Camden London Borough Council election, 2018

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Camden London Borough Council election, 2018
  2014 3 May 2018

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

 First partySecond party
 
Lab
Con
Leader Georgia Gould Gio Spinella
Party Labour Conservative
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
LeaderFlick Rea Siân Berry
Party Liberal Democrat Green
Leader's seat Fortune Green Highgate
Last election1 seats, 15.6%1 seats, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 Democrat 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 00000.162n/a

Ward Results

Belsize (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Tom Simon1,250
Conservative Steve Adams1,201
Liberal Democrat Luisa Porritt1,179
Conservative Leila Roy1,170
Conservative Kirsty Roberts1,162
Liberal Democrat Ben Newman1,127
Labour James Calmus1,067
Labour Sucharita Sethi996
Labour Momota Khatoon971
Green Sara Katchi238
Green Phyl Eyres223
Independent Nigel Rumble123
Turnout 42.48
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adam Harrison1,045
Labour Sabrina Francis983
Labour Rishi Madlani931
Conservative Paul Tavares365
Conservative Shahin Ahmed334
Conservative Abdul Malique330
Liberal Democrat Jane Margaret Headland254
Liberal Democrat Aimery de Malet Roquefort242
Green Jane-Eve Flora Straughton226
Liberal Democrat Martin Percival George Wright191
Green Robert McCracken188
Green Juan Jimenez183
Turnout 31.72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Camden Town with Primrose Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Pat Callaghan1,936
Labour Richard Cotton1,664
Labour Lazzaro Pietragnoli1,570
Conservative Catherine McQueen632
Conservative Peter Horne602
Conservative Joel Roberts573
Liberal Democrat John Lefley457
Green Rik Howard434
Liberal Democrat Anne Maria Wright407
Green Mark Milaszkiewicz384
Liberal Democrat Lawrence Joseph Nicholson335
Turnout 34.86
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Cantelowes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Angela Mason 1,829
Labour Danny Beales1,780
Labour Ranjit Singh1,503
Liberal Democrat Catherine Wakefield Hays804
Liberal Democrat Christopher William Hattam488
Green Fran Bury449
Liberal Democrat Max Karasinski442
Green Catherine Anee Keshishian435
Green Trevor O'Farrell301
Conservative Ben Tansey276
Conservative Robert Fox270
Conservative Alexi Susiluoto240
Turnout 36.19
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Fortune Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Flick Rea1,496
Labour Co-op Lorna Russell1,468
Labour Co-op Richard Olszewski1,353
Labour Co-op Sorin Floti1,326
Liberal Democrat Adrian Bridge1,209
Liberal Democrat Tracey Shackle1,138
Conservative Phil Taylor758
Conservative Shamim Ahmed663
Conservative Axel Kaae659
Green Helen Margaret Jack378
Turnout 41.55
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Frognal & Fitzjohns (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Henry Newman1,631
Conservative Andrew Parkinson1,621
Conservative Gio Spinella1,595
Labour Rebecca Shirazi846
Labour Richard Chadwick838
Labour Gail McAnena Wood776
Liberal Democrat Anne Ward438
Liberal Democrat Valdir Francisco366
Liberal Democrat Shashank Krishna358
Green Charles Hilary Harris234
Green Anton Humphrey163
Independent Marx de Morais [lower-alpha 1] 135
Independent Tara Patten [lower-alpha 1] 128
Independent Stephen Cameron [lower-alpha 1] 122
Turnout 41.74
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Gospel Oak (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jenny Mulholland1,502
Labour Marcus Boyland1,442
Labour Larraine Revah1,361
Liberal Democrat Judy Dixey759
Liberal Democrat Stephen Crosher739
Liberal Democrat Matthew Jonathan Kirk603
Green Jane Walby412
Conservative Will Blair411
Conservative Cathleen Mainds399
Conservative John Webber350
Green Dominic Kendrick292
Turnout 36.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hampstead Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Stark1,522
Conservative Oliver Cooper1,455
Conservative Maria Higson1,400
Liberal Democrat Linda Chung1,247
Labour Sue Cullinan898
Liberal Democrat Andrew Haslem-Jones879
Liberal Democrat Will Coles826
Labour Sunny Mandich811
Labour James Slater799
Green Richard Bourn243
Green Michael Pawlyn 175
Green Ramsay Short135
Turnout 46.46
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Haverstock (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alison Kelly1,814
Labour Abdul Quadir1,653
Labour Abi Wood1,606
Liberal Democrat Jill Eileen Fraser661
Liberal Democrat Jack Francis Edmund Fleming412
Green Pam Walker401
Liberal Democrat Yannick Bultingaire383
Conservative Daniel Ellis354
