1998 Camden London Borough Council election

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1998 Camden Council election
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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Richard Arthur Judith Barnes Flick Rea
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since199319901988
Leader's seat Highgate Represented Belsize, but stood and lost in Highgate Fortune Green
Last election47 seats, 48.5%7 seats, 21.4%5 seats, 18.6%
Seats won43106
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Popular vote20,44510,83510,753
Percentage44.0%23.3%23.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.5%Increase2.svg1.9%Increase2.svg4.5%
Camden UK local election 1998 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1998 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour (red) won every councillor in the south and east of the borough, while Conservatives (blue) and Liberal Democrats (yellow) won most councillors in Hampstead.
Leader before election

Richard Arthur
Labour

Leader

Richard Arthur
Labour

The 1998 Camden Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Campaign

Issues in the election included a recent 10% council tax rise which was the highest in London, service improvements, claims that a partnership with the police had cut crime and a strike in local libraries. [2]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 33.4%. [3] At the same as the election Camden saw 81.18% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.82% against, on a 32.84% turnout. [4]

Camden Local Election Result 1998 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4304−472.944.020,445−4.5
  Conservative 1030+316.923.310,835+1.9
  Liberal Democrats 610+110.123.110,753+4.5
  Green 000006.73,098−0.1
  Independent 000001.5688N/A
 Others000001.5699New

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Tobin 960
Conservative Andrew Marshall 929
Conservative Piers Wauchope 868
Labour Sadashivrao Deshmukh796
Labour Harriet Garland768
Labour Deborah Sacks746
Liberal Democrats Mark Finney384
Liberal Democrats Pamela Collis383
Liberal Democrats Madhvi Natt308
Turnout 6,14238.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ewan Cameron 760
Conservative Huntly Spence 731
Labour Aileen Hammond 711
Conservative Jonathan Bucknell705
Labour David Taggart650
Labour Jake Sumner624
Liberal Democrats Pauline Marriott587
Liberal Democrats Dudley Miles522
Liberal Democrats Ronald Watts455
Green Phyllis Eyres290
Turnout 6,03535.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Callaghan 1,050
Labour Nirmal Roy 908
Labour Jake Turnbull 777
Conservative Barbara Douglass626
Conservative Mark Haley538
Conservative Ian Nottingham472
Liberal Democrats John Ward468
Liberal Democrats Philip Moser455
Liberal Democrats Gerald Wall410
Green Nicki Kortvelyessy280
Turnout 5,98427.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Weekes 653
Labour Edward Cousins 601
Conservative Kenneth Avery443
Conservative Philip Norman376
Liberal Democrats Penelope Jones286
Green Robert Whitley258
Socialist Stanley Parker58
Turnout 2,67531.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Camden

