1937 Islington North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1937 Islington North by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Islington North no 1935 United Kingdom general election 1935 13 October 1937 Leslie Haden-Guest x160px Labour Party (UK) 13,523 52.5% 6.9% Wilfrid Sugden Con Conservative Party (UK) 12,227 47.5% 6.9% MP Subsequent MP Albert Goodman Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Haden-Guest Labour Party (UK) 40.4% ( 19.3%) File:IslingtonNorth1918.png A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Islington North highlighted in #ff0000 red. 1945 United Kingdom general election 1945The 1937 Islington North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 October 1937 for the British House of Commons constituency of Islington North in Islington, North London. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Albert Goodman, died on 22 August 1937, aged 57. He had held the seat since the 1931 general election. The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Leslie Haden-Guest, who won with a majority of 1,296 over the Conservative candidate, former MP Sir Wilfrid Sugden. Haden Guest represented the constituency until he stepped down at the 1950 general election. The constituency was then held by Labour almost continuously from 1937 until 2024, save for a brief period in the 1980s when incumbent Labour MP Michael O'Halloran joined the breakaway Social Democratic Party. Labour's victory streak ended in 2024 when Independent Jeremy Corbyn won the seat, having been deselected as the Labour Party candidate. Islington North by-election, 1937 Labour Party (UK) Leslie Haden-Guest 13,523 52.5 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Wilfrid Sugden 12,227 47.5 −6.9 1,296 5.0 N/A 25,750 40.4 -19.3 63,747 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.9 See also Islington North (UK Parliament constituency) Islington 1958 Islington North by-election 1969 Islington North by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X February 2012 Islington North by-election Islington North,1937 Islington North by-election Islington North,1937 Category:October 1937 in the United Kingdom