2026 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS – Islington Council
Islington Council
Election: Local council elections, Thursday 7 May 2026
Seats contested: 51 across 17 wards
Overall control/status: Labour retained control
Results declared: all ward results announced by 6.22pm
Post-election composition: Labour 32, Green 19
Seat summary:
Labour: 32
Green: 19
Conservative: 0
Liberal Democrats: 0
Reform UK: 0
Independent: 0
Islington Community Independents: 0
Other parties: 0
Arsenal
Result: Green won two seats; Labour won one seat
Elected: Fin Craig, Labour Party; Patrick David Brighty, Green Party candidate; Nafisah Brown, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 8,539
Total votes counted: 11,451
Turnout: 46.06%
Rejected votes: 75
Majority: 33, calculated from the lowest elected candidate over the highest non-elected candidate
Candidates: Fin Craig, Labour Party, 1,622; Patrick David Brighty, Green Party candidate, 1,600; Nafisah Brown, Green Party candidate, 1,599; Thomas Doherty, Labour Party, 1,566; Jo Dowbor, Green Party candidate, 1,574; Bashir Ibrahim, Labour Party, 1,466; Jean-Philippe Chenot, Liberal Democrats, 241; John Dunton-Downer, Reform UK, 240; Ian Mackee, Reform UK, 232; Philip David Middleton, Liberal Democrats, 220; Harry Ripp, Reform UK, 209; Paul Jeremy Massey, Liberal Democrats, 201; Nicholas Bennett, Conservative Party Candidate, 223; Rachael Anne Henry, Conservative Party Candidate, 199; Mark William Edwards, Conservative Party Candidate, 190; Carol Margaret Louvet, Independent, 69.
Barnsbury
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Rowena Elizabeth Champion, Labour Party; Jilani Chowdhury, Labour Party; Kane Emerson, Labour Party
Electorate: 7,792
Total votes counted: 10,379
Turnout: 47.25%
Rejected votes: 33
Majority: 187
Candidates: Rowena Elizabeth Champion, Labour Party, 1,615; Jilani Chowdhury, Labour Party, 1,394; Kane Emerson, Labour Party, 1,355; Amelia Rose Bottomley, Green Party candidate, 1,168; Sara Mulatu, Green Party candidate, 1,041; Lucas Waelbroeck Boix, Green Party candidate, 982; Oliver Teller, Conservative Party Candidate, 482; Francis O’Brien, Reform UK, 480; Christopher Conor McCann, Conservative Party Candidate, 447; Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves, Liberal Democrats, 395; Michael Benedict Champness, Liberal Democrats, 394; Zak Vora, Conservative Party Candidate, 342; Erwann Patrick Michel Le Lannou, Liberal Democrats, 284.
Bunhill
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, Labour Party; Troy Martin Gallagher, Labour Party; Kiran Prasad, Labour Party
Electorate: 6,794
Total votes counted: 7,210
Turnout: 37.72%
Rejected votes and rejected in part: 42
Majority: 170
Candidates: Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, Labour Party, 1,091; Troy Martin Gallagher, Labour Party, 928; Kiran Prasad, Labour Party, 909; Alan Clark Gutierrez, Green Party first choice candidate, 739; Ava Lie, Green Party candidate, 660; David John Wade, Green Party candidate, 496; David Small, Reform UK, 390; Andrew Watson, Reform UK, 372; Sara Abey, Conservative Party Candidate, 270; Phil Graham, Islington Community Independents – for the Many, 262; Susan Beveridge, Liberal Democrats, 259; John Kenny, Liberal Democrats, 210; George Edwin Allan, Liberal Democrats, 196; Paul James Carr, Conservative Party Candidate, 212; David Shovel, Conservative Party Candidate, 179; Jake Anthony Painter, Social Democratic Party, 37.
