| Election Name: | 1982 Islington London Borough Council election |
| Country: | London |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Year: | 1978 |
| Previous Election: | 1978 Islington London Borough Council election |
| Next Election: | 1986 Islington London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Registered: | 120,076 |
| Turnout: | 40.1% |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats After1: | 41 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Seats Before2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Last Election2: | 1 seat, |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,358 |
| Percentage2: | 9.02% |
| Popular Vote1: | 48,767 |
| Percentage1: | 42.47% |
| Seats Before3: | 14 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 13 |
| Popular Vote3: | 25,714 |
| Percentage3: | 22.39% |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 27,947 |
| Percentage4: | 24.34% |
| Last Election1: | 35 seats, |
| Last Election3: | New party |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, |
| Council control | |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | Labour |
| Seats For Election: | All 52 council seats |
| Majority Seats: | 27 |
The 1982 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council from the Social Democratic Party.[1]
In March 1981 the SDP was founded. In May 1981 Donald Hoodless became the new Labour Leader and council leader. In September 1981, following the resignation of a Labour councillor, the SDP gained a council seat in Hillarton ward. In December 1981 over half of the Labour group on the council resigned the Labour whip and joined the SDP. This gave the SDP a majority of seats and their leader, Jim Evans, became the new council leader. Divisions within the SDP saw the emergence of a separate Social Democrat group that included four sitting SDP councillors. This group stood in the 1982 elections in opposition to official SDP candidates.
(*) – Indicates incumbent councillors standing for re-election[2]
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