Islington London Borough Council election, 2002

Islington Council election, 2002

2 May 2002

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Steve Hitchins	Mary Creagh
Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Green
Leader since	1997	2000
Leader's seat	St. Peter's	Highbury West
Last election	26 seats, 41.4%	26 seats, 40.6%	0 seats, 6.3%
Seats won	38	10	0
Seat change	12	16
Popular vote	45,754	35,651	10,775
Percentage	45.8%	35.7%	10.8%
Swing	4.4%	4.9%	4.5%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

Map of the results of the 2002 Islington council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2002 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 4.^[1] The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Background

The 1998 election saw the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties finish on 26 seats each, with Labour continuing to run the council with the mayor's casting vote.^[3] However in December 1999 the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council after gaining a seat from Labour in a by-election.^[4] This meant that going into the election the Liberal Democrats had 27 seats, compared to 25 for Labour.^[5]

187 candidates stood in the election for the 48 seats being contested, after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4.^[5] The election was seen as a fight between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, with the Green Party aiming to win 1 or 2 seats.^[5] The Conservative party did not put candidates for every seat being contested, while the Christian Peoples Alliance, Independent Working Class Association, Socialist Alliance and Socialist Labour Party all stood candidates, as well as several independents.^[5]

Issues in the election were reported as being crime, council housing repairs, asset sell-offs and the proposed new Arsenal stadium.^[5]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats retain control of the council with an increased majority after gaining seats from Labour.^[6]

Islington Local Election Result 2002^[7]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	38			+11	79.2	45.8	45,754	+4.4
	Labour	10			-15	20.8	35.7	35,651	-4.9
	Green	0			0	0	10.8	10,775	+4.5
	Conservative	0			0	0	4.2	4,150	-2.1
	Independent	0			0	0	1.6	1,580
	Independent Working Class	0			0	0	1.0	1,010
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.6	569
	Christian Peoples	0			0	0	0.2	242
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.2	166

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Barnsbury (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bridget Fox *	1,127
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Wright	1,046
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Powney	1,036
	Labour	Jan Pitt	600
	Labour	Emily Thornberry	600
	Labour	Maureen Leigh	561
	Green	Ben Mulvey	238
	Green	Sarah Green	227
	Independent	Anthony Sellen	199
	Conservative	Jacqueline Fage	183
	Conservative	Michael Coney	174
	Conservative	Adam Bogdanor	153
Turnout			6,144	28.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bunhill (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Trotter *	942
	Liberal Democrat	Jyoti Vaja *	909
	Liberal Democrat	Rosetta Wooding *	908
	Labour	Jeremy Breaks	430
	Labour	Daniel Neidle	377
	Labour	William Croucher	355
	Independent	David Warby	185
	Green	Angela Thomson	154
	Conservative	John Brimacombe	118
	Conservative	Joseph Goldsmith	111
	Conservative	Nigel Watts	102
Turnout			4,591	20.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Caledonian (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Powell	1,074
	Liberal Democrat	Arnold Gibbons	1,018
	Liberal Democrat	Marie Valery	948
	Labour	Ian Perry	897
	Labour	Julia Mackenzie	876
	Labour	Trevor Carter	822
	Green	Sheena Etches	160
	Green	Mark Chilver	155
	Conservative	Christopher Cox	127
	Conservative	Andrew Hicks	101
	Conservative	Martine Oborne	96
	Socialist Labour	Michael Paschale	85
Turnout			6,359	27.3

Canonbury (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Smith *	1,200
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Conder	1,142
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Watt	1,088
	Labour	Michael Sharman	514
	Labour	Steven Powell	497
	Labour	Jonah Grunsell	481
	Independent	Ann-Marie Greensmith	218
	Green	Susan Wilkinson	199
	Green	Jeffrey Pike	195
	Conservative	James Candlin	128
	Conservative	Timothy Carrington	128
	Conservative	Andrew Conder	121
	Christian Peoples	Esame Diyan	40
Turnout			5,951	26.8

Clerkenwell (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Allan *	853
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Neave *	824
	Liberal Democrat	Marisha Ray	769
	Independent	Helen Cagnoni	541
	Independent Working Class	Gary O'Shea	532
	Independent Working Class	Lorna Reid	478
	Labour	Paul Jackson	409
	Labour	Harriet Quiney	367
	Labour	Ben Wardle	334
	Green	Kevin Fallon	183
	Green	Rebecca Whale	154
	Conservative	Lee Craven	136
	Conservative	Richard Campbell	129
	Conservative	Peter Warren	104
Turnout			5,813	25.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Finsbury Park (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael O'Sullivan	911
	Labour	Barbara Sidnell	889
	Labour	Richard Steer	887
	Green	Alice Maby	365
	Green	Nicola Baird	336
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Peel	324
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Pack	294
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Porter	274
	Green	Richard Steer	268
Turnout			4,548	20.0