Caledonian
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Paul Edmond Convery, Labour Party; Una Mary O’Halloran, Labour Party; Md Oliur Rahman, Labour Party
Electorate: 6,811
Total votes counted: 8,250
Turnout: 41.96%
Rejected votes: 30
Majority: 75
Candidates: Paul Edmond Convery, Labour Party, 1,201; Una Mary O’Halloran, Labour Party, 1,179; Md Oliur Rahman, Labour Party, 1,053; Sadia Ahmed-Nur Ali, Green Party candidate, 978; Bryony Carney, Green Party candidate, 941; Clara Luz, Green Party candidate, 918; Paul Lovell, Reform UK, 361; Chris Pitt, Reform UK, 342; Liz Snaith, Reform UK, 322; Euan Moir Cameron, Liberal Democrats, 188; Walera Martynchyk, Liberal Democrats, 148; Edward Mitford, Liberal Democrats, 142; Pete Backhouse, Conservative Party Candidate, 177; Alex John Challoner, Conservative Party Candidate, 165; Harrison Woodin-Lygo, Conservative Party Candidate, 135.
Canonbury
Result: Labour won two seats; Green won one seat
Elected: Clare Jeapes, Labour Party; Nicholas Wayne, Labour Party; Hayden Banks, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 8,384
Total votes counted: 10,184
Turnout: 41.61%
Rejected votes: 36
Majority: 38
Candidates: Clare Jeapes, Labour Party, 1,343; Nicholas Wayne, Labour Party, 1,210; Hayden Banks, Green Party candidate, 1,207; John Jacob Woolf, Labour Party, 1,169; Jorge Richard Latter, Green Party candidate, 1,131; Chris Radway, Green Party candidate, 1,108; Jason Corke, Reform UK, 457; Laurence Glazier, Reform UK, 427; Tessa Rawcliffe, Reform UK, 421; James Robert Bacchus, Liberal Democrats, 321; Barbara Grace Smith, Liberal Democrats, 302; Henry Francis McMorrow, Liberal Democrats, 287; Michael Philip Chissick, Conservative Party Candidate, 241; Haiwei Li, Conservative Party Candidate, 194; Manuel Martinez Benito, Conservative Party Candidate, 191; Julliet Makhapila, Independent, 97; Belinda Ackermann, Independent, 78.
Clerkenwell
Result: Green won two seats; Labour won one seat
Elected: Jara Falkenburg, Green Party candidate; Ruth Hayes, Labour Party; Giulio Ferrini, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 7,044
Total votes counted: 8,056
Turnout: 43.92%
Rejected votes: 18
Majority: 26
Candidates: Jara Falkenburg, Green Party candidate, 1,146; Ruth Hayes, Labour Party, 1,141; Giulio Ferrini, Green Party candidate, 1,073; Andrew William Clark, Labour Party, 1,047; Martin Murray, Green Party candidate, 969; Ben Ian Mackmurdie, Labour Party, 949; Kevin Chun, Liberal Democrats, 404; Alessandro Bonetti, Liberal Democrats, 403; Bill Cove, Reform UK, 379; Martine Paulmier, Reform UK, 372; Jason Phillip Vickers, Liberal Democrats, 337; Karen Cooksley Hutchinson, Conservative Party Candidate, 239; Alexander Bruce Lusty, Conservative Party Candidate, 213; Mark Eldridge, Conservative Party Candidate, 141; Grant Shimmen, National Housing Party No More Refugees, 68.
Finsbury Park
Result: Green won two seats; Labour won one seat
Elected: Caroline Jane Allen, Green Party candidate; Syreen Hassan, Green Party candidate; Mick O’Sullivan, Labour Party
Electorate: 9,048
Total votes counted: 10,622
Turnout: 42.34%
Rejected votes: 69
Majority: 19
Candidates: Caroline Jane Allen, Green Party candidate, 1,288; Syreen Hassan, Green Party candidate, 1,211; Mick O’Sullivan, Labour Party, 1,194; Gulcin Ozdemir, Labour Party, 1,175; Natalie Jane Koffman, Green Party candidate, 1,113; Portia Mtwakazi Msimang, Labour Party, 1,104; Sadiq Yusuf, Independent, 763; Sharon Matthew, Independent, 636; Amu Gib, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 569; Jonathan Lang, Reform UK, 253; Angela Nicolaou, Reform UK, 248; Amelia Sarah Mitford, Liberal Democrats, 217; Daniel Kristen Thomas, Liberal Democrats, 177; Edwin David Smith, Liberal Democrats, 148; Stephen Mark McMinnies, Conservative Party Candidate, 180; Chris Williams, Conservative Party Candidate, 177; Pauline Lewis, Conservative Party Candidate, 169.
