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]
The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, after the Labour party made a gain of 12 seats,[2] meaning the Liberal Democrats would require the casting vote of the mayor to continue running the council.[3] The Green Party meanwhile gained a seat on the council.[4]
Islington Council Election Result 2006[5] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Liberal Democrat | 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% | ||
Independent Working Class | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3,142 | +1.6% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 658 | -1.0% | ||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 289 | +0.0% | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | +0.0% |
Barnsbury (3)[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Murray | 1,072 | |||
Labour | A.K.M. Golam Chowdhury | 986 | |||
Labour | Mouna Hamitouche | 973 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Bridget Fox | 888 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Emma Gowers | 789 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Linda Middleton | 744 | |||
Conservative | Martin Koder | 445 | |||
Conservative | Katherine Bereza | 437 | |||
Green | Nicola Baird | 432 | |||
Conservative | Lloyd Sampson | 426 | |||
Green | Elaine Londesborough | 394 | |||
Green | Jan Hallett | 391 | |||
Turnout | 7,977 | 35.9 | +7.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Bunhill (3)[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Donna Boffa | 777 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ruth Polling | 719 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jyoti Vaja | 708 | |||
Labour | Simon Charles | 644 | |||
Labour | Troy Gallagher | 643 | |||
Independent Working Class | Ben Mackmurdie | 566 | |||
Labour | Samuel McBratney | 563 | |||
Independent Working Class | Gary O'Shea | 544 | |||
Independent Working Class | Andy Taylor | 504 | |||
Conservative | Guy Black | 316 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Sheffield | 300 | |||
Conservative | Eve Gannon | 291 | |||
Green | Damien O'Farrell | 247 | |||
Green | Lyn Bliss | 202 | |||
Green | Angela Thomson | 164 | |||
Turnout | 7,188 | 29.4 | +8.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Caledonian (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Convery | 1,025 | |||
Labour | Ian Perry | 1,022 | |||
Labour | Lisa Spall | 937 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Dominic Curran | 907 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Carol Powell | 878 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Adrian Hall | 808 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Cottis | 310 | |||
Conservative | Duncan Webster | 305 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Fage | 299 | |||
Green | Mark Chilver | 288 | |||
Green | Alexander Gordon | 286 | |||
Green | Sheena Etches | 270 | |||
Turnout | 7,335 | 34.2 | +6.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Canonbury (3)[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Lucy Watt | 994 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paula Belford | 973 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Smith | 959 | |||
Labour | Melanie Rawlingson | 740 | |||
Labour | Timothy McLoughlin | 682 | |||
Labour | Christopher Roche | 632 | |||
Green | Christopher Hayles | 400 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Williams | 357 | |||
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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Clerkenwell (3)[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | George Allan | 753 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kelly Peasnell | 662 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Merisha Ray | 647 | |||
Independent Working Class | Sharon Hayward | 542 | |||
Independent Working Class | Sarah Nash | 525 | |||
Labour | Timothy Clark | 505 | |||
Independent Working Class | Lorna Reid | 461 | |||
Labour | Lydia Florence | 457 | |||
Labour | Daniel Neidle | 436 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Cameron-Doe | 424 | |||
Conservative | Simon Toms | 369 | |||
Conservative | David Vaiani | 350 | |||
Green | Michael Coffey | 334 | |||
Green | Pamela Nowicka | 269 | |||
Green | Gordon Ross | 239 | |||
Turnout | 6,973 | 31.3 | +6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Finsbury Park (3)[11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Philip Kelly | 938 | |||
Labour | Michael O'Sullivan | 890 | |||
Labour | Barbara Sidnell | 880 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrea O'Halloran | 769 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Euan Cameron | 726 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Shahbaz Husain | 708 | |||
Green | Jane Hutchings | 358 | |||
Green | Deborah Maby | 300 | |||
Green | Charlotte Woodworth | 295 | |||
Conservative | Michael Heeneman | 241 | |||
Conservative | Smita Bhat | 217 | |||
Conservative | Oriel Clohessy | 211 | |||
Christian Peoples | Samantha Dixon | 119 | |||
Christian Peoples | Maria Aguiar | 87 | |||
Christian Peoples | Fernando Aguiar | 83 | |||
Turnout | 6,822 | 30.6 | +10.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Highbury East (3)[12] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Laura Willoughby | 976 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Terry Stacy | 870 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Gilbert | 836 | |||
Labour | Stephen Molyneaux | 726 | |||
Labour | Leo Schulz | 726 | |||
Labour | Michael Gilgunn | 696 | |||
Green | Emma Dixon | 637 | |||
Conservative | David Barnes | 540 | |||
Conservative | Martine Oborne | 493 | |||
Green | Andrew Myer | 491 | |||
Green | James Humphreys | 479 | |||
Conservative | Tim Newark | 450 | |||
Turnout | 7,920 | 36.5 | +3.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Highbury West (3)[13] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Theresa Debono | 1,178 | |||
Green | Katie Dawson | 1,135 | |||
Labour | Richard Greening | 1,119 | |||
Green | Jon Nott | 1,014 | |||
Labour | Adrian Pulham | 944 | |||
