Islington North (London County Council constituency)

Islington North
Islington North
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	2 (to 1949); 3 (from 1949)

Islington North was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

Year	Name		Name		Name
1889	William Ebenezer Grigsby	Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson	Progressive	Two seats until 1949
1893	Thomas Bateman Napier	Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson	Progressive
1907	Frederick Lionel Dove	Municipal Reform	Charles Kenneth Murchison	Municipal Reform
1910			John Cathles Hill	Municipal Reform
1912			Richard Joshua Cooper	Municipal Reform
1919			Robert McKenna	Labour
1922			Rosamund Smith	Municipal Reform
1932	Sidney Charles Harper	Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	Municipal Reform
1934	Sidney Charles Harper	Municipal Reform	Athro Charles Knight	Municipal Reform
1937	Eva Bull	Labour	Arthur Norman Dove	Municipal Reform
1946			Arthur Edward Middleton	Labour
1949			Arthur Edward Middleton	Labour	Charles William Pope	Labour
1952			Hazel Rose	Labour	Charles William Pope	Labour

Election results

1898 London County Council election: Islington North[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive	Thomas Bateman Napier	3,525
Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson	3,228
Conservative	George Benson Clough	2,880
Conservative	A. Thynne	2,801
Progressive hold		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Islington North[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Thomas Bateman Napier	4,097	32.6	+4.3
Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson	4,075	32.4	+6.4
Conservative	George Benson Clough	2,206	17.5	-5.7
Conservative	Sydney Gedge	2,197	17.5	-5.0
Progressive hold		Swing
Progressive hold		Swing	+5.4

1904 London County Council election: Islington North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Thomas Bateman Napier	3,876
	Progressive	William Coulson Parkinson	3,858
	Conservative	E. Tomkins	2,811
	Conservative	James Wilson Sharp	2,771
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Islington North[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	4,924
	Municipal Reform	Charles Kenneth Murchison	4,797
	Progressive	H. J. Glanville	4,200
	Progressive	H. G. Chancellor	4,192
	Independent	J. C. Clutterbuck	364
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Islington North[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	John Cathles Hill	4,613	27.1
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	4,591	27.0
	Progressive	William Edward Mullins	3,918	23.0
	Progressive	Gordon Hall Caine	3,884	22.8
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Islington North[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	4,796	25.6	-1.4
	Municipal Reform	Richard Joshua Cooper	4,792	25.6	-1.5
	Progressive	J. H. Torrance	4,574	24.4	+1.4
	Progressive	Henry Scipio Reitlinger	4,549	24.3	+1.5
Majority			228	1.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.5

1919 London County Council election: Islington North[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert McKenna	1,791	49.5
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	915	25.3
	Municipal Reform	Alfred Sim	910	25.2
Majority			876	24.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1922 London County Council election: Islington North[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	8,644	26.9	+1.6
	Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	7,970	24.8	-0.4
	Labour	Robert McKenna	4,833	15.1	-34.4
	Labour	Hilda Miall Smith	4,766	14.8	n/a
	Progressive	David Waterlow	3,207	10.0	n/a
	Progressive	W. Allen	2,692	8.4	n/a
Majority			3,137	9.7	33.9
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Islington North[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	6,727
	Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	6,565
	Labour	Hilda Miall Smith	5,201
	Labour	W. H. King	4,939
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1928 London County Council election: Islington North[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	6,366
	Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	6,253
	Labour	Herbert Lygoe	4,407
	Labour	Freda Corbet	4,365
	Independent Labour	J. F. Denning	754
	Independent Labour	J. R. Scott	749
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Islington North[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Lionel Dove	6,674
	Municipal Reform	Rosamund Smith	6,504
	Labour	C. E. Ratcliffe	3,946
	Labour	Freda Corbet	3,868
	Communist	J. R. Scott	249
	Communist	E. Cooper	229
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Islington North by-election, 1932[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Sidney Charles Harper	2,610
	Labour	Freda Corbet	2,158
Majority			452
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Islington North[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Sidney Charles Harper	6,426
	Municipal Reform	Athro Charles Knight	6,411
	Labour	G. Alexander	5,688
	Labour	B. Simmonds	5,644
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Islington North[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eva Bull	8,721
	Municipal Reform	Arthur Norman Dove	8,687
	Municipal Reform	Athro Charles Knight	8,478
	Labour	Arthur Edward Middleton	8,382
	Liberal	W. Simpson	610
	Liberal	W. W. Kerry	603
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Islington North[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eva Bull	7,269
	Labour	Arthur Edward Middleton	7,114
	Conservative	Arthur Norman Dove	4,085
	Conservative	Cecilia Monica Turnour	3,878
	Independent	Athro Charles Knight	630
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 London County Council election: Islington North[15]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eva Bull	10,997
Labour	Arthur Edward Middleton	10,604
Labour	Charles William Pope	10,345
Conservative	H. P. Brooks	10,129
Conservative	R. M. Heath	9,659
Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	9,612
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1952 London County Council election: Islington North[16]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eva Bull	14,695
Labour	Hazel Rose	14,135
Labour	Charles William Pope	14,065
Conservative	A. N. Dove	9,168
Conservative	J. R. Goodman	9,070
Conservative	R. M. Heath	8,910
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Islington North[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eva Bull	8,401
Labour	Charles William Pope	8,147
Labour	Hazel Rose	8,144
Conservative	Grace Walsh	5,778
Conservative	G. S. Landa	5,743
Conservative	C. C. Baillieu	5,717
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1958 London County Council election: Islington North[18]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eva Bull	9,310
Labour	Charles William Pope	8,941
Labour	Hazel Rose	8,865
Conservative	E. T. Bowman	3,931
Conservative	P. M. Brudenell	3,820
Conservative	V. Lyon	3,694
Ind. Labour Party	Wilfred Wigham	436
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Islington North[19]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eva Bull	8,085
Labour	Hazel Rose	7,769
Labour	Charles William Pope	7,754
Conservative	R. J. L. Bramble	5,531
Conservative	E. C. Brundenell	5,455
Conservative	T. E. T. Weston	5,412
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

"London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
"London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
"London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
"London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
"London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
London Municipal Notes, 1913
London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
"LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.
"LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.
"LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.
"Municipal Reformer election in North Islington". The Times. 16 July 1932.
"LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.
"New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.
"The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.
"LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
"London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
"LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
"Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
"London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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[1] "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.

[2] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

[3] "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.

[4] "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.

[5] "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.

[6] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-7] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

[8] "LCC Elections: Results declared yesterday". The Times. 7 March 1925.

[9] "LCC Election: Full results of polling". The Times. 10 March 1928.

[10] "LCC Election: Seven seats lost by Labour". The Times. 7 March 1931.

[11] "Municipal Reformer election in North Islington". The Times. 16 July 1932.

[12] "LCC Election: Full results of the poll". The Times. 10 March 1934.

[13] "New LCC: Labour's increased majority". The Times. 6 March 1937.

[14] "The New LCC: Labour gains in a low poll". The Times. 9 March 1946.

[15] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[16] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[17] "LCC results: Conservatives make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[18] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[19] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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