Camden (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Nightingale 929
Labour Dermot Greene 844
Liberal Democrats Helena Djurkovic323
Liberal Democrats Simieon Litman261
Green Douglas Earl236
Conservative Sylvia Currie213
Conservative Iris Coney189
Turnout 2,99529.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Kissen 902
Labour Anne Swain 877
Liberal Democrats Soren Agerholm378
Liberal Democrats Brian Stone354
Conservative Anthony Blackburn247
Conservative Barbara Wallis180
Turnout 2,93830.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Roberts 677
Labour Deirdre Krymer 569
Green Kate Gordon208
Liberal Democrats Natasha Dunn204
Conservative Emma Chapman158
Conservative Joan Stally140
Liberal Democrats Darren Ziff128
Independent Jane Owen72
Turnout 2,15629.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Budd 615
Labour John White 591
Liberal Democrats Charles Marquand419
Liberal Democrats Rupert Redesdale 395
Conservative William Mitchell385
Conservative David Walters338
Turnout 2,74336.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies 590
Conservative Andrew Mennear 536
Labour Peter Dann393
Labour Deborah Townsend390
Liberal Democrats Martin Wright245
Liberal Democrats Ricarda O'Driscoll240
Green Dorothy Forsyth96
Turnout 2,49033.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Felicity Rea 975
Liberal Democrats Jane Schopflin 829
Labour Michael Broughton375
Labour Roy Lockett372
Conservative Carrie Ruxton228
Conservative Michael Prichett226
Turnout 3,00539.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Chesters 687
Conservative Dawn Somper 640
Labour Anne Robertson311
Labour Helen Seaford279
Liberal Democrats Barbara How272
Liberal Democrats Nigel Barnes253
Green Charles Harris136
Turnout 2,57830.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mills 760
Labour Judith Pattison 719
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jackson-Roberts336
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Poulter281
Conservative Marian Harrison221
Conservative Henry Whittaker180
Green Debra Green153
Turnout 2,65033.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Shaw 705
Labour John Dickie 660
Liberal Democrats Margaret Finer221
Liberal Democrats Anne Elliott191
Conservative Doreen Bartlett187
Green Sheila Oakes170
Conservative Belinda Shapps148
Turnout 2,28229.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Little 1,028
Liberal Democrats Sidney Malin 912
Conservative Roderick Anderson368
Conservative Michael Bottom354
Labour Mark Leonard301
Labour Rudolph Champagne259
Turnout 3,22240.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggie Cosin 1,275
Labour Richard Arthur 1,252
Labour John Thane 1,141
Conservative Judith Barnes930
Conservative Roger Freeman869
Conservative Cynthia Silk825
Liberal Democrats Heather Macauley666
Liberal Democrats Richard Waddington594
Green Paul Gannon471
Liberal Democrats Peter Mair457
Turnout 8,48040.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook 948
Labour Brian Woodrow 838
Conservative William Glossop328
Liberal Democrats Pamela Lutgen264
Liberal Democrats Barbara Turner264
Conservative Shailesh Vara 215
Turnout 2,85733.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Johnson 1,181
Labour Charles Hedges 1,007
Labour Timothy Walker 957
Conservative Robert Graham435
Conservative Jane Stanton-Humphreys395
Conservative Jonathan Morgan386
Green Helen Mayer362
Independent Lawrence Morris267
Liberal Democrats David Glover233
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Allen206
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner133
Turnout 5,56227.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kings Cross

Kings Cross (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Hughes 833
Labour Nicholas Smith 766
Conservative James Atkin269
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Gandy240
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Freedman232
Conservative Robert Ricketts211
Turnout 2,55128.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Rolfe 823
Labour Phil Turner 809
Conservative Martyn Fisher276
Conservative Rose Irwin243
Liberal Democrats Rex Warner226
Liberal Democrats Joan Hervey138
Turnout 2,51531.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regents Park

Regents Park (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Turner 1,125
Labour Barbara Ward 983
Labour Richard Olszewski 947
Conservative Paul Gray540
Conservative Anthony Kemp468
Conservative Jeremy Bradshaw412
Liberal Democrats Ardon Lyon354
Liberal Democrats David Berry350
Independent Alan Patterson287
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Newbrook285
Turnout 5,75132.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St John's

St John's (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Abraham 990
Labour David Horan 977
Liberal Democrats Diana Brown406
Liberal Democrats Stephen Molesworth351
Conservative Michael Farrer183
Conservative Roland Walker146
Turnout 3,05335.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gloria Lazenby 686
Labour Roger Robinson 576
Liberal Democrats Fiona Palmer254
Liberal Democrats Ian Myers236
Conservative Laura Hoskins173
Conservative Blanche Mundlak162
Turnout 2,08733.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sybil Shine 815
Labour Ernest James 743
Conservative David Harris226
Liberal Democrats Caroline Ford225
Conservative Joseph Sleigh163
Green Andrew Spring154
Turnout 2,32628.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South End

South End (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Harrison 999
Labour Janet Guthrie 919
Conservative Jonathan Pardoe490
Conservative Dominic Schofield431
Liberal Democrats Peter Buonacorsi-How348
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wade346
Turnout 3,53338.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Ryan 887
Labour Robert Hall 834
Conservative Stephen Hocking 756
Conservative Honora Morrissey754
Conservative Peter Horne732
Labour Bernard Moss710
Independent Labour John Macdonald600
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Collins439
Liberal Democrats Sally Twite378
Liberal Democrats Herbert Newbrook365
Green Catherine Gregory284
Turnout 6,73935.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

West End

West End (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Moffitt 972
Liberal Democrats Heather Thompson 811
Labour David Lines705
Labour Geoffrey Berridge642
Conservative Neil Bourhill156
Conservative Elaine Mackover131
Independent Farshtchi Ahavan62
Independent Antoine Clarke41
Turnout 3,52041.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

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