2006 Islington London Borough Council election

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2006 Islington Council election
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 First partySecond partyThird party
  Catherine West MP CROP.png
LeaderSteve Hitchins Catherine West Katie Dawson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Leader since199720044 May 2006
Leader's seatSt. Peter's (defeated)TollingtonHighbury West
Last election38 seats, 45.8%10 seats, 35.7%0 seat, 10.8%
Seats won24231
Seat changeDecrease2.svg13Increase2.svg12Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote39,23841,40419,736
Percentage33.1%34.9%16.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg12.7%Decrease2.svg0.8%Increase2.svg5.8%
 Fourth party
 
LeaderDavid Barnes
Party Conservative
Leader's seatHighbury East (defeated)
Last election0 seats, 4.2%
Seats won0
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote14,121
Percentage11.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.7%
Leader of Largest Party before election

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

James Kempton
Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2006 Islington council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green. Islington UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Islington council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.

The 2006 Islington Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, after the Labour party made a gain of 12 seats. [2] The Green Party, meanwhile, gained a seat on the council. [3]

Islington Council Election Result 2006 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 24113−1250.033.139,238−12.7%
  Labour 23131+1247.934.941,404−0.8%
  Green 110+12.116.619,736+5.8%
  Conservative 001−1011.914,121+7.7%
  Ind. Working Class 000002.63,142+1.6%
  Independent 000000.6658−1.0%
  CPA 000000.2289+0.0%
  Liberal 000000.044+0.0%

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Barnsbury (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Murray 1,072 37.8
Labour Jilani Chowdhury 986
Labour Mouna Hamitouche 973
Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox *88831.3
Liberal Democrats Emma Gowers789
Liberal Democrats Linda Middleton744
Conservative Martin Koder44515.7
Conservative Katherine Bereza437
Green Nicola Baird43215.2
Conservative Lloyd Sampson426
Green Elaine Londesborough394
Green Jan Hallett391
Turnout 7,97735.9+7.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Bunhill (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donna Boffa 777 30.5
Liberal Democrats Ruth Polling 719
Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja * 708
Labour Simon Charles64425.3
Labour Troy Gallagher643
Ind. Working Class Ben Mackmurdie56622.2
Labour Samuel McBratney563
Ind. Working Class Gary O'Shea544
Ind. Working Class Andy Taylor504
Conservative Guy Black31612.4
Conservative Nicholas Sheffield300
Conservative Eve Gannon291
Green Damien O'Farrell2479.7
Green Lyn Bliss202
Green Angela Thomson164
Turnout 7,18829.4+8.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Caledonian (3) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Convery 1,025 40.5
Labour Ian Perry 1,022
Labour Lisa Spall 937
Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran90735.8
Liberal Democrats Carol Powell *878
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hall808
Conservative Stuart Cottis31012.3
Conservative Duncan Webster305
Conservative Jacqueline Fage299
Green Mark Chilver28811.4
Green Alexander Gordon286
Green Sheena Etches270
Turnout 7,33534.2+6.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Canonbury (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Watt * 994 39.9
Liberal Democrats Paula Belford 973
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith * 959
Labour Melanie Rawlingson74029.7
Labour Timothy McLoughlin682
Labour Christopher Roche632
Green Christopher Hayles40016.1
Conservative Christopher Williams35714.3
Conservative Nckinsey Kerr354
Green Jules Le Bihan347
Conservative Nicholas Canty346
Green Saif Osmani279
Turnout 7,06331.7+4.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Clerkenwell (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Allan * 753 29.4
Liberal Democrats Kelly Peasnell 662
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray * 647
Ind. Working Class Sharon Hayward54221.2
Ind. Working Class Sarah Nash525
Labour Timothy Clark50519.7
Ind. Working Class Lorna Reid461
Labour Lydia Florence457
Labour Daniel Neidle436
Conservative Christopher Cameron-Doe42416.6
Conservative Simon Toms369
Conservative David Vaiani350
Green Michael Coffey33413.1
Green Pamela Nowicka269
Green Gordon Ross239
Turnout 6,97331.3+6.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Finsbury Park (3) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Kelly 938 38.7
Labour Michael O'Sullivan * 890
Labour Barbara Sidnell * 880
Liberal Democrats Andrea O'Halloran76931.7
Liberal Democrats Euan Cameron726
Liberal Democrats Shahbaz Husain708
Green Jane Hutchings35814.8
Green Deborah Maby300
Green Charlotte Woodworth295
Conservative Michael Heeneman2419.9
Conservative Smita Bhat217
Conservative Oriel Clohessy211
CPA Samantha Dixon1194.9
CPA Maria Aguiar87
CPA Fernando Aguiar83
Turnout 6,82230.6+10.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highbury East (3) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby * 976 33.9
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy * 870
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 836
Labour Stephen Molyneaux72625.2
Labour Leo Schulz726
Labour Michael Gilgunn696
Green Emma Dixon63722.1
Conservative David Barnes *54018.8
Conservative Martine Oborne493
Green Andrew Myer491
Green James Humphreys 479
Conservative Tim Newark450
Turnout 7,92036.5+3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Highbury West (3) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Theresa Debono * 1,178 39.2
Green Katie Dawson 1,135 37.8
Labour Richard Greening * 1,119
Green Jon Nott1,014
Labour Adrian Pulham *944
Green Robin Latimer935
Conservative Neil Lindsay33811.3
Conservative Anna-Lisa Ivin309
Liberal Democrats Alison Marshall30710.2
Conservative Marie Philipsz290
Liberal Democrats Nicky Bason286
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton275
Liberal Paul Josling441.5
Turnout 8,17434.8+8.9
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hillrise (3) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fiona Dunlop * 1,126 40.8
Liberal Democrats Greg Foxsmith 977
Liberal Democrats Julia Williams 958
Labour Marian Spall92033.3
Labour David Poyser912
Labour Claudia Webbe 871
Green Michael Holloway46316.8
Green James North373
Green Stephen Horne329
Conservative Maureen Campbell2509.1
Conservative Paul Newman190
Turnout 7,36934.1+3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holloway (3) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Natasha Chatterjee 934 38.2
Labour Barry Edwards 921
Labour Paul Smith 911
Liberal Democrats Michelle Allison84234.5
Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn *820
Liberal Democrats Iarla Kilbane-Dawe732
Green Jennifer Chan40216.5
Green Claire Poyner367
Green Pelham Davey357
Conservative Andrew Austin26410.8
Conservative Paul Seligman248
Conservative David Cheape236
Turnout 7,03432.2+5.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Junction (3) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ursula Woolley 1,015 35.9
Liberal Democrats Stefan Kasprzyk * 1,014
Labour Janet Burgess 936 33.1
Liberal Democrats Zubin Masani873
Labour Patricia Clarke870
Labour John Wyman772
Green Rosemary House38613.6
Green Donald Lowe320
Green Anthony Cooper291
Independent Katharine Buffery2639.3
Conservative Mark Bennett2288.1
Independent Charles Ware212
Conservative Francine Schwartz200
Conservative Chris Skidmore 188
Turnout 7,56835.4+4.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mildmay (3) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anna Berent * 958 43.2
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball 818
Liberal Democrats Meral Ece * 814
Labour Beverley Bruce79335.8
Labour Conor McGinn 722
Labour Stuart Edwards719
Green Ilana Morrissey46621.0
Green Christopher Ashby441
Green Matthew Morrissey365
Turnout 6,09627.5+2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St George's (3) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tracy Ismail 1,179 40.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cornwell 1,080
Labour Walter Burgess * 1,075 36.5
Labour Gary Heather975
Labour Jacqueline Williams938
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Smith921
Green Kathryn Tansley47716.2
Green Judith Kleinman474
Green Malcolm Powell393
Conservative Patricia Napier2137.2
Conservative Hannah Hockey212
Conservative John Wilkin197
Turnout 8,13436.1+4.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Mary's (3) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Coupland * 836 32.4
Liberal Democrats Emily Fieran-Reed 830 32.2
Liberal Democrats James Kempton * 809
Liberal Democrats Timothy Gordon775
Labour John Greenshields758
Labour Ian McLaughlin718
Conservative Kim Anderson44717.3
Conservative Christopher Greenwood403
Conservative Douglas Lloyd403
Green Jonathan Hathaway37114.4
Green Eleanor Wood371
Green Rosalind Sharpe324
Independent Christopher Graham953.7
Independent Richard Rosser88
Turnout 7,22833.6+5.1
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Peter's (3) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Doolan 849 32.4
Labour Michelle Coupland 823
Labour Martin Klute 817
Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry79830.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hitchins *791
Liberal Democrats Richard Washington775
Conservative Victoria Chamberlin49618.9
Conservative Christopher Priestley485
Green Agnes Buisson-Laing48018.3
Conservative David Shimwell412
Green Susan Wilkinson399
Green Richard Wood333
Turnout 7,45833.1+7.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tollington (3) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour ' Catherine Elizabeth West *'1,338 45.8
Labour ' Richard Charles Watts'1,312
Labour 'Daniel Robert Hulls'1,270
Liberal Democrats Khalid Said Oumar82728.3
Liberal Democrats Harriet Ellen Richmond790
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tibbs757
Green Alison Ann Boater53118.2
Green Peter William Jones429
Green Christine Fiona Muirhead408
Conservative Duncan Philip Connors2267.7
Conservative Fraser Anthony Crawford222
Conservative Maria Psatha183
Turnout 8,29334.0+8.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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