Camden local elections

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The London Borough of Camden is elected every four years.

Contents

[edit] Political control

Labour 1964 - 1968

Conservative 1968 - 1971

Labour 1971 - 2006

No overall control 2006 - present

[edit] Council elections

Camden Council election, 1998

Camden Council election, 2002

Camden Council election, 2006

[edit] By-election results

[edit] 1998-2002

Swiss Cottage By-Election 22 April 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Honora Morrissey 705 42.7 +17.2
Labour Deborah Sacks 557 33.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Rex Warrick 158 9.6 -5.2
Independent Labour John MacDonald 126 7.6 -12.6
Green Douglas Earl 59 3.6 -6.0
Independent Farshtchi Akhavan 45 2.7 +2.7
Majority 148 8.9
Turnout 1,650 24.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Adelaide By-Election 3 February 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Horne 655 58.1 +13.3
Labour Theodore Blackwell 250 22.2 -15.0
Liberal Democrat Pamela Collis 176 15.6 -2.3
Green Douglas Earl 46 4.1 +4.1
Majority 405 35.9
Turnout 1,127 19.4
Conservative hold Swing
Bloomsbury By-Election 28 September 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brayshaw 495 44.3 +1.0
Conservative Patsy Prince 476 42.6 +16.8
Liberal Democrat Edward Simmons 82 7.3 -12.0
Green Kate Gordon 65 5.8 -5.8
Majority 19 1.7
Turnout 1,118 14.5
Labour hold Swing
Frognal By-Election 25 January 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Greene 537 61.6 +12.7
Labour Marie Bardsley 198 22.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Martin Wright 98 11.2 -8.1
Green Ceinwen Jones 23 2.6 -7.1
Independent Antoine Clarke 16 1.8 +1.8
Majority 339 38.9
Turnout 872
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] 2002-2006

Camden Town with Primrose Hill By-Election 20 June 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jake Thomas Sumner 652 29.0 -1.2
Liberal Democrat John Lefley 594 26.4 +2.8
Independent Gloria Pearl Lazenby 516 22.9 +5.4
Conservative Peter Horne 392 17.4 +0.9
Green Lucy Katherine Wills 98 4.4 -6.8
Majority 58 2.6
Turnout 2,252 27.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Haverstock By-Election 20 February 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jill Fraser 746 42.8 +22.0
Labour Paul Thomson 484 27.8 -15.8
Conservative Peter Horne 318 18.2 +0.1
Green Sarah Gillam 112 6.4 -9.4
Socialist Alliance Sydney Platt 84 4.8 +4.8
Majority 262 15.0
Turnout 1,744 23.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

[edit] 2006-2010

Kentish Town By-Election 7 December 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ralph Scott 1,093 37.5 +2.0
Green Siân Berry 812 27.9 +1.5
Labour Samuel McBratney 808 27.8 -2.5
Conservative Richard Merrin 198 6.8 -0.9
Majority 281 9.6
Turnout 2,911 31.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Haverstock By-Election 12 July 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Matt Sanders 1,160 43.4 -0.2
Labour Mike Katz 1,000 37.4 +3.0
Green Emily Bruni 299 11.2 +0.4
Conservative Peter Horne 213 8.0 -3.2
Majority 160 6.0
Turnout 2,672 34.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Fortune Green By-Election 21 February 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nancy Jirira 1,206 51.5 +4.0
Conservative Heather Downham 551 23.5 +1.6
Labour Tulip Siddiq 405 17.3 -1.7
Green Tim Wilmott 178 7.6 -4.0
Majority 655 28.0
Turnout 2,340 30.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Highgate By-Election 1 May 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Goodman 1,482 33.1 -0.5
Labour Michael Nicolaides 1,185 26.5 +1.0
Conservative Richard Merrin 1,180 26.3 -4.4
Liberal Democrat Henry Potts 633 14.1 +3.9
Majority 297 6.6
Turnout 4,480 56.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing

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