2014 Islington London Borough Council election

2014 Islington Council election
22 May 2014

All 48 council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 35 seats, 39.5% 0 seats, 12.7% 13 seats, 31.6%
Seats won 47 1 0
Seat change 12 1 13
Popular vote 93,416 32,156 9,191
Percentage 55.9% 19.3% 14.9%
Swing 16.4% 6.6% 16.7%

Map of the results of the 2014 Islington council election. Greens in green and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Labour

Subsequent Council control

Labour

The 2014 Islington Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Islington Borough Council in London, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The final result was 47 seats for the Labour Party and 1 seat for the Green Party of England and Wales. The Labour Party received 56 per cent of the vote, its highest total in Islington since 1974. The Liberal Democrats lost all its seats despite having controlled the Council as a minority administration from 2006–2010.[2]

Election result

Islington Council Election Result 2014[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 47 12 0 +12 97.9 55.9 93,416 +16.4
  Green 1 1 0 +1 2.1 19.3 32,156 +6.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 13 −13 0.0 14.6 24,372 −17.0
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 9.4 15,681 −6.3
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,049 +0.5
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 259 N/A
  Socialist (GB) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 90 N/A

Ward results

Barnsbury[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Murray 2,110 58.4 +15.0
Labour Jilani Chowdhury 1,948 53.9 +14.8
Labour Mouna Hamitouche 1,910 52.9 +15.6
Conservative Stuart Cullen 710 19.6 −2.2
Conservative Joseph Eldridge 604 16.7 −5.0
Conservative Alicia Simms 594 16.4 −3.7
Green Harry Hicks 467 12.9 +4.0
Green Rosie Magudia 447 12.4 +2.3
Liberal Democrats David Christmas 400 11.1 −15.3
Green Matthew Parsons 327 9.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Kristina Lewis 309 8.6 −15.9
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby 286 7.9 −14.2
TUSC Lesley Woodburn 100 2.8 N/A
Turnout 3,614 39.8 −21.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bunhill[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Troy Gallagher 1,762 49.8 +12.1
Labour Claudia Webbe 1,663 47.0 +7.0
Labour Robert Khan 1,541 43.6 +10.3
Conservative Craig Barber 663 18.8 −1.7
Conservative Flora Coleman 618 17.5 −2.6
Conservative Orson Francescone 570 16.1 −1.3
UKIP Peter Muswell 525 14.9 N/A
Green Tom Bowker 455 12.9 +2.0
Green Leigh Elston 429 12.1 +4.8
Green Ben Hickey 425 12.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Joseph Trotter 352 10.0 −21.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hall 321 9.1 −22.9
Liberal Democrats Kelly Wright 308 8.7 −21.1
Turnout 3,535 33.8 −21.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Caledonian[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Convery 2,372 66.1 +21.9
Labour Rupert Perry 1,954 54.4 +9.5
Labour Una O'Halloran 1,907 53.1 +13.4
Green Alex Gordon 670 18.7 +7.4
Green Sarah Marks 585 16.3 +5.6
Conservative Stuart Cottis 492 13.7 −1.9
Green Ozoda Muminova 441 12.3 +4.5
Conservative Duncan Webster 433 12.1 −3.2
Conservative Richard Pinder 417 11.6 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Iolanda Costide 382 10.6 −20.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Johnson 320 8.9 −17.0
Liberal Democrats Hannah Ridzuan-Allen 252 7.0 −17.8
Turnout 3,589 36.5 −23.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Canonbury[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Diner 1,569 46.6 +13.4
Labour Clare Jeapes 1,556 46.3 +13.4
Labour Nicholas Wayne 1,413 42.0 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Cox 805 23.9 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith 716 21.3 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Mihir Magudia 613 18.2 −10.0
Conservative Amo Kalar 467 13.9 −5.0
Green Lilli Geissendorfer 464 13.8 +3.3
