Camden London Borough Council election, 1998

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Camden Council election, 1998
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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Last election47 seats, 48.5%7 seats, 21.4%5 seats, 18.6%
Seats won43106
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Popular vote 20,445 10,83510,753
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.
Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

The 1998 Camden 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]

Camden London Borough Council

Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Camden is divided into 18 wards, each electing three councillors.

London Capital of the United Kingdom

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that follow closely its medieval limits. The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

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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]

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

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 Democrat 610+110.123.110,753+4.5
  Green 000006.73,098−0.1
  Independent 000001.5688n/a
 Others000001.5699n/a

Ward results

Adelaide (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Julian Tobin960
Conservative Andrew Marshall929
Conservative Piers Wauchope868
Labour Sadashivrao Deshmukh796
Labour Harriet Garland768
Labour Deborah Sacks746
Liberal Democrat Mark Finney384
Liberal Democrat Pamela Collis383
Liberal Democrat Madhvi Natt308
Turnout 6,14238.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Belsize (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ewan Cameron760
Conservative Huntly Spence731
Labour Aileen Hammond711
Conservative Jonathan Bucknell705
Labour David Taggart650
Labour Jake Sumner624
Liberal Democrat Pauline Marriott587
Liberal Democrat Dudley Miles522
Liberal Democrat Ronald Watts455
Green Phyllis Eyres290
Turnout 6,03535.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bloomsbury (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Callaghan1,050
Labour Nirmal Roy908
Labour Jake Turnbull777
Conservative Barbara Douglass626
Conservative Mark Haley538
Conservative Ian Nottingham472
Liberal Democrat John Ward468
Liberal Democrat Philip Moser455
Liberal Democrat Gerald Wall410
Green Nicki Kortvelyessy280
Turnout 5,98427.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Brunswick (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brian Weekes653
Labour Edward Cousins601
Conservative Kenneth Avery443
Conservative Philip Norman376
Liberal Democrat Penelope Jones286
Green Robert Whitley258
Socialist PartyStanley Parker58
Turnout 2,67531.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Camden (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Nightingale929
Labour Dermot Greene844
Liberal Democrat Helena Djurkovic323
Liberal Democrat Simieon Litman261
Green Douglas Earl236
Conservative Sylvia Currie213
Conservative Iris Coney189
Turnout 2,99529.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Caversham (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bernard Kissen902
Labour Anne Swain877
Liberal Democrat Soren Agerholm378
Liberal Democrat Brian Stone354
Conservative Anthony Blackburn247
Conservative Barbara Wallis180
Turnout 2,93830.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Castlehaven (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jane Roberts 677
Labour Deirdre Krymer569
Green Kate Gordon208
Liberal Democrat Natasha Dunn204
Conservative Emma Chapman158
Conservative Joan Stally140
Liberal Democrat Darren Ziff128
Independent Jane Owen72
Turnout 2,15629.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Chalk Farm (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour William Budd615
Labour John White591
Liberal Democrat Charles Marquand419
Liberal Democrat Rupert Redesdale395
Conservative William Mitchell385
Conservative David Walters338
Turnout 2,74336.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Fitzjohns (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Martin Davies590
Conservative Andrew Mennear 536
Labour Peter Dann393
Labour Deborah Townsend390
Liberal Democrat Martin Wright245
Liberal Democrat Ricarda O'Driscoll240
Green Dorothy Forsyth96
Turnout 2,49033.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Fortune Green (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Felicity Rea975
Liberal Democrat Jane Schopflin829
Labour Michael Broughton375
Labour Roy Lockett372
Conservative Carrie Ruxton228
Conservative Michael Prichett226
Turnout 3,00539.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Frognal (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pamela Chesters 687
Conservative Dawn Somper640
Labour Anne Robertson311
Labour Helen Seaford279
Liberal Democrat Barbara How272
Liberal Democrat Nigel Barnes253
Green Charles Harris136
Turnout 2,57830.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Gospel Oak (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Mills 760
Labour Judith Pattison719
Liberal Democrat Margaret Jackson-Roberts336
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Poulter281
Conservative Marian Harrison221
Conservative Henry Whittaker180
Green Debra Green153
