Holloway Ward is one of sixteen electoral divisions of the

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, is one of the eight making up the Islington South and Finsbury

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constituency, fifty five making up the North East

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constituency, and is located in the lower Holloway area of Islington in

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in the

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. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,983. The ward is represented on the Borough's council by three councillors, with elections held every four years. At the 2018 local election, all three seats returned Labour Party candidates. Rakhia Ismail, Paul Smith and Diarmaid Ward were elected by wide margins. In November 2020, Ismail, a former mayor of the borough, defected to the

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List of wards in Greater London This is a list of Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral areas and wards in the ceremonial county and Regions of England, English region of Greater London. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following ...

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Wards of the London Borough of Islington