Islington West (London County Council constituency)

Islington West
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		Name
1889	Donald Horne Macfarlane	Progressive	Robert Brudenell Carter	Moderate
1892	William Goodman	Progressive	George Joseph Chatterton	Moderate
1895	William Goodman	Progressive	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	Henry Lorenzo Jephson	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	George Bryant Naish	Labour	Albert Evans	Labour

Election results

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

^ ^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
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