Camden London Borough Council election, 2006

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Camden Council election, 2006
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All 54 seats to Camden London Borough Council
27 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
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Party Liberal Democrat Labour
Last election8 seats, 23.2%35 seats, 33.3%
Seats won2018
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg17
Popular vote16,24116,940
Percentage27.8%29.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.6%Decrease2.svg4.3%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Green
Last election11 seats, 25.2%0 seats, 13.6%
Seats won142
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg2
Popular vote15,1878,652
Percentage26.0%14.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.8%Increase2.svg1.2%

Camden UK local election 2006 map.svg

Map of the results of the 2006 Camden council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Green Party in green.
Leader of Largest Party before election

Raj Chadha
Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Keith Moffitt
Liberal Democrat

The 2006 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [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.

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Background

Before the election the Labour party controlled the council with 36 seats, compared to 11 Conservatives and 7 Liberal Democrats. [2] Since the 2002 election, in 2005, one of the councillors for Fortune Green, Jonathan Simpson, had defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour. [3]

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

A total of 223 candidates stood for the 54 seats being contested in 18 wards. [2] The Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties contested every seat and there was 1 candidate each from the Christian Peoples Alliance, Respect Party and United Kingdom Independence Party, as well as 4 independents. [2]

Green Party of England and Wales Political party in England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Headquartered in London, since September 2018, its co-leaders are Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley. The Green Party has one representative in the House of Commons, one in the House of Lords, and three in the European Parliament. In addition, it has various councillors in UK local government and two members of the London Assembly.

Christian Peoples Alliance

The Christian Peoples Alliance, CPA is a Christian democratic political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in its present form in 1999, having grown out of a cross-party advocacy group called the Movement for Christian Democracy. The first leader of the party was Ram Gidoomal. Alan Craig took over from him in 2004 and resigned in 2012. He was replaced by Sidney Cordle who is the current leader.

The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016. At the height of its success in 2007, the party had one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and nineteen councillors in local government.

During the campaign the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Camden to support his party. [4]

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom head of Her Majestys Government in the United Kingdom

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Tony Blair Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. As of 2017, Blair is the last UK Labour Party leader to have won a general election.

Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council with the leader of the council Raj Chadha among those who were defeated. [5] This was the first time since the 1968 election that Labour had not won a majority in Camden [5] [6] and the election saw the Liberal Democrats overtake Labour to become the largest party on the council. [7] The defeated Labour leader of the council Raj Chadha said "that the national circumstances meant a very good council in Camden has been lost". [5] Overall turnout at the election was 37.6%, an increase from 28.5% in 2002. [2]

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.

Following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives made an agreement to form the administration together, with Liberal Democrat Keith Moffitt becoming the leader of the council and Conservative Andrew Marshall becoming deputy leader. [8]

Keith Moffitt is a British Liberal Democrat local government politician. He was a Councillor for West Hampstead from 1994, and in the local elections of May 2006 became the first ever Liberal Democrat Leader of Camden London Borough Council, ending Labour's 35-year hold on the borough.

Camden Local Election Result 2006 [9] [10] [11]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 18-1733.329.016,940-4.3
  Liberal Democrat 20+1237.027.816,241+4.6
  Conservative 14+325.926.015,187+0.8
  Green 2+23.714.88,652+1.2
  Respect 0001.3781n/a
  Independent 0000.8468-1.1
  UKIP 0000.163n/a
  Christian Peoples 0000.025-0.7

