Islington London Borough Council elections
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Islington London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years |
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Labour | 1964 – 1968 |
Conservative | 1968 – 1971 |
Labour | 1971 – 1981 |
Social Democrat Party (UK) | 1981 – 1982 |
Labour | 1982 – 1998 |
No overall control | 1998 – 1999 |
Liberal Democrats | 1999 – 2006 |
No overall control | 2006 – 2010 |
Labour | 2010 – present |
Council elections
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1964
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1968
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1971
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1974
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eight)[4]
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1982
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1986
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1990
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 1][n 2][n 3]
- Islington London Borough Council election, 1998
- Islington London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four)[5][6]
- Islington London Borough Council election, 2006
- Islington London Borough Council election, 2010
- Islington London Borough Council election, 2014
Borough result maps
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2002 results map
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2006 results map
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2010 results map
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2014 results map
By-election results
1964-1968
There were no by-elections.[7]
1968-1971
There were no by-elections.[8]
1971-1974
Hillrise by-election, 15 June 1972[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. Lethbridge | 594 | |||
Conservative | J. T. Hanvey | 327 | |||
Communist | J. E. Brady | 71 | |||
Turnout | 17.2% | ||||
Quadrant by-election, 15 June 1972[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Miss C. Hasler | 1,356 | |||
Conservative | R. Devonald-Lewis | 726 | |||
Liberal | A. A. S. Butt Philip | 133 | |||
Liberal Party New Policy Group | Mrs R. E. Girolami | 23 | |||
Retail Distributor | F. G. S. White | 6 | |||
Turnout | 20.9% | ||||
Junction by-election, 16 November 1972[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Miss M. McCann | 700 | |||
Conservative | R. R. F. Kinghorn | 418 | |||
Turnout | 13.9% | ||||
St George's by-election, 16 November 1972[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mrs P. Kershaw | 517 | |||
Conservative | J. T. Hanvey | 286 | |||
Turnout | 10.7% | ||||
Barnsbury by-election, 12 April 1973[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | M. P. Reynolds | 1,097 | |||
Labour | Mrs M. Watson | 1,064 | |||
Conservative | J. R. Rush | 374 | |||
Conservative | J. Szemerey | 350 | |||
Official Liberal | A. W. Capel | 216 | |||
Official Liberal | E. Jacomb | 203 | |||
Liberal | A. E. Lomas | 52 | |||
Liberal | Mrs R. E. Girolami | 36 | |||
Turnout | 33.1 % | ||||
Highview by-election, 12 April 1973[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. C. Evans | 1,067 | |||
Conservative | T. S. K. Yeo | 473 | |||
Liberal | M. J. Bird | 238 | |||
Communist | Mrs B. A. Brady | 158 | |||
Community-Oriented Independent | D. C. Thurnell | 87 | |||
Turnout | 28.0% | ||||
Canonbury by-election, 28 June 1973[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | F. Johns | 1,538 | |||
Official Liberal | S. F. Hampson | 393 | |||
Conservative | N. B. Baile | 240 | |||
Turnout | 21.4% | ||||
1974-1978
Highbury by-election, 6 November 1975[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher M. B. King | 839 | |||
Conservative | Arthur H. S. Hull | 633 | |||
Liberal | Margot J. Dunn | 616 | |||
National Front | Frank C. Newland | 230 | |||
Communist | David R. Wynn | 71 | |||
Independent Labour | Charles V. Connell | 66 | |||
Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
Highview by-election, 26 May 1977[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Stephen Bundred | 998 | |||
Conservative | Neil D. Kerr | 834 | |||
Liberal | Raymond C. James | 261 | |||
Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
1990-1994
Holloway by-election, 25 July 1991[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Boye-Anawomah | 753 | 31.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Margot J. Dunn | 727 | 30.2 | ||
Tenants' & residents' movement | Patrick McCann | 468 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Tracey A. Braddick | 355 | 14.8 | ||
Green | Ann C. Wainwright | 79 | 3.3 | ||
Independent | Anthony W. Bright | 23 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout | 38.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David L. Yorath.
Clerkenwell by-election, 7 November 1991[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah A. Ludford | 969 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | Christina L. Glover | 867 | 30.8 | ||
Tenants' & residents' movement | Helen M. Cagnoni | 487 | 17.3 | ||
Conservative | Mark Eldridge | 383 | 13.6 | ||
Independent Labour | Anthony W. Bright | 59 | 2.1 | ||
Green | Karen S. Stack | 49 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 39.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Paul A. Matthews.
Junction by-election, 9 July 1992[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Lydia A. Richards | 847 | 64.7 | ||
Green | Beatrice M. Rolph | 193 | 14.7 | ||
Conservative | William D. Thomas | 189 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth S. Tranter | 81 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 20.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Candy Atherton.
Quadrant by-election, 9 July 1992[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Clive D. Blackwood | 925 | 53.4 | ||
Labour | Christina L. Glover | 640 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth J. Rorison | 126 | 7.3 | ||
Green | John H. Ackers | 40 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 34.9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jane Mackay.
Sussex by-election, 9 July 1992[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Stephen Twigg | 700 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Matthew T. Ryan | 637 | 43.0 | ||
Green | Ann C. Wainwright | 82 | 5.5 | ||
Conservative | Mahendra Oza | 64 | 4.3 | ||
Turnout | 33.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher M. B. King.
St George's by-election, 27 May 1993[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter D. Chalk | 1,264 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Bridget C. Fox | 560 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Bairam Rifat | 510 | 20.3 | ||
Green | Beatrice M. Rolph | 173 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 38.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Chris Adamson.
1994-1998
Canonbury East by-election, 12 October 1995[11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Terence J. Herbert | 834 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret M. Lally | 831 | 46.6 | ||
Tenants & Residents | Ernest J. W. Bayliss | 344 | |||
Conservative | Richard Campbell | 94 | 5.3 | ||
Green | Susan Wilkinson | 26 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Turnout | 1785 | 42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James M. D. Purnell.
Junction by-election, 10 July 1997[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Janet D. Burgess | 793 | 72.6 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Oliver S. P. Judge | 134 | 12.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Heija Jaff | 90 | 8.2 | -7.2 | |
Green | Victoria Olliver | 76 | 7.0 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 659 | 60.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,093 | 17.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael Tal.
Sussex by-election, 10 July 1997[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham A. Baker | 616 | 48.4 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Jenny A. Rathbone | 567 | 44.5 | -11.8 | |
Green | Robin W. Latimer | 49 | 3.8 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Rebecca M. Baty | 41 | 3.2 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 49 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,273 | 27.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen Twigg.
1998-2002
Clerkenwell by-election, 28 October 1999[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Isabelle Humphreys | 1,127 | 55.4 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Timothy Clark | 536 | 26.4 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Helen M. Cagnoni | 255 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Gordon A. Dear | 82 | 4.0 | -1.5 | |
Green | James L. Goggin | 33 | 1.6 | -7.1 | |
Majority | 591 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,033 | 27.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah A. Ludford.
Hillrise by-election, 16 December 1999[3][6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul J. Fox | 1,317 | 61.4 | +39.8 | |
Labour | Adrian M. J. Pulham | 695 | 32.4 | -20.1 | |
Green | Michael H. W. Holloway | 60 | 2.8 | -10.1 | |
Independent | Ann Wood | 39 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Maureen L. Campbell | 33 | 1.5 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 622 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,144 | 32.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Milton K. Babulall.
Junction by-election, 7 June 2001[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Patricia M. Clarke | 1,661 | 47.1 | -8.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stefan A. Kaprzyk | 1,253 | 35.5 | +15.2 | |
Green | Jon R. Nott | 347 | 9.8 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Abubaker S. Ajiya | 266 | 7.5 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 408 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,527 | 49.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sandra Marks.
2002-2006
Bunhill by-election, 23 January 2003[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Donna Boffa | 797 | 44.9 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Jasin Kaplan | 412 | 23.2 | -0.3 | |
Independent Working Class | Gary O'Shea | 398 | 22.4 | +22.4 | |
Conservative | Matthew Priestley | 111 | 6.3 | -0.2 | |
Green | Malcolm Powell | 57 | 3.2 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 385 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,775 | 22.2 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Rosetta E. Wooding.
