Candidates in Islington South and Finsbury — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Barnsbury
13 candidates
Amelia Rose Bottomley
Christopher Conor McCann
Erwann Patrick Michel Le Lannou
Francis O'Brien
Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves
Jilani Chowdhury
Kane Emerson
Lucas Waelbroeck Boix
Michael Benedict Champness
Oliver Teller
Rowena Elizabeth Champion
Sara Mulatu
Zak Vora
Bunhill
16 candidates
Phil Graham
Active on State
Alan Clark Gutierrez
Andrew Watson
Ava Lie
David John Wade
David Shovel
David Small
George Edwin Allan
Jake Anthony Painter
John Kenny
Kiran Prasad
Paul James Carr
Sara Abey
Susan Beveridge
Troy Martin Gallagher
Valerie Bossman-Quarshie
Caledonian
15 candidates
Paul Edmond Convery
Active on State
Alex John Challoner
Bryony Carney
Chris Pitt
Clara Luz
Edward Mitford
Euan Moir Cameron
Harrison Woodin-Lygo
Liz Snaith
Md Oliur Rahman
Paul Lovell
Pete Backhouse
Sadia Ahmed-Nur Ali
Una Mary O'Halloran
Walera Martynchyk
Canonbury
17 candidates
Barbara Grace Smith
Belinda Ackermann
Chris Radway
Clare Jeapes
Haiwei Li
Hayden Banks
Henry Francis McMorrow
James Robert Bacchus
Jason Corke
John Jacob Woolf
Jorge Richard Latter
Julliet Makhapila
Laurence Glazier
Manuel Martinez Benito
Michael Philip Chissick
Nicholas Wayne
Tessa Rawcliffe
Clerkenwell
15 candidates
Alessandro Bonetti
Alexander Bruce Lusty
Andrew William Clark
Ben Ian MacKmurdie
Bill Cove
Giulio Ferrini
Grant Shimmen
Jara Falkenburg
Jason Phillip Vickers
Karen Cooksley Hutchinson
Kevin Chun
Mark Eldridge
Martin Murray
Martine Paulmier
Ruth Hayes
De Beauvoir
8 candidates
Holloway
16 candidates
Ahmed Jaffer
Anahita Zardoshti
Andrew Richard Myer
Bridget Caroline Fox
Christopher Nicholas-Cavendish
Claire Louise Zammit
Claire Poyner
Claudine Merica Knight
David John Kelly
George Achilles Papadopoullos
Jason Jackson
Joe Peck
Michael Scott
Nathaniel Jacob Meyrick Jones
Nigel William Roland Watts
Tim Johnson
Laycock
16 candidates
Andrew Harrison
Andrew Parry
Cheryl Rands
Heather Nicola Staff
Ilkay Cinko-Oner
John Fergus Doherty
Joseph Walker
Joy Patricia Hinson
Maia Caitlin Hamilton
Margaret Joseph
Matthew Charles Grenville Dendy
Nurullah Turan
Patricia Muriel Peel
Rasan Naji
Sakina Saba Chenot
Simon Philip Toms
St Mary's & St James'
14 candidates
Alexandra Catherine Eldridge
Brian Steve Potter
Christopher Allen-Procter
Hannah Victoria McHugh
Jackie Kay
Jonathan Horsman
Joseph Andrew Croft
Kate Elizabeth Pothalingam
Michael John King
Rebecca Jones
Saiqa Pandor
Simon William Johnson
Solveig Herzum
Terry Stacy
St Peter's & Canalside
13 candidates
Alexander Gardner Gordon
Bronwen Jones
Edward Congreve Jenkyns
Jack Gilmore
James Robert Christopher Mathieson
John Anthony Sloboda
Martin Geoffrey Klute
Martin Kristofer Lunnon
Rosaline Ifechukwude Ogunro
Simon Miller Groom
Thomas Michael Hartley
Toby Alexander North
Vanessa Margaret Carson