Camden London Borough Council 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]

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

Throughout most of its history, Camden has been controlled outright by the Labour Party. During that control, Labour's share of the seats has fluctuated significantly. The below chart includes only councillors, not aldermen prior to their abolition in 1978; the presence of aldermen never affected the overall control of the council.

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1964
1968
1971
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
  •   Labour
  •   Greens
  •   Lib Dems/Alliance
  •   Conservatives

Council elections

Borough result maps

Electoral wards

Electoral wards were established for Camden when it came into existence on 1 April 1965. The first elections of ward councillors took place in 1964.[7] These boundaries were also used for the 1968, 1971 and 1974 elections. For the 1978 elections the ward boundaries were revised in Camden.[4] These boundaries were then also used at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 elections.

For the May 1994 elections there were some minor adjustments to London borough boundaries, which caused some Camden wards to have small changes in area and population.[8] These boundaries were also used at the 1998 elections. The current ward boundaries came into effect at the May 2002 elections.[6] They were also used at the 2006 and 2010 elections and will be used for the May 2014 elections.

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.[9]

1968-1971

Kilburn by-election, 5 December 1968[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. M. Offenbach 1047
Conservative Miss H. K. Greenaway 834
Liberal K. W. Whittle 145
Turnout 25.3%
Highgate by-election, 4 December 1969[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Miss H. K. Greenaway 1426
Labour J. R. Needham 1027
Communist J. Nicholson 81
Turnout 33.2%
Holborn by-election, 12 March 1970[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs B. M. Grass 946
Conservative A. E. S. Mayer 781
Turnout 29.4%

1971-1974

Swiss Cottage by-election, 2 March 1972[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. McIntosh 1,576
Conservative R. E. King 1,481
Liberal R. A. P. Benad 267
Turnout 33.1 %
Gospel Oak by-election, 15 June 1972[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. A. Rhodes 920
Conservative D. N. Friis 381
Communist K. M. Herbert 45
National Front C. D. English 39
Turnout 40.5%
Grafton by-election, 7 June 1973[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. A. Gardiner 1,413
Conservative G. Radford 415
Neighbourhood Community Action S. W. Rawle 140
Communist V. A. Heath 72
Turnout 21.5%

1974-1978

Belsize by-election, 25 March 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Humphrey M. L. Morton 2,196
Labour David F. Walker 1,455
Liberal Mary E. De La Mahotiere 251
Turnout 37.5
Gospel Oak by-election, 25 March 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard W. Turner 841
Conservative Peter M. Barber 570
Communist Kenneth M. Herbert 69
Liberal June Mather 62
National Front Louis W. Koolman-Darnley 49
Independent Brian J. Manning 4
Turnout 41.5
Hampstead Town by-election, 15 July 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen R. Rowlinson 1,743
Labour James F. C. Parish 548
Liberal Nigel I. Barnes 376
Turnout 28.4
Holborn by-election, 27 January 1977[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth J. Avery 885
Labour David F. Walker 802
Turnout 30.0
St Pancras by-election, 27 January 1977[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas J. Devine 1,118
Conservative Laurence H. Atlas 514
Turnout 21.9
Swiss Cottage by-election, 20 October 1977[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael C. Brahams 1,682
Labour Margaret A. V. Bowman 1,081
Liberal Andrew Bridgwater 189
National Front Gwendoline J. Evans 68
Turnout 32.6

1990-1994

Somers Town by-election, 7 May 1992[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert W. Churchill 591 46.1
Conservative Esther B. Mundlak 271 21.2
Camden Charter Arthur V. Peeling 227 17.7
Liberal Democrat Anthony J. Verduyn 140 10.9
Independent Colin P. Cuddehay 52 4.1
Turnout 27.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alfred Saunders.

Swiss Cottage by-election, 7 May 1992[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter J. Skolar 1,278 50.5
Labour Nicholas Prior 940 37.1
Liberal Democrat Diana M. Self 222 8.8
Green Stephen N. Games 91 3.6
Turnout 42.3
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vaughan A. Emsley.

Highgate by-election, 15 October 1992[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Sacks 994 45.8
Conservative Cynthia Silk 848 39.1
Liberal Democrat Henry W. Potts 328 15.1
Turnout 29.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John M. Wakeham.

West End by-election, 15 October 1992[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lines 544 41.3
Lib Dem Spotlight Team Keith Mofitt 448 34.0
Conservative Dawn Somper 326 24.7
Turnout 33.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Julia O. Devote.

St John's by-election, 17 December 1992[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Brocklesby 534 80.7
Conservative Sylvia Currie 128 19.3
Turnout 16.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon C. J. McDonald.

St Pancras by-election, 22 April 1993[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Fletcher 606 53.9
Camden Charter Ellen Luby 244 21.7
Conservative Esther Mundlak 146 13.0
Liberal Democrat Jack Gilbert 128 11.4
Turnout 32.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mary C. Helsdon.

1994-1998

Adelaide by-election, 23 February 1995[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter L. Singer 854
Conservative Robert E. Graham 649
Liberal Democrat Dudley R. Miles 757
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter G. Day.

Bloomsbury by-election, 4 May 1995[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia A. Callaghan 1,271
Conservative William D. Whittaker 339
Liberal Democrat Gerrard S. Wall 258
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Shelley Burke.

1998-2002

Swiss Cottage by-election, 22 April 1999[13][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Honora Morrissey 705 42.7 +17.2
Labour Deborah H. Sacks 557 33.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Rex C. Warrick 158 9.6 -5.2
Independent Labour John Macdonald 126 7.6 -12.6
Green Douglas S. Earl 59 3.6 -6.0
Independent Mehdi A. Farshtchi 45 2.7 +2.7
Majority 148 8.9
Turnout 1,650 24.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mary Ryan.

