Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington South West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Islington Central and Islington South and Finsbury
Created from	Islington South

Islington South West 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 from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Islington South West in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1974.

The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, St Mary, St Peter, and Thornhill.

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Albert Evans	Labour
	1970	George Cunningham	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished: see Islington South & Finsbury

General Election 1950: Islington South West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	30,201	64.74
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	13,012	27.89
	Liberal	George William Waddilove	2,602	5.58
	Communist	Alfred Bender	834	1.79
Majority			17,189	36.85
Turnout				74.60
	Labour win

General Election 1951: Islington South West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	31,637	68.20
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	14,750	31.80
Majority			16,887	36.40
Turnout				75.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Islington South West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	24,935	68.12
	Conservative	Colin GS Hodgkinson	11,667	31.88
Majority			13,268	36.25
Turnout				62.04
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Islington South West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	22,362	65.13
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul Scott	11,974	34.87
Majority			10,388	30.25
Turnout				60.64
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Islington South West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	17,589	65.17
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul Scott	8,023	29.73
	Communist	JF Moss	1,377	5.10
Majority			9,566	35.44
Turnout				51.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Islington South West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Evans	16,206	64.95
	Conservative	A Hardy	5,903	23.66
	Independent	H Weston	1,271	5.09
	Union Movement	DH Harmston	816	3.27
Majority			10,303	41.29
Turnout				50.93
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Islington South West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Cunningham	12,876	60.89
	Conservative	John Szemerey	6,601	31.21
	Independent Liberal	Alan E. Lomas	1,161	5.49
	Communist	Marie Betteridge	509	2.41
Majority			6,275	29.67
Turnout				48.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Historic constituencies in London

1950	Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green 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	Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green 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