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]
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] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Liberal Democrats 24 1 13 −12 50.0 33.1 39,238 −12.7% Labour 23 13 1 +12 47.9 34.9 41,404 −0.8% Green 1 1 0 +1 2.1 16.6 19,736 +5.8% Conservative 0 0 1 −1 0 11.9 14,121 +7.7% Ind. Working Class 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 3,142 +1.6% Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 658 −1.0% CPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 289 +0.0% Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 44 +0.0%
Ward results * - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.
Barnsbury (3)[ 5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Murray 1,072 37.8 Labour Jilani Chowdhury 986 Labour Mouna Hamitouche 973 Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox * 888 31.3 Liberal Democrats Emma Gowers 789 Liberal Democrats Linda Middleton 744 Conservative Martin Koder 445 15.7 Conservative Katherine Bereza 437 Green Nicola Baird 432 15.2 Conservative Lloyd Sampson 426 Green Elaine Londesborough 394 Green Jan Hallett 391 Turnout 7,977 35.9 +7.9 Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Bunhill (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Donna Boffa 777 30.5 Liberal Democrats Ruth Polling 719 Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja * 708 Labour Simon Charles 644 25.3 Labour Troy Gallagher 643 Ind. Working Class Ben Mackmurdie 566 22.2 Labour Samuel McBratney 563 Ind. Working Class Gary O'Shea 544 Ind. Working Class Andy Taylor 504 Conservative Guy Black 316 12.4 Conservative Nicholas Sheffield 300 Conservative Eve Gannon 291 Green Damien O'Farrell 247 9.7 Green Lyn Bliss 202 Green Angela Thomson 164 Turnout 7,188 29.4 +8.7 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Caledonian (3)[ 7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Paul Convery 1,025 40.5 Labour Ian Perry 1,022 Labour Lisa Spall 937 Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran 907 35.8 Liberal Democrats Carol Powell * 878 Liberal Democrats Adrian Hall 808 Conservative Stuart Cottis 310 12.3 Conservative Duncan Webster 305 Conservative Jacqueline Fage 299 Green Mark Chilver 288 11.4 Green Alexander Gordon 286 Green Sheena Etches 270 Turnout 7,335 34.2 +6.9 Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Canonbury (3)[ 8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Lucy Watt * 994 39.9 Liberal Democrats Paula Belford 973 Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith * 959 Labour Melanie Rawlingson 740 29.7 Labour Timothy McLoughlin 682 Labour Christopher Roche 632 Green Christopher Hayles 400 16.1 Conservative Christopher Williams 357 14.3 Conservative Nckinsey Kerr 354 Green Jules Le Bihan 347 Conservative Nicholas Canty 346 Green Saif Osmani 279 Turnout 7,063 31.7 +4.9 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Clerkenwell (3)[ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats George Allan * 753 29.4 Liberal Democrats Kelly Peasnell 662 Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray * 647 Ind. Working Class Sharon Hayward 542 21.2 Ind. Working Class Sarah Nash 525 Labour Timothy Clark 505 19.7 Ind. Working Class Lorna Reid 461 Labour Lydia Florence 457 Labour Daniel Neidle 436 Conservative Christopher Cameron-Doe 424 16.6 Conservative Simon Toms 369 Conservative David Vaiani 350 Green Michael Coffey 334 13.1 Green Pamela Nowicka 269 Green Gordon Ross 239 Turnout 6,973 31.3 +6.3 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Finsbury Park (3)[ 10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Philip Kelly 938 38.7 Labour Michael O'Sullivan * 890 Labour Barbara Sidnell * 880 Liberal Democrats Andrea O'Halloran 769 31.7 Liberal Democrats Euan Cameron 726 Liberal Democrats Shahbaz Husain 708 Green Jane Hutchings 358 14.8 Green Deborah Maby 300 Green Charlotte Woodworth 295 Conservative Michael Heeneman 241 9.9 Conservative Smita Bhat 217 Conservative Oriel Clohessy 211 CPA Samantha Dixon 119 4.9 CPA Maria Aguiar 87 CPA Fernando Aguiar 83 Turnout 6,822 30.6 +10.6 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Highbury East (3)[ 11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby * 976 33.9 Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy * 870 Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 836 Labour Stephen Molyneaux 726 25.2 Labour Leo Schulz 726 Labour Michael Gilgunn 696 Green Emma Dixon 637 22.1 Conservative David Barnes * 540 18.8 Conservative Martine Oborne 493 Green Andrew Myer 491 Green James Humphreys 479 Conservative Tim Newark 450 Turnout 7,920 36.5 +3.2 Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Highbury West (3)[ 12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Theresa Debono * 1,178 39.2 Green Katie Dawson 1,135 37.8 Labour Richard Greening * 1,119 Green Jon Nott 1,014 Labour Adrian Pulham * 944 Green Robin Latimer 935 Conservative Neil Lindsay 338 11.3 Conservative Anna-Lisa Ivin 309 Liberal Democrats Alison Marshall 307 10.2 Conservative Marie Philipsz 290 Liberal Democrats Nicky Bason 286 Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton 275 Liberal Paul Josling 44 1.5 Turnout 8,174 34.8 +8.9 Labour hold Swing Green gain from Labour Swing Labour hold Swing
