Camden London Borough Council elections

The Camden London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]

Political control

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

Party in control Years
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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  •   Labour
  •   Greens
  •   Lib Dems/Alliance
  •   Conservatives

Leadership

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

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Charlie Ratchford Labour19651968
Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative19681970
Martin Morton Conservative19701971
Millie Miller Labour19711973
Frank Dobson Labour19731975
Roy Shaw Labour19751982
Phil Turner Labour19821986
Tony Dykes Labour19861990
Julie Fitzgerald Labour19901993
Richard Arthur Labour199317 May 2000
Jane Roberts Labour17 May 20007 Nov 2005
Raj Chada Labour8 Nov 20057 May 2006
Keith Moffitt Liberal Democrats24 May 2006May 2010
Nash Ali Labour26 May 20109 May 2012
Sarah Hayward Labour16 May 201217 May 2017
Georgia Gould Labour17 May 2017

Council elections
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats[lower-alpha 1] Green[lower-alpha 2] Council control
after election
1964 34 26 0 — Labour
1968 18 42 0 Conservative
1971[lower-alpha 3] 49 11 0 Labour
1974 48 12 0 Labour
1978[lower-alpha 4] 33 26 0 Labour
1982 33 26 0 0 Labour
1986 44 13 2 0 Labour
1990 42 15 2 0 Labour
1994[lower-alpha 5] 47 7 5 0 Labour
1998 43 10 6 0 Labour
2002[lower-alpha 6] 35 11 8 0 Labour
2006 18 14 20 2 No overall control
2010 30 10 13 1 Labour
2014 40 12 1 1 Labour
2018 43 7 3 1 Labour
2022[lower-alpha 7][10] 47 3 4 1 Labour

Result maps
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  • 2018 results map
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  • 2022 results map
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Electoral wards
Main article: List of electoral wards in Camden

Electoral 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 will first be used for the 2022 election.[13]

By-election results

1964–1968
Gospel Oak by-election, 1 December 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hamish McGibbon 746
Conservative Denis Friis 728
Liberal Fred Cook 99
Communist Ken Herbert 71
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Alexander Sullivan.

St John's by-election, 1 December 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Corin Hughes-Stanton 711
Conservative David Theophilus 433
Liberal Joyce Arram 73
Communist Winston Pinder 53
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Richard Rowe.

St Pancras by-election, 1 December 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Mantle 977
Conservative Kenneth Avery 392
Communist Dave Guppy 52
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Sidney Munn.

Chalk Farm by-election, 14 December 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Moloney 823
Labour Edwin Rhodes 688
Liberal Guy Rayne-Savage 149
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Hilda Chandler.

1968–1971
Kilburn by-election, 5 December 1968[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Offenbach 1,047
Conservative Harriet Greenaway 834
Liberal Kenneth Whittle 145
Turnout 25.3%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Jonny Johnson.

Highgate by-election, 4 December 1969[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harriet Greenaway 1,426
Labour John Needham 1,027
Communist Jock Nicholson 81
Turnout 33.2%
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Peter Brooke.

Holborn by-election, 12 March 1970[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Betty Grass 946
Conservative Anthony Mayer 781
Turnout 29.4%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Alan Greengross.

1971–1974
Swiss Cottage by-election, 2 March 1972[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil McIntosh 1,576
Conservative Ron King 1,481
Liberal Ray Benad 267
Turnout 33.1%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John Eidenow.

Gospel Oak by-election, 15 June 1972[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Rhodes 920
Conservative Denis Friis 381
Communist Ken Herbert 45
National Front David English 39
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of John Keohane.

Grafton by-election, 7 June 1973[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Gardiner 1,413
Conservative George Radford 415
Neighbourhood Community Action Sidney Rawle 140
Communist Vic Heath 72
Turnout 21.5%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John Needham.

1974–1978
Belsize by-election, 25 March 1976[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Morton 2,196
Labour David F. Walker 1,455
Liberal Mary E. De La Mahotiere 251
Turnout 37.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Richard Arthur.

Gospel Oak by-election, 25 March 1976[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard W. Turner 841
Conservative Peter M. Barber 570
Communist Kenneth M. Herbert 69
Liberal June Mather 62
National Front Louis W. Koolman-Darnley 49
Independent Brian J. Manning 4
Turnout 41.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Brian Loughran.

