Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Islington Central and Islington North
Created from	Finsbury

Islington East was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Islington East in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used 1885-1918

Islington East in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used 1918-50

Islington East in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used 1950-74

A map showing the wards of Islington Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Boundaries

1885–1918

The seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of four divisions of the new parliamentary borough of Islington. The parliamentary borough was coterminous with the civil parish of Islington and each of the four divisions consisted of a number of parish wards used for the election of vestrymen to the incorporated vestry, the local authority for the area.

The East Division consisted of two wards: Canonbury and Highbury.^[1]

1918–1974

Constituencies throughout Great Britain were reorganised by the Representation of the People Act 1918. In London, seats were realigned to the boundaries of the metropolitan boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Islington was divided into four constituencies with the Islington, East seat consisting of three wards as they existed in 1918: Canonbury, Highbury and Mildmay. At the next parliamentary redistribution, prior to the 1950 general election, the seat was unchanged.^[1]

The seat was last contested at the 1970 general election. By the time of the next election in 1974 new constituencies had been drawn based on the London boroughs created in 1965. The London Borough of Islington was divided between three constituencies, with the area of the abolished East seat mostly falling in the new Islington Central constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Bret Ince	Liberal
	1886	Isaac Cowley Lambert	Conservative
	1892	Sir Benjamin Cohen	Conservative
	1906	Sir George Heynes Radford	Liberal
	1917 by-election	Edward Smallwood	Liberal
	1918	Alfred Baldwin Raper	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson	Conservative
	1923	Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr	Liberal
	1924	Robert Inigo Tasker	Conservative
	1929	Ethel Bentham	Labour
	1931 by-election	Elizabeth Leah Manning	Labour
	1931	Thelma Cazalet, later Cazalet-Keir	Conservative
	1945	Sir Eric Fletcher	Labour
	1970	John Grant	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Bret Ince	3,296	50.3
	Conservative	Isaac Cowley Lambert	3,262	49.7
Majority			34
Turnout			8,092	81.0	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Cowley Lambert	3,732	61.5	11.8
	Liberal	Henry Bret Ince	2,336	38.5	-11.8
Majority			1,396
Turnout			8,092	75.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Benjamin Cohen

General Election 1892: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Louis Cohen	3,975	53.1	-8.4
	Liberal	P.W. Bunting	3,510	46.9	8.4
Majority			465
Turnout			9,872	75.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Louis Cohen	4,383	58.1	5.0
	Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	3,159	41.9	-5.0
Majority			1,224
Turnout			10,191	74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Andrew Torrance

General Election 1900: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Louis Cohen	4,205	61.9	3.8
	Liberal	Andrew Mitchell Torrance	2,586	38.1	-3.8
Majority			1,619
Turnout			10,395	65.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

G.H. Radford

General Election 1906: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Heynes Radford	4477	54.7	16.6
	Conservative	Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen	3710	45.3	-16.6
Majority			767
Turnout			10,786	75.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Heynes Radford	5,001	51.7	-3.0
	Conservative	J.H.T. Keeves	4,671	48.3	3.0
Majority			330
Turnout			11,118	87.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Islington, East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Heynes Radford	4,503	50.7	-1.0
	Conservative	Philip Edward Pilditch	4,378	49.3	1.0
Majority			125
Turnout			11,118	79.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Edward Smallwood
Unionist: Philip Edward Pilditch

E. Smallwood

Islington East by-election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Smallwood	2,709	57.0	6.3
	Independent	Alfred Baker	1,532	32.2
	National Party	Edmund Broughton Barnard	513	10.8
Majority			1,177
Turnout			12,874	36.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1918: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Baldwin Raper	9,352	48.8	n/a
	Liberal	Edward Smallwood	5,968	31.1	-25.9
	Labour	Arthur John Lewer	3,122	16.3	n/a
	National Party	Charles Edward Copplestone	575	3.0	-7.8
	Independent	Frederick Alfred Wickhart	147	0.8	n/a
Majority			3,384	17.7
Turnout				51.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Sir G. Baring

General Election 1922: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson	11,954	46.1
	Liberal	Sir Godfrey Baring	8,107	31.2
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	5,900	22.7
Majority			3,847	14.9
Turnout				59.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

