2010 Islington London Borough Council election

The 2010 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]

2010 Islington Council election
6 May 2010
All council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Catherine West Terry Stacy
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2004 14 May 2009
Leader's seat Tollington Highbury East
Last election 23 seats, 34.9% 24 seats, 33.1%
Seats won 35 13
Seat change 12 11
Popular vote 103,282 82,794
Percentage 39.5% 31.6%
Swing 4.6% 1.5%
Leader of Largest Party before election

Terry Stacy
Liberal Democrats

 Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Catherine West
Labour

Map of the results of the 2010 Islington council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Election result
Islington Council Election Result 2010[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 12 0 +12 72.9 39.5 103,282 +4.6%
  Liberal Democrats 13 0 11 −11 27.1 31.6 82,794 −1.5%
  Green 0 0 1 −1 0 12.7 33,117 −3.9%
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 15.7 41,201 +4.8%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 791 −0.3%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 257 +0.1%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 199 +0.1%

Ward results
Barnsbury (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour James Murray 2,399
Labour Jilani Chowdhury 2,165
Labour Mouna Hamitouche 2,064
Liberal Democrats Oliver Strong 1,460
Liberal Democrats Mark Davies 1,358
Liberal Democrats Shamima Begum 1,221
Conservative Flora Coleman 1,204
Conservative David Tucker 1,198
Conservative Duncan Webster 1,111
Green Sheena Etches 557
Green Claire Shepherd 528
Green Harry Hicks 490
Independent Ed Fredenburgh 87
Turnout 15,842 64.3 +28.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bunhill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Claudia Webbe 2,177
Labour Troy Gallagher 2,056
Labour Robert Khan 1,812
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hall 1,745
Liberal Democrats Peter Muswell 1,702
Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja 1,623
Conservative Michael Moulder 1,119
Conservative Michael Bull 1,095
Conservative Sky Ciantar 950
Green Alison Hood 596
Green Rosalind Sharper 399
Green Adam Stacey 272
BNP Walter Barfoot 257
Turnout 15,803 55.6 +26.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Caledonian (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rupert Perry 2,540
Labour Paul Convery 2,502
Labour Charlynne Pullen 2,245
Liberal Democrats Helen Walsh 1,762
Liberal Democrats Abdul Ahad 1,466
Liberal Democrats Mihir Magudia 1,404
Conservative David Cheape 880
Conservative Eve Gannon 867
Conservative Ramona Simms 776
Green Alex Gordon 640
Green Stephen Mooney 605
Green Christine Muirhead 440
Turnout 16,127 60.0 +25.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Canonbury (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Paula Belford 2,012
Labour Wally Burgess 1,921
Labour Faye Whaley 1,905
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith 1,816
Labour Tim McLoughlin 1,797
Liberal Democrats Farhana Hoque 1,632
Conservative John Devlin 1,093
Conservative Oriel Hutchinson 1,066
Conservative Anne Crossfield 1,059
Green Peter Bloor 608
Green Richard Halvorson 503
Green Jules Le Bihan 500
UKIP Rose-Marie McDonald 199
Independent Terry Comer 129
Turnout 16,240 64.6 +32.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Clerkenwell (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Raphael Andrews 1,691
Labour Steph Charalambous 1,669
Liberal Democrats George Allan 1,622
Labour James Court 1,539
Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran 1,420
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 1,402
Conservative Simon Bone 1,053
Conservative Pauline Tucker 1,053
Conservative David Vaiani 905
Green Michael Coffey 552
Green William Barber 518
Green Stephen Oliver 484
Independent Helen Cagnoni 383
Turnout 14,291 58.0 +26.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Finsbury Park (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Phil Kelly 2,908
Labour Barbara Sidnell 2,660
Labour Mick O'Sullivan 2,620
Liberal Democrats Euan Cameron 1,271
Liberal Democrats Heather Johnson 1,046
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Taylor 1,037
Green Nicola Baird 838
Green Rosemary House 712
Conservative Frank Hopkins 687
Green Robin Latimer 683
Conservative Anne Hudd 626
Conservative Nigel Watts 576
Turnout 15,644 57.0 +26.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highbury East (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Julie Horten 2,506
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 2,484
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 2,160
Labour Matt Creamer 1,772
Labour Clare Jeapes 1,747
Labour Regine Kaseki 1,391
Green Emma Dixon 1,117
Conservative Stephen Brindle 837
Conservative James Barker 809
Conservative Neil Lindsay 733
Green Andrew Myer 657
Green James Humphreys 639
