Islington West (London County Council constituency)

Islington West
Former constituency for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
Member(s)	2
Replaced by	Islington South West

Islington West 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.

Councillors

Year	Name	Party		Name	Party
1889	Donald Horne Macfarlane		Progressive	Robert Brudenell Carter		Moderate
1892	William Goodman		Progressive	George Joseph Chatterton		Moderate
1895				George Heynes Radford		Progressive
1907	Henry James Clarke		Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon		Municipal Reform
1910	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert		Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson		Progressive
1913	Henry Mills		Progressive
1914				William Anthony Nicholls		Progressive
1919				James Skinner		Progressive
1922				Frank Raffety		Progressive
1925				Sidney Charles Harper		Municipal Reform
1928	George Bryant Naish		Labour	Arthur George Prichard		Labour
1946				Albert Evans		Labour

Election results

1889 London County Council election: Islington West ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Donald Horne Macfarlane	1,661
	Moderate	Robert Brudenell Carter	883
	Moderate	James Boddely Keene	854
	Progressive	James May	798
	Moderate	William Goodman	771
	Progressive	John Thomas Slater	506
	Moderate win (new seat)
	Progressive win (new seat)

1892 London County Council election: Islington West ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Goodman	1,511
	Moderate	George Joseph Chatterton	1,471
	Moderate	Leonard Darwin	1,425
	Progressive	George Heynes Radford	1,418
	Independent	James May	464
	Independent Labour	James Miller	411
	Moderate hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1895 London County Council election: Islington West ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Goodman	2,287
	Progressive	George Heynes Radford	2,211
	Moderate	George Joseph Chatterton	1,483
	Moderate	J. R. Cousens	1,422
	Independent Progressive	H. N. Cheesley	160
	Social Democratic Federation	C. H. Groombridge	72
	Social Democratic Federation	A. Blackwell	26
	Progressive gain from Moderate		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1898 London County Council election: Islington West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Goodman	2,456
	Progressive	George Heynes Radford	2,361
	Moderate	George Joseph Chatterton	1,431
	Moderate	D. H. Kyd	1,361
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Islington West ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Goodman	3,039	34.9	+2.6
	Progressive	George Heynes Radford	3,014	34.6	+3.6
	Conservative	Felix Arthur Davies	1,351	15.5	-3.3
	Conservative	George Alexander Grant	1,296	14.9	-3.0
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing	+3.1

1904 London County Council election: Islington West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Goodman	2,904
	Progressive	George Heynes Radford	2,874
	Conservative	A. J. Adams	1,705
	Conservative	Henry James Clarke	1,695
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Islington West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Henry James Clarke	3,300
	Municipal Reform	Isidore Salmon	3,226
	Progressive	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert	2,933
	Progressive	Anthony John Mundella	2,900
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Islington West ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert	3,193	27.9
	Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	3,172	27.7
	Municipal Reform	Henry James Clarke	2,542	22.2
	Municipal Reform	F. Russell Davies	2,524	22.1
Majority
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Islington West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Mills	2,999	27.9	+0.0
	Progressive	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	2,978	27.7	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	C. W. French	2,412	22.4	+0.2
	Municipal Reform	Harold Frazer Wyatt	2,372	22.0	-0.1
Majority			566	5.3	-0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.1

1919 London County Council election: Islington West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Mills	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive	James Skinner	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1922 London County Council election: Islington West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Mills	5,903	33.6	n/a
	Progressive	Frank Raffety	5,746	32.7	n/a
	Labour	P. H. Black	3,013	17.2	n/a
	Labour	G. Davison	2,894	16.5	n/a
Majority			2,733	15.5	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Islington West ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Mills	4,029
	Municipal Reform	Sidney Charles Harper	3,844		n/a
	Labour	Ewart Culpin	3,257
	Labour	E. Richards	3,245
	Independent	J. H. Fassum	323		n/a
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Islington West ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Bryant Naish	4,424
	Labour	Arthur George Prichard	4,377
	Municipal Reform	Moyra Goff	2,825
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Lane Beit	2,811
	Liberal	Thomas George Graham	1,230
	Liberal	G. Moxham	1,221
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Islington West ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur George Prichard	3,891
	Labour	George Bryant Naish	3,800
	Municipal Reform	W. A. Button	3,405
	Municipal Reform	Mavis Tate	3,361
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Islington West ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur George Prichard	5,238
	Labour	George Bryant Naish	5,210
	Municipal Reform	T. E. Beale	3,518
	Municipal Reform	R. T. Walters	3,485
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Islington West ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Bryant Naish	6,291
	Labour	Arthur George Prichard	6,170
	Municipal Reform	R. T. Walters	3,338
	Municipal Reform	G. Hampson	3,304
	Liberal	W. C. Woodroofe	330
	Liberal	John Seymour Spon	216
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Islington West ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour	George Bryant Naish	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

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13. "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
14. "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
15. "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.