Junction (ward)

Junction is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Islington. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns councillors to Islington London Borough Council. The boundaries were redrawn in 1978, 2002 and 2022. The revision in 1978 reduced the number of councillors from four to three.

Junction
Electoral ward for the Islington London Borough Council
Junction ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Islington
County	Greater London
Population	12,855 (2021)[a]
Electorate	8,979 (2022)
Major settlements	Archway
Area	1.049 square kilometres (0.405 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Janet Burgess   Sheila Chapman   James Potts
ONS code	00AUGH (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05013707 (2022–present) E05000376 (2002–2022)

List of councillors

The ward was initially represented by four councillors. This decreased to three in 1978.

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	P. Grant		Labour
1964–1968	E. Plummer		Labour
1964–1968	L. Ross		Labour
1964–1968	C. Tarr		Labour
1968–1971	C. Bircher		Conservative
1968–1971	S. Bron		Conservative
1968–1971	R. Kinghorn		Conservative
1968–1971	J. Szemerey		Conservative
1971–1974	W. Musgrave		Labour
1971–1974	David Davies		Labour
1971–1972	George Barnard		Labour
1971–1974	D. Robinson		Labour
1972–1974	M. McCann		Labour
1974–1978	K. Donoghue		Labour
1974–1978	H. Metcalf		Labour
1974–1982	Mark Van de Weyer		Labour
1974–1978	V. Veness		Labour
1982–1990	Maurice Barnes		Labour
1982–2002	Taha Karim		Labour
1982–1986	Derek Sawyer		Labour
1986–1992	Candy Atherton		Labour
1990–1994	Robert Durack		Labour
1992–1994	Lydia Richards		Labour
1994–2001	Sandra Marks		Labour
1994–1997	Tal Michael		Labour
1998–2002	Janet Burgess		Labour
2006–present			Labour
2001–2002	Patricia Clarke		Labour
2002–2006	James Blanchard		Liberal Democrats
2002–2010	Stefan Kasprzyk		Liberal Democrats
2002–2006	Euan Cameron		Liberal Democrats
2006–2014	Ursula Woolley		Liberal Democrats
2010–2013	Arthur Graves		Liberal Democrats
2013–2024	Kaya Comer-Schwartz		Labour
2014–2018	Tim Nicholls		Labour
2018–present	Sheila Chapman		Labour
2024–present	James Potts		Labour

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

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2

3

4

1964

1968

1971

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   Labour
•   Conservative
•   Liberal Democrats

Islington council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Islington in 2022. Junction ward gained the Miranda Estate from Hillrise.

2024 by-election

The by-election took place on 28 November 2024, following the resignation of Kaya Comer-Schwartz.^[1][2]

2024 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Potts	785
	Independent	Jackson Caines	550
	Green	Devon Osborne	219
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Jones	156
	Conservative	John Wilkin	113
	Independent	Brian Potter	97
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	22
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[3]

2022 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	2,111	68.0
	Labour	Kaya Comer-Schwartz	2,004	64.5
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	2,001	64.4
	Green	Olivia Brunning	761	24.5
	Green	Paul Elliott	545	17.6
	Green	David Zell	507	16.3
	Conservative	Kim Andrews	279	9.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Elvin	252	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	240	7.7
	Conservative	Nigel Seay	240	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Taylor	194	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ufi Ibrahim	182	5.9
Turnout				35.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Islington council elections

Junction ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Islington in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[4]

2018 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	2,391	71.0
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	2,236	66.4
	Labour	Kaya Comer-Schwartz	2,192	65.1
	Green	Olivia Brunning	621	18.4
	Green	Paul Elliott	389	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	331	9.8
	Green	Eric Fabrizi	326	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kath Pollard	289	8.6
	Conservative	John Wilkin	280	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Vatcher	271	8.0
	Conservative	Toan Hoang	262	7.8
	Conservative	Chinwe Bunting	256	7.6
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	52	1.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[5]

