# 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 Social Democratic Party.

## Background

In March 1981 the SDP was founded. In May 1981 Donald Hoodless became the new Labour Leader and council leader. In September 1981, following the resignation of a Labour councillor, the SDP gained a council seat in Hillarton ward. In December 1981 over half of the Labour group on the council resigned the Labour whip and joined the SDP. This gave the SDP a majority of seats and their leader, Jim Evans, became the new council leader. Divisions within the SDP saw the emergence of a separate Social Democrat group that included four sitting SDP councillors. This group stood in the 1982 elections in opposition to official SDP candidates.

## Election result

1982 Islington Council election :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| | Labour | 41 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 78.85 | 42.47 | 48,767 |
| | Labour Co-op | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 19.23 | 9.02 | 10,358 |
| | Alliance | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1.92 | 22.39 | 25,714 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 24.34 | 27,947 |
| | Social Democrat | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 1,342 |
| | National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.23 | 268 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.21 | 239 |
| | Independent SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.10 | 111 |
| | Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.05 | 61 |
| | Save London Action Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.02 | 18 |
| Total | Total | 52 | | | | | | 114,825 |

## Ward results

(*) – Indicates incumbent councillors standing for re-election

### Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alexander J Farrell* | 1,637 | 56.2 |
| | Labour | Christopher Robert Smith* | 1,630 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Eve Hodge | 1,618 | |
| | Alliance | James Lawrie | 733 | 25.1 |
| | Alliance | Anna M M Beaumont | 701 | |
| | Alliance | Antony J Martin | 682 | |
| | Conservative | John D E Gallagher | 544 | 18.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Melhuish-Hancock | 476 | |
| | Conservative | David J Wedgwood | 462 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,745 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Bunhill

Bunhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kenneth D. Banham | 936 | 40.06 |
| | Labour | Terence J. Herbert | 905 | |
| | Labour | Christopher T.A. Calnan | 905 | |
| | Conservative | Arthur H S Hull | 778 | 32.79 |
| | Conservative | Patricia M Robertson | 758 | |
| | Conservative | John G Watson | 711 | |
| | Alliance | Christie Payne* | 595 | 24.56 |
| | Alliance | George A.W. Ives* | 560 | |
| | Alliance | Joseph R. Trotter | 528 | |
| | National Front | John Hawkesworth | 84 | 2.58 |
| | National Front | George Wilson | 50 | |
| | National Front | Gordon W Strange | 44 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,838 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.3 |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |

### Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James R Franklin | 749 | 40.70 |
| | Labour | Gordon D Young | 687 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher M. P. Huhne | 464 | 24.32 |
| | Alliance | William Moroney | 394 | |
| | Conservative | Robin J. Cave | 357 | 19.05 |
| | Conservative | Alan J.M. Reese | 314 | |
| | Social Democrat | Ernest J.W. Bayliss* | 292 | 14.91 |
| | Social Democrat | Sybil P. James* | 233 | |
| | Save London Action Group | Paul D. Jenkins | 18 | 1.02 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,037 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.6 |
| | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat |
| | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat |

### Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rosemary A. Nicholson | 1,026 | 32.68 |
| | Labour Co-op | Joseph W.H. Simpson | 844 | 26.88 |
| | Conservative | Margaret D. Reese | 691 | 21.82 |
| | Conservative | Alan N. Spinney | 679 | |
| | Alliance | James S. Knight | 430 | 13.09 |
| | Alliance | Ralph F.W. Skilbeck | 391 | |
| | Social Democrat | Frederick Johns | 176 | 5.54 |
| | Social Democrat | Audrey Bayliss* | 171 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,884 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.5 |
| | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat | Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat | Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat | Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat |

### Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne Green | 874 | 36.33 |
| | Labour | Margaret L. Oliver | 864 | |
| | Alliance | David Hyams* | 823 | 31.56 |
| | Labour | Nikolaos Barstow | 822 | |
| | Conservative | Donald W. Bromfield | 778 | 29.51 |
| | Alliance | Gerald D. Southgate* | 701 | |
| | Alliance | Doris K.A. Rogers* | 700 | |
| | Conservative | Reginald H. Brown | 675 | |
| | Conservative | Arthur C.J. Bush | 625 | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Richard Price | 61 | 2.60 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,068 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.8 |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold |

### Gillespie

Gillespie (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Eric W Brown | 878 | 57.42 |
| | Labour | Carol O'Brien* | 869 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew J.B. Mitchell | 389 | 24.57 |
| | Conservative | Ann Comninos | 358 | |
| | Alliance | Anna Berent | 286 | 18.00 |
| | Alliance | Vernon Joynson | 261 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,178 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Highbury

Highbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter A Broadbent | 1,407 | 35.18 |
| | Labour | Smarajit Roy | 1,309 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Derek Hines | 1,308 | 33.89 |
| | Conservative | Simon R. Matthews | 673 | 16.50 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Moody | 631 | |
| | Alliance | Margot Joan Dunn | 626 | 14.43 |
| | Conservative | James A. Rooke | 608 | |
| | Alliance | David A. Howell | 546 | |
| | Alliance | James Picton | 498 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,706 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |

### Highview

Highview (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bob Crossman | 891 | 61.85 |
| | Labour | Maureen Leigh | 856 | |
| | Alliance | James C Evans* | 328 | 22.72 |
| | Alliance | John D. Barnes | 314 | |
| | Conservative | George F. Benham | 245 | 15.43 |
| | Conservative | Max L.L. Termeer | 190 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,889 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.5 |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur L. Bell* | 1,162 | 60.66 |
| | Labour | Peter C. Powell | 1,000 | |
| | Conservative | Lucia G. Chrisodouldes | 438 | 20.37 |
| | Alliance | Tim Johnson | 438 | 15.94 |
| | Alliance | Kevin O'Keefe* | 414 | |
| | Conservative | Roy P.C. Taft | 288 | |
| | Communist | Mark W. Page | 54 | 3.03 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,204 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |

### Hillrise

Hillrise (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan M. Clinton | 1,426 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Milton K. Babulall | 1,254 | |
| | Labour | William J. Sillett | 1,220 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth E.J. Graham | 676 | |
| | Conservative | Michael J. Peters | 653 | |
| | Conservative | Paul R. Ostway | 635 | |
| | Alliance | Donald R.D. Hutchinson | 512 | |
| | Alliance | Lize Evans | 496 | |
| | Alliance | Efimia M. Marinos | 443 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,451 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Holloway

Holloway (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward M Holroyd-Doveton* | 1,083 | 56.67 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Dale | 1,081 | |
| | Labour | David L Yorath | 971 | |
| | Conservative | William H. Giles | 431 | 20.77 |
| | Alliance | Patrick McCann | 408 | 20.12 |
| | Conservative | Mark A.H. Rittner | 369 | |
| | Alliance | John Dipre | 354 | |
| | Alliance | Jeffrey J. Littman | 352 | |
| | Conservative | Gail M. Ansel-Lilley | 349 | |
| | National Front | Alan B. Butler | 53 | 2.44 |
| | National Front | Harry Fenton | 37 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,862 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Junction

Junction (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maurice J. Barnes | 1,450 | 36.11 |
| | Labour Co-op | Taha T Karim | 1,376 | 33.13 |
| | Labour Co-op | Derek A. Sawyer | 1,283 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy R. Devlin | 728 | 17.56 |
| | Conservative | Kingsley G. Manning | 712 | |
| | Conservative | David J. Nicholson | 675 | |
| | Alliance | Mary McCann | 558 | 13.20 |
| | Alliance | Roy Albert James Lincoln | 517 | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Sheeran | 516 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,341 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |

### Mildmay

Mildmay (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick E. Haynes | 1,579 | 36.39 |
| | Labour | Marjorie A Ogilvy-Webb* | 1,566 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Valerie A Veness* | 1,354 | 31.32 |
| | Conservative | Leonard A. Hatcher | 761 | 17.23 |
| | Conservative | Richard F. Hewitt | 754 | |
| | Conservative | Stanley W. Morris | 719 | |
| | Alliance | Stephen R. Hatch | 591 | 13.44 |
| | Alliance | Zara D. Tracy | 586 | |
| | Alliance | Raymond C. James | 568 | |
| | Communist | William J. Norris | 70 | 1.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,445 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |

### Quadrant

Quadrant (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David G.S. Rees | 1,085 | 33.65 |
| | Labour Co-op | Keith R. Veness | 922 | 28.60 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas B. Baile | 599 | 18.02 |
| | Alliance | Valerie M. Iles | 592 | 17.90 |
| | Conservative | Merryl S. Cave | 562 | |
| | Alliance | Mary I Campbell | 561 | |
| | Social Democrat | Charles V. Connell | 60 | 1.83 |
| | Social Democrat | Carole M. Murphy | 57 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,494 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |

### St George's

St George's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patricia J. Longman | 1,401 | 51.83 |
| | Labour | Sandra Marks | 1,388 | |
| | Labour | Victor I. McGeer | 1,329 | |
| | Conservative | Albert V. Hiam | 638 | 23.56 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Hynes | 629 | |
| | Conservative | Sally Mustoe | 606 | |
| | Alliance | David J. Davies* | 442 | 15.82 |
| | Alliance | Michele Byam | 415 | |
| | Alliance | Piers M. Herbert | 399 | |
| | Social Democrat | Gerard F. Flynn* | 122 | 4.45 |
| | Social Democrat | Elizabeth Barry | 118 | |
| | Communist | Angela M. Mason | 115 | 4.34 |
| | Social Democrat | Hugh F. Flynn | 113 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,525 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.3 |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat | Labour gain from Social Democrat |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Mary

St Mary (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George R. Hayes | 890 | 45.23 |
| | Labour | Barbara Rogers | 825 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad A.K. Khan | 791 | |
| | Conservative | Alistair R. Goobey | 605 | 32.39 |
| | Conservative | Neil David Kerr | 601 | |
| | Conservative | Edmund T.L. Holden | 587 | |
| | Alliance | Alan Pedrick* | 451 | 22.37 |
| | Alliance | Evelyn H. Jacomb | 430 | |
| | Alliance | Niranjan S. Mukherjee | 358 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,529 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |

### St Peter

St Peter (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne L. Page* | 1,069 | 42.52 |
| | Labour | Paul N. Mullin | 979 | |
| | Labour | John A. Worker | 929 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher J. Price* | 711 | 28.76 |
| | Conservative | John L.K. Eden | 702 | |
| | Conservative | Sarah G.M.R. Goobey | 655 | |
| | Alliance | Robert N.W. Oakeshott | 653 | 28.72 |
| | Conservative | Hugo H.F. Summerson | 652 | |
| | Alliance | Diana M.S. Simpkins | 648 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,137 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Sussex

Sussex (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Jan Whelan | 1,012 | 64.19 |
| | Labour Co-op | Ian S. Wilson | 1,005 | |
| | Alliance | Ellen M. Brosnan* | 399 | 23.60 |
| | Alliance | Henry J Reid* | 342 | |
| | Conservative | Nigel V.A. Shervey | 270 | 12.21 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth M. Stephens | 244 | |
| | Conservative | Phillips A. Langton | 62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,236 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.3 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance | Labour Co-op gain from Alliance |

### Thornhill

Thornhill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles H. Chapman | 882 | 59.25 |
| | Labour | Sally E.A. Gilbert | 815 | |
| | Conservative | Terence P. Kelly | 293 | 19.40 |
| | Conservative | Marina Y. Oliver | 263 | |
| | Alliance | Particia M. Peel | 255 | 17.45 |
| | Alliance | Valerie M. Bolitho | 244 | |
| | Independent SDP | Alan Ernest Lomas | 61 | 3.91 |
| | Independent SDP | Valerie Lomas | 50 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,570 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Tollington

Tollington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Aitchison | 1,701 | 41.88 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Bundred | 1,699 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Christopher M. Bromley | 1,583 | 39.00 |
| | Alliance | Andrew Carty* | 507 | 12.15 |
| | Alliance | Arthur G. Smith* | 490 | |
| | Alliance | Kathleen Carty | 483 | |
| | Conservative | Edward F. Bull | 377 | 6.97 |
| | Conservative | Abdul A. Siddiqui | 247 | |
| | Conservative | Feeroz J. Siddiqui | 225 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,937 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance | Labour gain from Alliance |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |