Camden London Borough Council elections
Camden London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]
Political control
[edit]Since 1965, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1965–1968 | |
Conservative | 1968–1971 | |
Labour | 1971–2006 | |
No overall control (Liberal Democrat–Conservative coalition) | 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.
- Labour
- Greens
- Lib Dems/Alliance
- Conservatives
Council elections
[edit]Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Green[b] | Council control after election | |
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1964 | 34 | 26 | 0 | — | Labour | |
1968 | 18 | 42 | 0 | Conservative | ||
1971[c] | 49 | 11 | 0 | Labour | ||
1974 | 48 | 12 | 0 | Labour | ||
1978[d] | 33 | 26 | 0 | Labour | ||
1982 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
1986 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Labour | |
1990 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 0 | Labour | |
1994[e] | 47 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Labour | |
1998 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 0 | Labour | |
2002[f] | 35 | 11 | 8 | 0 | Labour | |
2006 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 2 | No overall control | |
2010 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 1 | Labour | |
2014 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 1 | Labour | |
2018 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Labour | |
2022[g][8] | 47 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Labour |
Result maps
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1978 results map
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1982 results map
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1986 results map
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1990 results map
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1994 results map
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1998 results map
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2002 results map
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2006 results map
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2010 results map
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2014 results map
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2018 results map
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2022 results map
Wards
[edit]Wards were established for Camden when it came into existence on 1 April 1965. The first elections of ward councillors took place in 1964.[9] 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.[10] These boundaries were also used at the 1998 elections. New ward boundaries came into effect at the May 2002 elections.[6] They were also used at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 elections.
Camden was subject to a boundary review in 2020. In February 2020, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England released its final recommendations that the borough should be divided into 15 three-member wards and 5 two-member wards.[7] The wards were approved by Parliament in October 2020, and were first used at the 2022 election.[11]
The new wards from May 2022 are:[12]
The wards from 2002 to 2022 were:[13]
By-elections
[edit]Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Camden Square | 5 September 2024 | Danny Beales | Labour | Patricia Leman | Labour | Resignation due to being elected as an MP. | ||
Kentish Town South | 5 September 2024 | Georgia Gould | Labour | Joseph Ball | Labour | Resignation due to being elected as an MP. | ||
Kilburn | 5 September 2024 | Lloyd Hatton | Labour | Robert Thompson | Labour | Resignation due to being elected as an MP. | ||
Frognal | 2 May 2024 | Gio Spinella | Conservative | Steve Adams | Conservative | Resignation due to personal circumstances.[14] | ||
Highgate | 30 November 2023 | Siân Berry | Green | Lorna Russell | Green | Resignation upon selection as a prospective parliamentary candidate.[15][16] | ||
South Hampstead | 1 June 2023 | Will Prince | Labour | Tommy Gale | Labour | Resignation due to work commitments.[17][18] | ||
Hampstead Town | 7 July 2022 | Adrian Cohen | Labour | Linda Chung | Liberal Democrats | Resignation due to personal circumstances.[19][20] |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Fortune Green | 22 July 2021 | Flick Rea | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | Liberal Democrats | Resignation for health reasons and due to the return to in-person meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22] | ||
Haverstock | 12 December 2019 | Abi Wood | Labour | Gail McAnena Wood | Labour | Resignation.[23][24] |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Gospel Oak | 9 November 2017 | Theo Blackwell | Labour | Jenny Mulholland | Labour | Resignation on appointment as Chief Digital Officer for London.[25] | ||
Gospel Oak | 4 May 2017 | Maeve McCormack | Labour | Marcus Boyland | Labour | Resignation due to being unable to live in the London Borough of Camden.[26][27] | ||
