2018 Camden London Borough Council election

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2018 Camden London Borough Council election
  2014 3 May 2018 2022  

All 54 seats to Camden London Borough Council
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Official portrait of Georgia Gould MP crop 2.jpg
Con
Leader Georgia Gould Gio Spinella
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since2 May 2017February 2018
Leader's seat Kentish Town Frognal and Fitzjohns
Last election40 seats, 43.0%12 seats, 21.3%
Seats before4211
Seats won437
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote 28,599 12,332
Percentage47.6%20.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.6%Decrease2.svg0.8%

 Third partyFourth party
 
LD
Sian berry.jpg
Leader Flick Rea Siân Berry
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader sinceMay 2014May 2014
Leader's seat Fortune Green Highgate
Last election1 seat, 15.6%1 seat, 16.0%
Seats before21
Seats won31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote10,4817,595
Percentage17.4%12.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.8%Decrease2.svg3.4%

Camden London UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2018 Camden council election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2018 Camden election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Camden Council in London. The Labour Party increased their majority on the council by gaining three seats from the Conservatives, who also lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.

Contents

Summary of results

Camden Council election result 2018 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4330+379.647.628,599+4.6
  Conservative 705−513.020.512,332−0.8
  Liberal Democrats 320+25.617.410,481+1.8
  Green 10001.912.67,595−3.4
  Independent 00001.2968+0.6
  UKIP 00000.2103−2.6
  Democrats and Veterans 00000.162New

Ward results

Belsize

Belsize (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Simon 1,250 34.1 +3.8
Conservative Steve Adams 1,201 32.7 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Luisa Porritt 1,179 32.1 +8.9
Conservative Leila Roy *1,17031.9+0.8
Conservative Kirsty Roberts1,16231.7−3.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Newman1,12730.7+10.0
Labour James Calmus1,06729.1+0.4
Labour Sucharita Sethi99627.2+3.3
Labour Momota Khatoon97126.5+4.8
Green Sara Katchi2386.5−1.9
Green Phyl Eyres2236.1−2.1
Independent Nigel Rumble1233.4−2.7
Turnout 42.48
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Harrison * 1,045 56.9 +6.7
Labour Sabrina Francis * 983 53.5 +4.2
Labour Rishi Madlani * 931 50.7 +3.2
Conservative Paul Tavares36519.9−3.7
Conservative Shahin Ahmed33418.2−2.6
Conservative Abdul Malique33018.0−1.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Margaret Headland25413.8+5.6
Liberal Democrats Aimery de Malet Roquefort24213.2+6.0
Green Jane-Eve Flora Straughton22612.3−3.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Percival George Wright19110.4+3.9
Green Robert McCracken18810.2−5.2
Green Juan Jimenez18310.0−3.2
Turnout 31.72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Camden Town with Primrose Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Callaghan * 1,936 61.9 +3.5
Labour Richard Cotton * 1,664 53.2 +8.3
Labour Lazzaro Pietragnoli * 1,570 50.2 +3.4
Conservative Catherine McQueen63220.2+1.1
Conservative Peter Horne60219.2+1.5
Conservative Joel Roberts57318.3+1.8
Liberal Democrats John Lefley45714.6+5.6
Green Rik Howard43413.8−4.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Maria Wright40713.0+4.4
Green Mark Milaszkiewicz38412.3−5.2
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Joseph Nicholson33510.7+3.3
Turnout 34.86
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cantelowes

Cantelowes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Mason * 1,829 59.8 +6.5
Labour Danny Beales * 1,780 58.2 +2.1
Labour Ranjit Singh 1,503 49.1 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Wakefield Hays80426.3+6.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher William Hattam48816.0+6.0
Green Fran Bury44914.7−3.2
Liberal Democrats Max Karasinski44214.5+4.9
Green Catherine Anee Keshishian43514.2−3.5
Green Trevor O'Farrell3019.8−5.5
Conservative Ben Tansey2769.0−1.5
Conservative Robert Fox2708.8−1.3
Conservative Alexi Susiluoto2407.8−1.9
Turnout 36.19
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Flick Rea * 1,496 41.1 +6.1
Labour Co-op Lorna Russell * 1,468 40.3 +9.0
Labour Co-op Richard Olszewski * 1,353 37.2 +7.8
Labour Co-op Sorin Floti1,32636.4+8.9
Liberal Democrats Adrian Bridge1,20933.2+4.3
Liberal Democrats Tracey Shackle1,13831.3+5.0
Conservative Phil Taylor75820.8−6.4
Conservative Shamim Ahmed66318.2−4.3
Conservative Axel Kaae65918.1−2.8
Green Helen Margaret Jack37810.4−1.9
Turnout 41.55
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Frognal and Fitzjohns

