A surge of support at the Islington local elections has seen 3 Greens elected in Highbury ward and Devon Osborne just miss out in Tufnell Park.

Cllr Caroline Russell, the only opposition Councillor elected onto Islington Council over the last eight years, was re-elected with 2282 votes - one of the highest vote totals for any Councillor. 

Alongside her, Cllr Benali Hamdache and Cllr Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong were elected with over 200 votes more than the next candidates, after narrowly missing out by less than 100 votes in 2018.

In Tufnell Park, Devon Osborne came just 124 votes away from defeating a sitting Labour Councillor. 

Across Islington, Green support increased with 33,279 people voting for the Green Party, which represents 22.4% of the vote. This is a 6% increase on the Green vote in 2018, compared to a 6.4% decrease for Labour. The Greens are solidly in second place across the borough and are Labour’s main challenger.