Phil Kelly (journalist)

Phil Kelly
Mayor of Islington
In office 12 May 2011 – 10 May 2012
Deputy	Jilani Chowdhury
Preceded by	Mouna Hamitouche
Succeeded by	Jilani Chowdhury
Islington Borough Councillor for Finsbury Park Ward
In office 4 May 2006 – 22 May 2014
Preceded by	Richard Steer
Succeeded by	Gary Heather
Islington Borough Councillor for Hillmarton Ward
In office 3 May 1990 – 7 May 1998
Succeeded by	Edward Featherstone
Editor of Tribune
In office 1987–1991
Preceded by	Nigel Williamson
Succeeded by	Paul Anderson
Islington Borough Councillor for Canonbury East
In office October 1984 – 8 May 1986
Personal details
Born	1946 Wigan, Lancashire, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Leeds University
Profession	Journalist

Phil Kelly (born 1946) is an English journalist.

Born in Wigan and educated at St Mary's College Crosby and Leeds University, Kelly worked on Time Out and the Leveller in the 1970s and joined Tribune in the mid-1980s, working as a reporter and then news editor before becoming editor (1987–1991).

Kelly subsequently worked as an aide to the Labour MP, Michael Meacher. He was a Labour Islington councillor in 1984-86 and 1990–98, latterly as the council's deputy leader. He was re-elected to the Council in 2006.

He then became a partner at public affairs consultants Butler Kelly Ltd.