2010 Islington London Borough Council election

2010 Islington Council election
6 May 2010

All 48 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

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]

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 0.0 12.7 33,117 −3.9
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 15.7 41,201 +4.8
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 791 −0.3
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 257 +0.1
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 199 +0.1

Ward results

Barnsbury (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Murray 2,399 43.4
Labour Jilani Chowdhury 2,165 39.1
Labour Mouna Hamitouche 2,064 37.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Strong 1,460 26.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Davies 1,358 24.5
Liberal Democrats Shamima Begum 1,221 22.1
Conservative Flora Coleman 1,204 21.8
Conservative David Tucker 1,198 21.7
Conservative Duncan Webster 1,111 20.1
Green Sheena Etches 557 10.1
Green Claire Shepherd 528 9.5
Green Harry Hicks 490 8.9
Independent Ed Fredenburgh 87 1.6
Turnout 5,532 64.3 +28.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bunhill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claudia Webbe 2,177 40.0
Labour Troy Gallagher 2,056 37.7
Labour Robert Khan 1,812 33.3
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hall 1,745 32.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Muswell 1,702 31.2
Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja 1,623 29.8
Conservative Michael Moulder 1,119 20.5
Conservative Michael Bull 1,095 20.1
Conservative Sky Ciantar 950 17.4
Green Alison Hood 596 10.9
Green Rosalind Sharper 399 7.3
Green Adam Stacey 272 5.0
BNP Walter Barfoot 257 4.7
Turnout 5,449 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 44.9
Labour Paul Convery 2,502 44.2
Labour Charlynne Pullen 2,245 39.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Walsh 1,762 31.1
Liberal Democrats Abdul Ahad 1,466 25.9
Liberal Democrats Mihir Magudia 1,404 24.8
Conservative David Cheape 880 15.6
Conservative Eve Gannon 867 15.3
Conservative Ramona Simms 776 13.7
Green Alex Gordon 640 11.3
Green Stephen Mooney 605 10.7
Green Christine Muirhead 440 7.8
Turnout 5,658 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 34.8
Labour Wally Burgess 1,921 33.2
Labour Faye Whaley 1,905 32.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith 1,816 31.4
Labour Tim McLoughlin 1,797 31.1
Liberal Democrats Farhana Hoque 1,632 28.2
Conservative John Devlin 1,093 18.9
Conservative Oriel Hutchinson 1,066 18.4
Conservative Anne Crossfield 1,059 18.3
Green Peter Bloor 608 10.5
Green Richard Halvorson 503 8.7
Green Jules Le Bihan 500 8.6
UKIP Rose-Marie McDonald 199 3.4
Independent Terry Comer 129 2.2
Turnout 5,782 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 33.7
Labour Steph Charalambous 1,669 33.2
Liberal Democrats George Allan 1,622 32.3
Labour James Court 1,539 30.7
Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran 1,420 28.3
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 1,402 27.9
Conservative Simon Bone 1,053 21.0
Conservative Pauline Tucker 1,053 21.0
Conservative David Vaiani 905 18.0
Green Michael Coffey 552 11.0
Green William Barber 518 10.3
Green Stephen Oliver 484 9.6
Independent Helen Cagnoni 383 7.6
Turnout 5,020 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 52.7
Labour Barbara Sidnell 2,660 48.2
Labour Mick O'Sullivan 2,620 47.5
Liberal Democrats Euan Cameron 1,271 23.0
Liberal Democrats Heather Johnson 1,046 19.0
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Taylor 1,037 18.8
Green Nicola Baird 838 15.2
Green Rosemary House 712 12.9
Conservative Frank Hopkins 687 12.5
Green Robin Latimer 683 12.4
Conservative Anne Hudd 626 11.3
Conservative Nigel Watts 576 10.4
Turnout 5,516 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 42.8
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 2,484 42.4
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 2,160 36.9
Labour Matt Creamer 1,772 30.2
Labour Clare Jeapes 1,747 29.8
Labour Regine Kaseki 1,391 23.7
Green Emma Dixon 1,117 19.1
Conservative Stephen Brindle 837 14.3
Conservative James Barker 809 13.8
Conservative Neil Lindsay 733 12.5
Green Andrew Myer 657 11.2
Green James Humphreys 639 10.9
Turnout 5,861 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 44.3
Labour Richard Greening 2,882 42.2
Labour Andy Hull 2,508 36.7
Green Katie Dawson 2,020 29.5
Liberal Democrats Edward Cooke 1,639 24.0
