Islington council election, 2026

Most seats
32
Labour Party
Seats contested
51
across 17 wards
Turnout
44.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 32 -16 67,994 38.5% -16.2
Green Party 19 +16 64,815 36.7% +14.7
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 14,597 8.3% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 12,102 6.8% -4.4
Reform UK 0 +0 10,832 6.1% +6.1
Independent 0 +0 3,496 2.0% +1.8
Islington Community Independents 0 +0 2,768 1.6% —
National Housing Party United Kingdom 0 +0 68 0.0% —
Christian Peoples Alliance 0 +0 54 0.0% —
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 37 0.0% -0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 51
Conservative and Unionist Party 52
Green Party 51
Labour Party 51
Liberal Democrats 51
Reform UK 33
Independent 14
Islington Community Independents 9
Christian Peoples Alliance 1
National Housing Party United Kingdom 1
Social Democratic Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 51 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Arsenal 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fin Craig Elected 1,622 42.5% -12.7
Green Party Patrick David Brighty Elected 1,600 41.9% +14.1
Green Party Nafisah Brown Elected 1,599 41.9% —
Green Party Jo Dowbor 1,574 41.2% —
Labour Party Thomas Doherty 1,566 41.0% —
Labour Party Bashir Ibrahim 1,466 38.4% —
Liberal Democrats Jean-Philippe Chenot 241 6.3% -8.0
Reform UK John Dunton-Downer 240 6.3% —
Reform UK Ian MacKee 232 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Bennett 223 5.8% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Philip David Middleton 220 5.8% —
Reform UK Harry Ripp 209 5.5% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Jeremy Massey 201 5.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachael Anne Henry 199 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark William Edwards 190 5.0% —
Independent Carol Margaret Louvet 69 1.8% —
Majority25
Turnout46.1%
Registered electors8,539
Ballots cast (estimated)3,817

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold

Barnsbury 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rowena Elizabeth Champion Elected 1,615 46.7% -10.6
Labour Party Jilani Chowdhury Elected 1,394 40.3% —
Labour Party Kane Emerson Elected 1,355 39.2% —
Green Party Amelia Rose Bottomley 1,168 33.8% +8.5
Green Party Sara Mulatu 1,041 30.1% —
Green Party Lucas Waelbroeck Boix 982 28.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Teller 482 13.9% -4.4
Reform UK Francis O'Brien 480 13.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Conor McCann 447 12.9% —
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves 395 11.4% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Benedict Champness 394 11.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zak Vora 342 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Erwann Patrick Michel Le Lannou 284 8.2% —
Majority187
Turnout47.2%
Registered electors7,792
Ballots cast (estimated)3,460

Labour Party hold

Bunhill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Valerie Bossman-Quarshie Elected 1,091 45.4% -16.1
Labour Party Troy Martin Gallagher Elected 928 38.6% —
Labour Party Kiran Prasad Elected 909 37.8% —
Green Party Alan Clark Gutierrez 739 30.8% +12.3
Green Party Ava Lie 660 27.5% —
Green Party David John Wade 496 20.6% —
Reform UK David Small 390 16.2% +13.8
Reform UK Andrew Watson 372 15.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sara Abey 270 11.2% -7.0
Islington Community Independents Phil Graham 262 10.9% —
Liberal Democrats Susan Beveridge 259 10.8% -1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul James Carr 212 8.8% —
Liberal Democrats John Kenny 210 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats George Edwin Allan 196 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Shovel 179 7.4% —
Social Democratic Party Jake Anthony Painter 37 1.5% -0.1
Majority170
Turnout37.7%
Registered electors6,794
Ballots cast (estimated)2,403

Labour Party hold

Caledonian 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Edmond Convery Elected 1,201 43.7% -23.1
Labour Party Una Mary O'Halloran Elected 1,179 42.9% —
Labour Party Md Oliur Rahman Elected 1,053 38.3% —
Green Party Sadia Ahmed-Nur Ali 978 35.6% +20.7
Green Party Bryony Carney 941 34.2% —
Green Party Clara Luz 918 33.4% —
Reform UK Paul Lovell 361 13.1% —
Reform UK Chris Pitt 342 12.4% —
Reform UK Liz Snaith 322 11.7% —
Liberal Democrats Euan Moir Cameron 188 6.8% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Pete Backhouse 177 6.4% -6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex John Challoner 165 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Walera Martynchyk 148 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Edward Mitford 142 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harrison Woodin-Lygo 135 4.9% —
Majority75
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors6,811
Ballots cast (estimated)2,750

