Islington South West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.
| Islington South West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the London County Council | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Member(s) | 3 |
| Created from | Islington South and Islington West |
Councillors
edit| Year | Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Duncan McArthur Jackson | Labour | Hugh L. Jones | Labour | George Percival Wright | Labour | |||
| 1952 | Fred Powe | Labour | Reginald Stamp | Labour | |||||
| 1956 | Herbert Lygoe | Labour | |||||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan MacArthur Jackson | 11,018 | |||
| Labour | Hugh Jones | 10,578 | |||
| Labour | George Percival Wright | 10,470 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Howard | 8,075 | |||
| Conservative | V. E. Boatright | 7,192 | |||
| Conservative | J. E. Ridsdale | 6,872 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Jones | 13,042 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 12,556 | |||
| Labour | Fred Powe | 12,536 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Howard | 5,672 | |||
| Conservative | V. E. Boatright | 5,049 | |||
| Conservative | H. Cawley | 5,025 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Jones | 7,531 | |||
| Labour | Fred Powe | 7,390 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 7,260 | |||
| Conservative | L. C. Bassam | 2,752 | |||
| Conservative | M. Ganderton | 2,604 | |||
| Conservative | A. H. Rospo | 2,598 | |||
| Liberal | I. H. Buckingham | 700 | |||
| Liberal | M. H. Webber | 388 | |||
| Liberal | A. V. Stitt | 251 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- Herbert Lygoe was elected unopposed in 1956.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Powe | 7,456 | |||
| Labour | Herbert Lygoe | 7,361 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 7,334 | |||
| Conservative | A. H. Rospo | 1,760 | |||
| Conservative | G. Leeson | 1,710 | |||
| Conservative | L. F. Bedford | 1,646 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Powe | 6,846 | |||
| Labour | Herbert Lygoe | 6,777 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Stamp | 6,696 | |||
| Conservative | R. A. Abbott | 2,194 | |||
| Conservative | D. G. Gordon-Dean | 2,158 | |||
| Conservative | T. B. Judson | 2,057 | |||
| Communist | J. Moss | 964 | |||
| Union Movement | F. C. Wade | 886 | |||
| Union Movement | J. F. Kemp | 865 | |||
| Union Movement | F. Bailey | 854 | |||
| Liberal | R. H. Dodge | 629 | |||
| Liberal | W. E. Ferguson | 544 | |||
| Liberal | M. Levy | 488 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
- ^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
- ^ "LCC results: Conservative make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
- ^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
- ^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.