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.
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Lower Holloway and Thornhill.
Election | Member | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |