Islington South (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Islington South West
Created from	Finsbury

Islington South was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918

Islington South in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

The constituency was defined as comprising three wards of the parish of Islington: Barnsbury, St Mary and St Peter. These wards were used for the election of vestryman under the Metropolis Management Act 1855.^[1]

1918-1950

Islington South in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 constituencies in the County of London were redefined in terms of the Metropolitan Boroughs created in 1900. The constituency was defined as comprising three wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington having the same names as the previous wards: Barnsbury, St Mary and St Peter.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Spicer	Liberal
	1886	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	Conservative
	1906	Thomas Wiles	Liberal
	1918	Sir Charles Frederick Higham	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Charles Samuel Garland	Conservative
	1923	William Sampson Cluse	Labour
	1931	Tom Forrest Howard	Conservative
	1935	William Sampson Cluse	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: Islington South Electorate 27,763
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	12,893	72.5	+20.1
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	4,877	27.5	-20.1
Majority			8,016	45.1
Turnout				64.0

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Islington South Electorate 42,188
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	12,526	52.4	+17.2
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	11,398	47.6	-17.2
Majority			1,128	4.7	-29.4
Turnout			23,924	56.7	-8.1

General Election 27 October 1931: Islington South Electorate 44,716
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	18,071	62.4
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	10,910	37.6
Majority			7,161	24.7
Turnout			28,981	64.8

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Islington South^[2] Electorate 44,490
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	13,737	46.6
	Unionist	Tom Forrest Howard	9,418	32.0
	Liberal	Frank Milton	6,316	21.4
Majority			4,319	14.6
Turnout				66.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 29 October 1924: Islington South^[3] Electorate 34,818
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	10,347	42.8
	Unionist	Tom Forrest Howard	8,668	35.9
	Liberal	E Brotherton-Ratcliffe	5,158	21.3
Majority			1,679	6.9
Turnout				69.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: Islington South^[4] Electorate 34,462
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sampson Cluse	7,764	37.0
	Liberal	E Brotherton-Ratcliffe	7,531	35.9
	Unionist	Charles Samuel Garland	5,691	27.1
Majority			233	1.1
Turnout				60.9
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 15 November 1922: Islington South^[5] Electorate 34,029
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Samuel Garland	7,877	36.1	-17.8
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Thomas Wiles	7,352	33.6	-12.5
	Labour	Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	6,634	30.3	n/a
Majority			525	2.5	-5.4
Turnout				64.2	+20.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-2.7

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Islington South Composed of the wards of Barnsbury, St Mary and St Peter Electorate 28,976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Charles Frederick Higham	6,885	53.9
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Thomas Wiles	5,883	46.1
Majority			1,002	7.8
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Candidate endorsed by Coalition Government

December 1910 General Election: Islington South Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wiles	3,494	55.5	0.4
	Conservative	Lionel Wormser Harris	2,803	44.5	-0.4
Majority			691	11.0
Turnout			8,268	76.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

January 1910 General Election: Islington, South Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wiles	3,917	55.1	-0.7
	Conservative	David Faber	3,187	44.9	14.1
Majority			730	10.2
Turnout			8,268	85.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 20th century

Thomas Wiles

1906 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wiles	3,606	55.8	25.8
	Conservative	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	1,991	30.8	-39.2
	Independent Conservative	W. Hunt	870	13.5
Majority			1,615	24.9
Turnout			8,361	77.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1900 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	3,881	70.0	9.7
	Liberal	J.A. Strahan	1,665	30.0	-9.7
Majority			2,216	40.0
Turnout			8,796	63.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1895 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	3,563	60.3	7.7
	Liberal	Heber Leonidas Hart	2,342	39.7	-7.7
Majority			1,221	20.6
Turnout			8,244	71.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	3,194	52.6	-3.1
	Liberal	William Digby	2,873	47.4	3.1
Majority			321	5.2
Turnout			8,299	73.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

1886 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit	2,774	55.7	10.6
	Liberal	Henry Spicer	2,208	44.3	-10.6
Majority			566	11.4
Turnout			7,024	70.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1885 General Election: Islington, South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Spicer	3,050	54.9
	Conservative	H. Wildey Wright	2,502	45.1
Majority			548	9.8
Turnout			7,024	79.0
	Liberal gain from new seat		Swing

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 743, 749. ISBN 0901050679.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.

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

Historic constituencies in London

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1918	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 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