Camden London Borough Council elections

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Camden London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. [1]

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Political control

Since 1965, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1965–1968
Conservative 1968–1971
Labour 1971–2006
No overall control (Liberal Democrat–Conservative coalition)2006–2010
Labour 2010–present

Throughout most of its history, Camden has been controlled outright by the Labour Party. During that control, Labour's share of the seats has fluctuated significantly. The below chart includes only councillors, not aldermen prior to their abolition in 1978; the presence of aldermen never affected the overall control of the council.

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40
50
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1964
1968
1971
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
  •   Labour
  •   Greens
  •   Lib Dems/Alliance
  •   Conservatives

Leadership

The leaders of the council have been: [3] [4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Charlie Ratchford Labour 19651968
Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative 19681970
Martin Morton Conservative 19701971
Millie Miller Labour 19711973
Frank Dobson Labour 19731975
Roy Shaw Labour 19751982
Phil Turner Labour 19821986
Tony Dykes Labour 19861990
Julie Fitzgerald Labour 19901993
Richard Arthur Labour 199317 May 2000
Jane Roberts Labour 17 May 20007 Nov 2005
Raj Chada Labour 8 Nov 20057 May 2006
Keith Moffitt Liberal Democrats 24 May 2006May 2010
Nash Ali Labour 26 May 20109 May 2012
Sarah Hayward Labour 16 May 201217 May 2017
Georgia Gould Labour 17 May 2017

Council elections

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats [lower-alpha 1] Green [lower-alpha 2] Council control
after election
1964 34260—Labour
1968 18420Conservative
1971 [lower-alpha 3] 49110Labour
1974 48120Labour
1978 [lower-alpha 4] 33260Labour
1982 332600Labour
1986 441320Labour
1990 421520Labour
1994 [lower-alpha 5] 47750Labour
1998 431060Labour
2002 [lower-alpha 6] 351180Labour
2006 1814202No overall control
2010 3010131Labour
2014 401211Labour
2018 43731Labour
2022 [lower-alpha 7] [10] 47341Labour

Result maps

Wards

Wards were established for Camden when it came into existence on 1 April 1965. The first elections of ward councillors took place in 1964. [11] These boundaries were also used for the 1968, 1971 and 1974 elections. For the 1978 elections the ward boundaries were revised in Camden. [6] These boundaries were then also used at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 elections.

For the May 1994 elections there were some minor adjustments to London borough boundaries, which caused some Camden wards to have small changes in area and population. [12] These boundaries were also used at the 1998 elections. The current ward boundaries came into effect at the May 2002 elections. [8] They were also used at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 elections.

Camden was subject to a boundary review in 2020. In February 2020, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England released its final recommendations that the borough should be divided into 15 three-member wards and 5 two-member wards. [9] The wards were approved by Parliament in October 2020, and were first used at the 2022 election. [13]