Conservative Tom Ewins321
Green Mike Sumner317
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali305
Green Mike Turner241
Turnout 33.56
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Sian Berry 2,073
Labour Anna Wright1,741
Labour Oliver Lewis1,727
Labour Maddy Raman1,530
Green Kirsten De Keyser1,287
Green John Holmes1,197
Conservative Simone Finn 663
Conservative Ben Seifert501
Conservative Jim Ormiston493
Liberal Democrat Helena Djurkovic284
Liberal Democrat Henry William Windle Potts248
Liberal Democrat Stephen Raymond Pickthall245
Independent Emily O'Mara83
Independent Constantine Buhayer48
Turnout 50.42
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holborn and Covent Garden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julian Fulbrook1,716
Labour Sue Vincent1,705
Labour Awale Olad1,604
Conservative Alison Frost544
Conservative Andrew Keep497
Conservative Richard Merrin446
Green Luke Dowding419
Liberal Democrat Andrew Naughtie312
Green John Mason291
Liberal Democrat Charlotte Berenice Clementine Wattebot O'Brien257
Liberal Democrat Erich Wagner216
Turnout 32.47
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kentish Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Georgia Gould 2,376
Labour Jenny Headlam-Wells2,310
Labour Meric Apak2,238
Green Kelly Pawlyn572
Green Dee Searle568
Green Charley Greenwood556
Liberal Democrat Margo Dale Miller348
Conservative Mac Chapwell345
Conservative Darryl Davies339
Liberal Democrat Victor Hjort324
Liberal Democrat Jill Newbrook300
Conservative Shreena Patel261
Turnout 37.49
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Douglas Beattie1,733
Labour Maryam Eslamdoust1,722
Labour Thomas Gardiner1,613
Conservative Harry Richardson457
Conservative Georgina Stockley433
Conservative Sanjoy Sen416
Liberal Democrat James King390
Liberal Democrat Janet Grauberg385
Liberal Democrat Davi Kothari268
Green Matthew Spencer239
Green Carmen Mlagros Pilar Alcantara230
Green Sarah Nicoll225
Turnout 32.43
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
King's Cross (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jonathan Simpson1,191
Labour Georgie Robertson1,180
Labour Abdul Hai1,130
Green Emma Barker377
Conservative Robyn Gardner281
Conservative Adam Lester242
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Margaret Stanton Jones239
Conservative Samuel Dyas205
Green Nicola Ann Hart198
Liberal Democrat Mark Johnson174
Liberal Democrat Ekaterina Kirk171
Green Les Levidow157
Democrats and Veterans Robert Jason Connor62
Turnout 29.72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Regents Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nadia Shah 1,803
Labour Heather Johnson1,797
Labour Nasim Ali 1,783
Conservative Alexander Ellis467
Conservative Chantelle De Villers451
Conservative Carole Ricketts428
Independent Steven Christofi364
Liberal Democrat Margaret Ann Jackson-Roberts244
Liberal Democrat John Alexander Gordon234
Liberal Democrat Surya Kumaravel229
Turnout 31.68
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Pancras and Somers Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Samata Khatoon2,611
Labour Roger Robinson2,520
Labour Paul Tomlinson2,460
Green Tina Swasey341
Conservative David Allen295
Conservative Doreen Bartlett295
Green Mark Scantlebury264
Liberal Democrat Kimberley Lauren Stansfield251
Conservative Robert Lingard243
Liberal Democrat Sarah Hoyle230
Liberal Democrat James Maurice Barker192
UKIP Oliver Dominic Ronald Butt103
UKIP Christopher Cooke84
UKIP Giles Game82
Turnout 35.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Swiss Cottage (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nayra Bello O'Shanahan1,605
Labour Leo Cassarani1,541
Labour Simon Pearson1,417
Conservative Kate Fairhurst1,324
Conservative Calvin Robinson1,277
Conservative Don Williams1,277
Liberal Democrat Scott Jeremy Benson456
Liberal Democrat Kushal Bhimjiani448
Liberal Democrat Nick Russell388
Green Sheila Hayman262
Green Brian Gascoigne250
Independent Lina Hammouda [lower-alpha 1] 36
Independent Peter Straker [lower-alpha 1] 33
Independent Calvin Po [lower-alpha 1] 24
Turnout 38.47
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
West Hampstead (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nazma Rahman1,390
Labour Shiva Tiwari1,267
Labour Peter Taheri1,260
Conservative David Brescia940
Liberal Democrat Roger Fox878
Conservative Sedef Akademir819
Liberal Democrat Nancy Jirira777
Conservative Mohammed Salim739
Liberal Democrat Mukul Hira723
Green Jane Elizabeth Milton335
Green Helena Paul290
Green David Robert Stansell229
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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