Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1983

Islington Central
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Islington East and Islington South West
Replaced by	Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury

Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Islington wards of Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Mildmay, and Quadrant.

General election 1979: Islington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Grant	13,415	51.5	−7.0
	Conservative	Charles Goodson-Wickes	9,276	35.6	+14.5
	Liberal	Marie Dunn	2,242	8.6	−6.5
	National Front	Stewart Chaney	797	3.1	−2.2
	Ecology	Adrian Williams	310	1.2	New
Majority			4,139	15.9	−21.5
Turnout			26,040	63.7	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Islington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Grant	14,689	58.5	+4.6
	Conservative	C. Stanbrook	5,296	21.1	−2.9
	Liberal	P.W. Murphy	3,786	15.1	−7.0
	National Front	R. Score	1,335	5.3	New
Majority			9,393	37.4	+7.5
Turnout			25,106	55.4	−9.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Islington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Grant	15,687	53.9
	Conservative	Richard Devonald-Lewis	6,996	24.0
	Liberal	I. Stuart	6,447	22.1
Majority			8,691	29.9
Turnout			29,130	64.6
	Labour win (new seat)

"'Islington Central', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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"Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
"Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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