By-elections

  Conservative gain
  Green gain
  Labour gain
  Liberal Democrats gain
By elections 2022–present
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Highgate 30 November 2023 Siân Berry Green Lorna Russell Green Resignation upon selection as a prospective parliamentary candidate. [14] [15]
South Hampstead 1 June 2023Will Prince Labour Tommy Gale Labour Resignation due to work commitments. [16] [17]
Hampstead Town 7 July 2022Adrian Cohen Labour Linda Chung Liberal Democrats Resignation due to personal circumstances. [18] [19]
By elections 2018–2022
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Fortune Green 22 July 2021Flick Rea Liberal Democrats Nancy Jirira Liberal Democrats Resignation for health reasons and due to the return to in-person meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] [21]
Haverstock 12 December 2019Abi Wood Labour Gail McAnena Wood Labour Resignation. [22] [23]
By elections 2014–2018
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Gospel Oak 9 November 2017Theo Blackwell Labour Jenny Mulholland Labour Resignation on appointment as Chief Digital Officer for London. [24]
Gospel Oak 4 May 2017Maeve McCormack Labour Marcus Boyland Labour Resignation due to being unable to live in the London Borough of Camden. [25] [26]
Hampstead Town 7 May 2015Simon Marcus Conservative Oliver Cooper Conservative Resignation
St Pancras and Somers Town 6 March 2015Peter Brayshaw Labour Paul Tomlinson Labour Death
By elections 2010–2014
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Gospel Oak 14 March 2013Sean Birch Labour Maeve McCormack Labour Resignation
Hampstead Town 27 September 2012Kirsty Roberts Conservative Simon Marcus Conservative Resignation
Camden Town with Primrose Hill 3 May 2012Thomas Neumark Labour Lazzaro Pietragnoli Labour Resignation
Highgate 15 September 2011Michael Nicolaides Labour Sally Gimson Labour Resignation
Kentish Town 28 October 2010Dave Horan Labour Jenny Headlam-Wells Labour Death
Frognal and Fitzjohns 22 July 2010Martin Davies Conservative Gio Spinella Conservative Death
By elections 2006–2010
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Belsize 2 April 2009Christopher Basson Liberal Democrats Tom Simon Liberal Democrats Resignation
Kentish Town 30 October 2008Philip Thompson Liberal Democrats Nick Russell Liberal Democrats Resignation
Hampstead Town 25 September 2008Mike Greene Conservative Linda Chung Liberal Democrats Resignation
Highgate 1 May 2008Paul Barton Conservative Alex Goodman Green Resignation
Fortune Green 21 February 2008Jane Schopflin Liberal Democrats Nancy Jirira Liberal Democrats Death
Haverstock 12 July 2007Roy Shaw Labour Matt Sanders Liberal Democrats Resignation
Kentish Town 7 December 2006 Lucy Anderson Labour Ralph Scott Liberal Democrats Resignation
By elections 2002–2006
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Haverstock 20 February 2003John Dickie Labour Jill Fraser Liberal Democrats Resignation
Camden Town with Primrose Hill 20 June 2002Justin Barnard Liberal Democrats Jake T. Sumner Labour Resignation
By elections 1998–2002
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Frognal 25 January 2001 Pamela Chesters Conservative Mike Greene Conservative Resignation
Bloomsbury 28 September 2000Jake Turnbull Labour Peter Brayshaw Labour Resignation
Adelaide 3 February 2000Julian Tobin Conservative Peter J. Horne Conservative Death
Swiss Cottage 22 April 1999Mary Ryan Labour Honora Morrissey Conservative Resignation
By elections 1994–1998
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Bloomsbury 4 May 1995Shelley Burke Labour Pat Callaghan Labour Resignation
Adelaide 23 February 1995Peter Day Labour Peter Singer Labour Resignation
By elections 1990–1994
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
St Pancras 22 April 1993Mary Helsdon Labour Simon Fletcher Labour Resignation
St John's 17 December 1992Simon McDonald Labour Fiona Brocklesby Labour Resignation
Highgate 15 October 1992John Wakeham Labour Deborah Sacks Labour Resignation
West End 15 October 1992Julia Devote Labour David Lines Labour Resignation
Somers Town 7 May 1992Alfred Saunders Labour Robert W. Churchill Labour Death
Swiss Cottage 7 May 1992Vaughan Emsley Conservative Peter J. Skolar Conservative Resignation
By elections 1986–1990
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Hampstead Town 26 January 1989Selina Gee Conservative Rita Pomfret Conservative Resignation
St Pancras 1988Stephen Bevington Labour Mary Helsdon Labour Resignation
Adelaide 23 July 1987Stephen Moon Conservative Robert Graham Conservative Resignation
Somers Town 7 May 1987Thomas Devine Labour Caroline Holding Labour Death
By elections 1982–1986
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Regent's Park 28 February 1985 John Mills Labour Stephen Bevington Labour Resignation
Chalk Farm 23 February 1984Teresa Ryan Labour Richard Stein Labour Resignation
Swiss Cottage 21 July 1983Derek Spencer Conservative Robert Graham Conservative Resignation
By elections 1978–1982
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
King's Cross 7 May 1981Roderick Cordara Labour Barbara Hughes Labour Resignation
West End 7 May 1981Kevin Gould Labour Sandra Wynn Labour Resignation
Chalk Farm 27 November 1980Jonathan Sofer Labour Hamish McGibbon Labour Resignation
Grafton 30 October 1980Christopher Gardiner Labour William Birtles Labour Resignation
Belsize 17 April 1980Anthony Beaton Conservative Cathleen Mainds Conservative Resignation
St Pancras 17 April 1980Michael Morrissey Labour Jennifer Willmot Labour Resignation
Adelaide 3 May 1979Donald Degerdon Conservative Ian Pasley-Taylor Conservative Death
Swiss Cottage 3 May 1979Brian Stoner Conservative Ronald Rees Conservative Resignation
By elections 1974–1978
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Swiss Cottage 20 October 1977Ronald Raymond-Cox Conservative Michael C. Brahams Conservative Resignation
Holborn 27 January 1977 Frank Dobson Labour Kenneth J. Avery Conservative Resignation
St Pancras 27 January 1977John Toomey Labour Thomas J. Devine Labour Resignation
Hampstead Town 15 July 1976Archie MacDonald Conservative Stephen R. Rowlinson Conservative Resignation
Belsize 25 March 1976Richard Arthur Labour Martin Morton Conservative Resignation
Gospel Oak 25 March 1976Brian Loughran Labour Richard W. Turner Labour Resignation
By elections 1971–1974
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Grafton 7 June 1973John Needham Labour Christopher Gardiner Labour Resignation
Gospel Oak 15 June 1972John Keohane Labour Edwin Rhodes Labour Death
Swiss Cottage 2 March 1972John Eidenow Labour Neil McIntosh Labour Resignation
By elections 1968–1971
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Holborn 12 March 1970 Alan Greengross Conservative Betty Grass Labour Resignation
Highgate 4 December 1969 Peter Brooke Conservative Harriet Greenway Conservative Resignation
Kilburn 5 December 1968Jonny Johnson Labour David Offenbach Labour Death
By elections 1964–1968
WardDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Chalk Farm 14 December 1967Hilda Chandler Labour Peter Moloney Conservative Resignation
Gospel Oak 1 December 1966Alexander Sullivan Labour Hamish McGibbon Labour Resignation
St John's 1 December 1966Richard Lowe Labour Corin Hughes Stanton Labour Resignation
St Pancras 1 December 1966Sidney Munn Labour Wendy Mantle Labour Death

