1974 Islington London Borough Council election
Appearance
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Registered | 129,353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 26.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Background
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Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 60 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
100.00 | 65.26 | 69,423 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3.84 | 22.83 | 24,286 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 10.27 | 10,927 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.57 | 609 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.56 | 601 | ||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.49 | 526 | ||
Total | 60 | 106,372 |
Ward results
[edit](*) - Represents an incumbent councillor running for re-election
Barnsbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs. M.E. Watson | 836 | ||
Labour | M. McAskill | 830 | ||
Labour | M.B. Conway | 822 | ||
Conservative | J. A. A. Field | 421 | ||
Conservative | L.T.E. McAfee | 387 | ||
Conservative | D.T. Taylor | 386 | ||
Liberal | Mrs M.S.Pears | 327 | ||
Liberal | M.C. Oilard | 305 | ||
Liberal | Mrs H.S. Smith | 266 | ||
Communist | Mrs. P.S. Sentinella | 90 | ||
Registered electors | 5,322 | |||
Turnout | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Bunhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs E.K. Browning* | 1,044 | ||
Labour | G.A.W. Ives* | 1,037 | ||
Conservative | A.H.S. Hull | 382 | ||
Conservative | D.A. Douglas | 364 | ||
Registered electors | 5,652 | |||
Turnout | 26.3 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Canonbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs. E.J.W. Bayliss* | 1,875 | ||
Labour | L.S. Bailey* | 1,801 | ||
Labour | F. Johns | 1,789 | ||
Labour | J.C. Score | 1,737 | ||
Liberal | Mrs. B.J. Capel | 476 | ||
Liberal | S.F. Hampson | 461 | ||
Liberal | J.S Knight | 446 | ||
Liberal | R.G.L. Stileman | 423 | ||
Conservative | Miss E.M. Carlson | 385 | ||
Conservative | Mrs. B.A. Devonald-Lewis | 374 | ||
Conservative | J.A. Rooke | 351 | ||
Conservative | P.E.G. Kilmartin | 340 | ||
Registered electors | 9,881 | |||
Turnout | 28.1 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Clerkenwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | G.D. Southgate* | 939 | ||
Labour | D. Hyams | 936 | ||
Labour | H.J. Stanfield* | 914 | ||
Conservative | Mrs. L.M. Rush | 261 | ||
Conservative | Mrs. M.G. Taylor | 255 | ||
Conservative | R.E. Trott | 234 | ||
Registered electors | 5,694 | |||
Turnout | 22.2 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Highbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs P. Brown | 1,296 | ||
Labour | J. Walker* | 1,270 | ||
Labour | G.R. Taylor* | 1,265 | ||
Labour | J.W. Straw* | 1,262 | ||
Conservative | F.R. Garner | 409 | ||
Conservative | Mrs C.D.M. Jelbart | 405 | ||
Conservative | Mrs M.A.K. Malone | 399 | ||
Conservative | Mrs M.E. Garner | 396 | ||
Liberal | D.F. Davies | 305 | ||
Liberal | Mrs M.I. Campbell | 302 | ||
Liberal | Miss V.M. Brand | 300 | ||
Liberal | G.A. Dobison | 271 | ||
Registered electors | 8,582 | |||
Turnout | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Highview
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J.C. Evans | 1,154 | ||
Labour | A.J. Kirby | 1,127 | ||
Labour | A.E. White* | 1,085 | ||
Conservative | H.A.C. Collingham | 519 | ||
Conservative | R.P.C. Taft | 499 | ||
Conservative | T.S.K Yeo | 491 | ||
Communist | Miss B.A. Brady | 126 | ||
Registered electors | 7,313 | |||
Turnout | 23.1 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Hillmarton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A.L. Bell* | 694 | ||
Labour | Mrs P. Kershaw | 658 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.D. Bridgewater | 348 | ||
Conservative | J.W.S. Bridgewater | 346 | ||
Registered electors | 4,257 | |||
Turnout | 25.7 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Hillrise
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs E.M. Brosnan* | 752 | ||
Labour | Miss M. McCann | 745 | ||
Labour | A.L. Murphy* | 737 | ||
Conservative | Miss A.D. Hathaway | 246 | ||
Conservative | E.F. Bull | 235 | ||
Conservative | R.W. Dunn | 235 | ||
Registered electors | 4,689 | |||
Turnout | 23.1 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Holloway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | W. Moroney | 717 | ||
Labour | P.E. Haynes* | 715 | ||
Labour | E.M. Holroyd-Doveton* | 704 | ||
Labour | D. Aitchison | 699 | ||
Liberal | J.D. Carvel | 295 | ||
Liberal | Mrs M. Wilkins | 287 | ||
Liberal | Mrs C.H. Williams | 285 | ||
Liberal | G. Sattin | 281 | ||
Conservative | C.A. Amodio | 135 | ||
Conservative | Mrs S.J. Marcus | 130 | ||
Conservative | Mrs N.E. Sullivan | 128 | ||
Conservative | Mrs D.J. Suckling | 121 | ||
Registered electors | 5.590 | |||
