1968 Camden London Borough Council election

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1968 Camden Council election
←  1964 9 May 1968 1971  →
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.8%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Geoffrey Finsberg Charlie RatchfordFred Cook
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seatHampstead CentralGraftonNone (defeated in Gospel Oak)
Last election26340
Seats won42180
Seat changeIncrease2.svg16Decrease2.svg16Steady2.svg
Percentage54.9%38.5%5.5%
Leader before election

Charlie Ratchford
Labour

Leader

Geoffrey Finsberg
Conservative

The 1968 Camden Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

Election result

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Tobin 2,470 62.9
Conservative Brenda Hennessey 2,434
Conservative Madeleine Dumont 2,426
Conservative Frederick Tuckman 2,400
Labour Janet Whitaker1,12026.6
Labour Sheila Oakes1,035
Labour Thomas Borrows990
Labour Mark Bass976
Liberal Bernard Cohen3919.2
Liberal Douglas Close357
Liberal P. C. Hemelryk337
Liberal J. M. Flatman334
Communist Jack Gaster1971.3
Turnout 38.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belsize

Belsize (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Evans 2,355 56.9
Conservative Irene Burnett 2,346
Conservative Norman Oatway 2,345
Conservative Julian Harrison 2,328
Labour Edwin Lichtenstein1,33031.8
Labour Joseph Hughes1,322
Labour William Kellock1,308
Labour Arthur Soutter1,279
Liberal Tristram Adams48811.3
Liberal Margaret Darvall 472
Liberal Angela Whitelegge448
Liberal Gerald Dowden445
Turnout 37.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Gould 1,440 73.3
Conservative Sidney Jaque 1,440
Conservative Colin Jaque 1,439
Labour David Carlton53026.7
Labour Keith Morrell522
Labour Eileen O'Connor522
Turnout 29.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Camden

Camden (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Buckland 1,616 50.4
Labour Philip Hughes 1,613
Labour Ivor Walker 1,550
Conservative Leslie Langford 1,518 46.2
Labour Peter Plouviez1,513
Conservative Anthony Mayer1,434
Conservative Olive Staples1,417
Conservative Monia Rynderman1,404
Communist Jock Nicholson2662.1
Independent Frederick Britt1551.3
Turnout 30.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter J. Molony 1,109 54.6
Conservative George Radford 1,019
Labour Edwin Rhodes81840.1
Labour John Sell748
Liberal Guy Rayne-Savagr2075.3
Turnout 32.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Euston

Euston (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Burton 660 51.6
Conservative Horace Shooter 638
Labour Christopher Kiddy53942.5
Labour Richard Madeley530
Liberal Roger Brooke1475.8
Turnout 30.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Heath 888 47.4
Labour Charles Tate 861 47.1
Labour John Keohane837
Conservative James Surrey820
Liberal Alfred Cook1995.5
Turnout 36.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grafton

Grafton (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ratchford 1,574 54.5
Labour Joseph Richardson 1,483
Labour Roy Shaw 1,462
Labour Albert (Jock) Stallard 1,411
Conservative Brian Sommerville1,20043.7
Conservative Michael Gromm1,192
Conservative Muriel Hanscomb1,189
Conservative Elizabeth Ray1,169
Communist Victor Heath2001.8
Turnout 26.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Central

Hampstead Central (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 1,965 64.2
Conservative Sidney Torrance 1,937
Conservative Ronald King 1,909
Labour Peter Stephenson76424.6
Labour Barry Peskin740
Labour James Hill724
Liberal Kenneth Carter34411.2
Liberal Alison Snow343
Liberal Jillian Vasey328
Turnout 34.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Knight 2,191 57.9
Conservative Arthur Roome 2,162
Conservative Peter Smith 2,119
Labour Anthony Clarke98725.9
Labour Jennifer Keohane958
Labour Phyllis Hymans946
Liberal Archie MacDonald 58714.4
Liberal George Willett532
Liberal Sarah Khuner491
Communist Betty Tate2001.8
Turnout 40.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Brooke 2,185 59.4
Conservative Ronald Walker 2,165
Conservative Denis Friis 2,119
Labour Peter Jonas1,27535.1
Labour John Palmer1,274
Labour Florence Freeman1,272
Liberal Joyce Arram2163.9
Liberal Richard Franklin207
Communist Winston Pinder1741.6
Turnout 47.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holborn

Holborn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Avery 2,096 74.5
Conservative John Barker 2,094
Conservative Alan Greengross 2,071
Labour Patricia Carlton72825.5
Labour Betty Grass706
Labour Margaret Davis705
Turnout 34.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Humphreys 1,420 49.5
Labour Albert (Tim) Skinner 1,388
Labour Edwin (Johnny) Johnson 1,373
Conservative Kenneth Graham1,24543.7
Conservative Harriet Greenaway1,238
Conservative James Lemkin1,210
Liberal Colin Brown1665.6
Liberal Bickram Bhose158
Liberal Dawson France147
Communist Stella McEntire1031.2
Turnout 36.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Glendinning 1,689 60.5
Conservative Ian Clarke 1,680
Conservative Thomas Morris 1,672
Labour Beverley Rowe1,10639.5
Labour John Diamond1,096
Labour Louis Bondy1,083
Turnout 32.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Priory

Priory (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irene Ellis 2,005 47.0
Conservative Philippa Raymond-Cox 2,003
Conservative Ronald Raymond-Cox 1,994
Conservative Peter Hilton 1,972
Labour Jack Cooper1,83842.0
Labour Leila Campbell 1,827
Labour John St. John1,774
Labour Enid Wistrich1,689
Liberal David Quirke4179.6
Liberal Kenneth Whittle411
Liberal Robert Pellegrinetti405
Liberal Peter Rowntree391
Communist Barbara Champion2281.3
Turnout 40.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Lee 1,696 51.0
Conservative Dorothy Day 1,681
Conservative Christopher Turner 1,670
Labour Richard Collins1,52344.9
Labour James Greenwood1,489
Labour John Mills 1,433
National Front Raymond Shenton2312.3
Communist Aileen Boatman1761.8
Turnout 37.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St John's

St John's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Robinson 1,367 55.9
Labour Corin Hughes-Stanton 1,248
Labour Ruth Howe 1,217
Conservative Anthony Blackburn1,03844.1
Conservative Martin Piper999
Conservative Richard Smith983
Turnout 36.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paddy O'Connor 1,327 60.1
Labour Samuel Fisher 1,318
Labour Peter Best 1,304
Labour William Oakshott 1,293
Conservative Anthony Crofts76434.5
Conservative A. MacWillson752
Conservative Robert Medcraft747
Conservative Malcolm Deacon743
Liberal Jean Morgan1804.0
Liberal Ray Benad169
Communist David Guppy1191.4
Turnout 26.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West End

West End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Lyon 1,939 61.3
Conservative Susan Ayliff 1,935
Conservative Christine Stewart-Munro 1,897
Labour Phil Turner 95730.4
Labour Michael Cendrowicz955
Labour Grace Stevenson948
Liberal Nigel Barnes2868.3
Liberal Dorothy Willett266
Liberal Hans Kuhner232
Turnout 33.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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