2014 Islington London Borough Council election

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2014 Islington Council election
  2010 22 May 2014 2018  

All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election35 seats, 39.5%0 seats, 12.7%13 seats, 31.6%
Seats won4710
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg13
Popular vote93,41632,1569,191
Percentage55.9%19.3%14.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg16.4%Increase2.svg6.6%Decrease2.svg16.7%

Islington London UK local election 2014 map.svg
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 Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 47120+1297.955.993,416+16.4
  Green 110+12.119.332,156+6.6
  Liberal Democrats 0013−13014.624,372−17.0
  Conservative 000009.415,681−6.3
  UKIP 000000.61,049+0.5
  TUSC 000000.4259n/a
  Socialist (GB) 000000.190n/a

Ward results

Barnsbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Murray 2,110
Labour Jilani Chowdhury 1,948
Labour Mouna Hamitouche 1,910
Conservative Stuart Cullen710
Conservative Joseph Eldridge604
Conservative Alicia Ramona Simms594
Green Harry Hicks467
Green Rosie Magudia447
Liberal Democrats David John Christmas400
Green Matthew Parsons327
Liberal Democrats Kristina Lewis309
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby286
TUSC Lesley Woodburn100
Turnout 3,61439.8−21.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bunhill [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Troy Gallagher 1,762
Labour Claudia Webbe 1,663
Labour Robert Khan 1,541
Conservative Craig John Francis Barber663
Conservative Flora Nancy Joyce Plumstead Coleman618
Conservative Orson Francescone570
UKIP Peter Spencer Muswell525
Green Tom Bowker455
Green Leigh Elston429
Green Ben Hickey425
Liberal Democrats Joseph Russell Trotter352
Liberal Democrats Adrian Charles Reeves Hall321
Liberal Democrats Kelly Ann-Marie Wright308
Turnout 3,53533.8−21.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Caledonian [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Convery 2,372
Labour Rupert Perry 1,954
Labour Una O'Halloran 1,907
Green Alex Gordon670
Green Sarah Marks585
Conservative Stuart Cottis492
Green Ozoda Muminova441
Conservative Duncan Webster433
Conservative Richard Jonathan Pinder417
Liberal Democrats Iolanda Costide382
Liberal Democrats Tim Johnson320
Liberal Democrats Hannah Ridzuan-Allen252
Turnout 3,58936.5−23.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Canonbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Diner 1,569
Labour Clare Jeapes 1,556
Labour Nicholas Wayne 1,413
Liberal Democrats Alex Cox805
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith716
Liberal Democrats Mihir Magudia613
Conservative Amo Kalar467
Green Lilli Geissendorfer464
Green Georgina Turner464
Conservative Nigel William Roland Watts441
Conservative Jana Toms Hrnciarova418
Green Richard Halvorsen391
Turnout 3,36437.1−27.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Clerkenwell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raphael Andrews 1,553
Labour Alice Donovan 1,395
Labour James Court 1,385
Liberal Democrats Tahmid Rahman Chowdhury690
Liberal Democrats James Robert Williamson680
Liberal Democrats Alan Shan Muhammed561
Green Rachel Darwazeh599
Conservative Pauline Phyllis Maude Tucker599
Conservative Mark Lim485
Green James Humphreys 455
Green Angela Joan Thomson394
Turnout 3,18337.7−20.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Finsbury Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Heather 2,648
Labour Mick O'Sullivan 2,481
Labour Asima Shaikh 2,408
Green Nicola Baird948
Green Robin Latimer781
Green Fran Boait771
Liberal Democrats Anna Rosalinde Margaret Habermann400
Liberal Democrats Jack Michael Fletcher360
Liberal Democrats Hatty Richmond318
Turnout 3,99337.1−19.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highbury East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Osh Gantly 1,514
Labour Aysegul Erdogan 1,430
Green Caroline Russell 1,214
Labour Muhammed Kalaam1,206
Liberal Democrats Julie Horten1,204
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy1,185
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert1,138
Green Charlie Kiss867
Green Susanna Rustin721
Conservative Connor Alan Coleman411
Conservative Christopher John Harries Williams375
UKIP Greg Clough247
