Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Islington East
Type = Borough
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1974
members = one

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

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=Islington East by-election, 19th February 1931Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leah Manning
votes = 10,591
percentage = 34.7
change = −3.3Election box candidate
party = Empire Crusade
candidate = Alfred Critchley
votes = 8,314
percentage = 27.2
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thelma Cazalet
votes = 7,182
percentage = 23.5
change = −10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Horace Crawfurd
votes = 4,450
percentage = 14.6
change = −13.3Election box majority
votes = 2,277
percentage = 7.5
change = +3.6Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 50.0
change = −16.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General election, 1931: Islington EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thelma Cazalet
votes = 27,221
percentage = 67.5
change = +44.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leah Manning
votes = 13,111
percentage = 32.5
change = −2.2Election box majority
votes = 14,110
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 40,332
percentage = 65.4
change = +15.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +23.1Election box begin
title=General election, 1935: Islington EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thelma Cazalet
votes = 18,248
percentage = 52.5
change = −15.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = G.D. Jones
votes = 13,810
percentage = 39.8
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C.H. Blackburn
votes = 2,670
percentage = 7.7
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,438
percentage = 12.7
change = −22.3Election box turnout
votes = 34,728
percentage = 57.8
change = −7.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −11.2

Elections in the 1940s

Election box begin
title=General election, 1945: Islington EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Fletcher
votes = 18,936
percentage = 65.5
change = +25.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thelma Cazalet-Keir
votes = 9,960
percentage = 34.5
change = −18.0Election box majority
votes = 14,110
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 28,896
percentage = 66.2
change = +6.8Election box gain with party link
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +22.4

See also

* Islington East by-election, 1931
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Islington

References

*Rayment