Islington Borough Council
| Islington London Borough Council | |
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Coat of arms
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Council logo
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
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Mayor
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Richard Greening, Labour
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Leader of the Opposition
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Caroline Russell, Green
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 48 councillors |
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Political groups
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Executive (47)
Opposition (1)
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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22 May 2014 |
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Next election
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May 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Town Hall, Islington | |
| Website | |
| www |
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Executive (47)
Opposition (1)
Islington London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, England. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced two local authorities: Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council and Islington Metropolitan Borough Council. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Islington is divided into 16 wards, each electing three councillors. Following the May 2014 election, Islington Council comprises 47 Labour Party councillors and 1 Green Party councillor. Of these 48 councillors, the Leader of the Council is Councillor Richard Watts , while the Mayor is Councillor Richard Greening.
There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Islington area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Islington on 1 April 1965. The present Islington Borough Council replaced Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council and Islington Metropolitan Borough Council. Both were created in 1900, in Islington the borough council replaced the parish vestry. Finsbury had a more convoluted history with the metropolitan borough council replacing the Vestry of the Parish of St Luke, the Vestry of the Parish of Clerkenwell and the Holborn District Board of Works (for Glasshouse Yard and St Sepulchre).
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