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Islington East — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Islington East was won by Labour at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 5,320 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Islington East from 1885 to 1970.

Full Election History, 1885–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Henry Bret Ince (Liberal) 3,296 50.3% Isaac Cowley Lambert (Conservative) 34 (0.5 pts) 81.0%
1886 Isaac Cowley Lambert (Conservative) 3,732 61.5% Henry Bret Ince (Liberal) 1,396 (23.0 pts) 75.0%
1892 Benjamin Louis Cohen (Conservative) 3,975 53.1% Percy William Bunting (Liberal) 465 (6.2 pts) 75.8%
1895 Benjamin Louis Cohen (Conservative) 4,383 58.1% Thomas McKinnon Wood (Liberal) 1,224 (16.2 pts) 74.0%
1900 Benjamin Louis Cohen (Conservative) 4,205 61.9% Andrew Mitchell Torrance (Liberal) 1,619 (23.8 pts) 65.3%
1906 George Heynes Radford (Liberal) 4,477 54.7% Benjamin Louis Cohen (Conservative) 767 (9.4 pts) 75.9%
Jan 1910 George Heynes Radford (Liberal) 5,001 51.7% Joseph Henry Thomas Keeves (Conservative) 330 (3.4 pts) 87.0%
Dec 1910 George Heynes Radford (Liberal) 4,503 50.7% Philip Edward Pilditch (Conservative) 125 (1.4 pts) 79.9%
1918 Alfred Baldwin Raper (Unionist) 9,352 48.8% Edward Smallwood (Liberal) 3,384 (17.7 pts) 51.7%
1922 Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson (Unionist) 11,954 46.0% Godfrey Baring (Liberal) 3,847 (14.8 pts) 59.4%
1923 Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (Liberal) 10,670 40.0% Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson (Unionist) 1,632 (6.1 pts) 60.0%
1924 Robert Inigo Tasker (Unionist) 14,174 44.5% Ethel Bentham (Labour) 3,894 (12.2 pts) 70.8%
1929 Ethel Bentham (Labour) 15,199 38.0% Robert Inigo Tasker (Unionist) 1,558 (3.9 pts) 66.4%
1931 Thelma Cazalet (Conservative) 27,221 67.5% Elizabeth Leah Manning (Labour) 14,110 (35.0 pts) 65.4%
1935 Thelma Cazalet (Conservative) 18,248 52.5% Gwyn Jones (Labour) 4,438 (12.8 pts) 57.8%
1945 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 18,936 65.5% Thelma Cazalet-Keir (Conservative) 8,976 (31.1 pts) 66.2%
1950 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 22,477 56.0% Katherine Wilmot (Conservative) 8,092 (20.2 pts) 79.3%
1951 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 23,896 59.9% Katherine Wilmot (Conservative) 7,896 (19.8 pts) 78.2%
1955 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 19,612 60.3% Geoffrey Finsberg (Conservative) 6,702 (20.6 pts) 66.1%
1959 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 17,776 57.6% Kenneth C Burden (Conservative) 4,679 (15.2 pts) 63.5%
1964 Eric George Molyneux Fletcher (Labour) 14,192 52.5% Kenneth C Burden (Conservative) 6,477 (23.9 pts) 57.1%
1966 Eric Fletcher (Labour) 15,009 57.9% John Holderness (Conservative) 7,519 (29.0 pts) 57.1%
1970 John Grant (Labour) 13,980 61.7% Richard Devonald-Lewis (Conservative) 5,320 (23.5 pts) 51.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Bret Ince Liberal 3,29650.3% Yes
Isaac Cowley Lambert Conservative 3,26249.7% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Cowley Lambert Conservative 3,73261.5% Yes
Henry Bret Ince Liberal 2,33638.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Louis Cohen Conservative 3,97553.1% Yes
Percy William Bunting Liberal 3,51046.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Louis Cohen Conservative 4,38358.1% Yes
Thomas McKinnon Wood Liberal 3,15941.9% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Louis Cohen Conservative 4,20561.9% Yes
Andrew Mitchell Torrance Liberal 2,58638.1% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Heynes Radford Liberal 4,47754.7% Yes
Benjamin Louis Cohen Conservative 3,71045.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Heynes Radford Liberal 5,00151.7% Yes
Joseph Henry Thomas Keeves Conservative 4,67148.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Heynes Radford Liberal 4,50350.7% Yes
Philip Edward Pilditch Conservative 4,37849.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Baldwin Raper Unionist 9,35248.8% Yes
Edward Smallwood Liberal 5,96831.1% No
Arthur John Lewer Labour 3,12216.3% No
Charles Edward Copplestone National Party 5753.0% No
Frederick Alfred Wickhart Independent 1470.8% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson Unionist 11,95446.0% Yes
Godfrey Baring Liberal 8,10731.2% No
Ethel Bentham Labour 5,90022.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr Liberal 10,67040.0% Yes
Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson Unionist 9,03833.9% No
Ethel Bentham Labour 6,94126.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Inigo Tasker Unionist 14,17444.5% Yes
Ethel Bentham Labour 10,28032.3% No
Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr Liberal 7,40623.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ethel Bentham Labour 15,19938.0% Yes
Robert Inigo Tasker Unionist 13,64134.1% No
Edgar Charles William Middleton Liberal 11,13627.9% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thelma Cazalet Conservative 27,22167.5% Yes
Elizabeth Leah Manning Labour 13,11132.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thelma Cazalet Conservative 18,24852.5% Yes
Gwyn Jones Labour 13,81039.8% No
Cyril Harry Blackburn Liberal 2,6707.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 18,93665.5% Yes
Thelma Cazalet-Keir Conservative 9,96034.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 22,47756.0% Yes
Katherine Wilmot Conservative 14,38535.8% No
Thomas Herbert Coss Billson Liberal 3,3018.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 23,89659.9% Yes
Katherine Wilmot Conservative 16,00040.1% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 19,61260.3% Yes
Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative 12,91039.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 17,77657.6% Yes
Kenneth C Burden Conservative 13,09742.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher Labour 14,19252.5% Yes
Kenneth C Burden Conservative 7,71528.5% No
Joel Freedman Liberal 3,08111.4% No
Alan E Lomas New Liberal 2,0537.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Fletcher Labour 15,00957.9% Yes
John Holderness Conservative 7,49028.9% No
Joel Freedman Liberal 2,2888.8% No
Alan Lomas Independent Liberal 1,1274.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Grant Labour 13,98061.7% Yes
Richard Devonald-Lewis Conservative 8,66038.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1886: Conservative margin 23.0 pts 1892: Conservative margin 6.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 23.8 pts 1906: Liberal margin 9.4 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 3.4 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 1.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 17.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 14.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 6.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 12.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 3.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 35.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 31.1 pts 1950: Labour margin 20.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 19.8 pts 1955: Labour margin 20.6 pts 1959: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1964: Labour margin 23.9 pts 1966: Labour margin 29.0 pts 1970: Labour margin 23.5 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

Islington East has been contested at 23 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Islington East in the 1970 general election?

Labour won Islington East in 1970 with 13,980 votes (61.7%), a majority of 5,320 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Islington East since 1885?

Since 1885, Islington East has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Islington East?

The closest result on record for Islington East was 1885, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 34 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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