1982 Camden London Borough Council election

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1982 Camden Council election
  1978 6 May 1982 1986  

All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Leader Roy Shaw Tony Kerpel
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since19751981
Leader's seatGrafton Belsize
Last election33 seats, 47.8%26 seats, 45.2%
Seats won3326
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote24,76820,241
Percentage40.7%33.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.1%Decrease2.svg11.9%

Camden UK local election 1982 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1982 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue.

Leader before election

Roy Shaw
Labour

Leader

Phil Turner
Labour

The 1982 Camden Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.

Contents

The election, like the election across the country, was marked by the emergence of the SDP–Liberal Alliance. However, despite winning 25% of the vote across Camden, no Alliance councillors were elected. Few seats changed hands overall, with the Conservatives gaining two seats from Labour in Bloomsbury in the south and losing one seat to Labour in West Hampstead and one in Highgate. The Conservatives dominated the north of the seat, winning 19 of the 26 seats in Hampstead parliamentary constituency; Labour dominated the centre, winning 17 of 19 in St Pancras North, and the south, winning 9 of 14 in Holborn and St Pancras South. As of 2020, it was the last time that the Conservatives have seriously challenged for outright control of the council.

The day after the election, Labour leader Roy Shaw was replaced by leftwing caucus candidate Phil Turner, who became leader of the council.

Election result

Camden local election results 1982 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3322054.240.724,768-7.1
  Conservative 2622045.833.320,241-11.9
  Alliance 00000.024.915,171+20.8
  Ecology 00000.00.3193n/a
  Independent 00000.00.471n/a
 Others00000.00.4217-2.5

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Tobin 1,503
Conservative Michael Brahams 1,500
Conservative Ian Pasley-Taylor 1,495
Labour David Lewis824
Labour Hilary Lowe822
Labour Jennifer Pitkin803
Alliance Diane Bailey583
Alliance Alan Evans552
Alliance Nicholas Collins551
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Kerpel 1,411
Conservative Huntly Spence 1,381
Conservative Gerald Swyer 1,335
Alliance Margaret Little761
Alliance Robert Heyland751
Alliance Clive Agran730
Labour Alan Griffiths703
Labour Anthea Muir678
Labour Roy Mathias670
Ecology Lesley Sargent102
Ecology Steven Margolis85
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Trite 1,086
Conservative Andrew Gordon-Saker 1,085
Conservative Brian Rathbone 1,062
Labour Martin McNeill994
Labour Anne Robertson969
Labour Michael Broughton967
Alliance Peter Symonds613
Alliance Geoffrey Sell601
Alliance Dennis Strojwas587
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Skolar 940
Conservative Kenneth Avery 935
Labour Anthony Craig638
Labour Ian Swain580
Alliance John Pinfold457
Alliance Ruth Schmidt402
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Camden

Camden (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Chester 879
Labour Gregory Thomson 853
Alliance Martin Parker477
Alliance Keith Roberts477
Conservative Alan Fleming369
Conservative John Malamah-Thomas292
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Good 1,014
Labour Jennifer Willmot 960
Alliance David Aarons385
Alliance Liam Cowdrey374
Conservative Christopher Fenwick261
Conservative William Mills252
Independent Brian Lake163
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Fitzgerald 1,187
Labour John Wakeham 1,146
Alliance Nicholas Bosanquet 750
Alliance Benjamin Stoneham649
Conservative Thomas Crawford410
Conservative Timothy Miller369
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Bayley 996
Labour Teresa Ryan 967
Alliance Lindsay Granshaw714
Alliance Sieska Cowdrey711
Conservative Peter White647
Conservative Sinclair Webster632
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald King 883
Conservative Cathleen Mainds 839
Alliance George Sandersley522
Alliance Olive Paynton499
Labour June Ward322
Labour David Bookless315
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Tomisson 778
Conservative David Neil-Smith 756
Alliance Flick Rea 649
Alliance Eamond Hitchcock604
Labour Virginia Berridge562
Labour Kathryn O'Neill502
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Greengross 1,170
Conservative Gwyneth Williams 1,124
Alliance William Laing603
Alliance Richard Waddington594
Labour Stella Greenall346
Labour Marie Kosloff330
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Hefferman 1,167
Labour Tessa Jowell 1,075
Alliance Philip Fitzpatrick543
Alliance Margaret Jackson-Roberts538
Conservative Clifford Edwards389
Conservative Paul Brandt363
Save London Action GroupSasthi Chakravarti76
Independent David James62
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Shaw 1,040
Labour William Birtles 1,011
Alliance John Butterworth452
Alliance Harry Harding440
Conservative David Frid268
Conservative Roger James262
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Harrison 992
Conservative Anthony Robinson 962
Alliance David Birkett676
Alliance Brian Sugden627
Labour Eric Mitchell463
Labour James Murphy445
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Blackburn 1,504
Conservative Martin Morton 1,473
Labour Barbara Beck 1,463
Labour Beresford Wilkinson1,418
Labour Donald Harkness1,393
Conservative Lilian O'Callaghan1,377
Alliance Catherine Walton1,151
Alliance John Coss1,143
Alliance Malcolm Winsbury1,049
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook 1,070
Labour Michael Kirk 1,008
Conservative Barry Greenway631
Conservative Gillian Kinder596
Alliance James Morris397
Alliance Roger Karn391
Independent Labour John Mason141
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katherine Allen 1,517
Labour Angela Birtill 1,409
Labour Alan Wood 1,394
Alliance James Allman829
Alliance Roger Billins809
Alliance Nicola-Jane Taylor722
Conservative Frederick Copeman597
Conservative Alan Mackay583
Conservative Stephen Massey567
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Hughes 812
Labour Tony Dykes 802
Conservative Anthony Kemp532
Conservative Stephen Robins526
Alliance Thomas Hibbert411
Alliance Derek Lowe356
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Bowman 1,537
Labour Peter Fletcher 1,409
Conservative Michael Flynn849
Conservative Meta Perrin804
Alliance Jean Austin504
Alliance Roderick Atkin485
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mills 1,223
Labour Robert Latham 1,195
Labour Andrew Bethell 1,194
Conservative Judith Barnes1,061
Conservative Betty Wilson1,046
Conservative Noel Moncaster1,034
Alliance Christopher Ely651
Alliance Michael Storey650
Alliance William Sutherland617
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St John's

St John's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Cane 1,106
Labour Richard Sumray 1,016
Alliance John Haugh502
Alliance Jane Schopflin482
Conservative John Wylde278
Conservative Richard Zemlo226
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Plummer 893
Labour Phil Turner 854
Alliance Brian Duggan361
Alliance Malcolm Gilroy-Stevenson290
Conservative Anthony Earl-Williams273
Conservative Martin Markus244
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Devine 1,208
Labour Graham Shurety 1,003
Alliance Elizabeth Blundell344
Alliance Helen Brooks315
Conservative Anthony Cheverton313
Conservative David Harris294
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South End

South End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Farrer 927
Conservative Stephen Moon 899
Labour Margaret Cosin842
Labour Nirmal Roy802
Alliance Jane Atkinson540
Alliance Guy Newton506
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Spencer 1,352
Conservative David Stone 1,322
Conservative Harry Whitcut 1,291
Labour Jacqueline Peacock1,102
Labour Ralph Cowly1,086
Labour Harry McCall1,058
Alliance Andrew Bridgwater742
Alliance Paul Burrall714
Alliance Richard Ford711
Ecology Geoffrey Syer91
Ecology John Comben82
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West End

West End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Wynn 860
Labour Gillian Green 838
Conservative Robert Graham817
Conservative John Selden776
Alliance Ida Linfield554
Alliance Peter Hatton541
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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