Islington South and Finsbury
2010 Results:
Conservative: 8449 (19.4%)
Labour: 18407 (42.26%)
Liberal Democrat: 14838 (34.07%)
UKIP: 701 (1.61%)
Green: 710 (1.63%)
English Democrat: 301 (0.69%)
Others: 149 (0.34%)
Majority: 3569 (8.19%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 12345 (39.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 11861 (38.3%)
Conservative: 4594 (14.8%)
Other: 2161 (7%)
Majority: 484 (1.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 3860 (13.7%)
Labour: 15217 (53.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 7937 (28.1%)
Other: 1192 (4.2%)
Majority: 7280 (25.8%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 4587 (13%)
Labour: 22079 (62.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 7516 (21.3%)
Referendum: 741 (2.1%)
Other: 393 (1.1%)
Majority: 14563 (41.2%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile: Islington is fashionable and up-market residential area, Tony Blair lived in Barnsbury prior to his elected as Prime Minister and the area was for a time closely associated with New Labour. However there is also a large traditional Labour vote here, with a high proportion of council tenants and a substantial Afro-caribbean community.
Current MP: Emily Thornberry(Labour) born 1960, London. Educated at University of Kent. Barrister specialising in human rights. Contested Canterbury in 2001, first elected as MP for Islington South in 2005 (more information at They work for you)
Antonia Cox (Conservative) Educated at Cambridge University. Journalist and former investment banker.Emily Thornberry(Labour) born 1960, London. Educated at University of Kent. Barrister specialising in human rights. Contested Canterbury in 2001, first elected as MP for Islington South in 2005 (more information at They work for you)
Bridget Fox (Liberal Democrat) born 1964, Amersham. Educated at Dr Challoners High School and Oxford University. Librarian. Islington councillor between 1998 and 2006 and former deputy leader of the council. Contested Islington South and Finsbury in 2005, East Ham in 2001 and Hampstead and Highgate in 1997.
James Humphreys (Green) University lecturer and former civil servant. 
Rose-Marie McDonald (UKIP)John Dodds (English Democrat) 
Richard Deboo (Animals Count) Contested East of England 2009 European elections.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 84213
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 19.6%
Over 60: 14.8%
Born outside UK: 28.2%
White: 77.4%
Black: 10.1%
Asian: 5.3%
Mixed: 3.5%
Other: 3.6%
Christian: 56.2%
Hindu: 1%
Jewish: 0.9%
Muslim: 7.7%
Full time students: 9%
Graduates 16-74: 38.4%
No Qualifications 16-74: 26.6%
Owner-Occupied: 29.2%
Social Housing: 52.8% (Council: 39.1%, Housing Ass.: 13.7%)
Privately Rented: 15%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.2%
She is the mother of the Cllr who caused the by-election held yesterday
Resign please, Cllr Coupland & see how you do in a by-election.
The boundary commission have proposed a new seat to be named The City of London and Islington South which will also include two Camden wards, Holbon&Covent Garden and King’s Cross.
UKPR notionals for the new seat mentioned above:
Lab: 20,441
LD: 15,868
Con: 10,634
Lab maj: 9.3%
Emily Thornberry MP was on the Politics Show the other day talking about voter registration.
She said that in this constituency there was a 60% turnover of voters on the electoral register between the 2005 and 2010 elections.
Could that figure possibly be right? It sounds mighty high, even for Inner London.
I think it could be right yes.
I believe Haringey and Hackney are higher (or were in the late 1980s).
That implies that pretty much the whole electorate has changed since 1997, although there will be a small hardcore of long term residents let’s say 10%.
This certainly puts into perspective how demographic change has completely changed inner London seats in just 20 years.
Interesting result from the split St Mary’s ward last night:
Lab 1128 (47.2; +14.3)
LD 641 (26.8; -5.1)
Green 317 (13.3; +1.4)
Con 282 (11.8; -8.3)
BNP 22 (0.9; +0.9)
Majority 487
Turnout 23.64%
Lab hold
Percentage change is since May 2010.
So no meltdown of the LD vote; instead it was the Tories who dropped the most. They are by no means negligible in the South of the Borough, and in some of the more upmarket wards in the North, and being beaten by the Greens must hurt a bit. The swing from LD to Lab if repeated boroughwide would clear out most of their still substantial group, but might still allow them to survive at least partially in Highbury East.
Another very good Labour result. Well done.
Yes – a poor Tory result and a very good one for Labour.
Looks less serious for the Tories than Aldborough though.
In a sense that’s right Joe in that Ilford North is a key seat for the Tories in whatever form it’s likely to take, whereas this isn’t a serious general election battleground for them. It’s also more than possible that some Conservative sympathizers have switched purely tactically to the LDs here in a vain bid to get Labour out, which obviously wouldn’t have been a factor in Aldborough. Tories have been known to win elections in Islington though rarely: I recall them winning a small ward called I think Crescent, at least partially, before the present boundaries came into effect in 2002. Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to where that ward was.
Quadrant (9 July 1992)
Islington North
Conservative gain from Labour
Blackwood, Clive D.CON 925
Glover, Christina L.LAB 640
Rorison, Elizabeth J.LD 126
Ackers, John H.GRE 40
the byelection was the only time, other than two seats in 1978 and control in 1968 that the Conservatives have held a seat in Islington since the boroughs were formed.
Thanks GT, got the ward name wrong & clearly my recollection was incorrect too.
I remember Clive Blackwood as the losing candidate to another Clive, Labour’s Efford, in Eltham in the general election of (?IIRC) 2001.