Frognal and Fitzjohns (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Newman 1,631 51.8 −3.2
Conservative Andrew Parkinson 1,621 51.4 −1.0
Conservative Gio Spinella * 1,595 50.6 +0.9
Labour Rebecca Shirazi84626.8+4.5
Labour Richard Chadwick83826.6+7.8
Labour Gail McAnena Wood77624.6+6.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Ward43813.9+3.5
Liberal Democrats Valdir Francisco36611.6+0.8
Liberal Democrats Shashank Krishna35811.4+4.5
Green Charles Hilary Harris2347.4−7.7
Green Anton Humphrey1635.2−8.1
Independent Marx de Morais [lower-alpha 1] 1354.3N/A
Independent Tara Patten [lower-alpha 1] 1284.1N/A
Independent Stephen Cameron [lower-alpha 1] 1223.9N/A
Turnout 41.74
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Mulholland * 1,502 52.6 +0.9
Labour Marcus Boyland * 1,442 50.5 +1.7
Labour Larraine Revah * 1,361 47.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Judy Dixey75926.6+19.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Crosher73925.9+18.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Jonathan Kirk60321.1+16.3
Green Jane Walby41214.4−2.4
Conservative Will Blair41114.4−5.0
Conservative Cathleen Mainds39914.0−2.9
Conservative John Webber35012.3−1.7
Green Dominic Kendrick29210.2−6.0
Turnout 36.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Stark * 1,522 43.1 −2.3
Conservative Oliver Cooper * 1,455 41.2 −2.1
Conservative Maria Higson 1,400 39.7 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Chung1,24735.3+1.4
Labour Sue Cullinan89825.5+4.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Haslem-Jones87924.9+7.9
Liberal Democrats Will Coles82623.4+7.4
Labour Sunny Mandich81123.0+2.0
Labour James Slater79922.6+4.6
Green Richard Bourn2436.9−8.2
Green Michael Pawlyn 1755.0−5.8
Green Ramsay Short1353.8−4.7
Turnout 46.46
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Haverstock

Haverstock (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Kelly * 1,814 61.6 +14.8
Labour Abdul Quadir * 1,653 56.1 +12.9
Labour Abi Wood * 1,606 54.5 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Jill Fraser66122.4−7.2
Liberal Democrats Jack Francis Edmund Fleming41214.0−12.7
Green Pam Walker40113.6+1.1
Liberal Democrats Yannick Bultingaire38313.0−12.0
Conservative Daniel Ellis35412.0+2.4
Conservative Tom Ewins32110.9+1.6
Green Mike Sumner31710.8+0.9
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali30510.4+2.4
Green Mike Turner2418.2−1.6
Turnout 33.56
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Siân Berry * 2,073 50.1 +9.4
Labour Anna Wright 1,741 42.1 −1.0
Labour Oliver Lewis * 1,727 41.8 +0.6
Labour Maddy Raman1,53037.0−1.8
Green Kirsten De Keyser1,38731.1+0.1
Green John Holmes1,19729.0+1.8
Conservative Simone Finn 56316.0−2.9
Conservative Ben Seifert50112.1−5.9
Conservative Jim Ormiston49311.9−4.5
Liberal Democrats Helena Djurkovic2846.9+2.0
Liberal Democrats Henry William Windle Potts2486.0+0.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Raymond Pickthall2455.9+2.7
Independent Emily O'Mara832.0N/A
Independent Constantine Buhayer481.2N/A
Turnout 50.42
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holborn and Covent Garden

Holborn and Covent Garden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook * 1,716 61.8 +3.6
Labour Sue Vincent * 1,705 61.4 +7.3
Labour Awale Olad * 1,604 57.8 +7.7
Conservative Alison Frost54419.6−0.4
Conservative Andrew Keep49717.9−1.1
Conservative Richard Merrin44616.1−2.1
Green Luke Dowding41915.1±0.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Naughtie31211.2+4.2
Green John Mason29110.5−3.9
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Berenice Clementine Wattebot O'Brien2579.3+3.1
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner2167.8+2.1
Turnout 32.47
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kentish Town

