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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:


Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been:


Council elections

* 1964 Islington London Borough Council election * 1968 Islington London Borough Council election * 1971 Islington London Borough Council election * 1974 Islington London Borough Council election *
1978 Islington London Borough Council election The 1978 Islington Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Backgroun ...
(boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eight) *
1982 Islington London Borough Council election The 1982 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council from the Soci ...
* 1986 Islington London Borough Council election * 1990 Islington London Borough Council election *
1994 Islington London Borough Council election The 1994 Islington Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Backgro ...
(boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) *
1998 Islington London Borough Council election The 1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall co ...
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2002 Islington London Borough Council election The 2002 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the numb ...
(boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four) *
2006 Islington London Borough Council election 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 o ...
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2010 Islington London Borough Council election The 2010 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no over ...
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2014 Islington London Borough Council election The 2014 Islington Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Islington Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The final result was 47 seats for the Labour Party and 1 seat for the Green Part ...
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2018 Islington London Borough Council election The 2018 Islington London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council had previously had elections in 2014. T ...
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2022 Islington London Borough Council election 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 ...
(boundary changes increased the number of seats by three)


Borough result maps

File:Islington UK local election 2002 map.svg, 2002 results map File:Islington UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Islington UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Islington London UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2014 results map File:Islington London UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2018 results map


By-election results


1964-1968

There were no by-elections.


1968-1971

There were no by-elections.


1971-1974


1974-1978


1978-1982


1982-1986


1986-1990


1990-1994

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David L. Yorath. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Paul A. Matthews. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr.
Candy Atherton Candice Kathleen Atherton (21 September 1955 – 30 October 2017) was a British Labour politician and journalist. After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was mayor, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from ...
. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jane Mackay. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher M. B. King. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Chris Adamson.


1994-1998

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James M. D. Purnell. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael Tal. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen Twigg.


1998-2002

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah A. Ludford. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Milton K. Babulall. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sandra Marks.


2002-2006

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Rosetta E. Wooding. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian G. Powney. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Fox. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr.
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. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mary H. Creagh.


2006-2010

There were no by-elections.


2010-2014

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Michelle M. Coupland. The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Ms. Joan Coupland. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Lucy C. M. Rigby. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Arthur T. Graves. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms.
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2014-2018

The by-election was called following the resignation of James Murray.


References


By-election results


External links


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