Camden local elections

The Camden London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]

Contents

Political control

Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Labour 1964 - 1968
Conservative 1968 - 1971
Labour 1971 - 2006
No overall control 2006 - 2010
Labour 2010 - present

Council elections

Camden Council election, 1998

Camden Council election, 2002 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 5)[3]

Camden Council election, 2006

Camden Council election, 2010

By-election results

1998-2002

Swiss Cottage By-Election 22 April 1999[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Honora Morrissey 705 42.7 +17.2
Labour Deborah Sacks 557 33.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Rex Warrick 158 9.6 -5.2
Independent Labour John Macdonald 126 7.6 -12.6
Green Douglas Earl 59 3.6 -6.0
Independent Mehdi Farshtchi 45 2.7 +2.7
Majority 148 8.9
Turnout 1,650 24.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Adelaide By-Election 3 February 2000[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Horne 655 58.1 +13.3
Labour Theodore Blackwell 250 22.2 -15.0
Liberal Democrat Pamela Collis 176 15.6 -2.3
Green Douglas Earl 46 4.1 +4.1
Majority 405 35.9
Turnout 1,127 19.4
Conservative hold Swing
Bloomsbury By-Election 28 September 2000[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brayshaw 495 44.3 +1.0
Conservative Patsy Prince 476 42.6 +16.8
Liberal Democrat Edward Simmons 82 7.3 -12.0
Green Kate Gordon 65 5.8 -5.8
Majority 19 1.7
Turnout 1,118 14.5
Labour hold Swing
Frognal By-Election 25 January 2001[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Greene 537 61.6 +12.7
Labour Marie Bardsley 198 22.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Martin Wright 98 11.2 -8.1
Green Ceinwen Jones 23 2.6 -7.1
Independent Antoine Clarke 16 1.8 +1.8
Majority 339 38.9
Turnout 872
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006

Camden Town with Primrose Hill By-Election 20 June 2002[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jake Sumner 652 29.0 -1.2
Liberal Democrat John Lefley 594 26.4 +2.8
Independent Gloria Lazenby 516 22.9 +5.4
Conservative Peter Horne 392 17.4 +0.9
Green Lucy Wills 98 4.4 -6.8
Majority 58 2.6
Turnout 2,252 27.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Haverstock By-Election 20 February 2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jill Fraser 746 42.8 +22.0
Labour Paul Thomson 484 27.8 -15.8
Conservative Peter Horne 318 18.2 +0.1
Green Sarah Gillam 112 6.4 -9.4
Socialist Alliance Sydney Platt 84 4.8 +4.8
Majority 262 15.0
Turnout 1,744 23.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

2006-2010

Kentish Town By-Election 7 December 2006[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ralph Scott 1,093 37.5 +2.0
Green Siân Berry 812 27.9 +1.5
Labour Samuel McBratney 808 27.8 -2.5
Conservative Richard Merrin 198 6.8 -0.9
Majority 281 9.6
Turnout 2,911 31.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Haverstock By-Election 12 July 2007[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Matt Sanders 1,160 43.4 -0.2
Labour Mike Katz 1,000 37.4 +3.0
Green Emily Bruni 299 11.2 +0.4
Conservative Peter Horne 213 8.0 -3.2
Majority 160 6.0
Turnout 2,672 34.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Fortune Green By-Election 21 February 2008[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nancy Jirira 1,206 51.5 +4.0
Conservative Heather Downham 551 23.5 +1.6
Labour Tulip Siddiq 405 17.3 -1.7
Green Tim Wilmott 178 7.6 -4.0
Majority 655 28.0
Turnout 2,340 30.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Highgate By-Election 1 May 2008[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Goodman 1,482 33.1 -0.5
Labour Michael Nicolaides 1,185 26.5 +1.0
Conservative Richard Merrin 1,180 26.3 -4.4
Liberal Democrat Henry Potts 633 14.1 +3.9
Majority 297 6.6
Turnout 4,480 56.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Hampstead Town By-Election 25 September 2008[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Linda Chung 1,242 44.1 +11.5
Conservative Stephen Phillips 1,114 39.6 -6.9
Labour Larraine Revah 289 10.3 -1.0
Green Anya Reeve 140 5.0 -3.3
BNP Stephen Dorman 29 1.0 +1.0
Majority 128 4.5
Turnout 2,814 36.7
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Kentish Town By-Election 30 October 2008[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nick Russell 939 36.5 +0.9
Labour Awale Olad 863 33.5 +3.2
Green Victoria Green 518 20.1 -6.3
Conservative Peter Horne 171 6.6 -1.1
BNP Edith Crowther 62 2.4 +2.4
UKIP Magnus Nielson 21 0.8 +0.8
Majority 76 3.0
Turnout 2,574 28.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Belsize By-Election 2 April 2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Tom Simon 1,136 46.0 +5.4
Conservative Gary Bernadout 952 38.6 +1.7
Labour Sean Birch 270 10.9 -3.2
Green Naomi Aptowitzer 109 4.4 -3.9
Majority 184 7.5
Turnout 2,467 29.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

2010-2014

Haverstock By-Election 25 May 2010 (3)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jill Fraser 1,462
Liberal Democrat Matt Sanders 1,326
Liberal Democrat Rahel Bokth 1,291
Labour Sabrina Francis 1,257
Labour Tom Copley 1,202
Labour Joynal Uddin 1,114
Conservative Joan Stally 259
Conservative Tom Frost 250
Green Jane Lawrie 246
Green Paul Grader 240
Conservative Robert Ricketts 236
Green Sean Thompson 181
Turnout 9,064 36.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohns By-Election 22 July 2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gio Spinella 1,061 62.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrat David Bouchier 329 19.4 -3.4
Labour Jack Smith 235 13.9 -4.2
Green Charles Harris 71 4.2 -2.9
Majority 732 43.2
Turnout 1,696 20.0
Conservative hold Swing
Kentish Town By-Election 28 October 2010[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Headlam-Wells 1,411 53.0 +17.7
Liberal Democrat Nick Russell 715 26.9 -3.6
Green Naomi Aptowitzer 349 13.1 -4.7
Conservative Will Blair 186 7.0 -5.1
Majority 696 26.2
Turnout 2,661
Labour hold Swing
Highgate By-Election 15 September 2011[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Gimson 1,178 41.6 +12.6
Green Alexis Rowell 947 33.5 +3.0
Conservative Anthony Denyer 593 21.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrat Martin Hay 111 3.9 -16.3
Majority 231 8.2
Turnout 2,829 34.3
Labour hold Swing

References

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