2002 Camden London Borough Council election

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2002 Camden Council election
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All 54 seats to Camden Borough Council
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Jane Roberts Piers Wauchope Flick Rea
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election43 seats, 44.0%10 seats, 23.3%6 seats, 23.1%
Seats won35118
Seat changeDecrease2.svg8Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg2
Popular vote 14,238 10,7839,904
Percentage33.3%25.2%23.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg10.7%Increase2.svg1.9%Increase2.svg0.1%
Camden UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Camden council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader before election

Jane Roberts
Labour

Leader

Jane Roberts
Labour

The 2002 Camden Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5. [1] The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

For the election Camden had a trial of early voting on 27–28 April in an attempt to increase turnout, however overall turnout at 28.4% was down on the 33.4% in 1998. [2]

Camden Local Election Result 2002 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 35-864.833.314,238-10.7
  Conservative 11+120.425.210,783+1.9
  Liberal Democrats 8+214.823.29,904+0.1
  Green 00013.65,813+6.9
  Socialist Alliance 0002.2931New
  Independent 0001.9813+0.4
  CPA 0000.7279New

Ward results

Belsize

Belsize (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonny Bucknell 1,041 40.1
Conservative Sheila Gunn 1,016 39.1
Conservative Piers Wauchope 1,005 38.7
Labour Aileen Hammond *77029.7
Labour Sadashivrao Deshmukh71627.6
Labour Patricia Nightingale69126.6
Liberal Democrats Pauline Marriott46918.1
Liberal Democrats Ardon Lyon42916.5
Liberal Democrats Dudley Miles42316.3
Green Phyllis Eyres27410.6
Green Jack Price2369.1
Green Maeve Tornero2198.4
Turnout 7,289

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Abraham 771 38.3
Labour Fazlul Chowdhury 756 37.5
Labour Peter Brayshaw 736 36.5
Conservative Adam Lester64231.9
Conservative Rohit Grover63631.6
Conservative Peter Horne63431.5
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards33516.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Moser29514.6
Liberal Democrats John Ward28514.1
Green Lucy Thomas26213.0
Green Saly Zlotowitz1457.2
Green Marcus Petz1376.8
Socialist Alliance Janet Maiden1256.2
Turnout 5,759

Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Camden Town with Primrose Hill (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Callaghan 1,041 37.9
Labour Harriet Garland 986 35.9
Liberal Democrats Justin Barnard 812 29.6
Labour Jake Sumner78228.5
Liberal Democrats John Lefley65323.8
Independent Gloria Lazenby60322.0
Liberal Democrats Toby Wickenden59121.5
Conservative William Mitchell57020.8
Conservative Peter Grosvenor56020.4
Conservative Paul Barton54119.7
Green Danielle Rappaport38514.0
Green Juliana Venter2278.3
Green Beryl Lankester2208.0
CPA Elsa Dos Santos341.2
Turnout 8,005

Cantelowes

Cantelowes (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dermot Greene 861 46.0
Labour Gerald Harrison 850 45.4
Labour Judith Pattison 779 41.6
Liberal Democrats Soren Agerholm40421.6
Liberal Democrats Gerald Wall37720.1
Green Gaie Houston34818.6
Green Rachel Zatz33718.0
Green Rob Whitley32917.6
Liberal Democrats Simeon Litman30316.2
Conservative Sylvia Currie24713.2
Conservative Marcus Lloyd-Davy24513.1
Conservative Oliver Milne23712.7
Turnout 5,320

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Flick Rea 1,295 60.8
Liberal Democrats Jane Schopflin 1,121 52.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Simpson 1,111 52.1
Labour Mike Katz48322.7
Labour Geoffrey Kingscote41419.4
Labour Miles Seaman40919.2
Conservative Richard Arthur33615.8
Conservative Esther Baroudy32315.2
Conservative Jean Hornbuckle31414.7
Green David Sunderland22110.4
Green Susan Craig1999.3
Green Stephen Dawe1326.2
Turnout 6,358

Frognal and Fitzhjohns

Frognal and Fitzjohns (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies 1,141 56.8
Conservative Dawn Somper 1,119 55.7
Conservative Andrew Mennear 1,114 55.4
Labour Deborah Townsend38419.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Garden 36218.0
Labour Alfred Lawrie34417.1
Labour Francis McGrath33616.7
Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran33316.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Keidan28614.2
Green Lynn Lovell1557.7
Green Stuart Houghton1537.6
Green Charles Harris1437.1
Turnout 5,870

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Guthrie 880 40.9
Labour Raj Chada 846 39.4
Labour John Mills 791 36.8
Conservative Lindsay Mitchell55025.6
Conservative Richard Millett50623.5
Conservative Carole Ricketts45921.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jackson-Roberts43020.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Mair34716.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Poulter33615.6
Green Jane Walby31114.5
Green Howard Edmunds29113.5
Green Lesley Robb26412.3
CPA Humberto Heliotrope502.3
Turnout 6,076

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Greene 1,316 45.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Little 1,106 38.4
Conservative Brian Cattell 1,089 37.8
Conservative Katharine Steel1,06437.0
Liberal Democrats Louise Malin97433.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Wright80027.8
Labour Neil Crundwell43014.9
Labour Harunur Rashid37212.9
Green Brian Gascoigne34912.1
Labour Mohammed Islam34512.0
Green Frances Mortimer32111.1
Green Dorothy Forsyth31611.0
Turnout 8,482

