Islington South West (London County Council constituency)

Islington South West
Islington South West
Former constituency; for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created	1949
Abolished	1965
Member(s)	3
Created from	Islington South and Islington West

Islington South West was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1949 and the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors[edit]

Year	Name		Name		Name
1949	Duncan McArthur Jackson	Labour	Hugh L. Jones	Labour	George Percival Wright	Labour
1952	Fred Powe	Labour	Hugh L. Jones	Labour	Reginald Stamp	Labour
1956	Fred Powe	Labour	Herbert Lygoe	Labour	Reginald Stamp	Labour

Election results[edit]

1949 London County Council election: Islington South West^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Duncan MacArthur Jackson	11,018
Labour	Hugh Jones	10,578
Labour	George Percival Wright	10,470
Conservative	Tom Howard	8,075
Conservative	V. E. Boatright	7,192
Conservative	J. E. Ridsdale	6,872

1952 London County Council election: Islington South West^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Hugh Jones	13,042
Labour	Reginald Stamp	12,556
Labour	Fred Powe	12,536
Conservative	Tom Howard	5,672
Conservative	V. E. Boatright	5,049
Conservative	H. Cawley	5,025
Labour hold		Swing

1955 London County Council election: Islington South West^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Hugh Jones	7,531
Labour	Fred Powe	7,390
Labour	Reginald Stamp	7,260
Conservative	L. C. Bassam	2,752
Conservative	M. Ganderton	2,604
Conservative	A. H. Rospo	2,598
Liberal	I. H. Buckingham	700
Liberal	M. H. Webber	388
Liberal	A. V. Stitt	251
Labour hold		Swing

Herbert Lygoe was elected unopposed in 1956.

1958 London County Council election: Islington South West^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Fred Powe	7,456
Labour	Herbert Lygoe	7,361
Labour	Reginald Stamp	7,334
Conservative	A. H. Rospo	1,760
Conservative	G. Leeson	1,710
Conservative	L. F. Bedford	1,646
Labour hold		Swing

1961 London County Council election: Islington South West^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Fred Powe	6,846
Labour	Herbert Lygoe	6,777
Labour	Reginald Stamp	6,696
Conservative	R. A. Abbott	2,194
Conservative	D. G. Gordon-Dean	2,158
Conservative	T. B. Judson	2,057
Communist	J. Moss	964
Union Movement	F. C. Wade	886
Union Movement	J. F. Kemp	865
Union Movement	F. Bailey	854
Liberal	R. H. Dodge	629
Liberal	W. E. Ferguson	544
Liberal	M. Levy	488
Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.
^ "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.
^ "LCC results: Conservative make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.
^ "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.
^ "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

[1] "LCC Polling". The Times. 9 April 1949.

[2] "London County Council: Election results". The Times. 5 April 1952.

[3] "LCC results: Conservative make headway". The Times. 25 April 1955.

[4] "Complete results of London County Council elections". The Times. 18 April 1958.

[5] "London County Council polling results". The Times. 14 April 1961.

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