Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)
| Islington Central | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Islington East and Islington South West |
| Replaced by | Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury[1] |
Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The London Borough of Islington wards of Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Mildmay, and Quadrant.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | John Grant | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Grant | 13,415 | 51.5 | −7.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Goodson-Wickes | 9,276 | 35.6 | +14.5 | |
| Liberal | Marie Dunn | 2,242 | 8.6 | −6.5 | |
| National Front | Stewart Chaney | 797 | 3.1 | −2.2 | |
| Ecology | Adrian Williams | 310 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 4,139 | 15.9 | −21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 26,040 | 63.7 | +8.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Grant | 14,689 | 58.5 | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | C. Stanbrook | 5,296 | 21.1 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal | P.W. Murphy | 3,786 | 15.1 | −7.0 | |
| National Front | R. Score | 1,335 | 5.3 | New | |
| Majority | 9,393 | 37.4 | +7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 25,106 | 55.4 | −9.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Grant | 15,687 | 53.9 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Devonald-Lewis | 6,996 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberal | I. Stuart | 6,447 | 22.1 | ||
| Majority | 8,691 | 29.9 | |||
| Turnout | 29,130 | 64.6 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "'Islington Central', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. 3 May 1979. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.