Phil Kelly (journalist)

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Phil Kelly

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| office = Mayor of Islington

| term_start = 12 May 2011

| term_end = 10 May 2012

| deputy = Jilani Chowdhury

| predecessor = Mouna Hamitouche

| successor = Jilani Chowdhury

| office1 = Islington Borough Councillor
for Finsbury Park Ward

| term_start1 = 4 May 2006

| term_end1 = 22 May 2014

| predecessor1 = Richard Steer

| successor1 = Gary Heather

| office2 = Islington Borough Councillor
for Hillmarton Ward

| term_start2 = 3 May 1990

| term_end2 = 7 May 1998

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Edward Featherstone

| office3 = Editor of Tribune

| term_start3 = 1987

| term_end3 = 1991

| predecessor3 = Nigel Williamson

| successor3 = Paul Anderson

| office4 = Islington Borough Councillor
for Canonbury East

| term_start4 = October 1984

| term_end4 = 8 May 1986

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| successor4 =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1946

| birth_place = Wigan, Lancashire, England

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| citizenship =

| nationality = British

| party = Labour

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| alma_mater = Leeds University

| profession = Journalist

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/islington/news-events/news-releases/2011/05/Pages/PR4408.aspx |title=Islington's new Mayor is Phil Kelly - Islington Council |accessdate=2014-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053637/http://www.islington.gov.uk/islington/news-events/news-releases/2011/05/Pages/PR4408.aspx |archivedate=2014-11-29 }} He was re-elected to the Council in 2006.

He then became a partner at public affairs consultants Butler Kelly Ltd.[http://www.butlerkellyltd.co.uk/home/the-team.asp The Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030003430/http://www.butlerkellyltd.co.uk/home/the-team.asp |date=2009-10-30 }}