Bloomsbury | |
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— electoral ward — | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Region | London |
County | Greater London |
London borough | Camden |
Bloomsbury is a ward in the London borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It covers roughly the western half of the area of Bloomsbury, which also covers the wards of King's Cross and part of Holborn and Covent Garden, and the eastern half of Fitzrovia, which extends into the City of Westminster.
The lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Holborn and Covent Garden and King's Cross). It is separated from Regents Park by Euston Road; from King's Cross by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden by Guilford Street, Southampton Row, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Street, and New Oxford Street; and from the City of Westminster by Tottenham Court Road, Hanway Street, Gresse Street, Rathbone Place, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Street, Charlotte Place, Goodge Street, and Cleveland Street.
Like all other wards of Camden, Bloomsbury is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 6 May 2010, when all three councillors were elected. All three now represent the Labour Party.
Bloomsbury ward election, 6 May 2010 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Adam Harrison | 1670 | 14 | ||
Labour | Milena Nuti | 1554 | 13 | ||
Labour | Abdul Quadir | 1315 | 11 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Hossack | 1221 | 10.2 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 1142 | 9.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Stanton Jones | 1061 | 8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Aimery de Malet Roquefort | 954 | 8 | ||
Conservative | Gotz Mohindra | 923 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Abdul Tarofdar | 645 | 5.4 | ||
Green | Beatrix Campbell | 602 | 5.1 | ||
Green | Justin Romain Hoffman | 414 | 3.5 | ||
Green | Samuel Bueno De Mesquita | 413 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 53.8% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bloomsbury ward election, 4 May 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Penelope Abraham | 1,004 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | Fazlul Chowdhury | 928 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Hossack | 898 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | Peter Brayshaw | 896 | 12.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Moritt | 835 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Janice Lavery | 634 | 8.6 | ||
Green | Linus Rees | 353 | 4.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Caroline Deys | 344 | 4.7 | ||
Green | Shahrar Ali | 329 | 4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Steven Deller | 323 | 4.4 | ||
Green | George Graham | 284 | 3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Philip Moser | 282 | 3.8 | ||
Independent | Andrew Halsey | 53 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,348 | 37.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |