Holborn and Covent Garden | |
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— electoral ward — | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Region | London |
County | Greater London |
London borough | Camden |
Holborn and Covent Garden is a ward of the London borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, it covers the parts of Holborn and Covent Garden that lie in Camden; the eastern part of Holborn lies in the City of London and the southern part of Covent Garden lies in the City of Westminster. For elections to Parliament, Holborn and Covent Garden is part of Holborn and St Pancras.
The ward lies in the far south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and King's Cross). It is separated from Bloomsbury by New Oxford Street, Bloomsbury Street, Great Russell Street, and Southampton Row; from King's Cross by Guilford Street and Calthorpe Street; from the borough of Islington by Phoenix Place, Warner Place, Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell Road, and Farringdon Road; from the City of London by Charterhouse Street, High Holborn, and Chancery Lane; and from the City of Westminster by Carey Street, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Sardinia Street, Wild Street, Drury Lane, Shelton Street, West Street, and Charing Cross Road.
Like all other wards of Camden, Holborn and Covent Garden is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 4 May 2006, when all three councillors were elected. They are all elected for the Labour Party.
Holborn and Covent Garden ward election, 4 May 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Susan Vincent | 1,085 | |||
Labour | Julian Fulbrook | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Brian Woodrow | 988 | |||
Conservative | Alison Frost | 810 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 758 | |||
Conservative | Philip Nelson | 731 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Hanna | 489 | |||
Green | Benedict Protheroe | 449 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stanley Grossman | 417 | |||
Green | Grace Hodgkinson-Barrett | 364 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simieon Litman | 347 | |||
Green | Stuart Houghton | 319 | |||
Majority | 178 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |