Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Islington North in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	68,777 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Finsbury
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Islington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. At 727 hectares (1,800 acres), it is the smallest UK Parliamentary constituency by area.^[2]

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Further information
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography

Boundaries

The seat covers the northern half of the London Borough of Islington, which includes the areas of Holloway, Highbury, Tufnell Park and Archway.

The constituency now comprises eight wards:

Finsbury Park, Highbury East, Highbury West, Hillrise, Junction, Mildmay, St. George's and Tollington.

These boundaries have been considerably changed since 1970, when Islington returned three MPs and shared another with Hackney. This reflects the depopulation of central London as people move to the suburbs and the local authority sought to obtain lower housing densities. The core of the constituency was the area north of Seven Sisters Road and Camden Road.

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[3]
1885	Sir George Trout Bartley	Conservative
1906	David Sydney Waterlow	Liberal
Dec 1910	Sir George Touche	Conservative
1918	Sir Newton James Moore	Conservative
1923	William Henry Cowan	Conservative
1929	Robert Young	Labour
1931	Albert William Goodman	Conservative
1937 by-election	Dr Leslie Haden-Guest	Labour
1950	Ronw Moelwyn Hughes	Labour
1951	Wilfred Fienburgh	Labour
1958 by-election	Gerry Reynolds	Labour
1969 by-election	Michael O'Halloran	Labour
1981		SDP
1983		Independent Labour
1983	Jeremy Corbyn	Labour

Election results

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Islington North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	24,276	54.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Rhodri Jamieson-Ball	11,875	26.7	−3.2
	Conservative	Adrian Berrill-Cox	6,339	14.2	+2.4
	Green	Emma Dixon	1,348	3.0	−4.1
	UKIP	Dominic Lennon	716	1.6	N/A
Majority			12,401	27.8
Turnout			44,554	65.4	+11.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	16,118	51.2	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Willoughby	9,402	29.9	+10.9
	Conservative	Nicola Talbot	3,740	11.9	+1.1
	Green	Jon Nott	2,234	7.1	+0.9
Majority			6,716	21.3
Turnout			31,494	53.9	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.8

General Election 2001: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	18,699	61.9	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Willoughby	5,741	19.0	+5.4
	Conservative	Neil Rands	3,249	10.8	-2.2
	Green	Chris Ashby	1,876	6.2	+2.0
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Cook	512	1.7	N/A
	Reform 2000 Party	Emine Hassan	139	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,958	42.9
Turnout			30,216	48.8	-13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	24,834	69.3	+11.9
	Liberal Democrat	James Kempton	4,879	13.6	−1.5
	Conservative	Simon Fawthrop	4,631	12.9	−10.8
	Green	Chris Ashby	1,516	4.2	+0.4
Majority			19,955
Turnout				62.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	21,742	57.4	+7.4
	Conservative	M. L. Champagnie	8,958	23.7	−1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Ludford	5,732	15.1	−6.7
	Green	Chris Ashby	1,420	3.8	+0.9
Majority			12,784	33.7
Turnout				66.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	19,577	50.0	+9.6
	Conservative	E. G. Noad	9,920	25.3	0.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. Whelan	8,560	21.8	−0.6
	Green	Chris Ashby	1,131	2.9	N/A
Majority			9,657	24.7
Turnout				66.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	14,951	40.4	−12.2
	Conservative	D. A. Coleman	9,344	25.3	−8.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	John Grant	8,268	22.4	+13.5
	Independent Labour	Michael O'Halloran	4,091	11.1	N/A
	BNP	L. A. D. Bearsford-Walker	176	0.5	N/A
	Independent	R. A. J. Lincoln	134	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,657	24.7
Turnout				66.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	12,317	52.6	−5.3
	Conservative	N. Kerr	7,861	33.6	+6.1
	Liberal	K. Clarke	2,079	8.9	−3.3
	National Front	S. Hook	501	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Unity	M. Simpson	438	1.9	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R. McCullogh	217	0.9	N/A
Majority			4,456	19.0
Turnout				61.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	12,973	57.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro	6,155	27.5	+1.7
	Liberal	M. Davenport	2,736	12.2	−5.1
	Labour and Democrat	D. Fallon	558	2.5	+0.3
Majority			6,818	30.4	+4.9
Turnout				54.2	−8.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	13,332	51.3	−7.4
	Conservative	G. Wolfson	6,704	25.8	−9.8
	Liberal	M. Davenport	4,503	17.3	N/A
	National Front	J. Score	871	3.4	−2.2
	Labour and Democrat	D. Fallon	570	2.2	N/A
Majority			6,628	25.5
Turnout				63.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	13,010	58.7
	Conservative	D. Pearce	7,862	35.6
	National Front	Rev. Brian Green	1,232	5.6
Majority			5,148	23.3
Turnout				49.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Islington North by-election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	7,288	49.2	−10.2
	Conservative	Andrew Pearce	5,754	38.9	+8.2
	Liberal	Eric Thwaites	1,514	10.2	+0.4
	Independent Socialist	Austin Williams	245	1.7	N/A
Majority			1,534	10.4	−18.4
Turnout			14,801
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.2

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Reynolds	18,718	55.8	−11.0
	Conservative	Ronald Bartle	14,820	44.2	+13.9
Majority			3,898	11.6	−26.3
Turnout			33,538	62.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−12.5

Islington North by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Reynolds	13,159	66.8	+6.4
	Conservative	Ronald Bartle	5,968	30.3	−9.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Jim McKie	576	2.9	N/A
Majority			7,461	37.9	+17.2
Turnout			19,703
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.9

General Election 1955: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Fienburgh	22,100	60.3	+0.7
	Conservative	E. Mackinnon	14,522	39.7	−0.7
Majority			7,578	20.7	+1.4
Turnout				64.7	−13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 1951: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Fienburgh	27,406	59.6	+1.7
	Conservative	Graham Page	18,541	40.4	+3.2
Majority			8,865	19.3	−1.4
Turnout			45,947	77.8	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.8

General Election 1950: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronw Moelwyn Hughes	26,354	57.9	−9.5
	Conservative	Graham Page	16,935	37.2	+4.6
	Liberal	R. E. Burns	2,189	4.8	N/A
Majority			9,419	20.7	−14.1
Turnout			45,478	76.7	+9.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Islington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	23,234	67.4	+14.9
	Conservative	C. A. U Rhys	11,240	32.6	−14.9
Majority			11,994	34.8	+29.8
Turnout				67.2	+26.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.9

Elections in the 1930s

Islington North by-election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	13,523	52.5	+6.9
	Conservative	Sir Wilfrid Sugden	12,227	47.5	−6.9
Majority			1,296	5.0
Turnout			27,750	40.4	−19.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.9

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate 64241, Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Stanley Young	18,272
	Conservative	Gordon Cosmo Touche	15,207
	Liberal	Lady Crosfield	10,210
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 29 October 1924: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 6 December 1923: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate 48,002 Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Henry Cowan	10,802
	Liberal	N T C Sargant	10,219
	Labour	G Bennett	8,556
Majority
Turnout

General Election 15 November 1922: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: constituency of Islington North Composed of the Islington wards of Tollington, Tufnell and Upper Holloway Electorate 41,769, Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Newton Moore	14,183	68.5
	British Socialist Party	John Arnall	4,000	19.3
	Liberal	Norman Thomas Carr Sargant	2,529	12.2
Majority			49.2	10,183
Turnout			18,412	49.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Further information

Michael O'Halloran, elected Labour MP for Islington North in 1969, was the subject of an investigation in the early 1970s by The Sunday Times newspaper. They highlighted his background with a local building company and the local Irish community and queried the tactics of his supporters during his selection as candidate.

O'Halloran joined the SDP in September 1981, as did both of the other Islington MPs. However the Boundary Commission cut the number of constituencies in Islington from three to two. O'Halloran sought selection as the SDP candidate for the revised Islington North constituency but the local SDP association selected John Grant, then SDP (elected as Labour) MP for Islington Central, as its official candidate. In February 1983, O'Halloran resigned his membership of the SDP and sat in Parliament as an "Independent Labour" member, supporting the Parliamentary Labour Party. Despite this, he failed to regain the Labour Party nomination for the 1983 General Election and he was defeated by the new Labour candidate, Jeremy Corbyn, coming fourth with 11.1% of the vote.

Corbyn defeated Paul Boateng for the Labour Party selection. Boateng subsequently became the first black Cabinet Minister in the UK.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ http://www.parliament.uk/faq/elections_faq_page.cfm
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
^ http://www.islington.gov.uk/DownloadableDocuments/CouncilandDemocracy/Pdf/electoral/sopn_north.pdf

Bibliography

Iain Dale, ed (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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