Kentish Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Georgia Gould * 2,376 66.0 +12.8
Labour Jenny Headlam-Wells * 2,310 64.2 +8.7
Labour Meric Apak * 2,238 62.2 +11.2
Green Kelly Pawlyn57215.9−6.7
Green Dee Searle56815.8−5.2
Green Charley Greenwood55615.5−3.4
Liberal Democrats Margo Dale Miller3489.7+0.1
Conservative Mac Chapwell3459.6−2.0
Conservative Darryl Davies3399.4−1.5
Liberal Democrats Victor Hjort3249.0+1.2
Liberal Democrats Jill Newbrook3008.3+3.3
Conservative Shreena Patel2617.3−2.9
Turnout 37.49
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Beattie * 1,733 61.5 +11.2
Labour Maryam Eslamdoust * 1,722 61.1 +12.3
Labour Thomas Gardiner * 1,613 57.2 +10.5
Conservative Harry Richardson45716.2+3.7
Conservative Georgina Stockley43315.4+3.0
Conservative Sanjoy Sen41614.8+4.0
Liberal Democrats James King39013.8−12.9
Liberal Democrats Janet Grauberg38513.7−12.8
Liberal Democrats Davi Kothari2689.5−13.1
Green Matthew Spencer2398.5−3.7
Green Carmen Mlagros Pilar Alcantara2308.2−0.5
Green Sarah Nicoll2258.0−0.4
Turnout 32.43
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Simpson * 1,191 60.6 +10.0
Labour Georgie Robertson 1,180 60.1 +4.4
Labour Abdul Hai * 1,130 57.5 +3.5
Green Emma Barker37719.2−1.7
Conservative Robyn Gardner28114.3−1.0
Conservative Adam Lester24212.3−4.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Margaret Stanton Jones23912.2+2.2
Conservative Samuel Dyas20510.4−4.8
Green Nicola Ann Hart19810.1−7.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Johnson1748.9−0.1
Liberal Democrats Ekaterina Kirk1718.7+1.3
Green Les Levidow1578.0−8.9
Democrats and Veterans Robert Jason Connor623.2N/A
Turnout 29.72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nadia Shah * 1,803 65.5 +16.0
Labour Heather Johnson * 1,797 65.3 +13.4
Labour Nasim Ali * 1,783 64.8 +13.7
Conservative Alexander Ellis46717.0−1.4
Conservative Chantelle De Villers45116.4−0.7
Conservative Carole Ricketts42815.6−0.4
Independent Steven Christofi36413.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ann Jackson-Roberts2448.9+1.7
Liberal Democrats John Alexander Gordon2348.5+2.4
Liberal Democrats Surya Kumaravel2298.3+4.2
Turnout 31.68
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras and Somers Town

St Pancras and Somers Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samata Khatoon * 2,611 74.6 +10.4
Labour Roger Robinson * 2,520 72.0 +5.4
Labour Paul Tomlinson * 2,460 70.3 +4.4
Green Tina Swasey3419.7−5.2
Conservative David Allen2958.4−1.4
Conservative Doreen Bartlett2958.4−0.9
Green Mark Scantlebury2647.5−6.4
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Lauren Stansfield2517.2+0.7
Conservative Robert Lingard2436.9−0.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hoyle2306.6+1.5
Liberal Democrats James Maurice Barker1925.5+0.8
UKIP Oliver Dominic Ronald Butt1032.9N/A
UKIP Christopher Cooke842.4N/A
UKIP Giles Game822.3N/A
Turnout 35.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nayra Bello O'Shanahan 1,605 45.5 +12.5
Labour Leo Cassarani 1,541 43.7 +12.9
Labour Simon Pearson 1,417 40.1 +7.7
Conservative Kate Fairhurst1,32437.5−5.5
Conservative Calvin Robinson 1,27736.2−5.3
Conservative Don Williams *1,27736.2−3.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Jeremy Benson45612.9+1.8
Liberal Democrats Kushal Bhimjiani44812.7+3.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell38811.0+3.6
Green Sheila Hayman2627.4−6.5
Green Brian Gascoigne2507.1−4.7
Independent Lina Hammouda [lower-alpha 1] 361.0N/A
Independent Peter Straker [lower-alpha 1] 330.9N/A
Independent Calvin Po [lower-alpha 1] 240.7N/A
Turnout 38.47
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Hampstead

West Hampstead (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nazma Rahman 1,390 41.4 +6.2
Labour Shiva Tiwari 1,267 37.7 +2.9
Labour Peter Taheri 1,260 37.5 +5.2
Conservative David Brescia94028.0+3.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Fox87826.1−2.0
Conservative Sedef Akademir81924.4+0.5
Liberal Democrats Nancy Jirira77723.1−3.8
Conservative Mohammed Salim73922.0+0.7
Liberal Democrats Mukul Hira72321.5−3.4
Green Jane Elizabeth Milton33510.0−0.2
Green Helena Paul2908.6−1.1
Green David Robert Stansell2296.8−0.7
Turnout 37.97
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 On a local ticket of 'Independents for the Movement', but appearing on the ballot paper without a party description.

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