Green Georgina Turner 464 13.8 +5.2
Conservative Nigel Watts 441 13.1 −5.3
Conservative Jana Hrnciarova 418 12.4 −5.9
Green Richard Halvorsen 391 11.6 +2.9
Turnout 3,364 37.1 −27.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Clerkenwell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raphael Andrews 1,553 48.8 +15.1
Labour Alice Donovan 1,395 43.8 +10.6
Labour James Court 1,385 43.5 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Tahmid Chowdhury 690 21.7 −10.6
Liberal Democrats James Williamson 680 21.4 −6.9
Green Rachel Darwazeh 599 18.8 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Muhammed 561 17.6 −10.3
Conservative Pauline Tucker 559 17.6 −3.4
Conservative Mark Lim 485 15.2 −5.8
Green James Humphreys 455 14.3 +4.0
Green Angela Thomson 394 12.4 +2.8
Turnout 3,183 37.7 −20.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Finsbury Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Heather 2,648 66.3 +13.6
Labour Mick O'Sullivan 2,481 62.1 +14.6
Labour Asima Shaikh 2,408 60.3 +12.1
Green Nicola Baird 948 23.7 +8.5
Green Robin Latimer 781 19.6 +7.2
Green Fran Boait 771 19.3 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Anna Habermann 400 10.0 −13.0
Liberal Democrats Jack Fletcher 360 9.0 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Hatty Richmond 318 8.0 −10.8
Turnout 3,993 37.1 −19.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highbury East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Osh Gantly 1,514 37.4 +7.2
Labour Aysegul Erdogan 1,430 35.3 +5.5
Green Caroline Russell 1,214 30.0 +10.9
Labour Muhammed Kalaam 1,206 29.8 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Horten 1,204 29.7 −13.1
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 1,185 29.3 −7.6
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 1,138 28.1 −14.3
Green Charlie Kiss 867 21.4 +10.2
Green Susanna Rustin 721 17.8 +6.9
Conservative Connor Coleman 411 10.1 −4.2
Conservative Christopher Williams 375 9.3 −4.5
UKIP Greg Clough 247 6.1 N/A
Turnout 4,051 44.2 −23.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Highbury West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Theresa Debono 2,680 56.4 +12.1
Labour Richard Greening 2,549 53.7 +11.5
Labour Andy Hull 2,336 49.2 +12.5
Green Rosalind Sharpe 1,074 22.6 −6.9
Green Ernestas Jegorovas 1,046 22.0 +0.1
Green Andrew Mayer 1,011 21.3 +3.0
Conservative Alex Burghart 869 18.3 +3.0
Conservative James Rooke 653 13.8 +0.5
Conservative Simon Philip 551 11.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Ed Cooke 439 9.2 −14.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton 354 7.5 −11.4
Liberal Democrats Gabby Mann 345 7.3 −5.9
Turnout 4,749 39.7 −24.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hillrise[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marian Spall 2,065 55.7 +15.3
Labour Michelline Ngongo 1,930 52.0 +14.0
Labour David Poyser 1,925 51.9 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Constantinou 959 25.9 −13.1
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam 856 23.1 −15.8
Liberal Democrats Victor Kaufman 761 20.5 −14.3
Green Jayne Forbes 727 19.6 +8.7
Green Mary Adshead 711 19.2 +7.8
Green Alex Rendall 530 14.3 +4.4
Turnout 3,708 41.9 −21.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Holloway[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Smith 2,470 59.7 +15.6
Labour Rakhia Ismail 2,266 54.8 +9.3
Labour Diarmaid Ward 2,222 53.7 +9.9
Green Jenni Chan 996 24.1 +13.6
Green Claire Poyner 905 21.9 +8.9
Green Ciaran Whitehead 837 20.2 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 564 13.6 −14.2
Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn 564 13.6 −11.1
Liberal Democrats David Kelly 519 12.6 −18.8
Turnout 4,135 36.9 −22.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Junction[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Burgess 2,228 63.7 +21.1
Labour Kaya Makarau-Schwartz 1,938 55.4 +21.2
Labour Tim Nicholls 1,779 50.9 +16.3
Green Jill Renwick 720 20.6 +7.6
Green Mick Holloway 717 20.5 +9.6