Barnsbury by-election, 26 June 2003[13] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Emma C. Gowers | 940 | 59.9 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Joseph Simpson | 311 | 19.8 | -5.8 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Millwood | 182 | 11.6 | +3.8 | |
Green | Ben Mulvey | 136 | 8.7 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 629 | 40.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,569 | 20.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian G. Powney.
Hillrise by-election, 26 June 2003[14] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Fiona Dunlop | 983 | 47.4 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Alan M. Clinton | 789 | 38.1 | -1.2 | |
Green | Michael H. W. Holloway | 239 | 11.5 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | John A. Wilkin | 62 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 194 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,073 | 26.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Fox.
Hillrise by-election, 30 October 2003[15] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jayashankar Sharma | 795 | 48.7 | -1.1 | |
Labour | Janet D. Burgess | 595 | 36.5 | -2.8 | |
Green | Robin W. Latimer | 177 | 10.9 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | John A. Wilkin | 64 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 200 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 1.631 | 20.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah Teather.
Highbury West by-election, 5 May 2005[16] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Theresa Debono | 1,669 | 39.2 | -9.1 | |
Green | Jon Nott | 1,043 | 24.5 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Iarla Kilbane-Dawe | 711 | 16.7 | +3.8 | |
Local Freedom for Islington Residents | Tim Newark | 437 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Phillips | 394 | 9.3 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 626 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,254 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mary H. Creagh.
2006-2010
There were no by-elections.[17]
2010-2014
St Peter's by-election, 11 August 2011[18] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alice Perry | 1,167 | 52.5 | +17.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Sant | 440 | 19.8 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Bunting | 381 | 17.1 | -9.1 | |
Green | Caroline Allen | 176 | 7.9 | -1.4 | |
Independent | Martin Rutherford | 59 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 727 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,223 | 24.8 | -39.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.55 | |||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Michelle M. Coupland.
St Mary's by-election, 10 November 2011[19][20] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gary Poole | 1,128 | 47.1 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Emily Fieran-Reed | 641 | 26.7 | -7.0 | |
Green | Caroline Russell | 317 | 13.2 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Oriel Hutchinson | 282 | 11.8 | -10.3 | |
BNP | Walter Barfoot | 22 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 487 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,397 | 23.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.6% | |||
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Ms. Joan Coupland.
Holloway by-election, 3 May 2012 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rakhia Ismail | 2,352 | 57.0 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Edwards | 671 | 16.3 | +2.0 | |
Green | Claire Poyner | 613 | 14.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Kelly | 490 | 11.8 | -16.2 | |
Majority | 1,681 | ||||
Turnout | 4,126 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Lucy C. M. Rigby.
Junction by-election, 21 March 2013[21] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kaya Makarau-Schwartz | 1,343 | 61.60 | +21.5 | |
Green | Mick Holloway | 381 | 17.47 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stefan Antoni Kasprzyk | 276 | 12.66 | -25.0 | |
Conservative | Patricia Jane Napier | 120 | 5.50 | -4.1 | |
BNP | Gary Townsend | 31 | 1.42 | +1.42 | |
Socialist (GB) | Bill Martin | 18 | 0.82 | +0.82 | |
Majority | 962 | 44.12 | |||
Turnout | 2,180 | 24.20 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Arthur T. Graves.
St George's by-election, 21 March 2013[22] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kat Fletcher | 1,698 | 71.01 | +38.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Julian Gregory | 371 | 15.51 | -25.0 | |
Green | Jon Robert Nott | 206 | 8.61 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Evan James Williams | 87 | 3.63 | -6.0 | |
BNP | Walter George Barfoot | 20 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Majority | 1,327 | 55.49 | |||
Turnout | 2,391 | 25.88 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Jessica Asato.
2014-2018
There have been no by-elections so far.
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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- ↑ "Election of councillor for the Barnsbury ward" (PDF). Islington Council. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ "Election of councillor for the Hillrise ward" (PDF). Islington Council. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
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- ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Dean, Charles (11 August 2011). "Alice Perry elected as new councillor for St Peter's". Islington Council. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ↑ http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/british-national-party-contest-islington-election
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