1994 Camden London Borough Council election

1994 Camden Council election

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All 59 seats up for election to Camden London Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Registered	123,060 [1]
Turnout	52,027, 42.28% ( 3.90) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Richard Arthur Judith Barnes Flick Rea Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 1993 1990 1988 Leader's seat Highgate Belsize Fortune Green Last election 42 seats, 48.80% 15 seats, 29.88% 2 seats, 9.86% Seats won 47 7 5 Seat change 5 8 3 Popular vote 60,590 27,682 21,408 Percentage 52.00% 23.76% 18.37% Swing 3.20 6.12 8.51
Map of the results of the 1994 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour (red) won every councillor in the south and east of the borough, while both they and the Lib Dems (yellow) made in-roads into the Conservative (blue) stronghold of Hampstead.
Leader before election Richard Arthur Labour Leader Richard Arthur Labour

The 1994 Camden Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election. Labour stayed in overall control of the council, with both them and the Liberal Democrats making gains at the expense of the Conservatives in the north-west of the borough.

Election result

1994 Camden London Borough Council local elections ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	47	6	1	5	79.66	52.00	60,590	3.20
	Conservative	7	0	8	8	11.86	23.76	27,682	6.12
	Liberal Democrats	5	3	0	3	8.47	18.37	21,408	8.51
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	3.48	4,049	3.98
	Camden Charter	0	0	0		0.00	1.15	1,342	2.13
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.61	707	New
	Hampstead Charter	0	0	0		0.00	0.38	442	New
	Kilburn Charter	0	0	0		0.00	0.25	296	New
Total		59						116,516

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Adelaide

Adelaide (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter G. Day	996	40.38	5.36
	Conservative	Julian J. Tobin*	987	39.87	3.36
	Labour	Peter J. Bourne	976
	Conservative	Robert A. Ashley	947
	Conservative	Robert E. Graham*	926
	Labour	Iain T.S. Meek	922
	Liberal Democrats	Vera A. Miles	308	12.30	4.12
	Liberal Democrats	Candida Goulden	302
	Liberal Democrats	Madhvi Chanrai	272
	Green	Elizabeth de-Pauley	178	7.45	2.83
Registered electors			5,408		276
Turnout			2,402	44.42	1.13
Rejected ballots			4	0.17	0.02
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Belsize

Belsize (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith V. Barnes*	920	35.27	5.20
	Labour	Judith E. Pattison	884	33.45	0.54
	Conservative	Joy Silver	859
	Conservative	Huntly G. Spence*	840
	Labour	Peter L. Singer	804
	Labour	John S. Saynor	797
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline E. Marriott	544	20.69	9.21
	Liberal Democrats	Diana M. Brown	511
	Liberal Democrats	James Iddon-Bowen	481
	Green	Kamal I. Al-Moosa	262	10.59	3.47
Turnout				43.8%
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deidre D. Krymer	1,281	50.96	8.78
	Labour Co-op	Shelley Burke	1,256
	Labour Co-op	Nirmal C. Roy† [n 1]	1,173
	Conservative	Mark D. I. Haley	611	24.19	0.65
	Conservative	William D. Whittaker	594
	Conservative	Piers A.C. Wauchope	556
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope F. Jones	499	18.42	9.77
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew J. Hoddinott	421
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy S. Pitt-Payne	421
	Camden Charter	Joan Savage	156	6.43	1.50
Registered electors			7,308		178
Turnout			2,415	33.05	4.37
Rejected ballots			5	0.21	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest P. James*	801	53.17	12.37
	Labour	Brian C. M. Weekes	793
	Conservative	Kenneth J. Avery	429	27.95	6.18
	Conservative	Michael J. Stilwell	409
	Liberal Democrats	Frances M. Tully	292	18.88	8.63
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard S. Wall	273
Registered electors			4,082		158
Turnout			1,563	38.29	5.51
Rejected ballots			5	0.32	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Camden