Green Daniel Hudson 621 17.8 +8.2
Conservative Michael Collins 361 10.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Stefan Kasprzyk 333 9.5 −28.2
Conservative Riddhi Bhalla 320 9.1 −0.6
Conservative Oliver Jonathan 314 9.0 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Giorgia Gamba 297 8.5 −31.3
Liberal Democrats Victoria Savvides 245 7.0 −31.7
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 90 2.6 N/A
Turnout 3,498 38.4 −25.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mildmay[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Caluori 2,041 57.1 +20.9
Labour Jenny Kay 2,020 56.5 +16.1
Labour Olly Parker 1,898 53.1 +18.6
Green Jon Nott 613 17.1 +2.7
Green Malcolm Powell 575 16.1 +6.6
Green Dudley Ross 570 15.9 +7.0
Conservative Benjamin Davies 366 10.2 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Julie Whittaker 354 9.9 −28.7
Conservative Alexandra Eldridge 343 9.6 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Turhan Ozen 279 7.8 −24.4
UKIP Angus Small 277 7.7 N/A
Conservative Martin Moyes 265 7.4 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Symes 255 7.1 −27.5
TUSC Omar Esen 159 4.4 N/A
Turnout 3,575 38.7 −21.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing
St George's[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kat Fletcher 2,402 61.1 +27.3
Labour Satnam Gill 2,121 54.0 +22.3
Labour Nick Ward 1,975 50.3 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Tracy Ismail 984 25.0 −19.8
Green Deborah Maby 814 20.7 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Julian Gregory 743 18.9 −24.2
Green Bernadette Wren 721 18.4 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Alice Thomas 719 18.3 −14.3
Green Benali Hamdache 683 17.4 +5.8
Turnout 3,929 42.1 −21.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Mary's[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Picknell 1,719 52.7 +18.1
Labour Gary Poole 1,581 48.5 +17.6
Labour Nurullah Turan 1,460 44.8 +12.2
Green Caroline Allen 729 22.4 +9.9
Conservative Thomas Duke 559 17.2 −3.9
Conservative Mags Joseph 554 17.0 −0.2
Conservative Victoria Lim 528 16.2 −4.2
Green Sydney Leaman 498 15.3 +4.6
Green Adrian Williams 490 15.0 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Rosie Day 433 13.3 −20.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Heseltine 353 10.8 −21.3
Liberal Democrats Nick Manners 289 8.9 −20.2
Turnout 3,259 36.3 −27.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Peter's[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Klute 2,117 60.1 +23.8
Labour Gary Doolan 2,088 59.2 +22.8
Labour Alice Perry 2,085 59.1 +22.2
Conservative Evan Williams 724 20.5 −7.2
Conservative Oriel Hutchinson 709 20.1 −2.7
Conservative Patricia Napier 708 20.1 −1.7
Green Michael Coffey 674 19.1 +9.3
Green Veronica Pasteur 453 12.9 +8.0
Green Christian Spurrier 418 11.9 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry 414 11.7 −19.3
Liberal Democrats Anna Malone 389 11.0 −9.9
Liberal Democrats David Sant 320 9.1 −17.6
Turnout 3,525 38.2 −25.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tollington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Watts 2,355 60.5 +20.1
Labour Flora Williamson 2,320 59.6 +17.0
Labour Jean-Roger Kaseki 2,302 59.2 +20.3
Green Ann Boater 1,006 25.9 +5.3
Green Rosie Green 951 24.4 +6.4
Green Stephen Horne 752 19.3 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Ruth Polling 400 10.3 −17.3
Liberal Democrats George Allan 393 10.1 −15.1
Liberal Democrats David Thorpe 313 8.0 −16.5
Turnout 3,890 38.6 −21.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "England council results". Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Islington Labour Leader to be inclusive after landslide victory at elections". Islington Gazette. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Islington council results". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ^ "English Elections :: Islington 2014 - election results". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.