Labour Party hold

Canonbury 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Clare Jeapes Elected 1,343 39.6% -14.8
Labour Party Nicholas Wayne Elected 1,210 35.6% —
Green Party Hayden Banks Elected 1,207 35.6% +17.2
Labour Party John Jacob Woolf 1,169 34.4% —
Green Party Jorge Richard Latter 1,131 33.3% —
Green Party Chris Radway 1,108 32.6% —
Reform UK Jason Corke 457 13.5% —
Reform UK Laurence Glazier 427 12.6% —
Reform UK Tessa Rawcliffe 421 12.4% —
Liberal Democrats James Robert Bacchus 321 9.5% -6.4
Liberal Democrats Barbara Grace Smith 302 8.9% —
Liberal Democrats Henry Francis McMorrow 287 8.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Philip Chissick 241 7.1% -11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Haiwei Li 194 5.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Manuel Martinez Benito 191 5.6% —
Independent Julliet Makhapila 97 2.9% —
Independent Belinda Ackermann 78 2.3% —
Majority38
Turnout41.6%
Registered electors8,384
Ballots cast (estimated)3,395

Labour Party hold · Green Party gain from Labour Party

Clerkenwell 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jara Falkenburg Elected 1,146 38.7% +19.8
Labour Party Ruth Hayes Elected 1,141 38.5% -15.6
Green Party Giulio Ferrini Elected 1,073 36.2% —
Labour Party Andrew William Clark 1,047 35.4% —
Green Party Martin Murray 969 32.7% —
Labour Party Ben Ian Mackmurdie 949 32.1% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Chun 404 13.6% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Alessandro Bonetti 403 13.6% —
Reform UK Bill Cove 379 12.8% —
Reform UK Martine Paulmier 372 12.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jason Phillip Vickers 337 11.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Cooksley Hutchinson 239 8.1% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Bruce Lusty 213 7.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Eldridge 141 4.8% —
National Housing Party United Kingdom Grant Shimmen 68 2.3% —
Majority26
Turnout43.9%
Registered electors7,044
Ballots cast (estimated)2,960

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold

Finsbury Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Caroline Jane Allen Elected 1,288 36.4% +15.9
Green Party Syreen Hassan Elected 1,211 34.2% —
Labour Party Mick O'Sullivan Elected 1,194 33.7% -34.8
Labour Party Gulcin Ozdemir 1,175 33.2% —
Green Party Natalie Jane Koffman 1,113 31.4% —
Labour Party Portia Mtwakazi Msimang 1,104 31.2% —
Independent Sadiq Yusuf 763 21.5% +12.0
Independent Sharon Matthew 636 18.0% —
Islington Community Independents Amu Gib 569 16.1% —
Reform UK Jonathan Lang 253 7.1% —
Reform UK Angela Nicolaou 248 7.0% —
Liberal Democrats Amelia Sarah Mitford 217 6.1% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Mark McMinnies 180 5.1% -0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Williams 177 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Daniel Kristen Thomas 177 5.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pauline Lewis 169 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Edwin David Smith 148 4.2% —
Majority19
Turnout42.3%
Registered electors9,048
Ballots cast (estimated)3,541

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold

Highbury 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Benali Hamdache Elected 2,090 46.7% -5.8
Green Party Talia Hussain Elected 2,016 45.1% —
Green Party Jon Robert Nott Elected 1,857 41.5% —
Labour Party Alastair Harper 1,481 33.1% -3.1
Labour Party Michael Comba 1,468 32.8% —
Labour Party Tahreen Dewan 1,422 31.8% —
Liberal Democrats Julia Williams 417 9.3% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Eileen Gallagher 377 8.4% -0.4
Liberal Democrats Rowan Gabriel George James 370 8.3% —
Reform UK Joseph Robert Wisepart 354 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Geoffrey Kelvin 338 7.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Geoffrey Kelvin 338 7.6% —
Liberal Democrats Paul William Symes 319 7.1% —
Independent Andrew Somerset 309 6.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carlien Sai 260 5.8% —
Majority376
Turnout49.6%
Registered electors9,197
Ballots cast (estimated)4,472

Green Party hold

Hillrise 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shreya Nanda Elected 1,732 41.5% -1.9
Labour Party Michelline Safi-Ngongo Elected 1,594 38.2% —
Labour Party Marian Spall Elected 1,526 36.5% —
Green Party Mimi Virginia Rose Johnson 1,362 32.6% +18.2
Green Party Greg Foxsmith 1,316 31.5% —
Green Party Liam Jones 1,230 29.5% —
Independent Alison May Stoecker 523 12.5% -11.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Anthony Hayden 380 9.1% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Imogen Margaret Wall 361 8.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jason Devaney 348 8.3% —
Independent Rupert Wilkinson 328 7.9% —
Islington Community Independents Callum Laurence Waterhouse 320 7.7% —
Reform UK Robert Drummond 305 7.3% —
Reform UK Jan Manderson 271 6.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Jude Cohen 264 6.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Patrick Lewis 213 5.1% —
Independent Vicky Laker 212 5.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Fitzalan Howard 190 4.5% —
Christian Peoples Alliance Nancy Momoh 54 1.3% —
Majority164
Turnout44.5%
Registered electors9,877
Ballots cast (estimated)4,176

Labour Party hold

Holloway 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jason Jackson Elected 1,505 48.5% -16.4
Labour Party Claire Louise Zammit Elected 1,495 48.1% —
Labour Party Joe Peck Elected 1,330 42.8% —
Green Party Claire Poyner 1,040 33.5% +15.0
Green Party Andrew Richard Myer 1,007 32.4% —
Green Party Ahmed Jaffer 978 31.5% —
Reform UK Christopher Nicholas-Cavendish 351 11.3% —
Liberal Democrats Bridget Caroline Fox 269 8.7% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Scott 236 7.6% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudine Merica Knight 221 7.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel William Roland Watts 175 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats David John Kelly 170 5.5% —
Liberal Democrats Tim Johnson 163 5.2% —
Islington Community Independents Nathaniel Jacob Meyrick Jones 150 4.8% —
Islington Community Independents Anahita Zardoshti 149 4.8% —
Independent George Achilles Papadopoullos 78 2.5% —
Majority290
Turnout43.8%
Registered electors7,611
Ballots cast (estimated)3,106

Labour Party hold

Junction 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheila Marion Chapman Elected 1,544 44.2% +3.8
Labour Party James Christopher Potts Elected 1,348 38.6% —
Labour Party Benjamin Gregg Elected 1,319 37.7% —
Green Party Florence Pollock 1,197 34.2% +23.0
Green Party Leon Graham 1,182 33.8% —
Green Party Jaro Kubiak 988 28.3% —
Islington Community Independents Ruth O'Dowd 354 10.1% —
Reform UK John Clarke 328 9.4% —
Reform UK Georgia Smith 302 8.6% —
Reform UK Shaun O'Kane 296 8.5% —
Islington Community Independents Faith Ruth Obiaka-Hayward 287 8.2% —
Islington Community Independents Pat Prendergast 267 7.6% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Redesdale 206 5.9% -2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Todd Brainsby 206 5.9% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Bandosz 184 5.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ufi Ibrahim 170 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Caspar James Tudor Woolley 168 4.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sacha Varma 141 4.0% —
Majority122
Turnout42.4%
Registered electors8,452
Ballots cast (estimated)3,496

Labour Party hold

Laycock 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maia Caitlin Hamilton Elected 1,245 41.4% -17.6
Labour Party Heather Nicola Staff Elected 1,210 40.3% —
Labour Party Nurullah Turan Elected 1,149 38.2% —
Green Party Joy Patricia Hinson 1,137 37.8% +15.9
Green Party Rasan Naji 890 29.6% —
Green Party Joseph Walker 847 28.2% —
Islington Community Independents Ilkay Cinko-Oner 410 13.6% —
Reform UK Cheryl Rands 387 12.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Harrison 308 10.2% -3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Joseph 267 8.9% —
Liberal Democrats Sakina Saba Chenot 262 8.7% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Charles Grenville Dendy 246 8.2% —
Liberal Democrats Patricia Muriel Peel 242 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Philip Toms 239 8.0% —
Independent John Fergus Doherty 92 3.1% —
Independent Andrew Parry 88 2.9% —
Majority12
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors7,988
Ballots cast (estimated)3,006

Labour Party hold

Mildmay 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sophia Brown Elected 1,885 49.8% +25.0
Green Party Jackson Caines Elected 1,637 43.3% —
Green Party Carlos Valero Elected 1,593 42.1% —
Labour Party Jenny Kay 1,542 40.8% -21.5
Labour Party Santiago Bell-Bradford 1,407 37.2% —
Labour Party Angelo Ricardo Weekes 1,308 34.6% —
Reform UK Emma Smith 268 7.1% —
Reform UK Paul Piacenti 267 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Nadine Claire Mellor 234 6.2% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Hamilton 231 6.1% -5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party John Wilkin 228 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alyson Prince 227 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats John Cotton 218 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Percy De Vries 185 4.9% —
Independent Ray Alcock 118 3.1% —
Majority51
Turnout43.3%
Registered electors9,145
Ballots cast (estimated)3,783

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party

St Mary's & St James' 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hannah Victoria McHugh Elected 1,298 39.1% -3.8
Labour Party Joseph Andrew Croft Elected 1,223 36.8% —
Labour Party Saiqa Pandor Elected 1,189 35.8% —
Green Party Christopher Allen-Procter 989 29.8% +12.8
Green Party Jackie Kay 878 26.4% —
Liberal Democrats Kate Elizabeth Pothalingam 842 25.4% -9.6
Green Party Solveig Herzum 815 24.5% —
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Jones 774 23.3% —
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 734 22.1% —
Reform UK Michael John King 396 11.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Horsman 276 8.3% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon William Johnson 274 8.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexandra Catherine Eldridge 167 5.0% —
Independent Brian Steve Potter 105 3.2% —
Majority200
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors7,710
Ballots cast (estimated)3,320

Labour Party hold

St Peter's & Canalside 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Geoffrey Klute Elected 1,193 44.6% -5.9
Labour Party Toby Alexander North Elected 1,166 43.6% —
Labour Party Rosaline Ifechukwude Ogunro Elected 1,147 42.9% —
Green Party Bronwen Jones 790 29.6% +14.5
Green Party Alexander Gardner Gordon 774 29.0% —
Green Party John Anthony Sloboda 670 25.1% —
Reform UK Thomas Michael Hartley 440 16.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vanessa Margaret Carson 380 14.2% -8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Gilmore 368 13.8% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Miller Groom 306 11.5% -7.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Congreve Jenkyns 274 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Robert Christopher Mathieson 262 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Kristofer Lunnon 247 9.2% —
Majority357
Turnout39.6%
Registered electors7,309
Ballots cast (estimated)2,672

Labour Party hold

Tollington 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Elmedina Baptista-Mendes Elected 2,262 51.3% +20.0
Green Party Jonathan Ward Elected 2,138 48.5% —
Green Party Alex Nettle Elected 2,133 48.4% —
Labour Party Flora Suzanne Williamson 1,663 37.7% -25.4
Labour Party Mick Gilgunn 1,618 36.7% —
Labour Party Anjna Khurana 1,610 36.5% —
Reform UK Andrew Sean Brett Brown 285 6.5% —
Reform UK Kevin Jones 271 6.1% —
Liberal Democrats Lidia Iwona Erlichman 229 5.2% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Richard Sharp 208 4.7% —
Reform UK Sasha Cuthbert 208 4.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Gerard O'Neill 179 4.1% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Timothy Seay 144 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Smith 143 3.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abbas Hama Fatah 137 3.1% —
Majority470
Turnout48.5%
Registered electors9,391
Ballots cast (estimated)4,409

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party

Tufnell Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sophia Andersson-Gylden Elected 2,106 50.7% +8.1
Green Party Devon Osborne Elected 2,052 49.4% —
Green Party Sheridan Virginia Kates Elected 2,014 48.5% —
Labour Party Satnam Gill 1,653 39.8% -13.3
Labour Party Jenevieve Marie Treadwell 1,466 35.3% —
Labour Party Buffy Sharpe 1,432 34.5% —
Reform UK Paul Smith 300 7.2% —
Reform UK Dominic Rayner 298 7.2% —
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Atkinson 235 5.7% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Axel Michael Koelsch 222 5.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Emily Currie 199 4.8% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Rupert Bertram Redesdale 181 4.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Andrew Kreppel 156 3.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Regan Blanton King 151 3.6% —
Majority361
Turnout49.9%
Registered electors8,590
Ballots cast (estimated)4,155

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party

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