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Islington South West was a Parliamentary 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 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, St Mary, St Peter, and Thornhill.
Members of Parliament
| Election |
Member |
Party |
|
1950 |
Albert Evans |
Labour |
|
1970 |
George Cunningham |
Labour |
| Feb 1974 |
constituency abolished: see Islington South & Finsbury |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
| General election 1951: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Evans |
31,637 |
68.20 |
|
|
Conservative |
Tom Howard |
14,750 |
31.80 |
|
| Majority |
16,887 |
36.40 |
|
| Turnout |
46,387 |
75.17 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General election 1955: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Evans |
24,935 |
68.12 |
|
|
Conservative |
Colin GS Hodgkinson |
11,667 |
31.88 |
|
| Majority |
13,268 |
36.24 |
|
| Turnout |
36,602 |
62.04 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
| General election 1959: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Evans |
22,362 |
65.13 |
|
|
Conservative |
Nicholas Scott |
11,974 |
34.87 |
|
| Majority |
10,388 |
30.26 |
|
| Turnout |
34,336 |
60.64 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1960s
| General election 1964: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Evans |
17,589 |
65.17 |
+0.04 |
|
Conservative |
Nicholas Scott |
8,023 |
29.73 |
-5.14 |
|
Communist |
John F Moss |
1,377 |
5.10 |
New |
| Majority |
9,566 |
35.44 |
+5.18 |
| Turnout |
26,989 |
51.53 |
-9.11 |
| Registered electors |
52,373 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+2.59 |
|
| General election 1966: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Albert Evans |
16,206 |
64.95 |
-0.22 |
|
Conservative |
Alan Hardy |
5,903 |
23.66 |
-6.07 |
|
Independent |
Harry Weston |
1,271 |
5.09 |
New |
|
Union Movement |
Dennis Herbert Harmston |
816 |
3.27 |
New |
|
Communist |
John F Moss |
756 |
3.03 |
-2.07 |
| Majority |
10,303 |
41.29 |
+5.85 |
| Turnout |
24,952 |
50.93 |
-0.60 |
| Registered electors |
48,995 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+2.93 |
|
Election in the 1970s
| General election 1970: Islington South West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Cunningham |
12,876 |
60.89 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Szemerey |
6,601 |
31.21 |
|
|
New Liberal |
Alan E. Lomas |
1,161 |
5.49 |
New |
|
Communist |
Marie Betteridge |
509 |
2.41 |
|
| Majority |
6,275 |
29.68 |
|
| Turnout |
21,147 |
48.84 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
See also
