Islington Council election, 2006

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4 May 2006

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All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Steve Hitchins	Catherine West	Katie Dawson
Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Green
Leader since	1997	2004	4 May 2006
Leader's seat	St. Peter's (defeated)	Tollington	Highbury West
Last election	38 seats, 45.8%	10 seats, 35.7%	0 seat, 10.8%
Seats won	24	23	1
Seat change	13	12	1
Popular vote	39,238	41,404	19,736
Percentage	33.1%	34.9%	16.6%
Swing	12.7%	0.8%	5.8%

	Fourth party

Leader	David Barnes
Party	Conservative
Leader's seat	Highbury East (defeated)
Last election	0 seats, 4.2%
Seats won	0
Seat change
Popular vote	14,121
Percentage	11.9%
Swing	7.7%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

James Kempton
Liberal Democrat

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

James Kempton
Liberal Democrat

The 2006 Islington Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, after the Labour party made a gain of 12 seats, meaning the Liberal Democrats would require the casting vote of the mayor to continue running the council. The Green Party meanwhile gained a seat on the council.

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

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