Islington London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Islington since 2002

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
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

2002 results map
2006 results map
2010 results map
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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

↑ The City and London Borough Boundaries Order 1993
↑ The Hackney, Haringey and Islington (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
↑ The Haringey and Islington (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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