Highbury
Result: Green won all three seats
Elected: Benali Hamdache, Green Party candidate; Talia Hussain, Green Party candidate; Jon Robert Nott, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 9,197
Total votes counted: 13,078
Turnout: 49.58%
Rejected votes: 45
Majority: 376
Candidates: Benali Hamdache, Green Party candidate, 2,090; Talia Hussain, Green Party candidate, 2,016; Jon Robert Nott, Green Party candidate, 1,857; Alastair Harper, Labour Party, 1,481; Michael Comba, Labour Party, 1,468; Tahreen Dewan, Labour Party, 1,422; Julia Williams, Liberal Democrats, 417; Eileen Gallagher, Conservative Party Candidate, 377; Rowan Gabriel George James, Liberal Democrats, 370; Joseph Robert Wisepart, Reform UK, 354; Philip Geoffrey Kelvin, Conservative Party Candidate, 338; Paul William Symes, Liberal Democrats, 319; Andrew Somerset, Independent, 309; Carlien Sai, Conservative Party Candidate, 260.
Hillrise
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Shreya Nanda, Labour Party; Michelline Safi-Ngongo, Labour Party; Marian Spall, Labour Party
Electorate: 9,877
Total votes counted: 12,529
Turnout: 44.46%
Rejected votes: 54
Majority: 164
Candidates: Shreya Nanda, Labour Party, 1,732; Michelline Safi-Ngongo, Labour Party, 1,594; Marian Spall, Labour Party, 1,526; Mimi Virginia Rose Johnson, Green Party candidate, 1,362; Greg Foxsmith, Green Party candidate, 1,316; Liam Jones, Green Party candidate, 1,230; Alison May Stoecker, Independent, 523; Philip Anthony Hayden, Liberal Democrats, 380; Imogen Margaret Wall, Liberal Democrats, 361; Jason Devaney, Liberal Democrats, 348; Rupert Wilkinson, Independent, 328; Callum Laurence Waterhouse, Islington Community Independents – Empowering your Community, 320; Robert Drummond, Reform UK, 305; Jan Manderson, Reform UK, 271; Daniel Jude Cohen, Conservative Party Candidate, 264; David Patrick Lewis, Conservative Party Candidate, 213; William Fitzalan Howard, Conservative Party Candidate, 190; Vicky Laker, Independent, 212; Nancy Momoh, Christian Peoples Alliance, 54.
Holloway
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Jason Jackson, Labour Party; Claire Louise Zammit, Labour Party; Joe Peck, Labour Party
Electorate: 7,611
Total votes counted: 9,317
Turnout: 43.84%
Rejected votes: 27
Majority: 290
Candidates: Jason Jackson, Labour Party, 1,505; Claire Louise Zammit, Labour Party, 1,495; Joe Peck, Labour Party, 1,330; Claire Poyner, Green Party candidate, 1,040; Andrew Richard Myer, Green Party first choice candidate, 1,007; Ahmed Jaffer, Green Party candidate, 978; Christopher Nicholas-Cavendish, Reform UK, 351; Bridget Caroline Fox, Liberal Democrats, 269; Michael Scott, Conservative Party Candidate, 236; Claudine Merica Knight, Conservative Party Candidate, 221; David John Kelly, Liberal Democrats, 170; Tim Johnson, Liberal Democrats, 163; Nathaniel Jacob Meyrick Jones, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 150; Anahita Zardoshti, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 149; Nigel William Roland Watts, Conservative Party Candidate, 175; George Achilles Papadopoullos, Independent, 78.