Green Caroline Russell 1,500 21.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton 1,290 18.9
Green Jon Nott 1,254 18.3
Conservative Thomas Duke 1,043 15.3
Conservative Edward Waldegrave 909 13.3
Conservative Jana Hrnciarove 902 13.2
Liberal Democrats Selim Yilmaz 900 13.2
Turnout 6,837 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 40.4
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Constantinou 2,073 39.0
Liberal Democrats Greg Foxsmith 2,066 38.9
Labour Stephen Ng 2,017 38.0
Labour Tom Ogg 1,966 37.0
Liberal Democrats Julia Williams 1,846 34.8
Green Mary Adshead 606 11.4
Green Mick Holloway 579 10.9
Green Daniel Hudson 526 9.9
Conservative Chinwe Bunting 501 9.4
Conservative Joseph Eldridge 494 9.3
Conservative Jackie Fage 458 8.6
Turnout 5,312 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 45.5
Labour Paul Smith 2,721 44.1
Labour Lucy Rigby 2,702 43.8
Liberal Democrats David Kelly 1,940 31.4
Liberal Democrats Andrea O'Halloran 1,715 27.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Muhammed 1,522 24.7
Conservative Elizabeth Eldridge 896 14.5
Conservative James Rooke 816 13.2
Green Claire Poyner 805 13.0
Conservative Paul Seligman 792 12.8
Green James O'Nions 646 10.5
Green Mark Chilver 636 10.3
Turnout 6,169 59.8 +27.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Junction (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Burgess 2,338 42.6
Liberal Democrats Arthur Graves 2,182 39.8
Liberal Democrats Ursula Woolley 2,125 38.7
Liberal Democrats Stefan Kasprzyk 2,071 37.7
Labour Olly Parker 1,899 34.6
Labour Kaya Makarau-Schwartz 1,878 34.2
Green Sue Bineham 713 13.0
Green Becky Wright 597 10.9
Conservative Connor Coleman 556 10.1
Conservative Richard Campbell 533 9.7
Green Ken Burgess 529 9.6
Conservative James Kerby 480 8.7
Turnout 5,489 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 40.4
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball 2,167 38.6
Labour Joe Caluori 2,032 36.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Stevens 1,945 34.6
Labour Conor McGinn 1,939 34.5
Liberal Democrats Turhan Ozen 1,808 32.2
Green Francesca Hughes 809 14.4
Conservative Adam Berry 771 13.7
Conservative Andreas Heiner 661 11.8
Conservative James Thompson 649 11.6
Green Malcolm Powell 532 9.5
Green Dudley Ross 501 8.9
Turnout 5,614 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 44.8
Liberal Democrats David Wilson 2,473 43.1
Labour Jessica Asato 1,939 33.8
Liberal Democrats Caspar Woolley 1,872 32.6
Labour Gary Heather 1,817 31.7
Labour Alex Smith 1,802 31.4
Green Susan Roebuck 836 14.6
Green Deborah Maby 814 14.2
Green Richard Tate 664 11.6
Conservative Julian Nicholson 571 10.0
Conservative Chris Olson 552 9.6
Conservative Caroline Schwartz 480 8.4
Turnout 5,738 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 34.6
Liberal Democrats Susan Buchanan 1,927 33.6
Labour Rhiannon Davis 1,869 32.6
Liberal Democrats Emily Fieran-Reed 1,839 32.1
Labour Gary Poole 1,774 30.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Nicholls 1,667 29.1
Conservative Richard Bunting 1,210 21.1
Conservative Victoria Lim 1,170 20.4
Conservative Simon Toms 988 17.2
Green Caroline Allen 716 12.5
Green Susie Graves 612 10.7
Green Jonathan Hathaway 445 7.8
Independent Brian Potter 192 3.3
Turnout 5,734 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 36.9
Labour Gary Doolan 2,088 36.4
Labour Martin Klute 2,085 36.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry 1,781 31.0
Conservative Nicolas Clark 1,589 27.7
Liberal Democrats David Sant 1,530 26.7
Conservative Frances Wright 1,308 22.8
Conservative Yvette Pathare 1,254 21.8
Liberal Democrats Vamsi Velagapudi 1,201 20.9
Green Darryl Croft 564 9.8
Green Christian Spurrier 468 8.2
Green Richard Wood 281 4.9
Turnout 5,740 64.0 +30.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tollington (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine West 2,476 42.6
Labour Richard Watts 2,350 40.4
Labour Jean-Roger Kaseki 2,263 38.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ollier 1,604 27.6
Liberal Democrats Juliet Makhapila 1,466 25.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Smith 1,425 24.5
Green Ann Boater 1,199 20.6
Green Carina Dunkerley 1,044 18.0
Green Stephen Horne 883 15.2
Conservative Alex Gregg 732 12.6
Conservative Robert Millen 642 11.0
Conservative Christopher Williams 547 9.4
Turnout 5,811 60.5 +26.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Islington". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "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.