Turnout 4,05144.2−23.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Highbury West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Theresa Debono 2,680
Labour Richard Greening 2,549
Labour Andy Hull 2,336
Green Rosalind Sharpe1,074
Green Ernestas Jegorovas1,046
Green Andrew Mayer1,011
Conservative Alex Burghart 869
Conservative James Rooke653
Conservative Simon Philip551
Liberal Democrats Ed Cooke439
Liberal Democrats Philip David Middleton354
Liberal Democrats Gabby Mann345
Turnout 4,74939.7−24.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hillrise [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marian Spall 2,065
Labour Michelline Ngongo 1,930
Labour David Poyser 1,925
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Constantinou959
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam856
Liberal Democrats Victor Kaufman761
Green Jayne Forbes727
Green Mary Adshead711
Green Alex Rendall530
Turnout 3,70841.9−21.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Holloway [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Smith 2,470
Labour Rakhia Ismail 2,266
Labour Diarmaid Ward 2,222
Green Jenni Chan996
Green Claire Poyner905
Green Ciaran Whitehead837
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Smith564
Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn564
Liberal Democrats David John Kelly519
Turnout 4,13536.9−22.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Junction [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Burgess 2,228
Labour Kaya Makarau Schwartz 1,938
Labour Tim Nicholls 1,779
Green Jill Renwick720
Green Mick Holloway717
Green Daniel Hudson621
Conservative Michael Collins361
Liberal Democrats Stefan Antoni Kasprzyk333
Conservative Riddhi Bhalla320
Conservative Oliver Peter Jonathan314
Liberal Democrats Giorgia Gamba297
Liberal Democrats Victoria Savvides245
Independent Bill Martin90
Turnout 3,49838.4−25.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mildmay [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Caluori 2,041
Labour Jenny Kay 2,020
Labour Olly Parker 1,898
Green Jon Nott613
Green Malcolm Powell575
Green Dudley Ross570
Conservative Benjamin Rhys Davies366
Liberal Democrats Julie Whittaker354
Conservative Alexandra Catherine Eldridge343
Liberal Democrats Turhan Ozen279
UKIP Angus Small277
Conservative Martin Roland Cameron Moyes265
Liberal Democrats Paul Symes255
TUSC Omar Esen159
Turnout 3,57538.7−21.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing
St George's [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kat Fletcher 2,402
Labour Satnam Gill 2,121
Labour Nick Ward 1,975
Liberal Democrats Tracy Allison Ismail984
Green Deborah Maby814
Liberal Democrats Julian Thomas Gregory743
Green Bernadette Wren721
Liberal Democrats Alice Bridget Thomas719
Green Benali Hamdache683
Turnout 3,92942.1−21.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Mary's [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Picknell 1,719
Labour Gary Poole 1,581
Labour Nurullah Turan 1,460
Green Caroline Allen729
Conservative Thomas Robert Matthew Duke559
Conservative Mags Joseph554
Conservative Victoria Anne Lim528
Green Sydney Leaman498
Green Adrian Williams490
Liberal Democrats Rosie Day433
Liberal Democrats Richard Mark Horsley Heseltine353
Liberal Democrats Nick Manners289
Turnout 3,25936.3−27.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Peter's [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Klute 2,117
Labour Gary Doolan 2,088
Labour Alice Perry 2,085
Conservative Evan James Williams724
Conservative Oriel Somerset Hutchinson709
Conservative Patricia Jane Napier708
Green Michael Coffey674
Green Veronica Pasteur453
Green Christian Spurrier418
Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry414
Liberal Democrats Anna Malone389
Liberal Democrats David Sant320
Turnout 3,52538.2−25.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tollington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Watts 2,355
Labour Flora Williamson 2,320
Labour Jean-Roger Kaseki 2,302
Green Ann Boater1,006
Green Rosie Green951
Green Stephen Horne752
Liberal Democrats Ruth Polling400
Liberal Democrats George Allan393
Liberal Democrats David Thorpe313
Turnout 3,52538.2−22.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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