Camden (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Nightingale	1,304	61.00	20.06
	Labour	Dermot R. Greene	1,245
	Liberal Democrats	Marion H. Fleming	395	16.12	9.62
	Liberal Democrats	Marc P. J. Leggett	278
	Camden Charter	June H. Swan	264	12.63	7.34
	Conservative	Paul D. Short	223	10.24	2.26
	Conservative	Laudicia L. Antoine-Perez	205
Registered electors			5,153		48
Turnout			2,115	41.04	7.50
Rejected ballots			10	0.47	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane E. Roberts*	1,056	58.64	2.46
	Labour	Jasper H. Williams*	951
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret A. Finer	271	15.83	8.30
	Green	Kate Gordon	235	13.73	1.74
	Conservative	William L. Mitchell	212	11.80	1.11
	Conservative	Andrew F. Scarfe	192
Registered electors			3,844		291
Turnout			1,613	41.96	2.97
Rejected ballots			6	0.37	0.06
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Caversham

Caversham (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Kissen*	1,230	56.95	7.34
	Labour	Anne G. J. Swain	1,196
	Liberal Democrats	Soren K. Agerholm	329	15.45	8.36
	Conservative	John J. S. Davidson	318	14.46	3.96
	Conservative	Sylvia M. C. Currie	297
	Green	Thomas Payne	280	13.14	1.99
Registered electors			4,876		201
Turnout			1,947	39.93	4.55
Rejected ballots			7	0.36	0.13
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet E. A. Garland*	847	43.03	3.43
	Labour	William G. Budd† [n 2]	763
	Independent	Jonathan M. Bucknell	426	22.77	New
	Conservative	Anthony J. Blackburn	421	20.36	5.98
	Conservative	Michael R. Farrer	340
	Liberal Democrats	Frances M. Tattersfield	275	13.84	4.90
	Liberal Democrats	Ardon J. Lyon	242
Registered electors			3,662		248
Turnout			1,736	47.41	1.52
Rejected ballots			3	0.17	0.01
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Fitzjohn's

Fitzjohn's (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald E. King*	552	37.28	13.06
	Conservative	Cathleen G. Mainds† [n 3]	467
	Labour	David R. S. Bookless	391	27.71	0.83
	Labour	Jonathan S. Black	366
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald A. Finlay	233	16.37	6.52
	Liberal Democrats	Olive C. Paynton	215
	Independent	Christopher W. Knight	139	10.16	New
	Green	Charles H. Harris	116	8.48	4.45
Registered electors			3,238		74
Turnout			1,294	39.96	3.61
Rejected ballots			3	0.23	0.66
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity M. P. Rea*	1,030	53.50	15.31
	Liberal Democrats	Jane C. Schopflin*	866
	Labour	Geoffrey R. Berridge	523	27.26	1.86
	Labour	Syed M. Hoque	443
	Conservative	Paul Crossman	280	14.56	8.52
	Conservative	Nicholas M. G. Jones	235
	Green	Lynn A. Lovell	83	4.68	4.93
Registered electors			3,467		162
Turnout			1,781	51.37	4.95
Rejected ballots			4	0.22	0.02
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Frognal

Frognal (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela J. Chesters*	800	39.50	19.13
	Conservative	Dawn A. Somper	659
	Labour	Dianne Hayter	420	21.59	4.12
	Labour	Regan J. Scott	378
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara E. How	311	16.56	4.77
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel I. Barnes	300
	Hampstead Charter	Helen R. Marcus	270	14.61	New
	Green	Sebastian M. Secker Walker	143	7.74	4.37
Registered electors			3,918		324
Turnout			1,598	40.79	3.97
Rejected ballots			3	0.19	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert E. Hall	1,078	55.93	5.64
	Labour Co-op	John A.D. Mills*	838
	Conservative	Iris Coney	313	17.10	4.47
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret A. Jackson-Roberts	289	15.88	New
	Conservative	Michael E. H. Ost	273
	Liberal Democrats	Frances de Freitas	255
	Green	Sheila M. Oakes	190	11.09	5.77
Registered electors			4,297		179
Turnout			1,721	40.05	8.05
Rejected ballots			4	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Grafton

