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5 days ago · Islington, inner borough of London, England, located directly north of the City of London. It is part of the historic county of Middlesex. The present borough was established in 1965 by amalgamation of the former metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury. It includes the areas of (from north.
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2 days ago · Islington North ( / ˈɪzlɪŋtən nɔːrθ /) is a constituency in Greater London established for the 1885 general election. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Jeremy Corbyn, who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020.
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1 day ago · With the exception of the City of London, whose representation was reduced from four to two MPs, each borough, or division thereof, was represented by one MP. This act increased the number of MPs representing London from 22 to 59. The County of London was created in 1889 in succession to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
5 days ago · ISLINGTON IN 1780. In 1803, the old fears of French invasion again filling the minds of citizens, a volunteer corps of infantry was organised at Islington. It consisted of about 300 members. They wore as uniform a scarlet jacket turned up with black, light-blue pantaloons, short gaiters, and beaver caps.
5 days ago · In 1965 Islington and Finsbury M.B.s were merged to form the London Borough of Islington, with 10 aldermen and 60 councillors for the enlarged area. In 1977 there were seven standing committees, and councillors represented one of the 19 wards for four years.
5 days ago · Barnsbury and King's Cross. Covering the whole of the parish west of the settlement along Upper Street and south of the N.L.R. line, was mainly built over in the earlier 19th century. The only medieval building recorded was Barnsbury manor house, (fn. 94) which was probably not inhabited after the 14th century, although its moated site remained ...
2 days ago · The table below shows who has political control of each of the 21 non-metropolitan county councils (NMC), the 62 unitary authorities (UA), the 36 metropolitan districts (MD), the 32 London boroughs (LB) as well as the 2 sui generis entities: the City of London (CL) and the Isles of Scilly (IS).
