Highbury East (ward)

Highbury East
Highbury East
Former electoral ward; for the Islington London Borough Council
	Highbury East ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Islington
County	Greater London
Population	11,634 (2011)
Electorate	9,083 (2018)
Former electoral ward
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
Councillors	3
Replaced by	Highbury, Mildmay
ONS code	00AUGD
GSS code	05000372

Population11,634 (2011)

Electorate9,083 (2018)

Highbury East was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Islington from 2002 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections and last used at the 2018 elections. It returned councillors to Islington London Borough Council.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Caroline Russell	2,307	52.1
	Labour	Sue Lukes	1,641	37.0
	Labour	Osh Gantly	1,628	36.7
	Green	Benali Hamdache	1,555	35.1
	Labour	Chris Russell	1,546	34.9
	Green	Ernestas Jegorovas	1,533	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Stacy	887	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Pothalingam	775	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Hill	575	13.0
	Conservative	Connor Coleman	239	5.4
	Conservative	Riddhi Bhalla	204	4.6
	Conservative	Jianjun Xi	142	3.2
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Osh Gantly	1,514
	Labour	Aysegul Erdogan	1,430
	Green	Caroline Russell	1,214
	Labour	Muhammed Kalaam	1,206
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Horten	1,204
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Stacy	1,185
	Liberal Democrats	John Gilbert	1,138
	Green	Charlie Kiss	867
	Green	Susanna Rustin	721
	Conservative	Connor Coleman	411
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	375
	UKIP	Greg Clough	247
Turnout			4,051	44.2	−23.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Willoughby	976	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Stacy	870
	Liberal Democrats	John Gilbert	836
	Labour	Stephen Molyneaux	726	25.2
	Labour	Leo Schulz	726
	Labour	Michael Gilgunn	696
	Green	Emma Dixon	637	22.1
	Conservative	David Barnes	540	18.8
	Conservative	Martine Oborne	493
	Green	Andrew Myer	491
	Green	James Humphreys	479
	Conservative	Tim Newark	450
Turnout			7,920	36.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Islington council elections

Highbury East
Former electoral ward for the Islington London Borough Council
Highbury East ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Islington
County	Greater London
Population	11,634 (2011)
Electorate	9,083 (2018)
Former electoral ward
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
Councillors	3
Replaced by	Highbury, Mildmay
ONS code	00AUGD
GSS code	05000372

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Barnes	1,385
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Willoughby	1,378
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Islington
1965	Barnsbury Bunhill Canonbury Clerkenwell Highbury Highview Hillmarton Hillrise Holloway Junction Mildmay Parkway Pentonville Quadrant St George's St Mary St Peter Station Thornhill
1978	Barnsbury Bunhill Canonbury East Canonbury West Clerkenwell Gillespie Highbury Highview Hillmarton Hillrise Holloway Junction Mildmay Quadrant St George's St Mary St Peter Sussex Thornhill Tollington
2002	Barnsbury Bunhill Caledonian Canonbury Clerkenwell Finsbury Park Highbury East Highbury West Hillrise Holloway Junction Mildmay St George's St Mary's St Peter's Tollington
2022	Arsenal Barnsbury Bunhill Caledonian Canonbury Clerkenwell Finsbury Park Highbury Hillrise Holloway Junction Laycock Mildmay St Mary's and St James' St Peter's and Canalside Tollington Tufnell Park
List of electoral wards in Greater London