1971 Islington London Borough Council election
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All 60 Council seats 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 144,653 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 33.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Islington Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.[1]
Background
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 60 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 100.00 | 71.29 | 105,713 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 0.00 | 26.83 | 39,787 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 1,155 | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 668 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 533 | |||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 251 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 67 | ||
Dwarf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 61 | |||
Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 43 | |||
Total | 60 |
Ward results
Barnsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs P.J. Milsom | 1,620 | ||
Labour | Madeley R.J. | 1,580 | ||
Labour | R. Wylie | 1,570 | ||
Conservative | A.W. Rose | 600 | ||
Conservative | C.W. Alexander | 599 | ||
Conservative | Mrs S.M. Dykes | 587 | ||
Communist | J.W. Jones | 124 | ||
Dwarf | Miss L.E. Arnold | 61 | ||
Registered electors | 6,220 | |||
Turnout | 38.7 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | ||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Bunhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs E.K. Browning | 1,579 | ||
Labour | G.A.W. Ives | 1,565 | ||
Conservative | P.H.W. Britten* | 518 | ||
Conservative | S.W. Morris* | 501 | ||
Registered electors | 5,635 | |||
Turnout | 38.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Canonbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | L.S. Bailey | 2,749 | ||
Labour | E.J.W. Bayliss | 2,748 | ||
Labour | V.J. Cordwell | 2,655 | ||
Labour | E.C. Gough | 2,649 | ||
Conservative | Miss E.M. Carlson* | 792 | ||
Conservative | Mrs G. Young | 787 | ||
Conservative | P.E.G. Kilmartin | 775 | ||
Conservative | J.A. Rooke | 753 | ||
Liberal | D.W.D. Ainger | 144 | ||
Liberal | A.W.R. Capel | 135 | ||
Liberal | J.O. Carter | 118 | ||
Liberal | J.P. Hudson | 112 | ||
Registered electors | 10,494 | |||
Turnout | 36.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Clerkenwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Slater | 1,756 | ||
Labour | G.D. Southgate | 1,741 | ||
Labour | H.J. Stanfield | 1,732 | ||
Conservative | Mrs A.A. Richards | 302 | ||
Conservative | P.A.T. Burman | 286 | ||
Conservative | R. Richards | 283 | ||
Communist | P.J. Leppard | 77 | ||
Registered electors | 6,114 | |||
Turnout | 35.4 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Highbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.W. Straw | 2,107 | ||
Labour | H.C. Beard | 2,104 | ||
Labour | G.R. Taylor | 2,097 | ||
Labour | J. Walker | 2,071 | ||
Conservative | Mrs P.J. Wilsher | 793 | ||
Conservative | Miss L. Catterick | 788 | ||
Conservative | Mrs C.D.M. Jelbart | 776 | ||
Conservative | M.J. Prager | 768 | ||
Registered electors | 9,161 | |||
Turnout | 33.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Highview
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | N.L. Hackett | 1,587 | ||
Labour | A.E.J. Cannon | 1,525 | ||
Labour | A.E. White | 1,492 | ||
Conservative | J.T. Hanvey* | 629 | ||
Conservative | M.J. Bentley* | 616 | ||
Conservative | Miss N. Morris | 607 | ||
Communist | Miss B.A. Brady | 155 | ||
Liberal | M.J. Bird | 142 | ||
Liberal | Mrs A.M. Brady | 137 | ||
Registered electors | 7,775 | |||
Turnout | 31.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Hillmarton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A.L. Bell | 1,006 | ||
Labour | M.A. Ogilvy-Webb | 928 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.J. Pentecost* | 534 | ||
Conservative | R.P.C. Taft* | 504 | ||
Registered electors | 4,721 | |||
Turnout | 33.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Hillrise
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Miss E.M. Brosnan | 1,409 | ||
Labour | A.L. Murphy | 1,408 | ||
Labour | L.E. Gyseman | 1,367 | ||
Conservative | Dr A.P. Morris* | 633 | ||
Conservative | R.J. Edmunds | 612 | ||
Conservative | Mrs W.K.V. Milner | 609 | ||
National Front | C.W. Boggs | 79 | ||
National Front | D. Lane-Walters | 59 | ||
Registered electors | 6,574 | |||
Turnout | 33.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Holloway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs. M.J. Harvey | 1,479 | ||
Labour | P.E. Haynes | 1,453 | ||
Labour | J.R.K. Peile | 1,419 | ||
