Local council elections results

These are the results for the Islington local elections held on Thursday 5 May 2022. 

As a result of the May 2022 elections, Islington has 48 Labour party councillors and 3 Green party councillors.

Out of 148,227 registered voters there were 53,377 votes cast which is around a 36% turnout. There were a total of 289 rejected votes.

Three councillors are elected to represent each ward. Look for the ward you are interested in below to see the full results and who has been elected. 

Arsenal ward

The following THREE people have been elected as councillors:

CRAIG Fin (Labour Party)
IBRAHIM Bashir (Labour Party)
KHONDOKER Roulin (Labour Party)

Turnout: 36.87%

Rejected votes: 17

• Want of official mark      0             
• Over voting        3             
• Voter ID              0   
• Unmarked/void for uncertainty 14

Barnsbury ward

The following THREE people have been elected as councillors:

CHAMPION Rowena Elizabeth (Labour Party)
CHOWDHURY Jilani (Labour Party)
NARGUND Praful (Labour Party)

Turnout: 37.10%

Rejected votes: 20

• Want of official mark      0             
• Over voting        6             
• Voter ID              0   
• Unmarked/void for uncertainty 14 

The 2018 local council elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2018. All 48 seats across all 16 Council wards in the borough were up for election, electing 48 Councillors.

See the relevant ward below for individual results.

Barnsbury ward

Please find published below the results for Barnsbury ward.

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Bunhill ward

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Caledonian ward

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Canonbury ward

Please find published below the results for Canonbury ward.

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Clerkenwell ward

Please find published below the results for Clerkenwell ward.

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Finsbury Park ward

Please find published below the results for Finsbury park ward.

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Highbury East ward

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Highbury West ward

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Hillrise ward

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Holloway ward

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Junction ward

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Mildmay ward

Please find published below the results for Mildmay ward.

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St George's ward

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St Mary's ward

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St Peter's ward

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Tollington ward

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These were the results for the 2014 Islington local elections. 

You can view all of the individual results from the list of wards below.

Barnsbury ward

The Councillors elected:

The candidates who ran for election:

Bunhill ward 

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The candidates who ran for election: 

Caledonian ward 

The Councillors elected:

The candidates who ran for election:

Canonbury ward 

The Councillors elected:

The candidates who ran for election:

Clerkenwell ward 

The Councillors elected:

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Finsbury Park ward 

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Highbury East ward 

The Councillors elected:

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Highbury West ward 

The Councillors elected:

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Hillrise ward 

The Councillors elected are:

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Holloway ward

The Councillors elected:

The candidates who ran for election:

Junction ward

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The candidates who ran for election:

Mildmay ward

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St George's ward

The Councillors elected:

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St Mary's ward

The Councillors elected:

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St Peter's ward

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Tollington ward

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The councillors elected for each ward are listed below and represented on the map. The Labour Party has 35 councillors and is the majority party. The Liberal Democrats have 13 councillors.

See the relevant ward below for individual results.

Barnsbury ward

Election of a Councillor for the Barnsbury ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Barnsbury ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 4
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 29
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 33

The total number of votes recorded represented 64.34% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: James Murray, Jilani Chowdhury and Mouna Hamitouche are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Bunhill ward

Election of a Councillor for the Bunhill ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Bunhill ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 3
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 25
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 28

The total number of votes recorded represented 55.57% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Troy Gallagher, Robert Khan and Claudia Naomi Webbe are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Election of a Councillor for the Caledonian ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Caledonian ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

Caledonian ward

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 12
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 21
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 33

The total number of votes recorded represented 60.01% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Paul Edmund Convery, Rupert Perry and Charlynne Mari Chantal Pullen are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Canonbury ward

Election of a Councillor for the Canonbury ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Canonbury ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 6
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 31
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 37

The total number of votes recorded represented 64.60% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Paula Lesley Belford, Wally Burgess and Faye Whaley are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Clerkenwell ward

Election of a Councillor for the Clerkenwell ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Clerkenwell ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 13
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 1
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 17
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 31

The total number of votes recorded represented 58.04% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: George Edwin Allan, Raphael Anslen Andrews and Steph Charalambous are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Finsbury Park ward

Election of a Councillor for the Finsbury Park ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Finsbury Park ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 9
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 32
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 41

The total number of votes recorded represented 57% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said:Phil Kelly, Mick O'Sullivan and Barbara Sidnell are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Highbury East ward

Election of a Councillor for the Highbury East ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Highbury East ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 26
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 33

The total number of votes recorded represented 67.63% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: John Gilbert, Julie Horten and Terry Stacy are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Highbury West ward

Election of a Councillor for the Highbury West ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Highbury West ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 3
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 26
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 29

The total number of votes recorded represented 63.9% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Theresa Debono, Richard Greening and Andy Hull are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Hillrise ward

Election of a Councillor for the Hillrise ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Hillrise ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 11
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 19
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 30

The total number of votes recorded represented 63.28% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Lorraine Constantinou, Greg Foxsmith and Marian Spall are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Holloway ward

Election of a Councillor for the Holloway ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Holloway ward, held on the 7th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 42
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total:

The total number of votes recorded represented 59.83% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Barry Edwards, Lucy Rigby and Paul Smith are duly elected Member of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Junction ward

Election of a Councillor for the Junction ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Junction ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 25
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 32

The total number of votes recorded represented 63.85% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Janet Dianne Burgess, Arthur Tommas Graves, and Ursula Jane Woolley are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Mildmay ward

Election of a Councillor for the Mildmay ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Mildmay ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 3
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 17
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 20

The total number of votes recorded represented 60.91% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Kate Groucutt, Rhodri Iain Jamieson-Ball and Joe Caluori are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

St George's ward

Election of a Councillor for the St George's ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the St George's ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 1
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 38
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 47

The total number of votes recorded represented 63.99% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Tracey Alison Ismail, David Gerald Martin Wilson and Jessica Asato are duly elected Member of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

St Mary's ward

Election of a Councillor for the St Mary's ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the St Mary's ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 40
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 47

The total number of votes recorded represented 64.05% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Joan Coupland, Susan Buchanan and Rhiannon Latika Davis are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

St Peter's ward

Election of a Councillor for the St Peter's ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the St Peter's ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

 The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 3
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 21
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 24

The total number of votes recorded represented 63.98% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Shelley Coupland, Gary Paul Doolan and Martin Klute is duly elected Member of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)

Tollington ward

Election of a Councillor for the Tollington ward. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Islington Council for the Tollington ward, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 7
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 89
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 0
• Total: 96

The total number of votes recorded represented 60.54% of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Jean-Roger Kaseki, Catherine Elizabeth West and Richard Charles Watts are duly elected Members of Islington Council for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)