Camden London Borough Council election, 2006

Camden Council election, 2006

4 May 2006

All council seats   First party Second party Third party   Leader Keith Moffitt Raj Chadha Andrew Marshall Party Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative Leader since 12 May 2005 7 November 2005 Leader's seat West Hampstead Gospel Oak (defeated) Swiss Cottage Last election 8 seats, 23.4% 35 seats, 35.1% 11 seats, 26.9% Seats won 20 18 14 Seat change 13 18 3 Popular vote 44,141 47,715 43,258 Percentage 27.8% 30.0% 27.2% Swing 4.4% 5.1% 0.3%   Fourth party   Party Green Last election 0 seats, 12.8% Seats won 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 22,585 Percentage 14.2% Swing 1.4%

Leader of Largest Party before election Raj Chadha Labour Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Keith Moffitt Liberal Democrat

Map of the results of the 2006 Camden council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Green Party in green.

The 2006 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Background

Before the election the Labour party controlled the council with 36 seats, compared to 11 Conservatives and 7 Liberal Democrats.^[2] Since the 2002 election, in 2005, one of the councillors for Fortune Green, Jonathan Simpson, had defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour.^[3]

A total of 223 candidates stood for the 54 seats being contested in 18 wards.^[2] The Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties contested every seat and there was 1 candidate each from the Christian Peoples Alliance, Respect Party and United Kingdom Independence Party, as well as 4 independents.^[2]

During the campaign the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Camden to support his party.^[4]

Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council with the leader of the council Raj Chadha among those who were defeated.^[5] This was the first time since the 1968 election that Labour had not won a majority in Camden^[6][5] and the election saw the Liberal Democrats overtake Labour to become the largest party on the council.^[7] The defeated Labour leader of the council Raj Chadha said "that the national circumstances meant a very good council in Camden has been lost".^[5] Overall turnout at the election was 37.6%, an increase from 28.5% in 2002.^[2]

Following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives made an agreement to form the administration together, with Liberal Democrat Keith Moffitt becoming the leader of the council and Conservative Andrew Marshall becoming deputy leader.^[8]

Ward results

• - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

References

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