Labour | E.M. Holroyd-Doveton | 1,404 | ||
Conservative | J.W.S. Bridgewater* | 339 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.D. Bridgewater* | 325 | ||
Conservative | Mrs M.E. Garner* | 321 | ||
Conservative | B.J. Starkey | 300 | ||
Union Movement | A.J. SIbley | 43 | ||
Registered electors | 8,223 | |||
Turnout | 23.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Junction
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | W.T. Musgrave | 1,521 | ||
Labour | D.J. Davies | 1,515 | ||
Labour | G.A. Barnard | 1,497 | ||
Labour | D.J. Robinson | 1,447 | ||
Conservative | Mrs R. Richardson | 944 | ||
Conservative | R.R.F. Kinghorn* | 939 | ||
Conservative | C.F.A. Salaman | 862 | ||
Conservative | T.S.K. Yeo | 851 | ||
Registered electors | 8,485 | |||
Turnout | 29.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Mildmay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs P. Brown | 2,744 | ||
Labour | P.J.B. Dixon | 2,663 | ||
Labour | F.M. Perry | 2,642 | ||
Labour | D.A. Howell | 2,592 | ||
Conservative | P.D. Bromley* | 1,403 | ||
Conservative | N.B. Baile | 1,400 | ||
Conservative | R.E. Candlin* | 1,395 | ||
Conservative | D.H. Bryant* | 1,361 | ||
Independent | E.F. Bull | 67 | ||
Registered electors | 12,089 | |||
Turnout | 36.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Parkway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | P. McKendry | 1,573 | ||
Labour | G.F. Flynn | 1,521 | ||
Labour | H.J. Reid | 1,464 | ||
Conservative | M.A. O'Leary | 606 | ||
Conservative | Mrs A.M.M. Beaumont | 591 | ||
Conservative | P.J.M. Sinclair | 583 | ||
Registered electors | 7,705 | |||
Turnout | 30.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Pentonville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | R.J. Redrupp | 1,771 | ||
Labour | N.P. Riddell | 1,673 | ||
Labour | A.J. Coman | 1,637 | ||
Conservative | Miss A.T. Callaghan* | 653 | ||
Conservative | T.J.A. Northey* | 641 | ||
Conservative | Miss E.A. Dudley* | 622 | ||
Registered electors | 6,663 | |||
Turnout | 38.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Quadrant
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 | 10,961 | |||
Turnout | 33.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
St George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Mrs H. Metcalf | 1,404 | ||
Labour | R. Perry | 1,399 | ||
Labour | O.J. Monaghan | 1,393 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Horton-Hunter | 504 | ||
Conservative | Mrs U.F. Barber | 493 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.M. Stephens | 463 | ||
Liberal | A.G. Callegari | 129 | ||
Liberal | A.W. Mildren | 127 | ||
Liberal | J.M. Shields | 111 | ||
National Front | T.F. Savage | 59 | ||
National Front | G. Wilson | 54 | ||
Registered electors | 7,562 | |||
Turnout | 29.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour hold |
St Mary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R.J. Fairweather | 1,938 | ||
Labour | R.C. Mabey | 1,793 | ||
Labour | D.B. Hoodless | 1,779 | ||
Conservative | Mrs J.M. Baker | 563 | ||
Conservative | K.D. Boyd | 548 | ||
Conservative | R.H. Embleton | 528 | ||
Communist | Mrs M. Betteridge | 177 | ||
Registered electors | 7,544 | |||
Turnout | 35.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
St Peter
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Miss J. Gibson | 2,053 | ||
Labour | R.G. Lord | 1,879 | ||
Labour | A.E. Smith | 1,844 | ||
Conservative | P.R.C. Lloyd | 1,004 | ||
Conservative | W.G.M. Shipley | 851 | ||
Conservative | J. Szemerey | 831 | ||
Registered electors | 7,853 | |||
Turnout | 38.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Station
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. Carty | 941 | ||
Labour | H.E. Jordan | 907 | ||
Conservative | D.W.J. Saunders | 319 | ||
Conservative | Mrs J.F. Saunders | 298 | ||
Registered electors | 4,030 | |||
Turnout | 32.7 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Thornhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. Baker | 1,294 | ||
Labour | Mrs I. Hagland | 1,278 | ||
Labour | Mrs D.K.A. Rogers | 1,140 | ||
Conservative | T.P. Kelly | 461 | ||
Conservative | J.R. Rush | 426 | ||
Conservative | D.T. Taylor | 423 | ||
Independent Labour | H.W. Bray | 252 | ||
Independent Labour | G.J. Nash | 228 | ||
Independent Labour | R.A. Nash | 188 | ||
Registered electors | 6,844 | |||
Turnout | 30.1 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
References
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London Borough Council Elections - 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. pp. 39–41, 82, 84. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 November 2023.