2010 Islington London Borough Council election

2010 Islington Council election

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6 May 2010

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	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

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.

Election result

Islington Council Election Result 2010
	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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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	Olly Parker	1,899
	Labour	Kaya Makarau-Schwartz	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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

References

"Islington". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ "Council Election Results". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
"Local elections 2010". The Guardian. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

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