A. Comyns Carr

General Election 1923: Islington East ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Strettell Comyns-Carr	10,670	40.1	+8.9
	Unionist	Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson	9,038	33.9	-12.2
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	6,941	26.0	+3.3
Majority			1,632	6.2	21.1
Turnout				60.0	+0.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+10.1

Robert Tasker

General Election 1924: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Inigo Tasker	14,174	44.5	+10.6
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	10,280	32.3	+6.3
	Liberal	Arthur Strettell Comyns-Carr	7,406	23.2	-16.9
Majority			3,894	12.2
Turnout				70.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Ethel Bentham

General Election 1929: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ethel Bentham	15,199	38.0	+5.7
	Unionist	Robert Inigo Tasker	13,641	34.1	-10.4
	Liberal	Edgar Charles Middleton	11,136	27.9	+4.7
Majority			1,558	3.9
Turnout				66.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Islington East by-election, 19 February 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	10,591	34.7	−3.3
	Empire Crusade	Alfred Cecil Critchley	8,314	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Thelma Cazalet	7,182	23.5	−10.6
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	4,450	14.6	−13.3
Majority			2,277	7.5	+3.6
Turnout				50.0	−16.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thelma Cazalet	27,221	67.5	+44.0
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	13,111	32.5	−2.2
Majority			14,110	35.0
Turnout			40,332	65.4	+15.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+23.1

General Election 1935: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thelma Cazalet	18,248	52.5	−15.0
	Labour	Ald. G.D. Jones	13,810	39.8	+7.3
	Liberal	Cyril Harry Blackburn	2,670	7.7	N/A
Majority			4,438	12.7	−22.3
Turnout			34,728	57.8	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.2

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Thelma Cazalet
Labour: Dr H C Boyde ^[4]
Liberal: Cyril Harry Blackburn^[5]

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Islington East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	18,936	65.5	+25.7
	Conservative	Thelma Cazalet-Keir	9,960	34.5	−18.0
Majority			14,110	35.0
Turnout			28,896	66.2	+6.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+22.4

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Islington East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	22,477	55.96
	Conservative	Mrs Katherine Wilmot	14,385	35.82
	Liberal	Thomas Herbert Coss Billson	3,301	8.22
Majority			8,062	20.15
Turnout				79.30
	Labour hold

General Election 1951: Islington East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	23,896	59.9
	Conservative	Mrs Katherine Wilmot	16,000	40.1
Majority			7,896	19.79
Turnout				78.23
	Labour hold

General Election 1955: Islington East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	19,612	60.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	12,910	39.7
Majority			6,702	20.61
Turnout				66.06
	Labour hold

General Election 1959: Islington East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	17,776	57.56	-2.74
	Conservative	Kenneth C Burden	13,097	42.44	+2.74
Majority			4,669	15.13	-5.48
Turnout			30,683	63.49	-2.57
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Islington East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	14,192	52.48	-5.04
	Conservative	Kenneth C Burden	7,715	28.53	-13.91
	Liberal	Joel Freedman	3,081	11.39	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Alan E Lomas	2,053	7.59	N/A
Majority			6,477	23.95	+8.82
Turnout				57.11	-6.38
	Labour hold

General Election 1966: Islington East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric George Molyneux Fletcher	15,009	57.92	+5.44
	Conservative	John B W Holderness	7,490	28.90	+0.37
	Liberal	Joel Freedman	2,288	8.83	-2.56
	Independent Liberal	Alan E Lomas	1,127	4.35	-3.24
Majority			7,519	29.02	+5.07
Turnout			25,914	57.06	+0.5
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Islington East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Douglas Grant	13,980	61.75	+3.83
	Conservative	Richard Devonald-Lewis	8,660	38.25	+9.35
Majority			5,320	23.50	-5.52
Turnout			22,350	51.80	-5.26
	Labour hold

References

1 2 3 Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 742–748. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
1 2 3 4 5 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"

Historic constituencies in London

1885	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 Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich

1918	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Clapham Dulwich Chelsea City of London Deptford 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

1950	Barnet Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South 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 Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barnet Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North 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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