Islington East was a

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which returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election. IslingtonEast1885

Boundaries

1885–1918

The seat was created by the

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as one of four divisions of the new

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of Islington. The parliamentary borough was coterminous with the civil parish of Islington and each of the four divisions consisted of a number of parish

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used for the election of vestrymen to the incorporated vestry, the local authority for the area. The East Division consisted of two wards:

Canonbury Canonbury is a residential area of Islington in the London Borough of Islington, North London. It is roughly in the area between Essex Road, Upper Street and Cross Street and either side of St Paul's Road. In 1253 land in the area was granted to ...

and

Highbury Highbury is a district in North London and part of the London Borough of Islington in Greater London that was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Roads. The manor house was situ ...

1918–1974

Constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland were reorganised by the

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. In London, seats were realigned to the boundaries of the

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that had been created in 1900. The

Metropolitan Borough of Islington Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish within the county of Middlesex, and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became ...

was divided into four constituencies with the Islington, East seat consisting of three wards as they existed in 1918: Canonbury, Highbury and Mildmay. At the next parliamentary redistribution, prior to the 1950 general election, the seat was unchanged. The seat was last contested at the 1970 general election. By the time of the next election in 1974, new constituencies had been drawn based on the

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s created in 1965. The

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was divided between three constituencies, with the area of the abolished East seat mostly falling in the new Islington Central constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election results

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Liberal: Edward Smallwood *Unionist:

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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 the following candidates had been selected by the Autumn of 1939: *Conservative:

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*Labour: H C Boyde *Liberal: Cyril BlackburnThe Liberal Magazine, 1939

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Islington East (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974 Politics of the London Borough of Islington