Islington Central | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury [1] |
Created from | Islington East and Islington South West |
Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
The London Borough of Islington wards of Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Mildmay, and Quadrant.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | John Grant | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grant | 13,415 | 51.5 | -7.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Goodson-Wickes | 9,276 | 35.6 | +14.5 | |
Liberal | Marie Dunn | 2,242 | 8.6 | -6.5 | |
National Front | Stewart Chaney | 797 | 3.1 | -2.2 | |
Ecology | Adrian Williams | 310 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,139 | 15.9 | -21.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,040 | 63.7 | +8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grant | 14,689 | 58.5 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | C. Stanbrook | 5,296 | 21.1 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | P.W. Murphy | 3,786 | 15.1 | -7.0 | |
National Front | R. Score | 1,335 | 5.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,393 | 37.4 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,106 | 55.4 | -9.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grant | 15,687 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Richard Devonald-Lewis | 6,996 | 24.0 | ||
Liberal | I. Stuart | 6,447 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | 8,691 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 29,130 | 64.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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