Turnout | 21.9 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Junction
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs K.P. Donoghue | 1,161 | ||
Labour | Mrs H. Metcalf | 1,152 | ||
Labour | M.S.B. Van de Weyer | 1,131 | ||
Labour | Mrs V.A. Veness | 1,089 | ||
Conservative | R.R.F. Kinghorn | 648 | ||
Conservative | J.T. Hanvey | 637 | ||
Conservative | T.J.A. Northey | 610 | ||
Conservative | J. Sayeed | 584 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Froment | 241 | ||
Liberal | A.E. Brown | 235 | ||
Liberal | H.G. Barker | 221 | ||
Liberal | A.J. Toffel | 216 | ||
Registered electors | 7,598 | |||
Turnout | 28.1 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Mildmay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs J.B. Gibson | 1,653 | ||
Labour | D.A. Howell* | 1,640 | ||
Labour | F.M. Perry* | 1,631 | ||
Labour | Mrs M.A. Ogilvy-Webb | 1,597 | ||
Conservative | Mrs A.M.M. Beaumont | 779 | ||
Conservative | A.E. Forsyth | 756 | ||
Conservative | C.S. Millar | 740 | ||
Conservative | N.B. Baile | 732 | ||
Liberal | Mrs P.M. Duncan | 641 | ||
Liberal | A.W.R. Capel | 636 | ||
Liberal | R.C. James | 626 | ||
Liberal | Mrs P.F. Stileman | 564 | ||
Registered electors | 11,191 | |||
Turnout | 28.7 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Parkway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | P. A. Holmes | 1,049 | ||
Labour | C. O'Brien | 1,036 | ||
Labour | F. W. H. Sandford | 975 | ||
National Front | E. Richardson | 225 | ||
National Front | D. F. Painter | 196 | ||
National Front | J. O. Wingrove | 188 | ||
Conservative | A. M. Furbank | 185 | ||
Conservative | J. M. G. Baile | 172 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Pentonville
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | N. P. Riddell* | 991 | ||
Labour | J. F. Sabini | 907 | ||
Labour | D. K. A. Rogers | 892 | ||
Liberal | A. G. Richards | 348 | ||
Liberal | S. W. Applin | 330 | ||
Conservative | S. W. Morris | 328 | ||
Liberal | B. S. Wright | 326 | ||
Conservative | J. L. Tovell | 320 | ||
Conservative | G. I. H. Traill | 301 | ||
Communist | F. Cartwright | 52 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Quadrant
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs P.A. Bradbury* | 2,480 | ||
Labour | D. Gwyn-Jones | 2,415 | ||
Labour | P.L.B. Woodroffe | 2,364 | ||
Labour | Mrs R. Rogers | 2,352 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.H. Archer | 1,031 | ||
Conservative | R. Devonald-Lewis | 1,013 | ||
Conservative | D.W. Bromfield | 1,011 | ||
Conservative | R.C.J. Wright | 1,000 | ||
Registered electors | 10,233 | |||
Turnout | 23.8 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St George's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | D.J. Davies | 1,263 | ||
Labour | H. Hodge | 1,241 | ||
Labour | Mrs J.L. Streather | 1,204 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Horton-Hunter | 491 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.M. Stephens | 481 | ||
Conservative | G.M. Wolfson | 461 | ||
Registered electors | 7,516 | |||
Turnout | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Mary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | D.B. Hoodless* | 987 | ||
Labour | R.C. Mabey* | 938 | ||
Labour | A. Pedrick | 910 | ||
Liberal | R.G. Adams | 361 | ||
Conservative | M.D.M. Berkin | 270 | ||
Liberal | Mrs N. Heigham | 270 | ||
Liberal | R.E. Sanderson | 266 | ||
Conservative | J.R. Humber | 265 | ||
Conservative | R.H. Embleton | 259 | ||
Communist | Mrs M. Betteridge | 184 | ||
Registered electors | 6,311 | |||
Turnout | 30.9 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Peter
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs A.L. Page | 1,229 | ||
Labour | M.P. Reynolds | 1,152 | ||
Labour | A.E. Smith* | 1,115 | ||
Independent Liberal | T.J.M. Voelcker | 526 | ||
Conservative | F.A. Falk | 441 | ||
Conservative | J.R. Rush | 390 | ||
Conservative | W.G.M. Shipley | 380 | ||
Liberal | J.P. Hudson | 357 | ||
Liberal | H.W. Bray | 355 | ||
Communist | E.C. Archer | 99 | ||
Registered electors | 7,525 | |||
Turnout | 29.4 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Station
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. G. Smith | 651 | ||
Labour | A. Carty* | 643 | ||
Conservative | K. N. Baxendale | 92 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Thornhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs A.T. MacDonald | 725 | ||
Labour | A. Baker | 712 | ||
Labour | L. Gerrans | 698 | ||
Conservative | T.P. Kelly | 256 | ||
Conservative | H.J.H. Pearson | 238 | ||
Conservative | F. Philpott | 233 | ||
Communist | Miss M. Foy | 50 | ||
Registered electors | 5,720 | |||
Turnout | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections - 4 May 1987" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. pp. 42–44, 88, 90. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 November 2023.