Highbury East (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Barnes	1,385
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Willoughby	1,378
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Stacy	1,307
	Labour	Theresa Debono	757
	Labour	Timothy Clark	730
	Labour	David Poyser	726
	Green	Christopher Ashby	378
	Green	Sara Meidan	317
	Green	Patricia Tuson	288
	Conservative	Mark Riddleston	152
	Conservative	John Wilkin	147
	Conservative	Tristan Rudgard	144
Turnout			7,709	33.3

Highbury West (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Creagh *	1,100
	Labour	Richard Greening *	1,038
	Labour	Adrian Pulham	896
	Green	Andrew Myer	748
	Green	Malcolm Powell	644
	Green	Jon Nott	631
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Brand	293
	Liberal Democrat	James King	278
	Liberal Democrat	Dominic Mathon	243
	Conservative	James Barabas	138
	Conservative	Bruce Picking	125
	Conservative	John Shields	112
Turnout			6,246	25.9

Hillrise (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Fox *	1,308
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Johnson	1,205
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Teather	1,142
	Labour	Alan Clinton *	1,033
	Labour	Beverley Bruce	951
	Labour	John Wyman-White	857
	Green	Michael Holloway	285
	Green	John White	199
	Green	Penelope Kemp	184
Turnout			7,164	30.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Holloway (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margot Dunn	1,103
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Featherstone *	1,052
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Scott *	1,023
	Labour	Philip Kelly	632
	Labour	Michael Conneely	630
	Labour	Robert Marchant	585
	Green	Jennifer Chan	189
	Green	Claire Poyner	165
	Socialist Alliance	Elizabeth Clare	139
	Christian Peoples	David Curtis	122
	Socialist Alliance	Shirley Franklin	121
	Green	Neil Snaith	120
	Conservative	Kathryn Field	85
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	83
	Conservative	Mark Seward	64
Turnout			6,113	26.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Junction (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Blanchard	1,219
	Liberal Democrat	Stefan Kasprzyk	1,137
	Liberal Democrat	Euan Cameron	1,132
	Labour	Janet Burgess *	1,035
	Labour	Patricia Clarke *	925
	Labour	Talal Karim *	864
	Green	Tania Stokes	261
	Green	Keith Magnum	207
	Green	Beatrice Sayers	204
	Christian Peoples	Pearl Grenardo	31
Turnout			7,015	30.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Mildmay (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Berent	1,120
	Liberal Democrat	Merel Ece	977
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hay Smith	952
	Labour	Patrick Haynes *	689
	Labour	Glen Isaacs	578
	Labour	Errol Smalley	554
	Green	Christopher Smith	231
	Green	Richard Halvosen	227
	Green	Rosalind Sharpe	216
	Conservative	Andrew Brooke	132
	Conservative	James Brown	112
	Conservative	Nicholas Clements	107
	Socialist Labour	Joti Brar	81
Turnout			5,976	24.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St. Georges (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Baker	1,298
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Brook	1,258
	Labour	Walter Burgess	1,111
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Rau	1,091
	Labour	Jenny Rathbone	1,086
	Labour	Jasin Kaplan	995
	Green	James Goggin	309
	Green	Judith Kleinman	288
	Green	Vincent McGowan	239
	Christian Peoples	Oluwakemi Onanuga	49
Turnout			7,724	31.9

St. Mary's (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Coupland *	1,170
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Heseltine *	1,142
	Liberal Democrat	James Kempton	1,129
	Labour	Georgette Djaba	724
	Labour	Nicholas Milton	697
	Labour	Joseph Simpson	682
	Green	Niamh Burns	249
	Green	Saul Deason	176
	Conservative	Kim Anderson	158
	Conservative	Maui Millwood	128
	Conservative	Krystina Seward	125
	Socialist Alliance	Peter MacDonald	118
	Green	Jan Hallett	80
Turnout			6,578	28.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Peter's (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Powell*	1,267
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hitchins *	1,266
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Sharp	1,118
	Labour	Elizabeth Bailey	549
	Labour	Martin Klute	456
	Labour	Alexander Whitehead	435
	Green	Douglas Allan	233
	Conservative	Tracey Braddick	155
	Conservative	Sinead Bryan	147
	Green	Swadesh Poorun	145
	Conservative	Matthew Priestley	125
Turnout			5,896	25.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tollington (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Bonner	1,185
	Labour	Derek Sawyer *	1,176
	Labour	Catherine West	1,168
	Save Arthur Simpson Library	Jonathan Rutherford	437
	Green	Alison Boater	364
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Smith	356
	Liberal Democrat	Alanna Coombes	325
	Green	Denise Bennett	319
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Platt	304
	Green	Robin Latimer	245
	Socialist Alliance	Eric Bailey	191
Turnout			6,070	25.5

References

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1 2 "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
↑ Harding, Luke. "Mugging shock for Labour on leader's old patch". The Guardian. p. 15. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "LibDems take control of Islington". The Herald. 17 December 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 Tempest, Matthew (30 April 2002). "Islington ward round". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
↑ King, Anthony (4 May 2002). "Local factors change balance of power". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Full Results and Turnout Statistics" (PDF). London Borough of Islington. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

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