Ward results

Belsize (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alexis Rowell1,358
Liberal Democrat Christopher Basson1,349
Liberal Democrat Arthur Graves1,268
Conservative Jonathan Bucknell *1,233
Conservative Piers Wauchope *1,205
Conservative Sheila Gunn *1,187
Labour Sadashivrao Deshmukh471
Labour Matthew McGregor462
Labour Jenny Westaway410
Green Jane Ennis278
Green Anya Courts260
Green Adam Spanier207
Turnout 9,68838.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Bloomsbury (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Penelope Abraham *1,004
Labour Fazlul Chowdhury *928
Conservative Rebecca Hossack898
Labour Peter Brayshaw *896
Conservative Robert Moritt835
Conservative Janice Lavery634
Green Linus Rees353
Liberal Democrat Caroline Deys344
Green Shahrar Ali 329
Liberal Democrat Steven Deller323
Green George Graham284
Liberal Democrat Philip Moser282
Independent Andrew Halsey53
Turnout 7,34837.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Camden Town with Primrose Hill (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Christopher Naylor1,367
Labour Patricia Callaghan *1,357
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Campbell1,357
Liberal Democrat John Lefley1,293
Labour Jake Sumner *1,186
Labour Abdul Quadir1,152
Conservative William Mitchell527
Conservative Alexander Norman501
Conservative Peter Horne497
Green Nicola Chatham414
Green Vincent Thurgood356
Green Hilary Wendt313
Turnout 10,32042.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Cantelowes (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paul Braithwaite1,193
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Rawlings1,129
Liberal Democrat Frederic Carver1,101
Labour John Doolan923
Labour Dermot Greene *891
Labour Hilary Lowe884
Green Elizabeth Wilson497
Green Francesca Bury440
Green Rachel Zatz380
Conservative Judith Barnes372
Conservative Richard Dollimore334
Conservative Carole Rciketts305
Turnout 8,44935.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Fortune Green (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Felicity Rea *1,446
Liberal Democrat Jane Schopflin *1,187
Liberal Democrat Russell Eagling1,132
Conservative Heather Downham667
Conservative Jean Hornbuckle608
Labour Miles Seaman580
Conservative Peter Denison-Pender576
Labour Howard Dawber545
Labour Mohamoud Nur402
Green Billy Murray354
Green Lucia Nella305
Green Benjamin Smith291
Turnout 8,09334.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohn's (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Martin Davies *1,603
Conservative Dawn Somper *1,513
Conservative Karl Mennear *1,500
Liberal Democrat Diane Litman453
Liberal Democrat Alan Templeton394
Labour Thomas Gardiner364
Labour Peter Sanderson353
Liberal Democrat Erich Wagner342
Green Charles Harris331
Labour Luca Salice316
Green Edward Ross296
Green Tatton Spiller267
Turnout 7,73232.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Gospel Oak (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lindsay Mitchell1,378
Conservative Chris Philp 1,333
Conservative Keith Sedgwick1,297
Labour Sally Gimson 1,225
Labour Raj Chada *1,220
Labour Janet Guthrie *1,150
Liberal Democrat Margaret Jackson-Roberts519
Liberal Democrat Laura Noel461
Green Josephine Karen428
Green Jane Walby411
Liberal Democrat Herbert Newbrook373
Green Richard Thomas337
Turnout 10,13245.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hampstead Town (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Greene *1,842
Conservative Kirsty Roberts1,641
Conservative Christopher Knight1,605
Liberal Democrat Edward Fordham1,293
Liberal Democrat Linda Chung1,204
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Fryer 980
Labour Hugh Gracey446
Labour Myra Carr418
Labour Paul Tomlinson384
Green Brian Gascoigne328
Green Charlotte Collins287
Green Una Sapietis214
Independent Brian Kettell52
Turnout 10,69449.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Haverstock (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jill Fraser *1,417
Labour Syed Hoque1,118
Labour Roy Shaw *1,106
Liberal Democrat Dudley Miles1,085
Liberal Democrat Simon Horvat-Marcovic1,058
Labour Michael Katz1,034
Conservative Joan Stally362
Green Sue Charlesworth351
Green Robert Bahns347
Conservative Timothy Frost338
Conservative Ross McGregor337
Green Edward Milford244
Turnout 8,79738.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highgate (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Maya De Souza1,336
