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1937 Islington North by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1937 Islington North by-election | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| country | United Kingdom | |
| seats_for_election | Constituency of Islington North | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 1935 United Kingdom general election | |
| previous_year | 1935 | |
| election_date | 13 October 1937 | |
| candidate1 | Leslie Haden-Guest | |
| image1 | [[File:Haden-guest (3x4 crop).jpg | x160px]] |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) | |
| popular_vote1 | 13,523 | |
| percentage1 | 52.5% | |
| swing1 | 6.9% | |
| candidate2 | Wilfrid Sugden | |
| image2 | Con | |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| popular_vote2 | 12,227 | |
| percentage2 | 47.5% | |
| swing2 | 6.9% | |
| title | MP | |
| posttitle | Subsequent MP | |
| before_election | Albert Goodman | |
| before_party | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| after_election | Leslie Haden-Guest | |
| after_party | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| turnout | 40.4% ( 19.3%) | |
| map_image | File:IslingtonNorth1918.png | |
| map_caption | A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Islington North highlighted in ****. | |
| next_election | 1945 United Kingdom general election | |
| next_year | 1945 |
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.
|reg. electors = 63,747
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