2014 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	2,228
	Labour	Kaya Makarau-Schwartz	1,938
	Labour	Tim Nicholls	1,779
	Green	Jill Renwick	720
	Green	Mick Holloway	717
	Green	Daniel Hudson	621
	Conservative	Michael Collins	361
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	333
	Conservative	Riddhi Bhalla	320
	Conservative	Oliver Jonathan	314
	Liberal Democrats	Giorgia Gamba	297
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Savvides	245
	Independent	Bill Martin	90
Turnout			3,498	38.4	−25.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2013 by-election

A by-election was held on 21 March 2013, following the resignation of Arthur Graves.^[5]

2013 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kaya Makarau-Schwartz	1,343	61.60	+21.5
	Green	Mick Holloway	381	17.47	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	276	12.66	−25.0
	Conservative	Patricia Napier	120	5.50	−4.1
	BNP	Gary Townsend	31	1.42	+1.42
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	18	0.82	+0.82
Majority			962	44.12
Turnout			2,180	24.20
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[6]

2010 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	2,338
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Graves	2,182
	Liberal Democrats	Ursula Woolley	2,125
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	2,071
	Labour	Olly Parker	1,899
	Labour	Kaya Makarau-Schwartz	1,878
	Green	Sue Bineham	713
	Green	Becky Wright	597
	Conservative	Connor Coleman	556
	Conservative	Richard Campbell	533
	Green	Ken Burgess	529
	Conservative	James Kerby	480
Turnout			15,901	63.9	+28.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[7]

2006 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ursula Woolley	1,015	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	1,014
	Labour	Janet Burgess	936	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Zubin Masani	873
	Labour	Patricia Clarke	870
	Labour	John Wyman	772
	Green	Rosemary House	386	13.6
	Green	Donald Lowe	320
	Green	Anthony Cooper	291
	Independent	Katharine Buffery	263	9.3
	Conservative	Mark Bennett	228	8.1
	Independent	Charles Ware	212
	Conservative	Francine Schwartz	200
	Conservative	Chris Skidmore	188
Turnout			7,568	35.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[8]

2002 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Blanchard	1,219
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kasprzyk	1,137
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Cameron	1,132
	Labour	Janet Burgess	1,035
	Labour	Patricia Clarke	925
	Labour	Talal Karim	864
	Green	Tania Stokes	261
	Green	Keith Magnum	207
	Green	Beatrice Sayers	204
	CPA	Pearl Grenardo	31
Turnout			7,015	30.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Islington council elections

Junction ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Islington in 1978.

2001 by-election

The by-election was held on 7 June 2001, following the resignation of Sandra Marks.^[8]

2001 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Clarke	1,661	47.1	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stefan Kaprzyk	1,253	35.5	+15.2
	Green	Jon Nott	347	9.8	−5.6
	Conservative	Abubaker Ajiya	266	7.5	−1.4
Majority			408	11.6
Turnout			3,527	49.9
	Labour hold		Swing

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[9]

1998 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	1,104
	Labour	Taha Karim	940
	Labour	Sandra Marks	934
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lally	430
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Sidney	347
	Liberal Democrats	Alford Reeves	319
	Green	Angela Royston	284
	Green	Ajay Burlingham-Johnson	271
	Conservative	Charles Sharman	167
	Conservative	Anthea Ward	152
Turnout			4,948
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1997 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 July 1997, following the resignation of Tal Michael.^[9]

1997 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Burgess	793	72.6	+10.9
	Conservative	Oliver Judge	134	12.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Heija Jaff	90	8.2	−7.2
	Green	Victoria Olliver	76	7.0	−5.7
Majority			659	60.3
Turnout			1,093	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[10]

1994 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Marks	1,656	62.34	3.54
	Labour	Taha Karim	1,630
	Labour	Tal Michael	1,497
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Little	415	13.96	New
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Callow	355
	Green	Angela Royston	338	13.22	10.30
	Liberal Democrats	Alford Reeves	300
	Conservative	Victoria Lloyd	280	10.48	7.19
	Conservative	Anthea Ward	268
	Conservative	Edward Scilloe	255
Registered electors			6,488		47
Turnout			2,584	39.83	5.69
Rejected ballots			12	0.46	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1992 by-election