Hillrise (3)[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Fiona Dunlop * 1,126 40.8 Liberal Democrats Greg Foxsmith 977 Liberal Democrats Julia Williams 958 Labour Marian Spall 920 33.3 Labour David Poyser 912 Labour Claudia Webbe 871 Green Michael Holloway 463 16.8 Green James North 373 Green Stephen Horne 329 Conservative Maureen Campbell 250 9.1 Conservative Paul Newman 190 Turnout 7,369 34.1 +3.7 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holloway (3)[ 14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Natasha Chatterjee 934 38.2 Labour Barry Edwards 921 Labour Paul Smith 911 Liberal Democrats Michelle Allison 842 34.5 Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn * 820 Liberal Democrats Iarla Kilbane-Dawe 732 Green Jennifer Chan 402 16.5 Green Claire Poyner 367 Green Pelham Davey 357 Conservative Andrew Austin 264 10.8 Conservative Paul Seligman 248 Conservative David Cheape 236 Turnout 7,034 32.2 +5.3 Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Junction (3)[ 15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Ursula Woolley 1,015 35.9 Liberal Democrats Stefan Kasprzyk * 1,014 Labour Janet Burgess 936 33.1 Liberal Democrats Zubin Masani 873 Labour Patricia Clarke 870 Labour John Wyman 772 Green Rosemary House 386 13.6 Green Donald Lowe 320 Green Anthony Cooper 291 Independent Katharine Buffery 263 9.3 Conservative Mark Bennett 228 8.1 Independent Charles Ware 212 Conservative Francine Schwartz 200 Conservative Chris Skidmore 188 Turnout 7,568 35.4 +4.8 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mildmay (3)[ 16] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Anna Berent * 958 43.2 Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball 818 Liberal Democrats Meral Ece * 814 Labour Beverley Bruce 793 35.8 Labour Conor McGinn 722 Labour Stuart Edwards 719 Green Ilana Morrissey 466 21.0 Green Christopher Ashby 441 Green Matthew Morrissey 365 Turnout 6,096 27.5 +2.6 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St George's (3)[ 17] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Tracy Ismail 1,179 40.0 Liberal Democrats Andrew Cornwell 1,080 Labour Walter Burgess * 1,075 36.5 Labour Gary Heather 975 Labour Jacqueline Williams 938 Liberal Democrats Jennifer Smith 921 Green Kathryn Tansley 477 16.2 Green Judith Kleinman 474 Green Malcolm Powell 393 Conservative Patricia Napier 213 7.2 Conservative Hannah Hockey 212 Conservative John Wilkin 197 Turnout 8,134 36.1 +4.2 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Labour hold Swing
St. Mary's (3)[ 18] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Joan Coupland * 836 32.4 Liberal Democrats Emily Fieran-Reed 830 32.2 Liberal Democrats James Kempton * 809 Liberal Democrats Timothy Gordon 775 Labour John Greenshields 758 Labour Ian McLaughlin 718 Conservative Kim Anderson 447 17.3 Conservative Christopher Greenwood 403 Conservative Douglas Lloyd 403 Green Jonathan Hathaway 371 14.4 Green Eleanor Wood 371 Green Rosalind Sharpe 324 Independent Christopher Graham 95 3.7 Independent Richard Rosser 88 Turnout 7,228 33.6 +5.1 Labour hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Peter's (3)[ 19] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gary Doolan 849 32.4 Labour Michelle Coupland 823 Labour Martin Klute 817 Liberal Democrats Barbara Coventry 798 30.4 Liberal Democrats Stephen Hitchins * 791 Liberal Democrats Richard Washington 775 Conservative Victoria Chamberlin 496 18.9 Conservative Christopher Priestley 485 Green Agnes Buisson-Laing 480 18.3 Conservative David Shimwell 412 Green Susan Wilkinson 399 Green Richard Wood 333 Turnout 7,458 33.1 +7.2 Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tollington (3)[ 20] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour 'Catherine Elizabeth West *' 1,338 45.8 Labour 'Richard Charles Watts' 1,312 Labour 'Daniel Robert Hulls' 1,270 Liberal Democrats Khalid Said Oumar 827 28.3 Liberal Democrats Harriet Ellen Richmond 790 Liberal Democrats David Charles Tibbs 757 Green Alison Ann Boater 531 18.2 Green Peter William Jones 429 Green Christine Fiona Muirhead 408 Conservative Duncan Philip Connors 226 7.7 Conservative Fraser Anthony Crawford 222 Conservative Maria Psatha 183 Turnout 8,293 34.0 +8.5 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
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