Junction
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Sheila Marion Chapman, Labour Party; James Christopher Potts, Labour Party; Benjamin Gregg, Labour Party
Electorate: 8,452
Total votes counted: 10,487
Turnout: 42.44%
Rejected votes: 48
Majority: 122
Candidates: Sheila Marion Chapman, Labour Party, 1,544; James Christopher Potts, Labour Party, 1,348; Benjamin Gregg, Labour Party, 1,319; Florence Pollock, Green Party candidate, 1,197; Leon Graham, Green Party candidate, 1,182; Jaro Kubiak, Green Party candidate, 988; Ruth O’Dowd, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 354; John Clarke, Reform UK, 328; Georgia Smith, Reform UK, 302; Shaun O’Kane, Reform UK, 296; Faith Ruth Obiaka-Hayward, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 287; Pat Prendergast, Islington Community Independents – Empowering your Community, 267; Helen Redesdale, Liberal Democrats, 206; Nicholas Todd Brainsby, Conservative Party Candidate, 206; Oliver Bandosz, Conservative Party Candidate, 184; Ufi Ibrahim, Liberal Democrats, 170; Caspar James Tudor Woolley, Liberal Democrats, 168; Sacha Varma, Conservative Party Candidate, 141.
Laycock
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Maia Caitlin Hamilton, Labour Party; Heather Nicola Staff, Labour Party; Nurullah Turan, Labour Party
Electorate: 7,988
Total votes counted: 9,019
Turnout: 40.52%
Rejected votes: 33
Majority: 12
Candidates: Maia Caitlin Hamilton, Labour Party, 1,245; Heather Nicola Staff, Labour Party, 1,210; Nurullah Turan, Labour Party, 1,149; Joy Patricia Hinson, Green Party first choice candidate, 1,137; Rasan Naji, Green Party candidate, 890; Joseph Walker, Green Party second choice candidate, 847; Ilkay Cinko-Oner, Islington Community Independents – People before Profit, 410; Cheryl Rands, Reform UK, 387; Andrew Harrison, Conservative Party Candidate, 308; Margaret Joseph, Conservative Party Candidate, 267; Sakina Saba Chenot, Liberal Democrats, 262; Matthew Charles Grenville Dendy, Liberal Democrats, 246; Patricia Muriel Peel, Liberal Democrats, 242; Simon Philip Toms, Conservative Party Candidate, 239; John Fergus Doherty, Independent, 92; Andrew Parry, Independent, 88.
Mildmay
Result: Green won all three seats
Elected: Sophia Brown, Green Party candidate; Jackson Caines, Green Party candidate; Carlos Valero, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 9,145
Total votes counted: 11,348
Turnout: 43.34%
Rejected votes: 69
Majority: 51
Candidates: Sophia Brown, Green Party candidate, 1,885; Jackson Caines, Green Party candidate, 1,637; Carlos Valero, Green Party candidate, 1,593; Jenny Kay, Labour Party, 1,542; Santiago Bell-Bradford, Labour Party, 1,407; Angelo Ricardo Weekes, Labour Party, 1,308; Emma Smith, Reform UK, 268; Paul Piacenti, Reform UK, 267; Nadine Claire Mellor, Liberal Democrats, 234; Thomas Hamilton, Conservative Party Candidate, 231; John Wilkin, Conservative Party Candidate, 228; Alyson Prince, Conservative Party Candidate, 227; John Cotton, Liberal Democrats, 218; Percy De Vries, Liberal Democrats, 185; Ray Alcock, Independent, 118.
