# 1986 Islington London Borough Council election

The 1986 Islington Council election took place on 8 May 1986 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.

## Election result

1986 Islington London Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| | Labour | 36 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 69.23 | 48.26 | 66,679 |
| | Alliance | 16 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 30.77 | 35.09 | 48,491 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 13.87 | 19,156 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 2.60 | 3,599 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.10 | 138 |
| | Revolutionary Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.04 | 58 |
| | Humanist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.03 | 37 |
| Total | Total | 52 | | | | | | 138,158 |

## Ward results

(*) - Represents an incumbent Councillor
(†) - Represents a councillor who has swapped wards

### Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | George A. Lambillion* | 1,659 | |
| | Alliance | Ann Brennan | 1,507 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher Mularczyk | 1,498 | |
| | Labour | Alexander J. Farrell* | 1,291 | |
| | Labour | Derek R. Hines | 1,264 | |
| | Labour | John A. Worker | 1,178 | |
| | Conservative | Reginald H. Brown | 260 | |
| | Conservative | Neil D. Kerr | 240 | |
| | Green | Caroline M. Clayton | 212 | |
| | Conservative | Mark A.H. Rittner | 204 | |
| | Communist | John W. Jones | 138 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,484 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.5 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |

### Bunhill

Bunhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | Joseph R. Trotter | 1,371 | |
| | Alliance | Jonathon P. Smith | 1,311 | |
| | Labour | Terence J. Herbert* | 1,272 | |
| | Labour | Christopher T. Calnan* | 1,264 | |
| | Alliance | Peter Loizos | 1,181 | |
| | Labour | Margaret L. Oliver | 1,179 | |
| | Conservative | Arthur H.S. Hull | 473 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas B. Baile | 445 | |
| | Conservative | Louise E. Bush | 441 | |
| | Green | Christopher Ashby | 118 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,387 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.6 |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | James Doyle | 1,101 | |
| | Alliance | Doris L.R. Allen | 1,026 | |
| | Labour | Philip J. Kelly | 1,010 | |
| | Labour | Teresa E. Seabourne | 870 | |
| | Conservative | Robinn J. Cave | 255 | |
| | Conservative | James A. Rooke | 214 | |
| | Green | Rosemary Guest | 82 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,915 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.7 |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |

### Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas J.W. Simpson | 964 | |
| | Labour | Howard L. Mann | 955 | |
| | Alliance | Trevor J. Davies | 910 | |
| | Alliance | Jennifer A. Durlacher | 867 | |
| | Conservative | Alan N. Spinney | 487 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret D. Reese | 464 | |
| | Green | Keith F. Towse | 68 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,681 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | David Hymns | 1,990 | |
| | Alliance | Gerald D. Southgate | 1,743 | |
| | Alliance | Sandra J. Brenner | 1,739 | |
| | Labour | Paul Matthews | 1,271 | |
| | Labour | Nicole E. Bishop | 1,215 | |
| | Labour | Ian S. Wilson | 1,046 | |
| | Conservative | Donald W. Bromfield | 442 | |
| | Conservative | Rita Bromfield | 376 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth M. Carlson | 311 | |
| | Green | Elizabeth J. Arundel | 190 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,490 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.3 |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Alliance hold |

### Gillespie

Gillespie (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Diane L. Burridge | 1,242 | |
| | Labour | Bob Crossman† | 1,196 | |
| | Alliance | Hilary J. Chell | 400 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew G. Dekany | 368 | |
| | Alliance | Charles M.W. Husbands | 363 | |
| | Conservative | Adrianne L. Price-Thomas | 353 | |
| | Green | Richard T. Halvorsen | 208 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,312 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.5 |
| | 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* | 1,514 | |
| | Labour | Michael J. Devenney | 1,407 | |
| | Labour | Kevin S. Arthurs | 1,369 | |
| | Alliance | William K. Harding | 963 | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Hitchins | 920 | |
| | Alliance | Patricia A. Tuson | 905 | |
| | Conservative | Colin T. Dancer | 426 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth B. Edmunds | 408 | |
| | Conservative | Simon R. Matthews | 398 | |
| | Green | Katharine L. Wicksteed | 224 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,672 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### Highview

Highview (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen M. Leigh* | 936 | |
| | Labour | Valda L. James | 872 | |
| | Alliance | Anthony D. Fenton | 282 | |
| | Alliance | Joanne E. Michie | 275 | |
| | Conservative | Clive D. Blackwood | 198 | |
| | Conservative | Lucia G. Christodoulides | 179 | |
| | Green | Roger B. Whitney | 86 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,640 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur L. Bell* | 1,043 | |
| | Labour | Janet H. Norden | 973 | |
| | Alliance | Francis Vincent | 645 | |
| | Alliance | Rosemary M. Caudwell | 610 | |
| | Conservative | Oliver C. Carruthers | 398 | |
| | Conservative | Roy P.C. Taft | 337 | |
| | Green | Robert W. Latimer | 115 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,888 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hillrise

Hillrise (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan M. Clinton* | 1,757 | |
| | Labour | Milton K. Babulall* | 1,546 | |
| | Labour | Diana Coles | 1,514 | |
| | Alliance | Geoffrey Hubbard | 573 | |
| | Alliance | Daniel J.M. Janner | 544 | |
| | Alliance | Sarah A. Ludford | 522 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Dipre | 413 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Hynes | 389 | |
| | Conservative | Alexander B.G. Moody | 338 | |
| | Green | Robin M. Macleod | 187 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6.974 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Holloway

