2026 Islington London Borough Council election
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2026 English local government election
 | |||||||||||||||||||||
All 51 seats to Islington London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Islington London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 51 members of Islington London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.[3]
Labour held control of the council in 2022. In 2026, councillor Sara Hyde was appointed to the House of Lords.[4]
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 48 | Labour | 44 | |||||
| Green | 3 | Green | 3[c] | |||||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 4[c] | |||||
Changes 2022–2026:
- March 2023: Matt Nathan (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[5]
- November 2023: Asima Shaikh (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[6]
- March 2024: Dave Poyser (Labour) resigns – by-election held May 2024[7]
- May 2024:
- July 2024:
- August 2024: Shreya Nanda (Labour) wins by-election[8]
- October 2024: Kaya Comer-Schwartz (Labour) resigns – by-election held November 2024[12]
- November 2024: James Potts (Labour) wins by-election[13]
Results
Arsenal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicholas Bennett | ||||
| Green | Patrick David Brighty | ||||
| Green | Nafisah Brown | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean-Philippe Chenot | ||||
| Labour | Fin Craig | ||||
| Labour | Thomas Doherty | ||||
| Green | Jo Dowbor | ||||
| Reform | John Dunton-Downer | ||||
| Conservative | Mark William Edwards | ||||
| Conservative | Rachael Anne Henry | ||||
| Labour | Bashir Ibrahim | ||||
| Independent | Carol Margaret Louvet | ||||
| Reform | Ian MacKee | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Jeremy Massey | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip David Middleton | ||||
| Reform | Harry Ripp | ||||
Barnsbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Lucas Waelbroeck Boix | ||||
| Green | Amelia Rose Bottomley | ||||
| Labour | Rowena Elizabeth Champion | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Benedict Champness | ||||
| Labour | Jilani Chowdhury | ||||
| Labour | Kane Emerson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Erwann Patrick Michel Le Lannou | ||||
| Conservative | Christopher Conor McCann | ||||
| Green | Sara Mulatu | ||||
| Reform | Francis O'Brien | ||||
| Conservative | Oliver Teller | ||||
| Conservative | Zak Vora | ||||
Bunhill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sara Abey | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | George Edwin Allan | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Beveridge | ||||
| Labour | Valerie Bossman-Quarshie | ||||
| Conservative | Paul James Carr | ||||
| Labour | Troy Martin Gallagher | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Phil Graham | ||||
| Green | Alan Clark Gutierrez | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Kenny | ||||
| Green | Ava Lie | ||||
| SDP | Jake Anthony Painter | ||||
| Labour | Kiran Prasad | ||||
| Conservative | David Shovel | ||||
| Reform | David Small | ||||
| Green | David John Wade | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Watson | ||||
Caledonian
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sadia Ahmed-Nur Ali | ||||
| Conservative | Pete Backhouse | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Moir Cameron | ||||
| Green | Bryony Carney | ||||
| Conservative | Alex John Challoner | ||||
| Labour | Paul Edmond Convery | ||||
| Reform | Paul Lovell | ||||
| Green | Clara Luz | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Walera Martynchyk | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Mitford | ||||
| Labour | Una Mary O'Halloran | ||||
| Reform | Chris Pitt | ||||
| Labour | Md Oliur Rahman | ||||
| Reform | Liz Snaith | ||||
| Conservative | Harrison Woodin-Lygo | ||||
Canonbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Belinda Ackermann | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Robert Bacchus | ||||
| Green | Hayden Banks | ||||
| Conservative | Manuel Martinez Benito | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Philip Chissick | ||||
| Reform | Jason Corke | ||||
| Reform | Laurence Glazier | ||||
| Labour | Clare Jeapes | ||||
| Green | Jorge Richard Latter | ||||
| Conservative | Haiwei Li | ||||
| Independent | Julliet Makhapila | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Francis McMorrow | ||||
| Green | Chris Radway | ||||
| Reform | Tessa Rawcliffe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Grace Smith | ||||
| Labour | Nicholas Wayne | ||||
| Labour | John Jacob Woolf | ||||
Clerkenwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alessandro Bonetti | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Chun | ||||
| Labour | Andrew William Clark | ||||
| Reform | Bill Cove | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Eldridge | ||||
| Green | Jara Falkenburg | ||||
| Green | Giulio Ferrini | ||||
| Labour | Ruth Hayes | ||||
| Conservative | Karen Cooksley Hutchinson | ||||
| Conservative | Alexander Bruce Lusty | ||||
| Labour | Ben Ian MacKmurdie | ||||
| Green | Martin Murray | ||||
| Reform | Martine Paulmier | ||||
| National Housing Party UK | Grant Shimmen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Phillip Vickers | ||||
Finsbury Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Caroline Jane Allen | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Amu Gib | ||||
| Green | Syreen Hassan | ||||
| Green | Natalie Jane Koffman | ||||
| Reform | Jonathan Lang | ||||
| Conservative | Pauline Lewis | ||||
| Independent | Sharon Matthew | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Mark McMinnies | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Amelia Sarah Mitford | ||||
| Labour | Portia Mtwakazi Msimang | ||||
| Reform | Angela Nicolaou | ||||
| Labour | Mick O'Sullivan | ||||
| Labour | Gulcin Ozdemir | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin David Smith | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Kristen Thomas | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Williams | ||||
| Independent | Sadiq Yusuf | ||||
Highbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Comba | ||||
| Labour | Tahreen Dewan | ||||
| Conservative | Eileen Gallagher | ||||
| Green | Benali Hamdache | ||||
| Labour | Alastair Harper | ||||
| Green | Talia Hussain | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rowan Gabriel George James | ||||
| Conservative | Philip Geoffrey Kelvin | ||||
| Green | Jon Robert Nott | ||||
| Conservative | Carlien Sai | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Somerset | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul William Symes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Williams | ||||
| Reform | Joseph Robert Wisepart | ||||
Hillrise
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Jude Cohen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Devaney | ||||
| Reform | Robert Drummond | ||||
| Green | Greg Foxsmith | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Anthony Hayden | ||||
| Conservative | William Fitzalan Howard | ||||
| Green | Mimi Virginia Rose Johnson | ||||
| Green | Liam Jones | ||||
| Independent | Vicky Laker | ||||
| Conservative | David Patrick Lewis | ||||
| Reform | Jan Manderson | ||||
| CPA | Nancy Momoh | ||||
| Labour | Shreya Nanda | ||||
| Labour | Michelline Safi-Ngongo | ||||
| Labour | Marian Spall | ||||
| Independent | Alison May Stoecker | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Imogen Margaret Wall | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Callum Laurence Waterhouse | ||||
| Independent | Rupert Wilkinson | ||||
Holloway
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bridget Caroline Fox | ||||
| Labour | Jason Jackson | ||||
| Green | Ahmed Jaffer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Johnson | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Nathaniel Jacob Meyrick Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David John Kelly | ||||
| Conservative | Claudine Merica Knight | ||||
| Green | Andrew Richard Myer | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Nicholas-Cavendish | ||||
| Independent | George Achilles Papadopoullos | ||||
| Labour | Joe Peck | ||||
| Green | Claire Poyner | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Scott | ||||
| Conservative | Nigel William Roland Watts | ||||
| Labour | Claire Louise Zammit | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Anahita Zardoshti | ||||
Junction
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Oliver Bandosz | ||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Todd Brainsby | ||||
| Labour | Sheila Marion Chapman | ||||
| Reform | John Clarke | ||||
| Green | Leon Graham | ||||
| Labour | Benjamin Gregg | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ufi Ibrahim | ||||
| Green | Jaro Kubiak | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Ruth O'Dowd | ||||
| Reform | Shaun O'Kane | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Faith Ruth Obiaka-Hayward | ||||
| Green | Florence Pollock | ||||
| Labour | James Christopher Potts | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Pat Prendergast | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Redesdale | ||||
| Reform | Georgia Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Sacha Varma | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caspar James Tudor Woolley | ||||
Laycock
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sakina Saba Chenot | ||||
| Islington Community Independents | Ilkay Cinko-Oner | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Charles Grenville Dendy | ||||
| Independent | John Fergus Doherty | ||||
| Labour | Maia Caitlin Hamilton | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Harrison | ||||
| Green | Joy Patricia Hinson | ||||
| Conservative | Margaret Joseph | ||||
| Green | Rasan Naji | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Parry | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Muriel Peel | ||||
| Reform | Cheryl Rands | ||||
| Labour | Heather Nicola Staff | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Philip Toms | ||||
| Labour | Nurullah Turan | ||||
| Green | Joseph Walker | ||||
Mildmay
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ray Alcock | ||||
