blackburn
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1951: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Fletcher |
23,896 |
59.9 |
+3.9 |
|
Conservative |
Katherine Wilmot |
16,000 |
40.1 |
+4.3 |
Majority |
7,896 |
19.79 |
-0.3 |
Turnout |
39,896 |
78.23 |
-0.97 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1955: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Fletcher |
19,612 |
60.3 |
+0.4 |
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Finsberg |
12,910 |
39.7 |
-0.4 |
Majority |
6,702 |
20.61 |
+0.82 |
Turnout |
32,522 |
66.06 |
-12.1 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1959: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Fletcher |
17,776 |
57.56 |
-2.74 |
|
Conservative |
Kenneth C Burden |
13,097 |
42.44 |
+2.74 |
Majority |
4,669 |
15.12 |
-5.47 |
Turnout |
30,683 |
63.49 |
-2.57 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Fletcher |
14,192 |
52.48 |
-5.08 |
|
Conservative |
Kenneth C Burden |
7,715 |
28.53 |
-13.91 |
|
Liberal |
Joel Freedman |
3,081 |
11.39 |
New |
|
New Liberal |
Alan E Lomas |
2,053 |
7.59 |
New |
Majority |
6,477 |
23.95 |
+8.83 |
Turnout |
27,041 |
57.11 |
-6.38 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1966: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Fletcher |
15,009 |
57.92 |
+5.44 |
|
Conservative |
John B W Holderness |
7,490 |
28.90 |
+0.37 |
|
Liberal |
Joel Freedman |
2,288 |
8.83 |
-2.56 |
|
New Liberal |
Alan E Lomas |
1,127 |
4.35 |
-3.24 |
Majority |
7,519 |
29.02 |
+5.07 |
Turnout |
25,914 |
57.06 |
+0.95 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Islington East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Grant |
13,980 |
61.75 |
+3.83 |
|
Conservative |
Richard Devonald-Lewis |
8,660 |
38.25 |
+9.35 |
Majority |
5,320 |
23.50 |
-5.52 |
Turnout |
22,350 |
51.80 |
-5.26 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
See also
- 1931 Islington East by-election
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Islington