The London Borough of Islington is a London borough in Inner London. The borough includes a significant area to the south which forms part of central London. Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963,which simultaneously abolished the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury.
Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London,England. It was an ancient parish within the county of Middlesex,and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became a metropolitan borough in 1900. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the London Borough of Islington in Greater London in 1965.
Dame Margaret Eve Hodge,Lady Hodge,is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994. A member of the Labour Party,she previously served as Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.
Helene Valerie Hayman,Baroness Hayman,is a British politician who was Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As a member of the Labour Party she was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979,and became a life peer in 1996.
Angela Margaret Mason is a British civil servant and activist,and a former director of the UK-based lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender lobbying organisation Stonewall. She is a former Chair of the Fawcett Society,a UK women's rights campaigning organisation and a Labour Party councillor in Camden.
Islington North is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Jeremy Corbyn. He served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition from 2015 to 2020. Corbyn had the whip removed on 29 October 2020 and has subsequently sat as an Independent. He was readmitted to the Labour Party on 17 November 2020,but the whip has not been restored. The constituency was established for the 1885 general election.
Emily Anne Thornberry is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales since 2021,and previously from 2011 to 2014. She has also served as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2020,Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2021.
Dame Florence Evelyne Cayford was a Labour politician in London.
Islington London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Islington in Greater London,England. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced two local authorities:Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council and Islington Metropolitan Borough Council. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Islington is divided into 16 wards,each electing three councillors. Following the May 2018 election,and a subsequent defection,Islington Council comprises 46 Labour Party councillors,1 Green Party councillor,and 1 Conservative Party councillor. Of these 48 councillors,the Leader of the Council is Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz,while the Mayor is Councillor Troy Gallagher.
The Camden New Journal is a British independent newspaper published in the London Borough of Camden. It was launched by editor Eric Gordon in 1982 following a two-year strike at its predecessor,the Camden Journal. The newspaper was supported by campaigning journalist Paul Foot and former Holborn and St Pancras MP Frank Dobson. It carries significant influence locally,due to its high news content,investigations and large circulation.
Meral Hussein Ece,Baroness Hussein-Ece,is a British Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of either house of Parliament after she was appointed a Liberal Democrat working peer on 28 May 2010. She was the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman for Equalities from 2015 until 2016,under leader Tim Farron.
The London Borough of Camden is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall,on Euston Road,lies 1.4 mi (2.3 km) north of Charing Cross. The borough of was formed on 1 April 1965 from the former area of the boroughs of Hampstead,Holborn and St Pancras that had been part of the County of London.
Islington London Borough Council in London,England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002,48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.
Gail Ruth Rebuck,Baroness Rebuck is a British publisher and chair of the international book publishing group Penguin Random House's British operations.
Dame Moira Margaret Gibb is a British public servant and former social worker.
As part of the British honours system,Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative,operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Dame Mary Ney is a British public servant who served as chief executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich from 2000 and 2014.
Richard Arthur is a former Labour politician in England. He was the Leader of Camden London Borough Council from 1993 to 2000 and a councillor for Highgate between 1990 and 2002.
The 2022 Islington London Borough Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. All 51 members of Islington London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
