Islington London Borough Council elections

Islington London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Conservative	Green^[b]	Independent	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
1964^[1]	60	0	0	–	0		Labour
1968^[2]	10	0	47		3		Conservative
1971^[3]	60	0	0		0		Labour
1974^[4]	60	0	0		0		Labour
1978^[c]^[6]	50	0	2		0		Labour
1982^[7]	51	1	0		–		Labour
1986^[8]	36	16	0	0	–		Labour
1990^[9]	49	3	0	0	0		Labour
1994^[d]^[10]	39	12	1	0	0		Labour
1998^[11]	26	26	0	0	0		No overall control
2002^[e]^[13]	10	38	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2006^[14]	23	24	0	1	0		No overall control
2010^[15]	35	13	0	0	0		Labour
2014^[16]	47	0	0	1	–		Labour
2018^[17]	47	0	0	1	–		Labour
2022^[f]^[19]	48	0	0	3	0		Labour
2026	32	0	0	19	0		Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lethbridge	594
	Conservative	J. T. Hanvey	327
	Communist	J. E. Brady	71
Turnout				17.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Hasler	1,356
	Conservative	R. Devonald-Lewis	726
	Liberal	A. A. S. Butt Philip	133
	Liberal Party New Policy Group	R. E. Girolami	23
	Retail Distributor	F. G. S. White	6
Turnout				20.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. McCann	700
	Conservative	R. R. F. Kinghorn	418
Turnout				13.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Kershaw	517
	Conservative	J. T. Hanvey	286
Turnout				10.7%

Islington London Borough Council elections

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

1968-1971

1971-1974

1974-1978

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

2018-2022

2022-2026

Notes

References

External links

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. P. Reynolds	1,097
	Labour	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	Alan Lomas	52
	Liberal	Elsie Girolami	36
Turnout				33.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. C. Evans	1,067
	Conservative	T. S. K. Yeo	473
	Liberal	M. J. Bird	238
	Communist	B. A. Brady	158
	Community-Oriented Independent	D. C. Thurnell	87
Turnout				28.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Johns	1,538
	Official Liberal	S. F. Hampson	393
	Conservative	N. B. Baile	240
Turnout				21.4%

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Bundred	998
	Conservative	Neil D. Kerr	834
	Liberal	Raymond C. James	261
Turnout				31.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Boye-Anawomah	753	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah 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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

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 Democrats	Kenneth S. Tranter	81	6.2
Turnout				20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive D. Blackwood	925	53.4
	Labour	Christina L. Glover	640	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth J. Rorison	126	7.3
	Green	John H. Ackers	40	2.3
Turnout				34.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Twigg	700	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

Canonbury East by-election, 12 October 1995^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence J. Herbert	834	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	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

Junction by-election, 10 July 1997^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet D. Burgess	793	72.6	+10.9
	Conservative	Oliver S. P. Judge	134	12.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	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

Sussex by-election, 10 July 1997^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham A. Baker	616	48.4	+15.8
	Labour	Jenny 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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Clerkenwell by-election, 28 October 1999^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter D. Chalk	1,264	50.4
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia M. Clarke	1,661	47.1	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Boffa	797	44.9	−6.6
	Labour	Jasin Kaplan	412	23.2	−0.3
	Ind. 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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Theresa Debono	1,669	39.2	−9.1
	Green	Jon Nott	1,043	24.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Perry	1,167	52.5	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Poole	1,128	47.1	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	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%

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 Democrats	David Kelly	490	11.8	−16.2
Majority			1,681
Turnout			4,126
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kaya Makarau-Schwartz	1,343	61.60	+21.5
	Green	Mick Holloway	381	17.47	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	276	12.66	−25.0
	Conservative	Patricia 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 Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kat Fletcher	1,698	71.01	+38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Gregory	371	15.51	−25.0
	Green	Jon Nott	206	8.61	−5.5
	Conservative	Evan Williams	87	3.63	−6.0
	BNP	Walter Barfoot	20	0.83	+0.83
Majority			1,327	55.49
Turnout			2,391	25.88
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rowena Champion	1,192	51.6	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Hillier-Smith	409	17.7	+7.1
	Conservative	Edward Waldegrave	367	15.0	−2.9
	Green	Ernestas Jegorovas	302	13.1	+0.7
	Independent	Robert Capper	40	1.7	N/A
Majority			783	33.9
Turnout			2,316	25.43
	Labour hold		Swing	13.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gulcin Ozdemir	2,918	45.4	−7.5
	Green	Natasha Cox	2,501	38.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Redesdale	738	11.5	+5.5
	Women's Equality	Guilene Marco	268	4.2	+4.2
Majority			417	6.5
Turnout			6,425
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	1,960	48.4	−4.7
	Conservative	Zak Vora	744	18.4	+3.9
	Green	Catherine Webb	590	14.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Maxx Turing	572	14.1	+2.0
	Independent	Martyn Perks	181	4.5	+4.5
Majority			1,216	30.0
Turnout			4,047
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bashir Ibrahim	2,465	42.4	−12.0
	Green	Katie Dawson	1,799	30.9	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Stacy	776	13.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Ben Jackson	773	13.3	+5.6
Majority			666	11.5
Turnout			5,813
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jason Jackson	2,852	58.1	−7.4
	Green	Claire Poyner	792	16.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Harry Nugent	720	14.7	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hyett	548	11.2	−0.5
Majority			2,060	41.9
Turnout			4,912
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angelo Weekes	2,307	55.7	−9.5
	Green	Zoe Alzamora	883	21.3	+6.0
	Conservative	William Woodroofe	603	14.6	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Stevens	349	8.4	−2.9
Majority			1,424	34.4
Turnout			4,142
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby North	1,885	42.9	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Collins	876	19.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Muhammad Kalaam	749	17.0	+0.0
	Green	Veronica Pasteur	567	12.9	+0.9
	Independent	Jody Graber	318	7.2	+7.2
Majority			1,009	23.0
Turnout			4,395
	Labour hold		Swing