Aldermen

Aldermen were elected by the council, not the electorate, and had full voting rights. Each council included aldermen, to a maximum of one sixth of the councillors. The Local Government Act 1972 abolished Aldermen with voting rights with effect from 1978 in the London borough councils. Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity. [27]

1964–1968

AldermanParty
Ruth Howe Labour
Michael Cendrowicz Labour
Ivy Tate Labour
Lena Townsend Conservative
Edward Bowman Conservative
Frank Bennett Labour
Lyndal Evans Labour
James MacGibbon Labour
George King Labour
Ernest Wistrich Labour

1968–1971

AldermanParty
Frank Bennett Labour
Lyndal Evans Labour
Millie Miller Labour
Cliff Tucker Labour
Ernest Wistrich Labour
Edward Bowman Conservative
Luigi Denza Conservative
Kenneth Furness (replaced by Alan Greengross in 1970) Conservative
Elaine Kellett Conservative
Martin Morton Conservative

1971–1974

AldermanParty
Leila Campbell Labour
Samuel Fisher Labour
Ruth Howe Labour
Roger Jowell Labour
Albert (Jock) Stallard Labour
Edward Bowman Conservative
Clare Mansel Conservative
Alan Greengross Conservative
Elaine Kellett Conservative
Martin Morton Conservative

1974–1978

AldermanParty
Leila Campbell Labour
Samuel Fisher Labour
Ruth Howe Labour
Roger Jowell Labour
Albert (Jock) Stallard Labour
William Oakshott (replaced by Wally Burgess in 1975) Labour
William Budd Labour
George Trevelyan Labour
Arthur Soutter Labour
Gurmukh Singh Labour

Honorary Aldermen

Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity and enables the holder to attend civic events and walk ahead of councillors at the annual Remembrance Day parade. The title has been awarded to former councillors, including:

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party, 1964–1978; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1982–1986.
  2. ↑ Ecology Party, 1982; Green Party (UK), 1986–1990.
  3. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. [5]
  4. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one. [6]
  5. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. [n 1] [n 2] [n 3]
  6. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by five. [7] [8]
  7. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one. [9]

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  3. ↑ The North London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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