Haverstock

Haverstock (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Roberts 882 47.3
Labour Roy Shaw 856 45.9
Labour John Dickie 852 45.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Finer42222.6
Conservative Rita Marshall36719.7
Liberal Democrats Alec Gordon36419.5
Liberal Democrats Pamela Lutgen35919.3
Conservative Anthony Kemp35519.0
Conservative Joan Stally35118.8
Green Sarah Gillam31917.1
Green Iola Kenworthy27714.9
Green Edward Milford20110.8
CPA Angela Ozor341.8
Turnout 5,639

Highgate

Highgate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Cosin 972 32.3
Labour John Thane 861 28.6
Labour Abdul Quadir 849 28.2
Conservative Roger Freeman81327.0
Green Siân Berry 81126.9
Conservative Simon Baker79026.2
Conservative Janice Lavery77525.7
Green Adrian Oliver76825.5
Green Mark Smith71523.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Wheeler38412.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Waddington37612.5
Liberal Democrats Henry Potts33211.0
Socialist Alliance Sean Thompson2197.3
Turnout 8,665

Holborn and Covent Garden

Holborn and Covent Garden (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook 950 48.2
Labour Sue Vincent 908 46.0
Labour Brian Woodrow 884 44.8
Conservative Patsy Prince44922.8
Conservative Dominic Valder41120.8
Conservative Robert Ricketts38919.7
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Key33116.8
Liberal Democrats Alastir Loraine30515.5
Green Nicholas Duckett25512.9
Green Seanine Joyce25312.8
Liberal Democrats Herbert Newbrook25112.7
Green Hugo Charlton 20510.4
Turnout 5,591

Kentish Town

Kentish Town (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Anderson 961 41.1
Labour David Horan 868 37.1
Labour Deidre Krymer 797 34.1
Liberal Democrats Jill Fraser67628.9
Liberal Democrats Alice Brown65828.1
Liberal Democrats Nathaniel Green54323.2
Green Sue Charlesworth41517.8
Socialist Alliance Alan Walter37616.1
Green Kate Gordon34814.9
Green Graeme Durham34214.6
Conservative Doreen Bartlett2249.6
Conservative Anthony Blackburn2229.5
Conservative Alan Coleman-Harvey1777.6
CPA Celia Heliotrope421.8
Turnout 6,649

Kilburn

Kilburn (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Hedges 806 46.7
Labour John Rolfe 797 46.2
Labour Phil Turner 770 44.6
Conservative Robert Graham34319.9
Conservative Rosette Irwin30117.4
Conservative Paul Mawdsley28916.7
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Allen28516.5
Liberal Democrats Sally Twite25414.7
Liberal Democrats Daviyani Kothari22613.1
Green Helen Mayer21512.5
Green John Collins20511.9
Independent David Reed17410.1
Green Debra Green1719.9
CPA Maria McCarten734.2
Turnout 4,909

King's Cross

King's Cross (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Hughes 855 52.3
Labour Geethika Jayatilaka 730 44.6
Labour Nick Smith 710 43.4
Conservative Barbara Douglass35321.6
Conservative Charles Costa34421.0
Conservative Mark Haley31819.4
Liberal Democrats Diana Brown31018.9
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Tucker24314.9
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner21613.2
Green Richard Thomas16910.3
Green Audrey Poppy1579.6
Green Lucia Nella1499.1
CPA Elsa Pontes-Betee462.8
Turnout 4,600

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nasim Ali 1,165 48.4
Labour Theo Blackwell 1,095 45.5
Labour Heather Johnson 1,076 44.7
Conservative Abdul Salam68528.4
Conservative Sara Haydon65627.2
Conservative John Walter62626.0
Green Amanda Clare58424.3
Green Paul Hale54922.8
Green Debbie Dixon46619.4
Liberal Democrats Penelope Jones35214.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Wainewright26110.8
Liberal Democrats Rupert Redesdale 25910.8
Turnout 7,774

St Pancras and Somers Town

St Pancras and Somers Town (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Robinson 960 53.0
Labour Sybil Shine 902 49.8
Labour Ruth Stewart 865 47.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hanna37920.9
Liberal Democrats Fiona Palmer35319.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Myers34919.3
Conservative Simon Gray26314.5
Conservative Damian Keegan25914.3
Conservative James White24913.7
Green Una Sapietis21912.1
Socialist Alliance Pol O'Ceallaigh21111.6
Green Andrew Spring1246.8
Green Judith Stubbings1166.4
Turnout 5,249

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hocking 1,175 51.7
Conservative Andrew Marshall 1,106 48.6
Conservative Don Williams 1,090 47.9
Labour Geoffrey Berridge50022.0
Labour David Taggart48421.3
Labour Abdul Careem46720.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Collins41918.4
Liberal Democrats Rosalyn Harper41618.3
Liberal Democrats Honora Morrissey39117.2
Green Lucy Wills26511.7
Green Katherina Wolpe1747.7
Green Wolfgang Heiny1486.5
Independent Magnus Nielsen361.6
Turnout 6,671

West Hampstead

West Hampstead (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Moffitt 1,133 53.5
Liberal Democrats John Bryant 1,028 48.6
Liberal Democrats Heather Thompson 1,016 48.0
Labour Marie Bardsley56726.8
Labour Michael Broughton50724.0
Labour Mari Williams46922.2
Conservative Joanna Galloway26812.7
Conservative Simon Cliff26712.6
Green Samantha Baber25612.1
Conservative John Samiotis24011.3
Green Michael Hewitt-Hicks1738.2
Green Lawrie Scovell1637.7
Turnout 6,087

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