Grafton (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy E. Shaw*	1,147	72.10	21.46
	Labour	Terence Comerford*	1,100
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth S. Hall	227	14.30	New
	Conservative	Doreen F. Bartlett	221	13.60	0.75
	Liberal Democrats	Anne B. Elliott	218
	Conservative	Ross S. Campbell	202
Registered electors			4,200		91
Turnout			1,647	39.21	7.45
Rejected ballots			11	0.67	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret F. Little	1,005	52.42	20.85
	Liberal Democrats	John K. Dickie	969
	Conservative	Helen Sinclair	471	24.91	9.25
	Conservative	Maureen Braun*	466
	Labour	Janet M. Guthrie	336	17.53	4.90
	Labour	Simon J. Fitzpatrick	323
	Green	Katharina Wolfe	97	5.15	6.69
Registered electors			3,692		13
Turnout			1,884	51.02	1.49
Rejected ballots			2	0.11	0.05
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Highgate

Highgate (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret I. Cosin*	1,805	47.31	2.30
	Labour	Richard A. Arthur*	1,795
	Labour	Deborah Sacks* [n 4]	1,731
	Conservative	Cynthia M. Silk	890	22.39	4.52
	Conservative	Martyn B. Fisher	833
	Conservative	Tanya A. Warburg	801
	Green	Walter R. Eyres	628	16.72	4.14
	Liberal Democrats	Richard J. Waddington	525	13.58	6.08
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen L. Molesworth	520
	Liberal Democrats	Henry W. W. Potts	484
Registered electors			7,048		396
Turnout			3,544	50.28	0.79
Rejected ballots			6	0.17	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Holborn

Holborn (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian G.H. Fulbrook*	1,116	53.30	3.94
	Labour	Brian Woodrow*	1,017
	Conservative	George W. Glossop	303	14.39	6.29
	Camden Charter	Bruno A. C. Imerini	301	15.03	New
	Conservative	Andrew J. H. Lownie	273
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin D. G. Jones	212	10.34	New
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline M. Deys	202
	Green	Maxwell G. Logan	167	6.94	4.68
	Green	Clive Treliving	110
Registered electors			4,481		95
Turnout			1,994	44.50	3.16
Rejected ballots			9	0.45	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kilburn

Kilburn (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather M. Johnson	1,581	51.44	5.25
	Labour	Charlie W. Hedges*	1,478
	Labour	Timothy J. Walker	1,450
	Conservative	Anthony P. Goodman	394	12.39	3.66
	Conservative	Marian Harrison	356
	Liberal Democrats	Heather M. Thompson	349	10.88	0.80
	Conservative	David Mackover	337
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy R. Allen	313
	Green	Matthew J. Pollitt	301	10.30	6.88
	Kilburn Charter	Lawrence S. Morris	296	10.13	New
	Liberal Democrats	Sally P. Twite	292
	Independent	Sandra Y. Copeland	142	4.86	New
Registered electors			6,608		424
Turnout			2,598	39.32	1.66
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

King's Cross

King's Cross (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angus D. M. Walker	1,180	64.73	13.73
	Labour	John R. White*	1,109
	Conservative	Grace M. Gorer	333	18.32	2.69
	Conservative	Norma R. Simon	314
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Charlesworth	300	16.96	9.09
Registered electors			4,776		241
Turnout			1,710	35.80	5.35
Rejected ballots			11	0.64	0.16
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Priory

Priory (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip J. Turner*	1,168	66.09	14.70
	Labour	Barry Peskin	1,144
	Conservative	Rose Irwin	364	20.70	4.59
	Conservative	Dorin Peter	360
	Liberal Democrats	Adelaide A. E. Kernick	250	13.21	4.06
	Liberal Democrats	Rita I. Landeryou	211
Registered electors			4,353		444
Turnout			1,866	42.87	6.47
Rejected ballots			4	0.21	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David P. L. Horan*	1,464	47.99	4.05
	Labour	James C. Turner*	1,458
	Labour	Richard J. Olszewski	1,328
	Conservative	Paul S. Gray	624	20.18	9.66
	Conservative	David R. Walters	619
	Conservative	John A. Wilkin	546
	Liberal Democrats	Jack M. Gilbert	385	11.99	4.29
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer D. Kavanagh	359
	Camden Charter	Ellen D. Luby	346	11.72	New
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela M. Lutgen	317
	Green	Dorothy H. Forsyth	240	8.13	2.39
Registered electors			6,079		410
Turnout			2,674	43.99	4.23
Rejected ballots			2	0.07	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St John's

