Islington South (London County Council constituency)

Islington South
Islington South
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1889
Abolished	1949
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.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name
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
1941	George Leonard Parker	Labour
1946	George Percival Wright	Labour

Election results[edit]

1889 London County Council election: Islington South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	George Samuel Elliott	2,663
Progressive	Richard Roberts	1,284
Progressive	Alfred Memory	1,012
Independent	Spencer Furlong	713
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

1892 London County Council election: Islington South^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	George Samuel Elliott	Unopposed	N/A
Progressive	Richard Roberts	Unopposed	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

1895 London County Council election: Islington South^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive	George Samuel Elliott	1,962
Progressive	Richard Roberts	1,632
Ind. Conservative	A. A. Saltern Willett	886
Independent Labour	F. A. White	233
Ind. Labour Party	J. Morgan	73
Ind. Labour Party	James Frederick Shilaker	44
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

1898 London County Council election: Islington South^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	George Samuel Elliott	2,377
Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	2,172
Moderate	Frank Kimber Bull	1,543
Progressive hold		Swing
Independent gain from Progressive		Swing

1901 London County Council election: Islington South^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Independent	George Samuel Elliott	unopposed	n/a	n/a
Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
Independent hold		Swing	n/a

1904 London County Council election: Islington South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	2,536
	Progressive	George Dew	2,437
	Independent	George Samuel Elliott	1,770
	Independent	S. Lambert	1,526
	Independent Progressive	A. Memory	356
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1907 London County Council election: Islington South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	George Dew	2,996
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	2,929
	Municipal Reform	S. Lambert	2,217
	Municipal Reform	C. Moffatt	2,076
	Independent	George Samuel Elliott	854
	Independent	E. J. James	179
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1910 London County Council election: Islington South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	2,855	26.7
	Progressive	George Dew	2,841	26.6
	Municipal Reform	S. Lambert	2,515	23.5
	Municipal Reform	Violet Douglas-Pennant	2,475	23.2
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing

1913 London County Council election: Islington South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Dew	3,197	26.6	+0.0
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	3,195	26.6	-0.1
	Municipal Reform	A. Dingli	2,829	23.5	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	2,807	23.3	+0.1
Majority			366	3.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.0

1919 London County Council election: Islington South^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Progressive	George Dew	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A
Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

1922 London County Council election: Islington South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Howell Jones Williams	4,916	25.6	n/a
	Progressive	George Dew	4,882	25.4	n/a
	Municipal Reform	A. Hudson	4,735	24.7	n/a
	Municipal Reform	Hampton Lewis	4,665	24.3	n/a
Majority			147	0.7	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a
	Progressive hold		Swing	n/a

1925 London County Council election: Islington South^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Tom Howard	4,701
	Municipal Reform	William Thoresby Cooksey	4,669
	Labour	M. Coleman	4,071
	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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles R Bennett	5,272	22.34
	Labour	George House	5,266	22.31
	Municipal Reform	Tom Howard	4,876	20.66
	Municipal Reform	William Thoresby Cooksey	4,786	20.28
	Liberal	Muriel Morgan Gibbon	1,713	7.26
	Liberal	David Eifion Puleston Evans	1,689	7.16
Majority			480	2.03
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1931 London County Council election: Islington South^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Tom Howard	5,177
	Municipal Reform	William Thoresby Cooksey	5,019
	Labour	George House	4,676
	Labour	Charles R Bennett	4,613
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing

1934 London County Council election: Islington South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eric Fletcher	5,765
	Labour	John Dugdale	5,626
	Municipal Reform	Tom Howard	4,797
	Municipal Reform	William Thoresby Cooksey	4,587
Majority
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing
	Labour gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

1937 London County Council election: Islington South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eric Fletcher	7,805
	Labour	John Dugdale	7,717
	Municipal Reform	F. Martineau	4,192
	Municipal Reform	D. Walker-Smith	4,131
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 London County Council election: Islington South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eric Fletcher	4,032
	Labour	George Percival Wright	3,848
	Conservative	Tom Howard	2,030
	Conservative	Deakin	1,998
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.
^ "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.
^ "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
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "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.

[1892results-1] "The London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1892.

[2] "The London County Council election". The Times. 4 March 1895.

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

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

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

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

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

[8] London Municipal Notes, 1913

[lmsnotes-9] London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society

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

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

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

[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.

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Elections	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961
Members	Chairmen Members 1889-1919 Members 1919-1937 Members 1937-1949 Members 1949-1965
Constituencies (1889–1919)	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe St George's Hanover Square St George St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Southwark West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
Constituencies (1919–1949)	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
Constituencies (1949–1964)	Barons Court (1955–1964) Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham (1955–1965) Fulham East (1949–1955) Fulham West (1949–1955) Greenwich Hackney Central (1955–1964) Hackney South (1949–1955) Hammersmith North Hammersmith South (1949–1955) Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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