Islington South West (London County Council constituency)

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Islington South West
Former Constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1965
Member(s)3
Created from Islington South and Islington West

Islington South West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

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Councillors

YearNamePartyNamePartyNameParty
1949 Duncan McArthur Jackson Labour Hugh L. Jones Labour George Percival Wright Labour
1952 Fred Powe Labour Reginald Stamp Labour
1956Herbert Lygoe Labour

Election results

1949 London County Council election: Islington South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Duncan MacArthur Jackson11,018
Labour Hugh Jones10,578
Labour George Percival Wright10,470
Conservative Tom Howard 8,075
Conservative V. E. Boatright7,192
Conservative J. E. Ridsdale6,872
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
1952 London County Council election: Islington South West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Jones13,042
Labour Reginald Stamp 12,556
Labour Fred Powe 12,536
Conservative Tom Howard 5,672
Conservative V. E. Boatright5,049
Conservative H. Cawley5,025
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1955 London County Council election: Islington South West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Jones7,531
Labour Fred Powe 7,390
Labour Reginald Stamp 7,260
Conservative L. C. Bassam2,752
Conservative M. Ganderton2,604
Conservative A. H. Rospo2,598
Liberal I. H. Buckingham700
Liberal M. H. Webber388
Liberal A. V. Stitt251
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Herbert Lygoe was elected unopposed in 1956.
1958 London County Council election: Islington South West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Powe 7,456
Labour Herbert Lygoe7,361
Labour Reginald Stamp 7,334
Conservative A. H. Rospo1,760
Conservative G. Leeson1,710
Conservative L. F. Bedford1,646
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
1961 London County Council election: Islington South West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Powe 6,846
Labour Herbert Lygoe6,777
Labour Reginald Stamp 6,696
Conservative R. A. Abbott2,194
Conservative D. G. Gordon-Dean2,158
Conservative T. B. Judson2,057
Communist J. Moss964
Union Movement F. C. Wade886
Union Movement J. F. Kemp865
Union Movement F. Bailey854
Liberal R. H. Dodge629
Liberal W. E. Ferguson544
Liberal M. Levy488
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
  2. "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
  3. "LCC results: Conservative make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
  4. "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
  5. "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.