St Mary’s and St James’
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Hannah Victoria McHugh, Labour Party; Joseph Andrew Croft, Labour Party; Saiqa Pandor, Labour Party
Electorate: 7,710
Total votes counted: 9,960
Turnout: 45.97%
Rejected votes: 21
Majority: 200
Candidates: Hannah Victoria McHugh, Labour Party, 1,298; Joseph Andrew Croft, Labour Party, 1,223; Saiqa Pandor, Labour Party, 1,189; Christopher Allen-Procter, Green Party candidate, 989; Jackie Kay, Green Party candidate, 878; Kate Elizabeth Pothalingam, Liberal Democrats, 842; Solveig Herzum, Green Party candidate, 815; Rebecca Jones, Liberal Democrats, 774; Terry Stacy, Liberal Democrats, 734; Michael John King, Reform UK, 396; Jonathan Horsman, Conservative Party Candidate, 276; Simon William Johnson, Conservative Party Candidate, 274; Alexandra Catherine Eldridge, Conservative Party Candidate, 167; Brian Steve Potter, Independent, 105.
St Peter’s and Canalside
Result: Labour won all three seats
Elected: Martin Geoffrey Klute, Labour Party; Toby Alexander North, Labour Party; Rosaline Ifechukwude Ogunro, Labour Party
Turnout: 39.58%
Rejected votes: 36
Majority: 357
Candidates: Martin Geoffrey Klute, Labour Party, 1,193; Toby Alexander North, Labour Party, 1,166; Rosaline Ifechukwude Ogunro, Labour Party, 1,147; Bronwen Jones, Green Party candidate, 790; Alexander Gardner Gordon, Green Party candidate, 774; John Anthony Sloboda, Green Party candidate, 670; Thomas Michael Hartley, Reform UK, 440; Vanessa Margaret Carson, Conservative Party Candidate, 380; Jack Gilmore, Conservative Party Candidate, 368; Simon Miller Groom, Liberal Democrats, 306; Edward Congreve Jenkyns, Liberal Democrats, 274; James Robert Christopher Mathieson, Conservative Party Candidate, 262; Martin Kristofer Lunnon, Liberal Democrats, 247.
Tollington
Result: Green won all three seats
Elected: Elmedina Baptista-Mendes, Green Party candidate; Jonathan Ward, Green Party candidate; Alex Nettle, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 9,391
Total votes counted: 13,300
Turnout: 48.51%
Rejected votes: 66
Majority: 470
Candidates: Elmedina Baptista-Mendes, Green Party candidate, 2,262; Jonathan Ward, Green Party candidate, 2,138; Alex Nettle, Green Party candidate, 2,133; Flora Suzanne Williamson, Labour Party, 1,663; Mick Gilgunn, Labour Party, 1,618; Anjna Khurana, Labour Party, 1,610; Andrew Sean Brett Brown, Reform UK, 285; Kevin Jones, Reform UK, 271; Lidia Iwona Erlichman, Liberal Democrats, 229; Keith Richard Sharp, Liberal Democrats, 208; Sasha Cuthbert, Reform UK, 208; Kevin Gerard O’Neill, Conservative Party Candidate, 179; Nigel Timothy Seay, Conservative Party Candidate, 144; Paul Martin Smith, Liberal Democrats, 143; Abbas Hama Fatah, Conservative Party Candidate, 137.
Tufnell Park
Result: Green won all three seats
Elected: Sophia Andersson-Gylden, Green Party candidate; Devon Osborne, Green Party candidate; Sheridan Virginia Kates, Green Party candidate
Electorate: 8,590
Total votes counted: 12,465
Turnout: 49.87%
Rejected votes: 36
Majority: 361
Candidates: Sophia Andersson-Gylden, Green Party candidate, 2,106; Devon Osborne, Green Party candidate, 2,052; Sheridan Virginia Kates, Green Party candidate, 2,014; Satnam Gill, Labour Party, 1,653; Jenevieve Marie Treadwell, Labour Party, 1,466; Buffy Sharpe, Labour Party, 1,432; Paul Smith, Reform UK, 300; Dominic Rayner, Reform UK, 298; Susan Mary Atkinson, Liberal Democrats, 235; Axel Michael Koelsch, Liberal Democrats, 222; Margaret Emily Currie, Conservative Party Candidate, 199; Rupert Bertram Redesdale, Liberal Democrats, 181; Stephen Andrew Kreppel, Conservative Party Candidate, 156; Regan Blanton King, Conservative Party Candidate, 151.