Adelaide by-election, 3 February 2000[13][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter J. Horne 655 58.1 +13.3
Labour Theodore W. Blackwell 250 22.2 -15.0
Liberal Democrat Pamela Collis 176 15.6 -2.3
Green Douglas S. Earl 46 4.1 +4.1
Majority 405 35.9
Turnout 1,127 19.4
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Julian J. Tobin.

Bloomsbury by-election, 28 September 2000[13][6]
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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jake Turnbull.

Frognal by-election, 25 January 2001[13][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael J. Greene 537 61.6 +12.7
Labour Marie E. Bardsley 198 22.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Martin P. Wright 98 11.2 -8.1
Green Ceinwen M. Jones 23 2.6 -7.1
Independent Antoine J. Clarke 16 1.8 +1.8
Majority 339 38.9
Turnout 872
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pamela J. Chesters.

2002-2006

Camden Town with Primrose Hill by-election, 20 June 2002[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jake T. Sumner 652 29.0 -1.2
Liberal Democrat John Lefley 594 26.4 +2.8
Independent Gloria P. Lazenby 516 22.9 +5.4
Conservative Peter J. Horne 392 17.4 +0.9
Green Lucy K. Wills 98 4.4 -6.8
Majority 58 2.6
Turnout 2,252 27.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Justin Barnard.

Haverstock by-election, 20 February 2003[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jill E. Fraser 746 42.8 +22.0
Labour Paul A. H. Thomson 484 27.8 -15.8
Conservative Peter J. Horne 318 18.2 +0.1
Green Sarah J. Gillam 112 6.4 -9.4
Socialist Alliance Sydney E. Platt 84 4.8 +4.8
Majority 262 15.0
Turnout 1,744 23.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John K. Dickie.

2006-2010

Kentish Town by-election, 7 December 2006[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ralph Scott 1,093 37.5 +2.0
Green Siân Berry 812 27.9 +1.5
Labour Samuel E. McBratney 808 27.8 -2.5
Conservative Richard J. Merrin 198 6.8 -0.9
Majority 281 9.6
Turnout 2,911 31.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Lucy N. Anderson.

Haverstock by-election, 12 July 2007[15]
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 J. Horne 213 8.0 -3.2
Majority 160 6.0
Turnout 2,672 34.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roy E. Shaw.

Fortune Green by-election, 21 February 2008[16]
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

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jane Schopflin.

Highgate by-election, 1 May 2008[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Goodman 1,482 33.1 -0.5
Labour Michael Nicolaides 1,185 26.5 +1.0
Conservative Richard J. Merrin 1,180 26.3 -4.4
Liberal Democrat Henry W. W. Potts 633 14.1 +3.9
Majority 297 6.6
Turnout 4,480 56.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul J. Barton.

Hampstead Town by-election, 25 September 2008[18]
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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael J. Greene.

Kentish Town by-election, 30 October 2008[19]
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 J. 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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Philip Thompson.

Belsize by-election, 2 April 2009[20]
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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher J. Basson.

2010-2014

Frognal & Fitzjohns by-election, 22 July 2010[21]
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

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Martin J. Davies.

Kentish Town by-election, 28 October 2010[22]
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

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Dave Horan.

Highgate by-election, 15 September 2011[23]
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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael Nicolaides.

Camden Town with Primrose Hill by-election, 3 May 2012[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lazzaro Pietragnoli 1847
Conservative Nigel Rumble 823
Liberal Democrat Chris Richards 748
Green Peter Lyons 450
Independent Joe Gardner 98
Turnout 44.6%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Thomas Neumark.

Hampstead Town by-election, 27 September 2012[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Marcus 1,040 42.4 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Fine 695 28.3 -7.3
Labour Maddy Raman 512 20.9 +4.5
Green Sophie Dix 207 8.4 +1.0
Majority 345 14.1
Turnout 2,454 29.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Kirsty Roberts.

Gospel Oak by-election, 14 March 2013[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maeve McCormack 1,272 59.9 +20.8
Conservative Leila Roy 419 19.7 -7.9
Green Constantine Buhayer 134 6.3 -5.4
Liberal Democrat Laura Noel 132 6.2 -15.3
TUSC John Reid 109 5.1 +5.1
BNP Stephen Reid Dorman 57 2.7 +2.7
Majority 853
Turnout 2,123 27.16
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean Birch. Percentage change is since May 2010.

2014-2018

There have been no by-elections so far.

References

  1. ↑ The Barnet, Camden and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  2. ↑ The City and London Borough Boundaries Order 1993
  3. ↑ The North London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  1. ↑ "Council". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Camden". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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  7. ↑ London Borough Council Elections (1964)
  8. ↑ Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1993-1994
  9. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "Local By-Elections Since May 1998". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  14. ↑ "Kentish Town By Election results 7 December 2006". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  15. ↑ "Haverstock By-election result". Camden New Journal. 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  16. ↑ "Fortune Green by election - February 21 2008". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  17. ↑ "Greens spoil Tory party with by-election victory". Camden New Journal. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Results of the Hampstead Town ward by election". Camden Council. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  19. ↑ "Kentish Town by election results 30 October 2008". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  20. ↑ "Lib Dems hold on to Belsize seat". Hampstead & Highgate Express. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
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  23. ↑ "New councillor for Highgate Ward elected". Camden Council. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
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  25. ↑ http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/blog/article/2550/bnp-disaster-in-camden

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