St John's (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Penelope F. Abraham	1,175	63.47	7.58
	Labour	John S. Thane	1,076
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne F. Collins	284	14.77	9.16
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair R. A. Loraine	240
	Green	Andrew J. Wade	211	11.89	6.88
	Conservative	Roland G. W. Walker	177	9.86	2.44
	Conservative	Anthony V. C. Kemp	172
Registered electors			4,319		31
Turnout			1,759	40.73	5.73
Rejected ballots			10	0.57	0.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Pancras

St Pancras (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria P. Lazenby† [n 5]	859	64.03	10.65
	Labour	Mahmud Hasan	810
	Liberal Democrats	Ian C. H. Smith	192	14.57	7.61
	Liberal Democrats	Harriett F. Goldenberg	187
	Conservative	Mark B. Hapgood	148	11.35	3.31
	Conservative	Esther B. Mundlak	147
	Green	Nigel D. W. Armistead	131	10.05	0.30
Registered electors			3,485		116
Turnout			1,338	38.39	3.90
Rejected ballots			1	0.07	0.46
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Somers Town

Somers Town (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nathalie M.D. Lieven	1,197	62.55	7.28
	Labour	Sybil S. Shine	1,164
	Camden Charter	Arthur V. Peeling	275	14.57	5.97
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Blundell	240	11.76	New
	Conservative	David R. Harris	219	11.12	3.81
	Liberal Democrats	Mark I. Finney	203
	Conservative	Carole A. Ricketts	200
Registered electors			4,765		209
Turnout			1,858	38.99	2.75
Rejected ballots			9	0.48	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

South End

South End (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Harrison	992	47.23	0.44
	Labour	Sadashivrao N. Deshmukh† [n 6]	882
	Conservative	John E. R. D. Iredale	464	23.19	8.03
	Conservative	David S. Sinclair	455
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley R. A. Miles	272	13.16	4.64
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J. Buonacorsi-How	249
	Hampstead Charter	Jennifer P. Page	172	8.67	New
	Green	Celia Busby	159	7.76	5.71
	Green	Marguerite E. Hazell	148
Registered electors			4,322		170
Turnout			1,980	45.81	3.97
Rejected ballots			2	0.10	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Adamson	1,076	40.90	6.01
	Labour	John Macdonald	1,070
	Labour	Patrick O'K. Weir	1,015
	Conservative	Anne Morris*	926	34.42	3.06
	Conservative	Peter J. Horne*	869
	Conservative	Peter J. Skolar* [n 7]	865
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth R. Burney-Jones	420	15.68	7.42
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas H. F. Collins	418
	Liberal Democrats	Diana M. B. Self	374
	Green	Debra J. Green	232	9.00	4.60
Registered electors			6,044		153
Turnout			2,540	42.03	6.86
Rejected ballots			4	0.16	0.04
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

West End

West End (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David J. Lines* [n 8]	933	42.72	5.37
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Moffitt	839	38.92	27.75
	Labour	Nicholas J. Prior	799
	Liberal Democrats	Erich Wagner	739
	Conservative	Sam Mackover	235	11.54	13.64
	Conservative	Neil T. W. Bourhill	233
	Green	Judith K. Locke	138	6.81	4.06
Registered electors			4,136		95
Turnout			2,042	49.37	0.77
Rejected ballots			3	0.15	0.10
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Notes

1. Roy was a sitting councillor representing the South End ward
2. Budd was a sitting councillor representing the Regent's Park ward
3. Mainds was a standing councillor representing the Belsize ward
4. Sacks replaced Cllr. John M. Wakeham after his resignation in 1992 ^[4]
5. Lazenby was a sitting councillor representing the King's Cross ward
6. Deshmukh was a sitting councillor representing the Bloomsbury ward
7. Skolar replaced Cllr. Vaughan A. Emsley after their resignation in 1992 ^[4]
8. Lines replaced Cllr. Julia O. Devote after her resignation in 1992 ^[4]

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 194. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
2. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 34–36, 194–195. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Camden Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
4. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 18–20. Retrieved 26 October 2024.