Turnout 2,65033.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Grafton (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roy Shaw705
Labour John Dickie660
Liberal Democrat Margaret Finer221
Liberal Democrat Anne Elliott191
Conservative Doreeb Bartlett187
Green Sheila Oakes170
Conservative Belinda Shapps148
Turnout 2,28229.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hampstead Town (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Little1,028
Liberal Democrat Sidney Malin912
Conservative Roderick Anderson368
Conservative Michael Bottom354
Labour Mark Leonard301
Labour Rudolph Champagne259
Turnout 3,22240.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Highgate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maggie Cosin1,275
Labour Richard Arthur1,252
Labour John Thane1,141
Conservative Judith Barnes930
Conservative Roger Freeman869
Conservative Cynthia Silk825
Liberal Democrat Heather Macauley666
Liberal Democrat Richard Waddington594
Green Paul Gannon471
Liberal Democrat Peter Mair457
Turnout 8,48040.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holborn (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julian Fulbrook948
Labour Brian Woodrow838
Conservative William Glossop328
Liberal Democrat Pamela Lutgen264
Liberal Democrat Barbara Turner264
Conservative Shaiesh Vara215
Turnout 2,85733.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kilburn (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Heather Johnson1,181
Labour Charles Hedges1,007
Labour Timothy Walker957
Conservative Robert Graham435
Conservative Jane Stanton-Humphreys395
Conservative Jonathan Morgan386
Green Helen Mayer362
Independent Lawrence Morris267
Liberal Democrat David Glover233
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Allen206
Liberal Democrat Erich Wagner133
Turnout 5,56227.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kings Cross (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barbara Hughes833
Labour Nicholas Smith 766
Conservative James Atkin269
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Gandy240
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Freedman232
Conservative Robert Ricketts211
Turnout 2,55128.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Priory (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Rolfe823
Labour Philip Turner809
Conservative Martyn Fisher276
Conservative Rose Irwin243
Liberal Democrat Rex Warner226
Liberal Democrat Joan Hervey138
Turnout 2,51531.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Regents Park (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Turner1,125
Labour Barbara Ward983
Labour Richard Olszewski947
Conservative Paul Gray540
Conservative Anthony Kemp468
Conservative Jeremy Bradshaw412
Liberal Democrat Ardon Lyon354
Liberal Democrat David Berry350
Independent Alan Patterson287
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Newbrook285
Turnout 5,75132.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St John's (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Penelope Abraham990
Labour David Horan977
Liberal Democrat Diana Brown406
Liberal Democrat Stephen Molesworth351
Conservative Michael Farrer183
Conservative Roland Walker146
Turnout 3,05335.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Pancras (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gloria Lazenby686
Labour Roger Robinson576
Liberal Democrat Fiona Palmer254
Liberal Democrat Ian Myers236
Conservative Laura Hoskins173
Conservative Blanche Mundlak162
Turnout 2,08733.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Somers Town (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sybil Shine815
Labour Ernest James743
Conservative David Harris226
Liberal Democrat Caroline Ford225
Conservative Joseph Sleigh163
Green Andrew Spring154
Turnout 2,32628.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
South End (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gerry Harrison999
Labour Janet Guthrie919
Conservative Jonathan Pardoe490
Conservative Dominic Schofield431
Liberal Democrat Peter Buonacorsi-How348
Liberal Democrat Andrew Wade346
Turnout 3,53338.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Swiss Cottage (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Ryan887
Labour Robert Hall834
Conservative Stephen Hocking756
Conservative Honora Morrissey754
Conservative Peter Horne732
Labour Bernard Moss710
Independent LabourJohn Macdonald600
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Collins439
Liberal Democrat Sally Twite378
Liberal Democrat Herbert Newbrook365
Green Catherine Gregory284
Turnout 6,73935.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
West End (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Keith Moffitt 972
Liberal Democrat Heather Thompson811
Labour David Lines705
Labour Geoffrey Berridge642
Conservative Neil Bourhill156
Conservative Elaine Mackover131
Independent Farshtchi Ahavan62
Independent Antoine Clarke41
Turnout 3,52041.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  2. ↑ "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. 6 May 1998. p. 19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Local Election Results 7th May 1998". Camden Council. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  5. ↑ http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755

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