Islington East (London County Council constituency)

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

Councillors
YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1919 J. P. Blake Progressive William Lace Clague Progressive Two seats until 1949
1925 Thelma Cazalet Municipal Reform Edward Cobb Municipal Reform
1931 Charles Robertson Labour
1934 Norman Hulbert Municipal Reform Guy Neumann Municipal Reform
1937 Day Kimball Municipal Reform Ronald Storrs Municipal Reform
1940 Leslie Walker Municipal Reform
1945 Hugh Quennell Municipal Reform
1946 Edwin Bayliss Labour Irene Chaplin Labour
1949 Bernard Bagnari Labour

Election results
1919 London County Council election: Islington East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Lace Clague 3,438 35.3
Progressive J. P. Blake 3,289 33.8
Municipal Reform George King Naylor 1,514 15.6
Municipal Reform Henry Myers 1,490 15.3
Majority 1,775 18.2
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1922 London County Council election: Islington East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Lace Clague 6,877 41.2 +5.9
Progressive J. P. Blake 6,767 40.5 +6.7
Independent George King Naylor 3,065 18.3 +2.7
Majority 3,702 22.2
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing
1925 London County Council election: Islington East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Cobb 4,914
Municipal Reform Thelma Cazalet 4,832
Labour W. Macrae Gibson 3,502
Labour S. Presbury 3,196
Progressive Frank Raffety 2,590
Progressive Frank Dilnot 2,505
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Progressive Swing
1928 London County Council election: Islington East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Cobb 5,630
Municipal Reform Thelma Cazalet 5,549
Liberal William James Pincombe 3,671
Liberal William Nichols Marcy 3,665
Labour Santo Jeger 3,375
Labour Francis Douglas 3,326
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1931 London County Council election: Islington East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Edward Cobb 5,204
Labour Charles Robertson 3,897
Labour H. Sykes 3,825
Municipal Reform Eric Hall 3,746
Independent Sidney Charles Harper 2,603
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1934 London County Council election: Islington East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Norman Hulbert 6,172
Municipal Reform Guy Neumann 6,028
Labour Florence Harrison Bell 5,361
Labour Charles Robertson 5,319
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1937 London County Council election: Islington East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform Day Kimball 8,833
Municipal Reform Ronald Storrs 8,656
Labour D. C. N. Moss 8,496
Labour Garry Allighan 8,479
Majority
Municipal Reform hold Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Islington East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 6,572
Labour Irene Marcousé 6,434
Conservative Lady Elveden 3,992
Conservative Hugh Quennell 3,954
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1949 London County Council election: Islington East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 10,102
Labour Bernard Bagnari 9,798
Labour Irene Marcousé 9,757
Conservative K. E. Fowler 8,992
Conservative F. C. Harper 8,814
Conservative R. A. Percival 8,658
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1952 London County Council election: Islington East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 12,770
Labour Bernard Bagnari 12,569
Labour Irene Chaplin 12,542
Conservative M. R. Clark 7,448
Conservative R. A. Craigie 7,350
Conservative A. G. Morkill 7,232
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Islington East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 7,530
Labour Bernard Bagnari 7,363
Labour Irene Chaplin 7,346
Conservative P. A. Cooper 4,761
Conservative J. Tobin 4,656
Conservative Malcolm St Clair 4,613
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1958 London County Council election: Islington North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 8,455
Labour Bernard Bagnari 8,255
Labour Irene Chaplin 7,881
Conservative R. B. Butterfield 3,317
Conservative P. A. Cooper 2,976
Conservative A. Musgrave Scott 2,889
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Islington East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Bayliss 8,011
Labour Bernard Bagnari 7,774
Labour Irene Chaplin 7,697
Conservative M. B. Agnew 4,486
Conservative M. W. W. Farrow 4,372
Conservative A. T. W. Smith 4,349
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. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
  6. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
  7. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
  8. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  9. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  10. "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  11. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  12. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.
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