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1982 Islington London Borough Council election

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All 52 council seats 27 seats needed for a majority
Registered	120,076
Turnout	40.1%
First party Second party Third party   Party Lab Labour Co-op Alliance Last election 35 seats, 1 seat, New party Seats before 32 0 14 Seats after 41 10 1 Seat change 9 10 13 Popular vote 48,767 10,358 25,714 Percentage 42.47% 9.02% 22.39%   Fourth party   Party Con Last election 1 seat, Seats before 1 Seats after 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 27,947 Percentage 24.34%
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1982 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council from the Social Democratic Party.

Background

In March 1981 the SDP was founded. In May 1981 Donald Hoodless became the new Labour Leader and council leader. In September 1981, following the resignation of a Labour councillor, the SDP gained a council seat in Hillarton ward. In December 1981 over half of the Labour group on the council resigned the Labour whip and joined the SDP. This gave the SDP a majority of seats and their leader, Jim Evans, became the new council leader. Divisions within the SDP saw the emergence of a separate Social Democrat group that included four sitting SDP councillors. This group stood in the 1982 elections in opposition to official SDP candidates.

Election result

1982 Islington Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	15	6	9	78.85	42.47	48,767
	Labour Co-op	10	10	0	10	19.23	9.02	10,358
	Alliance	1	0	13	13	1.92	22.39	25,714
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.00	24.34	27,947
	Social Democrat	0	0	5	4	0.00	1.17	1,342
	National Front	0	0	0		0.00	0.23	268
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.21	239
	Independent SDP	0	0	0		0.00	0.10	111
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0.00	0.05	61
	Save London Action Group	0	0	0		0.00	0.02	18
Total		52						114,825

Ward results

(*) – Indicates incumbent councillors standing for re-election

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

References

1. "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
2. "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
3. Became incumbent in a 1981 by-election called following the resignation of Cllr. Crispin R. St Hill

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