Hampstead Town | 7 May 2015 | Simon Marcus | Conservative | Oliver Cooper | Conservative | Resignation | ||
St Pancras and Somers Town | 6 March 2015 | Peter Brayshaw | Labour | Paul Tomlinson | Labour | Death |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Gospel Oak | 14 March 2013 | Sean Birch | Labour | Maeve McCormack | Labour | Resignation | ||
Hampstead Town | 27 September 2012 | Kirsty Roberts | Conservative | Simon Marcus | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Camden Town with Primrose Hill | 3 May 2012 | Thomas Neumark | Labour | Lazzaro Pietragnoli | Labour | Resignation | ||
Highgate | 15 September 2011 | Michael Nicolaides | Labour | Sally Gimson | Labour | Resignation | ||
Kentish Town | 28 October 2010 | Dave Horan | Labour | Jenny Headlam-Wells | Labour | Death | ||
Frognal and Fitzjohns | 22 July 2010 | Martin Davies | Conservative | Gio Spinella | Conservative | Death |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Belsize | 2 April 2009 | Christopher Basson | Liberal Democrats | Tom Simon | Liberal Democrats | Resignation | ||
Kentish Town | 30 October 2008 | Philip Thompson | Liberal Democrats | Nick Russell | Liberal Democrats | Resignation | ||
Hampstead Town | 25 September 2008 | Mike Greene | Conservative | Linda Chung | Liberal Democrats | Resignation | ||
Highgate | 1 May 2008 | Paul Barton | Conservative | Alex Goodman | Green | Resignation | ||
Fortune Green | 21 February 2008 | Jane Schopflin | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | Liberal Democrats | Death | ||
Haverstock | 12 July 2007 | Roy Shaw | Labour | Matt Sanders | Liberal Democrats | Resignation | ||
Kentish Town | 7 December 2006 | Lucy Anderson | Labour | Ralph Scott | Liberal Democrats | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Haverstock | 20 February 2003 | John Dickie | Labour | Jill Fraser | Liberal Democrats | Resignation | ||
Camden Town with Primrose Hill | 20 June 2002 | Justin Barnard | Liberal Democrats | Jake T. Sumner | Labour | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Frognal | 25 January 2001 | Pamela Chesters | Conservative | Mike Greene | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Bloomsbury | 28 September 2000 | Jake Turnbull | Labour | Peter Brayshaw | Labour | Resignation | ||
Adelaide | 3 February 2000 | Julian Tobin | Conservative | Peter J. Horne | Conservative | Death | ||
Swiss Cottage | 22 April 1999 | Mary Ryan | Labour | Honora Morrissey | Conservative | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Bloomsbury | 4 May 1995 | Shelley Burke | Labour | Pat Callaghan | Labour | Resignation | ||
Adelaide | 23 February 1995 | Peter Day | Labour | Peter Singer | Labour | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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St Pancras | 22 April 1993 | Mary Helsdon | Labour | Simon Fletcher | Labour | Resignation | ||
St John's | 17 December 1992 | Simon McDonald | Labour | Fiona Brocklesby | Labour | Resignation | ||
Highgate | 15 October 1992 | John Wakeham | Labour | Deborah Sacks | Labour | Resignation | ||
West End | 15 October 1992 | Julia Devote | Labour | David Lines | Labour | Resignation | ||
Somers Town | 7 May 1992 | Alfred Saunders | Labour | Robert W. Churchill | Labour | Death | ||
Swiss Cottage | 7 May 1992 | Vaughan Emsley | Conservative | Peter J. Skolar | Conservative | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Hampstead Town | 26 January 1989 | Selina Gee | Conservative | Rita Pomfret | Conservative | Resignation | ||
St Pancras | 1988 | Stephen Bevington | Labour | Mary Helsdon | Labour | Resignation | ||
Adelaide | 23 July 1987 | Stephen Moon | Conservative | Robert Graham | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Somers Town | 7 May 1987 | Thomas Devine | Labour | Caroline Holding | Labour | Death |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Regent's Park | 28 February 1985 | John Mills | Labour | Stephen Bevington | Labour | Resignation | ||
Chalk Farm | 23 February 1984 | Teresa Ryan | Labour | Richard Stein | Labour | Resignation | ||
Swiss Cottage | 21 July 1983 | Derek Spencer | Conservative | Robert Graham | Conservative | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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King's Cross | 7 May 1981 | Roderick Cordara | Labour | Barbara Hughes | Labour | Resignation | ||
West End | 7 May 1981 | Kevin Gould | Labour | Sandra Wynn | Labour | Resignation | ||
Chalk Farm | 27 November 1980 | Jonathan Sofer | Labour | Hamish McGibbon | Labour | Resignation | ||
Grafton | 30 October 1980 | Christopher Gardiner | Labour | William Birtles | Labour | Resignation | ||
Belsize | 17 April 1980 | Anthony Beaton | Conservative | Cathleen Mainds | Conservative | Resignation | ||
St Pancras | 17 April 1980 | Michael Morrissey | Labour | Jennifer Willmot | Labour | Resignation | ||
Adelaide | 3 May 1979 | Donald Degerdon | Conservative | Ian Pasley-Taylor | Conservative | Death | ||
Swiss Cottage | 3 May 1979 | Brian Stoner | Conservative | Ronald Rees | Conservative | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Swiss Cottage | 20 October 1977 | Ronald Raymond-Cox | Conservative | Michael C. Brahams | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Holborn | 27 January 1977 | Frank Dobson | Labour | Kenneth J. Avery | Conservative | Resignation | ||
St Pancras | 27 January 1977 | John Toomey | Labour | Thomas J. Devine | Labour | Resignation | ||
Hampstead Town | 15 July 1976 | Archie MacDonald | Conservative | Stephen R. Rowlinson | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Belsize | 25 March 1976 | Richard Arthur | Labour | Martin Morton | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Gospel Oak | 25 March 1976 | Brian Loughran | Labour | Richard W. Turner | Labour | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Grafton | 7 June 1973 | John Needham | Labour | Christopher Gardiner | Labour | Resignation | ||
Gospel Oak | 15 June 1972 | John Keohane | Labour | Edwin Rhodes | Labour | Death | ||
Swiss Cottage | 2 March 1972 | John Eidenow | Labour | Neil McIntosh | Labour | Resignation |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Holborn | 12 March 1970 | Alan Greengross | Conservative | Betty Grass | Labour | Resignation | ||
Highgate | 4 December 1969 | Peter Brooke | Conservative | Harriet Greenway | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Kilburn | 5 December 1968 | Jonny Johnson | Labour | David Offenbach | Labour | Death |
Ward | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Chalk Farm | 14 December 1967 | Hilda Chandler | Labour | Peter Moloney | Conservative | Resignation | ||
Gospel Oak | 1 December 1966 | Alexander Sullivan | Labour | Hamish McGibbon | Labour | Resignation | ||
St John's | 1 December 1966 | Richard Lowe | Labour | Corin Hughes Stanton | Labour | Resignation | ||
St Pancras | 1 December 1966 | Sidney Munn | Labour | Wendy Mantle | Labour | Death |
Aldermen
[edit]Aldermen were elected by the council, not the electorate, and had full voting rights. Each council included aldermen, to a maximum of one sixth of the councillors. The Local Government Act 1972 abolished Aldermen with voting rights with effect from 1978 in the London borough councils. Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity.[28]
1964–1968
[edit]Alderman | Party | |
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Ruth Howe | Labour | |
Michael Cendrowicz | Labour | |
Ivy Tate | Labour | |
Lena Townsend | Conservative | |
Edward Bowman | Conservative | |
Frank Bennett | Labour | |
Lyndal Evans | Labour | |
James MacGibbon | Labour | |
George King | Labour | |
Ernest Wistrich | Labour |
1968–1971
[edit]Alderman | Party | |
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Frank Bennett | Labour | |
Lyndal Evans | Labour | |
Millie Miller | Labour | |
Cliff Tucker | Labour | |
Ernest Wistrich | Labour | |
Edward Bowman | Conservative | |
Luigi Denza | Conservative | |
Kenneth Furness (replaced by Alan Greengross in 1970) | Conservative | |
Elaine Kellett | Conservative | |
Martin Morton | Conservative |
1971–1974
[edit]Alderman | Party | |
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Leila Campbell | Labour | |
Samuel Fisher | Labour | |
Ruth Howe | Labour | |
Roger Jowell | Labour | |
Albert (Jock) Stallard | Labour | |
Edward Bowman | Conservative | |
Clare Mansel | Conservative | |
Alan Greengross | Conservative | |
Elaine Kellett | Conservative | |
Martin Morton | Conservative |
1974–1978
[edit]Alderman | Party | |
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Leila Campbell | Labour | |
Samuel Fisher | Labour | |
Ruth Howe | Labour | |
Roger Jowell | Labour | |
Albert (Jock) Stallard | Labour | |
William Oakshott (replaced by Wally Burgess in 1975) | Labour | |
William Budd | Labour | |
George Trevelyan | Labour | |
Arthur Soutter | Labour | |
Gurmukh Singh | Labour |
Honorary Aldermen
[edit]Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity and enables the holder to attend civic events and walk ahead of councillors at the annual Remembrance Day parade. The title has been awarded to former councillors, including:
- Roy Shaw (awarded in 2007, the borough's first Honorary Alderman, for 51 years of unbroken service in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and on Camden Council)[29]
- Flick Rea (awarded in 2022, for the longest continuous service, 35 years, as a Liberal Democrat councillor, the party's first honorary alderman)[30]
- Roger Robinson (awarded in 2022, served as a Labour councillor for 38 years, the longest on record for any councillor)[30]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Liberal Party, 1964–1978; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1982–1986.
- ^ Ecology Party, 1982; Green Party (UK), 1986–1990.
- ^ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[3]
- ^ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one.[4]
- ^ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[n 1][n 2][n 3]
- ^ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by five.[5][6]
- ^ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.[7]
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