Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington South West was a Parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in North London.

Islington South West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Islington South West boundaries from 1950-74
Islington Metropolitan Borough in 1916
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Islington Central and Islington South and Finsbury
Created from	Islington South and Islington West

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, St Mary, St Peter, and Thornhill.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Albert Evans	Labour
	1970	George Cunningham	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished: see Islington South & Finsbury

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Islington South West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	30,201	64.74
	Conservative	Tom Howard	13,012	27.89
	Liberal	George William Waddilove	2,602	5.58
	Communist	Alfred Bender	834	1.79
Majority			17,189	36.85
Turnout			46,649	74.60
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: Islington South West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	31,637	68.20
	Conservative	Tom Howard	14,750	31.80
Majority			16,887	36.40
Turnout			46,387	75.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Islington South West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	24,935	68.12
	Conservative	Colin GS Hodgkinson	11,667	31.88
Majority			13,268	36.24
Turnout			36,602	62.04
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Islington South West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	22,362	65.13
	Conservative	Nicholas Scott	11,974	34.87
Majority			10,388	30.26
Turnout			34,336	60.64
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Islington South West[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	17,589	65.17	+0.04
	Conservative	Nicholas Scott	8,023	29.73	-5.14
	Communist	John F Moss	1,377	5.10	New
Majority			9,566	35.44	+5.18
Turnout			26,989	51.53	-9.11
Registered electors			52,373
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.59

General election 1966: Islington South West[2][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	16,206	64.95	-0.22
	Conservative	Alan Hardy	5,903	23.66	-6.07
	Independent	Harry Weston	1,271	5.09	New
	Union Movement	Dennis Herbert Harmston	816	3.27	New
	Communist	John F Moss	756	3.03	-2.07
Majority			10,303	41.29	+5.85
Turnout			24,952	50.93	-0.60
Registered electors			48,995
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.93

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Islington South West[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Cunningham	12,876	60.89
	Conservative	John Szemerey	6,601	31.21
	Independent Liberal	Alan E. Lomas	1,161	5.49	New
	Communist	Marie Betteridge	509	2.41
Majority			6,275	29.68
Turnout			21,147	48.84
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"