Islington South
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1949
Member(s)2
Replaced byIslington South West

Islington South was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year Name Party Name Party
1889 George Samuel Elliott Progressive Richard Roberts Progressive
1898 Independent Progressive Howell Jones Williams Progressive
1901 Moderate
1904 George Dew Progressive
1925 William Thoresby Cooksey Municipal Reform Tom Howard Municipal Reform
1928 Charles Bennett Labour George House Labour
1931 William Thoresby Cooksey Municipal Reform Tom Howard Municipal Reform
1934 John Dugdale Labour Eric Fletcher Labour
1941 George Leonard Parker Labour
1946 George Percival Wright Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Islington South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott 2,663
Progressive Richard Roberts 1,284
Progressive Alfred Memory 1,012
Independent Spencer Furlong 713
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1892 London County Council election: Islington South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott Unopposed N/A
Progressive Richard Roberts Unopposed N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1895 London County Council election: Islington South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott 1,962
Progressive Richard Roberts 1,632
Ind. Conservative A. A. Saltern Willett 886
Independent Labour F. A. White 233
Ind. Labour Party J. Morgan 73
Ind. Labour Party James Frederick Shilaker 44
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1898 London County Council election: Islington South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Samuel Elliott 2,377
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,172
Moderate Frank Kimber Bull 1,543
Progressive hold Swing
Independent gain from Progressive Swing
1901 London County Council election: Islington South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams unopposed n/a n/a
Independent George Samuel Elliott unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Independent hold Swing n/a
1904 London County Council election: Islington South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,536
Progressive George Dew 2,437
Independent George Samuel Elliott 1,770
Independent S. Lambert 1,526
Independent Progressive A. Memory 356
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Islington South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Dew 2,996
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,929
Municipal Reform S. Lambert 2,217
Municipal Reform C. Moffatt 2,076
Independent George Samuel Elliott 854
Independent E. J. James 179
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Islington South[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,855 26.7
Progressive George Dew 2,841 26.6
Municipal Reform S. Lambert 2,515 23.5
Municipal Reform Violet Douglas-Pennant 2,475 23.2
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Islington South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Dew 3,197 26.6 +0.0
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 3,195 26.6 -0.1
Municipal Reform A. Dingli 2,829 23.5 +0.0
Municipal Reform William Hunt 2,807 23.3 +0.1
Majority 366 3.0
Progressive hold Swing -0.0
1919 London County Council election: Islington South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams Unopposed N/A N/A
Progressive George Dew Unopposed N/A N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1922 London County Council election: Islington South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 4,916 25.6 n/a
Progressive George Dew 4,882 25.4 n/a
Municipal Reform A. Hudson 4,735 24.7 n/a
Municipal Reform Hampton Lewis 4,665 24.3 n/a
Majority 147 0.7 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Islington South[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,701
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey 4,669
Labour M. Coleman 4,071
Labour Stanley Morgan 4,046
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing n/a
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing n/a
1928 London County Council election: Islington South[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles R Bennett 5,272 22.34
Labour George House 5,266 22.31
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,876 20.66
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey 4,786 20.28
Liberal Muriel Morgan Gibbon 1,713 7.26
Liberal David Eifion Puleston Evans 1,689 7.16
Majority 480 2.03
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1931 London County Council election: Islington South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 5,177
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey 5,019
Labour George House 4,676
Labour Charles R Bennett 4,613
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
1934 London County Council election: Islington South[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 5,765
Labour John Dugdale 5,626
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,797
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey 4,587
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Islington South[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 7,805
Labour John Dugdale 7,717
Municipal Reform F. Martineau 4,192
Municipal Reform D. Walker-Smith 4,131
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Islington South[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 4,032
Labour George Percival Wright 3,848
Conservative Tom Howard 2,030
Conservative Deakin 1,998
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
  2. ^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
  3. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  4. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  5. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  6. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  7. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
  9. ^ a b London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  10. ^ "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
  11. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
  12. ^ "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
  13. ^ "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  14. ^ "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  15. ^ "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
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