Holloway (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rosemary Dale* | 1,377 | |
| | Labour | Norman R. Beddington | 1,254 | |
| | Labour | David L. Yorath* | 1,164 | |
| | Alliance | Patrick McCann | 1,006 | |
| | Alliance | Simon P. Bryceson | 932 | |
| | Alliance | Margot J. Dunn | 919 | |
| | Conservative | Noel T. Farrow | 352 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew J. McHallam | 328 | |
| | Conservative | Rene Y.L. Wong | 318 | |
| | Green | Andrew R. Myer | 147 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,490 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.3 |
| | 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 | 1,813 | |
| | Labour | Candy Atherton | 1,748 | |
| | Labour | Taha T. Karim | 1,669 | |
| | Alliance | Patricia A. Julian | 600 | |
| | Alliance | Stephen G. Cope | 594 | |
| | Conservative | David J. Nicholson | 545 | |
| | Alliance | Errol R. Smalley | 523 | |
| | Conservative | Kingsley G. Manning | 516 | |
| | Conservative | Nigel P.G. Boardman | 491 | |
| | Green | Mary H. Adshead | 206 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,376 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### Mildmay

Mildmay (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick E. Haynes* | 1,720 | |
| | Labour | Ayse Hasan | 1,616 | |
| | Labour | Derek A. Sawyer | 1,529 | |
| | Alliance | Anthony B.T. Davey | 910 | |
| | Alliance | Sylvia M.L. Jones | 890 | |
| | Alliance | Gretelmay A. Berent | 874 | |
| | Conservative | Richard F. Hewitt | 632 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret A. McCabe | 575 | |
| | Conservative | Mahendra S. Oza | 512 | |
| | Green | Sheila Freeman | 334 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### Quadrant

Quadrant (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David P. Barnes | 1,111 | |
| | Labour | Anne Green | 995 | |
| | Alliance | Mary I. Campbell | 908 | |
| | Alliance | Doris K.A. Rogers | 852 | |
| | Conservative | William D. Thomas | 491 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Moody | 484 | |
| | Green | Adrian R. Williams | 123 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,330 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### St George's

St George's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter B.H. Rees | 1,480 | |
| | Labour | Chris Adamson | 1,444 | |
| | Labour | Peter J. Murray | 1,391 | |
| | Alliance | John W. Bryan | 658 | |
| | Alliance | Shamshad Cockcroft | 616 | |
| | Alliance | Andrew J.H. Stevens | 615 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth E.J. Graham | 531 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Ramsey | 488 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew W. Savage | 463 | |
| | Green | Robert K. Turner | 315 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,866 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Mary's

St Mary (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | Richard M.H. Heseltine | 1,165 | |
| | Alliance | Jeffrey Kelson | 1,112 | |
| | Alliance | Pier M. Herbert | 1,107 | |
| | Labour | Damien F.J. Welfare | 1,014 | |
| | Labour | Paul E. Convery | 1,012 | |
| | Labour | William S. Young | 1,005 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Eldridge | 370 | |
| | Conservative | Mary M. Fagg | 347 | |
| | Conservative | Hugo H. Summerson | 323 | |
| | Green | Helen Bailey | 178 | |
| | Humanist | Mitchel B. Wicking | 37 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,546 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.2 |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |

### St Peter

St Peter (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | Maria Powell | 1.613 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher J. Pryce | 1,610 | |
| | Alliance | Eileen F. Czwartos | 1,491 | |
| | Labour | George R. Hayes | 1,142 | |
| | Labour | Clive Jackson | 1,064 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Bosi | 1,028 | |
| | Conservative | Leonard A. Hatcher | 358 | |
| | Conservative | Charles A. Micklewright | 343 | |
| | Conservative | Sarah G.M. Ross Goobey | 271 | |
| | Green | Paula V. Neuss | 183 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,574 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.2 |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour |

### Sussex

Sussex (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Hodge | 1,209 | |
| | Labour | Christopher M.B. King | 1,156 | |
| | Alliance | Howard Hyman | 272 | |
| | Alliance | Eleftherios Georgoulas | 240 | |
| | Conservative | Nigel V.A. Shervey | 229 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth M. Stephens | 206 | |
| | Green | Ann C. Wainwright | 102 | |
| | Revolutionary Communist | Edward Branigan | 58 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,312 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.4 |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |

### Thornhill

Thornhill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles H. Chapman | 1,130 | |
| | Labour | Saly E.A. Gilbert | 1,027 | |
| | Alliance | Robert M. Bayliss | 762 | |
| | Alliance | Patricia M. Peel | 713 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen A. Kreppel | 159 | |
| | Conservative | Irene Moore | 157 | |
| | Green | Philip R. Lewis | 79 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,632 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Tollington

Tollington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sandra Marks | 1,860 | |
| | Labour | Frank C. Mort | 1,839 | |
| | Labour | Eddie D.S. Niles | 1,734 | |
| | Alliance | Matthew T.M. Ryan | 921 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher B.D. Smith | 890 | |
| | Alliance | Mark C. Thatcher | 793 | |
| | Conservative | Diana Harrison | 318 | |
| | Conservative | Foula Dancer | 273 | |
| | Conservative | David R. Starkey | 261 | |
| | Green | Janet L. Anderson | 258 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,523 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Labour gain from Labour Co-op |