Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington Central
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury[1]
Created from	Islington East and Islington South West

Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Islington wards of Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Mildmay, and Quadrant.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	John Grant	Labour
	1981		SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Islington Central[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Douglas Grant	13,415	51.5	-7.0
	Conservative	Charles Goodson-Wickes	9,276	35.6	+14.5
	Liberal	Marie Dunn	2,242	8.6	-6.5
	National Front	Stewart Chaney	797	3.1	-2.2
	Ecology	Adrian Williams	310	1.2
Majority			4,139	15.9
Turnout			40,884	63.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Islington Central[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Douglas Grant	14,689	58.5	+4.6
	Conservative	C. Stanbrook	5,296	21.1	-2.9
	Liberal	P.W. Murphy	3,786	15.1	-7.0
	National Front	R. Score	1,335	5.3
Majority			9,393	37.4
Turnout			45,347	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Islington Central[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Douglas Grant	15,687	53.9
	Conservative	Richard Devonald-Lewis	6,996	24.0
	Liberal	I. Stuart	6,447	22.1
Majority			8,691	29.8
Turnout			45,090	64.6
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Islington

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"

1. "'Islington Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. 3 May 1979. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
3. "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
4. "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Retrieved 2012-01-30.