Islington Central

Islington Central
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.

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

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

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

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)

Boundaries

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^[1]