| Labour | Santiago Bell-Bradford | ||||
| Green | Sophia Brown | ||||
| Green | Jackson Caines | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Cotton | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas Hamilton | ||||
| Labour | Jenny Kay | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nadine Claire Mellor | ||||
| Reform | Paul Piacenti | ||||
| Conservative | Alyson Prince | ||||
| Reform | Emma Smith | ||||
| Green | Carlos Valero | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Percy De Vries | ||||
| Labour | Angelo Ricardo Weekes | ||||
| Conservative | John Wilkin | ||||
St Mary's & St James'
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Christopher Allen-Procter | ||||
| Labour | Joseph Andrew Croft | ||||
| Conservative | Alexandra Catherine Eldridge | ||||
| Green | Solveig Herzum | ||||
| Conservative | Jonathan Horsman | ||||
| Conservative | Simon William Johnson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Jones | ||||
| Green | Jackie Kay | ||||
| Reform | Michael John King | ||||
| Labour | Hannah Victoria McHugh | ||||
| Labour | Saiqa Pandor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Elizabeth Pothalingam | ||||
| Independent | Brian Steve Potter | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Stacy | ||||
St Peter's & Canalside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vanessa Margaret Carson | ||||
| Conservative | Jack Gilmore | ||||
| Green | Alexander Gardner Gordon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Miller Groom | ||||
| Reform | Thomas Michael Hartley | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Congreve Jenkyns | ||||
| Green | Bronwen Jones | ||||
| Labour | Martin Geoffrey Klute | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Kristofer Lunnon | ||||
| Conservative | James Robert Christopher Mathieson | ||||
| Labour | Toby Alexander North | ||||
| Labour | Rosaline Ifechukwude Ogunro | ||||
| Green | John Anthony Sloboda | ||||
Tollington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Elmedina Baptista-Mendes | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Sean Brett Brown | ||||
| Reform | Sasha Cuthbert | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lidia Iwona Erlichman | ||||
| Conservative | Abbas Hama Fatah | ||||
| Labour | Mick Gilgunn | ||||
| Reform | Kevin Jones | ||||
| Labour | Anjna Khurana | ||||
| Green | Alex Nettle | ||||
| Conservative | Kevin Gerard O'Neill | ||||
| Conservative | Nigel Timothy Seay | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Richard Sharp | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Martin Smith | ||||
| Green | Jonathan Ward | ||||
| Labour | Flora Suzanne Williamson | ||||
Tufnell Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sophia Andersson-Gylden | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Mary Atkinson | ||||
| Conservative | Margaret Emily Currie | ||||
| Labour | Satnam Gill | ||||
| Green | Sheridan Virginia Kates | ||||
| Conservative | Regan Blanton King | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Axel Michael Koelsch | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Andrew Kreppel | ||||
| Green | Devon Osborne | ||||
| Reform | Dominic Rayner | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rupert Bertram Redesdale | ||||
| Labour | Buffy Sharpe | ||||
| Reform | Paul Smith | ||||
| Labour | Jenevieve Marie Treadwell | ||||
References
- ↑ "Islington Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 15 February 2026. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ↑ "Local elections in London will test support for Reform UK and Greens". BBC News. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Number of councils that have requested delay to local elections revealed - is yours one of them?". Sky News. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Political Peerages December 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ↑ Rowley, Izzy (24 March 2023). "'Protest' councillor quits Labour". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Gregory, Julia (15 November 2023). "Islington councillor quits Labour over party leadership's stance on Gaza ceasefire". Islington Citizen. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Maskell, Caitlin (20 March 2024). "Beloved Hillrise councillor steps down after 10 years". Islington Now. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- 1 2 "Local Elections Archive Project — Hillrise Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Rodgers, Sienna (24 May 2024). "Islington Labour Councillor Suspended After Backing Jeremy Corbyn". Politics Home. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Loubser, Isabel (12 July 2024). "Gone in 69 days!". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Loubser, Isabel (12 July 2024). "Third councillor quits Labour for seat in independent corner". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Loubser, Isabel (11 October 2024). "Islington Council leader resigns". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Junction Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  | This London elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |