Islington West was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in North London.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Lower Holloway and Thornhill.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1885 Richard Chamberlain Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1892 Thomas Lough Liberal 1918 Sir George Elliott Unionist 1922 James Despencer-Robertson Unionist 1923 Frederick Montague Labour 1931 Patrick Donner Conservative 1935 Frederick Montague Labour 1947 Albert Evans Labour1950 constituency abolished: see Islington South West
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Thomas Lough Unionist:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: Frederick MontagueReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative: ET Hope Liberal: WC Woodroofe The Liberal Magazine, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Islington
References