Islington South (London County Council constituency)

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

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNameParty
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
1941George Leonard Parker Labour
1946 George Percival Wright Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Islington South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott 2,663
Progressive Richard Roberts1,284
Progressive Alfred Memory1,012
Independent Spencer Furlong713
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1892 London County Council election: Islington South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott UnopposedN/A
Progressive Richard RobertsUnopposedN/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1895 London County Council election: Islington South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Samuel Elliott 1,962
Progressive Richard Roberts1,632
Ind. Conservative A. A. Saltern Willett886
Independent Labour F. A. White233
Ind. Labour Party J. Morgan73
Ind. Labour Party James Frederick Shilaker44
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1898 London County Council election: Islington South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Samuel Elliott 2,377
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,172
Moderate Frank Kimber Bull1,543
Progressive hold Swing
Independent gain from Progressive Swing
1901 London County Council election: Islington South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams unopposedn/an/a
Independent George Samuel Elliott unopposedn/an/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Independent hold Swing n/a
1904 London County Council election: Islington South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,536
Progressive George Dew 2,437
Independent George Samuel Elliott1,770
Independent S. Lambert1,526
Independent Progressive A. Memory356
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Islington South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Dew 2,996
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,929
Municipal Reform S. Lambert2,217
Municipal Reform C. Moffatt2,076
Independent George Samuel Elliott854
Independent E. J. James179
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Islington South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,85526.7
Progressive George Dew 2,84126.6
Municipal Reform S. Lambert2,51523.5
Municipal Reform Violet Douglas-Pennant 2,47523.2
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Islington South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Dew 3,19726.6+0.0
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 3,19526.6-0.1
Municipal Reform A. Dingli2,82923.5+0.0
Municipal Reform William Hunt2,80723.3+0.1
Majority3663.0
Progressive hold Swing -0.0
1919 London County Council election: Islington South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams UnopposedN/AN/A
Progressive George Dew UnopposedN/AN/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
Progressive hold Swing N/A
1922 London County Council election: Islington South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 4,91625.6n/a
Progressive George Dew 4,88225.4n/a
Municipal Reform A. Hudson4,73524.7n/a
Municipal Reform Hampton Lewis4,66524.3n/a
Majority1470.7n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1925 London County Council election: Islington South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,701
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey4,669
Labour M. Coleman4,071
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles R Bennett5,27222.34
Labour George House 5,26622.31
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,87620.66
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey4,78620.28
Liberal Muriel Morgan Gibbon 1,7137.26
Liberal David Eifion Puleston Evans1,6897.16
Majority4802.03
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1931 London County Council election: Islington South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 5,177
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey5,019
Labour George House 4,676
Labour Charles R Bennett4,613
Majority
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
1934 London County Council election: Islington South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 5,765
Labour John Dugdale 5,626
Municipal Reform Tom Howard 4,797
Municipal Reform William Thoresby Cooksey4,587
Majority
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
Labour gain from Municipal Reform Swing
1937 London County Council election: Islington South [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 7,805
Labour John Dugdale 7,717
Municipal Reform F. Martineau4,192
Municipal Reform D. Walker-Smith4,131
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1946 London County Council election: Islington South [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Fletcher 4,032
Labour George Percival Wright3,848
Conservative Tom Howard 2,030
Conservative Deakin1,998
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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