Green | Robin Latimer | 935 | |||
Conservative | Neil Lindsay | 338 | |||
Conservative | Anna-Lisa Ivin | 309 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alison Marshall | 307 | |||
Conservative | Marie Philipsz | 290 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nicky Bason | 286 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Philip Middleton | 275 | |||
Liberal | Paul Josling | 44 | |||
Turnout | 8,174 | 34.8 | +8.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hillrise (3)[14] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Fiona Dunlop | 1,126 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Greg Foxsmith | 977 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Julia Williams | 958 | |||
Labour | Marian Spall | 920 | |||
Labour | David Poyser | 912 | |||
Labour | Claudia Webbe | 871 | |||
Green | Michael Holloway | 463 | |||
Green | James North | 373 | |||
Green | Stephen Horne | 329 | |||
Conservative | Maureen Campbell | 250 | |||
Conservative | Paul Newman | 190 | |||
Turnout | 7,369 | 34.1 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Holloway (3)[15] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Natasha Chatterjee | 934 | |||
Labour | Barry Edwards | 921 | |||
Labour | Paul Smith | 911 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michelle Allison | 842 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margot Dunn | 820 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Iarla Kilbane-Dawe | 732 | |||
Green | Jennifer Chan | 402 | |||
Green | Claire Poyner | 367 | |||
Green | Pelham Davey | 357 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Austin | 264 | |||
Conservative | Paul Seligman | 248 | |||
Conservative | David Cheape | 236 | |||
Turnout | 7,034 | 32.2 | +5.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Junction (3)[16] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ursula Woolley | 1,015 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stefan Kasprzyk | 1,014 | |||
Labour | Janet Burgess | 936 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Zubin Masani | 873 | |||
Labour | Patricia Clarke | 870 | |||
Labour | John Wyman | 772 | |||
Green | Rosemary House | 386 | |||
Green | Donald Lowe | 320 | |||
Green | Anthony Cooper | 291 | |||
Independent | Katharine Buffery | 263 | |||
Conservative | Mark Bennett | 228 | |||
Independent | Charles Ware | 212 | |||
Conservative | Francine Schwartz | 200 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Skidmore | 188 | |||
Turnout | 7,568 | 35.4 | +4.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Mildmay (3)[17] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Anna Berent | 958 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rhodri Jamieson-Ball | 818 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Meral Ece | 814 | |||
Labour | Beverley Bruce | 793 | |||
Labour | Conor McGinn | 722 | |||
Labour | Stuart Edwards | 719 | |||
Green | Ilana Morrissey | 466 | |||
Green | Christopher Ashby | 441 | |||
Green | Matthew Morrissey | 365 | |||
Turnout | 6,096 | 27.5 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
St George's (3)[18] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Tracy Ismail | 1,179 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Cornwell | 1,080 | |||
Labour | Walter Burgess | 1,075 | |||
Labour | Gary Heather | 975 | |||
Labour | Jacqueline Williams | 938 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Smith | 921 | |||
Green | Kathryn Tansley | 477 | |||
Green | Judith Kleinman | 474 | |||
Green | Malcolm Powell | 393 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Napier | 213 | |||
Conservative | Hannah Hockey | 212 | |||
Conservative | John Wilkin | 197 | |||
Turnout | 8,134 | 36.1 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's (3)[19] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joan Coupland | 836 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Emily Fieran-Reed | 830 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Kempton | 809 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Timothy Gordon | 775 | |||
Labour | John Greenshields | 758 | |||
Labour | Ian McLaughlin | 718 | |||
Conservative | Kim Anderson | 447 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Greenwood | 403 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Lloyd | 403 | |||
Green | Jonathan Hathaway | 371 | |||
Green | Eleanor Wood | 371 | |||
Green | Rosalind Sharpe | 324 | |||
Independent | Christopher Graham | 95 | |||
Independent | Richard Rosser | 88 | |||
Turnout | 7,228 | 33.6 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
St. Peter's (3)[20] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gary Doolan | 849 | |||
Labour | Michelle Coupland | 823 | |||
Labour | Martin Klute | 817 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Coventry | 798 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Hitchins | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Washington | 775 | |||
Conservative | Victoria Chamberlin | 496 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Priestley | 485 | |||
Green | Agnes Buisson-Laing | 480 | |||
Conservative | David Shimwell | 412 | |||
Green | Susan Wilkinson | 399 | |||
Green | Richard Wood | 333 | |||
Turnout | 7,458 | 33.1 | +7.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Tollington (3)[21] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Catherine West | 1,338 | |||
Labour | Richard Watts | 1,312 | |||
Labour | Daniel Hulls | 1,270 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Khalid Oumar | 827 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Harriet Richmond | 790 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Tibbs | 757 | |||
Green | Alison Boater | 531 | |||
Green | Peter Jones | 429 | |||
Green | Christine Muirhead | 408 | |||
Conservative | Duncan Connors | 226 | |||
Conservative | Fraser Crwaford | 222 | |||
Conservative | Maria Psatha | 183 | |||
Turnout | 8,293 | 34.0 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Preceded by Islington Council election, 2002 |
Islington local elections | Succeeded by Islington Council election, 2010 |