Conservative Paul Barton1,221
Green Adrian Oliver1,210
Green Quentin Tyler1,159
Conservative Gary Benardout1,129
Conservative Richard Merrin1,121
Labour Maggie Cosin *1,016
Labour George Queen922
Labour John Thane *873
Liberal Democrat Henry Potts406
Liberal Democrat Laura Watkins356
Liberal Democrat Philip Wainewright325
Turnout 11,07447.5
Green gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Holborn and Covent Garden (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Susan Vincent *1,085
Labour Julian Fulbrook *1,079
Labour Brian Woodrow *988
Conservative Alison Frost810
Conservative Timothy Barnes758
Conservative Philip Nelson731
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Hanna489
Green Benedict Protheroe449
Liberal Democrat Stanley Grossman417
Green Grace Hodgkinson-Barrett364
Liberal Democrat Simieon Litman347
Green Stuart Houghton319
Turnout 7,83631.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kentish Town (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Philip Thompson1,421
Liberal Democrat Omar Ansari1,268
Labour Lucy Anderson *1,213
Liberal Democrat Ralph Scott1,198
Labour David Horan *1,087
Green Sian Berry 1,057
Labour Deidre Krymer1,042
Green Edward Chatham772
Green Alexander Goodman760
Conservative Matthew Murphy308
Conservative Doreen Bartlett306
Conservative Graham Porter271
Turnout 10,70341.8
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kilburn (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Abrahams1,122
Liberal Democrat Janet Grauberg1,084
Liberal Democrat James King1,071
Labour Aileen Hammond1,008
Labour John Rolfe *1,005
Labour Phillip Turner *985
Conservative Andrew Cossar393
Conservative Carlo Banchero382
Conservative Sam Gyimah 336
Green John Collins224
Green Sophia Mustoe214
Green Miriam Elkan188
Turnout 8,01234.7
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Kings Cross (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abdul Hai1,071
Labour Jonathan Simpson956
Labour Geethika Jayatilaka946
Liberal Democrat Trevor Harris662
Liberal Democrat Huw Prior627
Liberal Democrat David Simmons600
Conservative Barbara Douglass483
Conservative Paul Christian476
Conservative Jamieson Hunkin424
Green Joy Wood375
Green Kate Gordon360
Green Neil Endicott355
Independent Alem-Seged Abay182
Turnout 7,51731.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Regents Park (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nasim Ali *1,329
Labour Theodore Blackwell *1,204
Labour Heather Johnson *1,172
Conservative Michele Potel814
Conservative James Morris804
Conservative John Iredale792
Green Natalie Bennett 616
Liberal Democrat Anne Brown586
Green Stephen Plowden463
Green Joel Derbyshire434
Liberal Democrat Lawrence Nicholson424
Liberal Democrat Richard Waddington330
Turnout 8,96836.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Pancras and Somers Town (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roger Robinson *1,399
Labour Nural Islam1,264
Labour Ruth Stewart *1,212
Respect Nuruzzaman Hira781
Green Mary Campbell517
Conservative Rohit Grover440
Liberal Democrat Margaret Finer433
Conservative Robert Ricketts429
Conservative Abdul Salam422
Green Richard Eden369
Liberal Democrat Charles Marquand332
Liberal Democrat Barbara Waddington317
Green Matthew Hodgkinson-Barrett213
Independent Robert Austin181
Turnout 8,30939.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Swiss Cottage (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Marshall *1,292
Conservative Roger Freeman1,272
Conservative Donovan Williams *1,243
Labour Katharine Bligh659
Labour Selman Ansari638
Liberal Democrat Jillian Newbrook543
Labour Charles Keal522
Green Elizabeth Charvet435
Liberal Democrat Harriet Sloane405
Liberal Democrat Sally Twite400
Green Lucy Wills355
Green Alan Wheatley255
UKIP Magnus Nielsen63
Christian Peoples Alphonse Komesha25
Turnout 8,10732.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
West Hampstead (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Keith Moffitt *1,189
Liberal Democrat John Bryant *1,107
Liberal Democrat Duncan Greenland974
Labour Virginia Berridge672
Labour Geoffrey Kingscote598
Labour Charles Hedges545
Conservative Elaine Mackover544
Conservative John Samiotis478
Conservative Marcus Watzlaff451
Green Lucy Thomas309
Green Debra Green300
Green Kari-Lourdes Dewar275
Turnout 7,44231.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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