Islington North (London County Council constituency)

Islington North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1919 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Islington North
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1965
Member(s)2 (to 1949)
3 (from 1949)

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 Frederick Lionel Dove Municipal Reform Robert McKenna Labour Two seats until 1949
1922 Rosamund Smith Municipal Reform
1932 Sidney Charles Harper Municipal Reform
1934 Athro Charles Knight Municipal Reform
1937 Eva Bull Labour Arthur Norman Dove Municipal Reform
1946 Arthur Edward Middleton Labour
1949 Charles William Pope Labour
1952 Hazel Rose Labour

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Islington North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert McKenna 1,791 49.5
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 915 25.3
Municipal Reform Alfred Sim 910 25.2
Majority 876 24.2
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1922 London County Council election: Islington North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 8,644 26.9 +1.6
Municipal Reform Rosamund Smith 7,970 24.8 -0.4
Labour Robert McKenna 4,833 15.1 -34.4
Labour Hilda Miall Smith 4,766 14.8 n/a
Progressive David Waterlow 3,207 10.0 n/a
Progressive W. Allen 2,692 8.4 n/a
Majority 3,137 9.7 33.9
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Islington North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 6,727
Municipal Reform Rosamund Smith 6,565
Labour Hilda Miall Smith 5,201
Labour W. H. King 4,939
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1928 London County Council election: Islington North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 6,366
Municipal Reform Rosamund Smith 6,253
Labour Herbert Lygoe 4,407
Labour Freda Corbet 4,365
Independent Labour J. F. Denning 754
Independent Labour J. R. Scott 749
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Islington North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Frederick Lionel Dove 6,674
Municipal Reform Rosamund Smith 6,504
Labour C. E. Ratcliffe 3,946
Labour Freda Corbet 3,868
Communist J. R. Scott 249
Communist E. Cooper 229
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Islington North by-election, 1932[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sidney Charles Harper 2,610
Labour Freda Corbet 2,158
Majority 452
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Islington North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Sidney Charles Harper 6,426
Municipal Reform Athro Charles Knight 6,411
Labour G. Alexander 5,688
Labour B. Simmonds 5,644
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Islington North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 8,721
Municipal Reform Arthur Norman Dove 8,687
Municipal Reform Athro Charles Knight 8,478
Labour Arthur Edward Middleton 8,382
Liberal W. Simpson 610
Liberal W. W. Kerry 603
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Islington North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 7,269
Labour Arthur Edward Middleton 7,114
Conservative Arthur Norman Dove 4,085
Conservative Cecilia Monica Turnour 3,878
Independent Athro Charles Knight 630
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour hold Swing
1949 London County Council election: Islington North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 10,997
Labour Arthur Edward Middleton 10,604
Labour Charles William Pope 10,345
Conservative H. P. Brooks 10,129
Conservative R. M. Heath 9,659
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 9,612
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1952 London County Council election: Islington North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 14,695
Labour Hazel Rose 14,135
Labour Charles William Pope 14,065
Conservative A. N. Dove 9,168
Conservative J. R. Goodman 9,070
Conservative R. M. Heath 8,910
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Islington North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 8,401
Labour Charles William Pope 8,147
Labour Hazel Rose 8,144
Conservative Grace Walsh 5,778
Conservative G. S. Landa 5,743
Conservative C. C. Baillieu 5,717
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Islington North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 9,310
Labour Charles William Pope 8,941
Labour Hazel Rose 8,865
Conservative E. T. Bowman 3,931
Conservative P. M. Brudenell 3,820
Conservative V. Lyon 3,694
Ind. Labour Party Wilfred Wigham 436
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Islington North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Bull 8,085
Labour Hazel Rose 7,769
Labour Charles William Pope 7,754
Conservative R. J. L. Bramble 5,531
Conservative E. C. Brundenell 5,455
Conservative T. E. T. Weston 5,412
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  2. "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  3. "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  4. "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  5. "Municipal Reformer election in North Islington". The Times. 16 July 1932.
  6. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  7. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  8. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  9. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  10. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  11. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  12. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  13. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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