Turnout 16,852 67.6 +31.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Highbury West (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Theresa Debono 3,030
Labour Richard Greening 2,882
Labour Andy Hull 2,508
Green Katie Dawson 2,020
Liberal Democrats Edward Cooke 1,639
Green Caroline Russell 1,500
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton 1,290
Green Jon Nott 1,254
Conservative Thomas Duke 1,043
Conservative Edward Waldegrave 909
Conservative Jana Toms Hrnciarove 902
Liberal Democrats Selim Yilmaz 900
Turnout 19,877 63.9 +29.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Green Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hillrise (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Marian Spall 2,147
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Constantinou 2,073
Liberal Democrats Greg Foxsmith 2,066
Labour Stephen Ng 2,017
Labour Tom Ogg 1,966
Liberal Democrats Julia Williams 1,846
Green Mary Adshead 606
Green Mick Holloway 579
Green Daniel Hudson 526
Conservative Chinwe Bunting 501
Conservative Joseph Eldridge 494
Conservative Jackie Fage 458
Turnout 15,279 63.3 +29.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holloway (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barry Edwards 2,809
Labour Paul Smith 2,721
Labour Lucy Rigby 2,702
Liberal Democrats David Kelly 1,940
Liberal Democrats Andrea O'Halloran 1,715
Liberal Democrats Alan Muhammed 1,522
Conservative Elizabeth Eldridge 896
Conservative James Rooke 816
Green Claire Poyner 805
Conservative Paul Seligman 792
Green James O'Nions 646
Green Mark Chilver 636
Turnout 18,000 59.8 +27.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Junction (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Janet Burgess 2,338
Liberal Democrats Arthur Graves 2,182
Liberal Democrats Ursula Woolley 2,125
Liberal Democrats Stefan Kasprzyk 2,071
Labour Oily Parker 1,899
Labour Kaya Makarauschwartz 1,878
Green Sue Bineham 713
Green Becky Wright 597
Conservative Connor Coleman 556
Conservative Richard Campbell 533
Green Ken Burgess 529
Conservative James Kerby 480
Turnout 15,901 63.9 +28.5
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Mildmay (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kate Groucutt 2,270
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball 2,167
Labour Joe Caluori 2,032
Liberal Democrats Philip Stevens 1,945
Labour Conor McGinn 1,939
Liberal Democrats Turhan Ozen 1,808
Green Francesca Hughes 809
Conservative Adam Berry 771
Conservative Andreas Heiner 661
Conservative James Thompson 649
Green Malcolm Powell 532
Green Dudley Ross 501
Turnout 16,084 60.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St George's (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Tracy Ismail 2,571
Liberal Democrats David Wilson 2,473
Labour Jessica Asato 1,939
Liberal Democrats Caspar Woolley 1,872
Labour Gary Heather 1,817
Labour Alex Smith 1,802
Green Susan Roebuck 836
Green Deborah Maby 814
Green Richard Tate 664
Conservative Julian Nicholson 571
Conservative Chris Olson 552
Conservative Caroline Schwartz 480
Turnout 16,391 64.0 +27.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joan Coupland 1,984
Liberal Democrats Susan Buchanan 1,927
Labour Rhiannon Davis 1,869
Liberal Democrats Emily Fieran-Reed 1,839
Labour Gary Poole 1,774
Liberal Democrats Daniel Nicholls 1,667
Conservative Richard Bunting 1,210
Conservative Victoria Lim 1,170
Conservative Simon Toms 988
Green Caroline Allen 716
Green Susie Graves 612
Green Jonathan Hathaway 445
Independent Brian Potter 192
Turnout 64.1
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Peter's (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Shelley Coupland 2,117
Labour Gary Doolan 2,088
Labour Martin Klute 2,085
Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry 1,781
Conservative Nicolas Clark 1,589
Liberal Democrats David Sant 1,530
Conservative Frances Wright 1,308
Conservative Yvette Pathare 1,254
Liberal Democrats Vamsi Velagapudi 1,201
Green Darryl Croft 564
Green Christian Spurrier 468
Green Richard Wood 281
Turnout 16,266 64.0 +30.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tollington (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Catherine West 2,476
Labour Richard Watts 2,350
Labour Jean-Roger Kaseki 2,263
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ollier 1,604
Liberal Democrats Juliet Makhapila 1,466
Liberal Democrats Robert Smith 1,425
Green Ann Boater 1,199
Green Carina Dunkerley 1,044
Green Stephen Horne 883
Conservative Alex Gregg 732
Conservative Robert Millen 642
Conservative Christopher Williams 547
Turnout 16,631 60.5 +26.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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References
  1. "Islington". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. "Council Election Results". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. "Local elections 2010". The Guardian. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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