A by-election took place on 9 July 1992, following the resignation of Candy Atherton.^[11]

1992 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lydia Richards	847	64.7
	Green	Beatrice Rolph	193	14.7
	Conservative	William Thomas	189	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Tranter	81	6.2
Turnout				20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[12]

1990 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candy Atherton	1,929	58.80
	Labour	Robert Durack	1,810
	Labour	Taha Karim	1,631
	Green	Mary Adshead	716	23.52
	Conservative	Kingsley Manning	567	17.67
	Conservative	Christine Cardow	553
	Conservative	Robin Cave	493
Registered electors			6,441
Turnout			2,932	45.52
Rejected ballots			7	0.24
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[13]

1986 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Barnes	1,813
	Labour	Candy Atherton	1,748
	Labour	Taha Karim	1,669
	Alliance	Patricia Julian	600
	Alliance	Stephen Cope	594
	Conservative	David Nicholson	545
	Alliance	Errol Smalley	523
	Conservative	Kingsley Manning	516
	Conservative	Nigel Boardman	491
	Green	Mary Adshead	206
Registered electors			6,376
Turnout				48.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1982 election

1982 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Barnes	1,450	36.11
	Labour Co-op	Taha Karim	1,376	33.13
	Labour Co-op	Derek Sawyer	1,283
	Conservative	Timothy Devlin	728	17.56
	Conservative	Kingsley Manning	712
	Conservative	David Nicholson	675
	Alliance	Mary McCann	558	13.20
	Alliance	Roy Lincoln	517
	Alliance	Patrick Sheeran	516
Registered electors			6,341
Turnout				44.7
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[14]

1978 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher King	1,504
	Labour	Catherine Kaplinsky	1,439
	Labour	Mark Van de Weyer	1,402
	Conservative	David Nicholson	1,088
	Conservative	Jonathan Sayeed	986
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	980
	National Front	Clifford Baker	97
	National Front	Anthony Hedge	97
	National Front	Ian Binnie	96
Registered electors			6,428
Turnout				44.2
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Islington council elections

External images
Junction ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (west)
Junction ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (east)

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[15]

1974 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Donoghue	1,161
	Labour	H. Metcalf	1,152
	Labour	Mark Van de Weyer	1,131
	Labour	V. Veness	1,089
	Conservative	R. Kinghorn	648
	Conservative	J. Hanvey	637
	Conservative	T. Northey	610
	Conservative	J. Sayeed	584
	Liberal	J. Froment	241
	Liberal	A. Brown	235
	Liberal	H. Barker	221
	Liberal	A. Toffel	216
Registered electors			7,598
Turnout				28.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1972 by-election

The by-election took place on 16 November 1972.^[14]

1972 Junction by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. McCann	700
	Conservative	R. Kinghorn	418
Turnout				13.9%
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[16]

1971 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Musgrave	1,521
	Labour	David Davies	1,515
	Labour	George Barnard	1,497
	Labour	D. Robinson	1,447
	Conservative	R. Richardson	944
	Conservative	R. Kinghorn	939
	Conservative	C. Salaman	862
	Conservative	T. Yeo	851
Registered electors			8,485
Turnout				29.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[17]

1968 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Bircher	1,359
	Conservative	S. Bron	1,327
	Conservative	R. Kinghorn	1,325
	Conservative	J. Szemerey	1,278
	Labour	P. Grant	934
	Labour	E. Hoodless	912
	Labour	A. White	881
	Labour	W. Musgrave	872
	Liberal	H. Barker	208
	Liberal	A. Mildren	157
	Communist	F. Rickett	89
Registered electors			10,417
Turnout				24.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[18]

1964 Islington London Borough Council election: Junction (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Grant	1,229
	Labour	E. Plummer	1,221
	Labour	L. Ross	1,200
	Labour	C. Tarr	1,155
	Conservative	I. Akers	576
	Conservative	E. Ranson	527
	Conservative	J. Jones	523
	Conservative	H. Ranson	515
	Communist	K. Thomas	206
Turnout			1,872	16.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries