2010 Islington Council election|
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First party
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Second party
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|
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Leader
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Catherine West
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Terry Stacy
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Party
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Labour
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Liberal Democrats
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Leader since
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2004
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14 May 2009
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Leader's seat
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Tollington
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Highbury East
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Last election
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23 seats, 34.9%
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24 seats, 33.1%
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Seats won
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35
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13
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Seat change
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12
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11
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Popular vote
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103,282
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82,794
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Percentage
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39.5%
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31.6%
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Swing
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4.6%
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1.5%
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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 overall control.[1]
Election result
Islington Council Election Result 2010[2][3]
Party
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Seats
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Gains
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Losses
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Net gain/loss
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Seats %
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Votes %
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Votes
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+/−
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Labour
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35
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12
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0
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+12
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72.9
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39.5
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103,282
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+4.6%
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Liberal Democrats
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13
|
0
|
11
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−11
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27.1
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31.6
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82,794
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−1.5%
|
|
Green
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0
|
0
|
1
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−1
|
0
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12.7
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33,117
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−3.9%
|
|
Conservative
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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15.7
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41,201
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+4.8%
|
|
Independent
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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0.3
|
791
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−0.3%
|
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BNP
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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0.1
|
257
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+0.1%
|
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UKIP
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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0.1
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199
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+0.1%
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Ward results
References