Hampstead Town by-election, 15 July 1976[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen R. Rowlinson 1,743
Labour James F. C. Parish 548
Liberal Nigel I. Barnes 376
Turnout 28.4
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Archie MacDonald.

Holborn by-election, 27 January 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth J. Avery 885
Labour David F. Walker 802
Turnout 30.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Frank Dobson.

St Pancras by-election, 27 January 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas J. Devine 1,118
Conservative Laurence H. Atlas 514
Turnout 21.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John Toomey.

Swiss Cottage by-election, 20 October 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael C. Brahams 1,682
Labour Margaret A. V. Bowman 1,081
Liberal Andrew Bridgwater 189
National Front Gwendoline J. Evans 68
Turnout 32.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Ronald Raymond-Cox.

1978–1982
Adelaide by-election, 3 May, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Pasley-Taylor 2,298
Labour Michael Kirk 1,635
Liberal Andrew Bridgwater 596
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Donald Degerdon.

Swiss Cottage by-election, 3 May 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Rees 2,282
Labour Enyd Norman 1,885
Liberal Roger Billins 719
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Brian Stoner.

Belsize by-election, 17 April 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cathleen Mainds 1,235
Labour Allen Mathias 785
Liberal Andrew Bridgwater 288
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Anthony Beaton.

Fortune Green by-election, 17 April 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Rowson 743
Labour Christine Chapman 632
Liberal Flick Rea 514
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Richard Almond.

St Pancras by-election, 17 April 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Willmot 826
Conservative Anthony Earl-Williams 321
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Michael Morrissey.

Grafton by-election, 30 October 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Birtles 976
Conservative Michael Farrer 328
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Christopher Gardiner.

Chalk Farm by-election, 27 November 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hamish McGibbon 914
Conservative Anthony Blackburn 854
Liberal Sieska Cowdrey 121
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Jonathan Sofer.

King's Cross by-election, 7 May 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Hughes 813
Conservative Derek Lowe 573
Liberal Thomas Hibbert 320
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Roderick Cordara.

West End by-election, 7 May 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Wynn 917
Conservative Michael Farrer 729
Liberal Ida Linfield 678
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Kevin Gould.

1982–1986
Swiss Cottage by-election, 21 July 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Graham 1,168
Labour Jacqueline Peacock 994
Alliance Andrew Bridgwater 457
Turnout 37.9%
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Derek Spencer.

Chalk Farm by-election, 23 February 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stein 1,121
Alliance William Jones 646
Conservative Martine Kushner 507
Turnout 48.7%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Teresa Ryan.

Regent's Park by-election, 28 February 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Bevington 1,218
Alliance Kenneth Workman 1,042
Conservative Judith Barnes 858
Turnout 45.5%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John Mills.

1986–1990
Somers Town by-election, 7 May 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Holding 1,073
Alliance Betty Wilson 681
Conservative Blanche Mundlak 401
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Thomas Devine.

Adelaide by-election, 23 July 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Graham 1,007
Labour Sada Deshmukh 521
Alliance Dudley Miles 235
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Stephen Moon.

St Pancras by-election, 5 May 1988[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Helsdon 789
Conservative Andrew Broadhurst 319
Liberal Democrats Stephen White 293
Turnout 36.99
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Stephen Bevington.

Hampstead Town by-election, 26 January 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rita Pomfret 533
Liberal Democrats David Brierley 373
Labour Myra Polya 239
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Selina Gee.

1990–1994
Somers Town by-election, 7 May 1992[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert W. Churchill 591 46.1
Conservative Esther B. Mundlak 271 21.2
Camden Charter Arthur V. Peeling 227 17.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony J. Verduyn 140 10.9
Independent Colin P. Cuddehay 52 4.1
Turnout 27.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Alfred Saunders.

Swiss Cottage by-election, 7 May 1992[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter J. Skolar 1,278 50.5
Labour Nicholas Prior 940 37.1
Liberal Democrats Diana M. Self 222 8.8
Green Stephen N. Games 91 3.6
Turnout 42.3
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Vaughan A. Emsley.

Highgate by-election, 15 October 1992[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Sacks 994 45.8
Conservative Cynthia Silk 848 39.1
Liberal Democrats Henry W. Potts 328 15.1
Turnout 29.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John M. Wakeham.

West End by-election, 15 October 1992[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lines 544 41.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Moffitt 448 34.0
Conservative Dawn Somper 326 24.7
Turnout 33.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Julia O. Devote.

St John's by-election, 17 December 1992[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Brocklesby 534 80.7
Conservative Sylvia Currie 128 19.3
Turnout 16.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Simon C. J. McDonald.

St Pancras by-election, 22 April 1993[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Fletcher 606 53.9
Camden Charter Ellen Luby 244 21.7
Conservative Esther Mundlak 146 13.0
Liberal Democrats Jack Gilbert 128 11.4
Turnout 32.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Mary C. Helsdon.

1994–1998
Adelaide by-election, 23 February 1995[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter L. Singer 854
Conservative Robert E. Graham 649
Liberal Democrats Dudley R. Miles 757
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Peter G. Day.

Bloomsbury by-election, 4 May 1995[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Callaghan 1,271
Conservative William D. Whittaker 339
Liberal Democrats Gerrard S. Wall 258
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Shelley Burke.

1998–2002
Swiss Cottage by-election, 22 April 1999[8][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Honora Morrissey 705 42.7 +17.2
Labour Deborah H. Sacks 557 33.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Rex C. Warrick 158 9.6 −5.2
Independent Labour John Macdonald 126 7.6 −12.6
Green Douglas S. Earl 59 3.6 −6.0
Independent Mehdi A. Farshtchi 45 2.7 +2.7
Majority 148 8.9
Turnout 1,650 24.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Mary Ryan.

Adelaide by-election, 3 February 2000[8][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter J. Horne 655 58.1 +13.3
Labour Theo Blackwell 250 22.2 −15.0
Liberal Democrats Pamela Collis 176 15.6 −2.3
Green Douglas S. Earl 46 4.1 +4.1
Majority 405 35.9
Turnout 1,127 19.4
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Julian J. Tobin.

Bloomsbury by-election, 28 September 2000[8][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brayshaw 495 44.3 +1.0
Conservative Patsy Prince 476 42.6 +16.8
Liberal Democrats 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

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Jake Turnbull.

Frognal by-election, 25 January 2001[8][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Greene 537 61.6 +12.7
Labour Marie E. Bardsley 198 22.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin P. Wright 98 11.2 −8.1
Green Ceinwen M. Jones 23 2.6 −7.1
Independent Antoine J. Clarke 16 1.8 +1.8
Majority 339 38.9
Turnout 872
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Pamela Chesters.

2002–2006
Camden Town with Primrose Hill by-election, 20 June 2002[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jake T. Sumner 652 29.0 −1.2
Liberal Democrats John Lefley 594 26.4 +2.8
Independent Gloria P. Lazenby 516 22.9 +5.4
Conservative Peter J. Horne 392 17.4 +0.9
Green Lucy K. Wills 98 4.4 −6.8
Majority 58 2.6
Turnout 2,252 27.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Justin Barnard.

Haverstock by-election, 20 February 2003[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jill E. Fraser 746 42.8 +22.0
Labour Paul A. H. Thomson 484 27.8 −15.8
Conservative Peter J. Horne 318 18.2 +0.1
Green Sarah J. Gillam 112 6.4 −9.4
Socialist Alliance Sydney E. Platt 84 4.8 +4.8
Majority 262 15.0
Turnout 1,744 23.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John K. Dickie.

2006–2010
Kentish Town by-election, 7 December 2006[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Lucy N. Anderson.

Haverstock by-election, 12 July 2007[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Roy E. Shaw.

Fortune Green by-election, 21 February 2008[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Jane Schopflin.

Highgate by-election, 1 May 2008[22]
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 Democrats Henry WW Potts 633 14.1 +3.9
Majority 297 6.6
Turnout 4,480 56.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Paul J. Barton.

Hampstead Town by-election, 25 September 2008[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Chung 1,242 44.1 +11.5
Conservative Stephen Phillips 1,114 39.6 −6.9
Labour Larraine Revah 289 10.3 −1.0
Green Anya Reeve 140 5.0 −3.3
BNP Stephen Dorman 30 1.0 +1.0
Majority 128 4.5
Turnout 2,814 36.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Mike Greene.

Kentish Town by-election, 30 October 2008[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell 939 36.5 +0.9
Labour Awale Olad 863 33.5 +3.2
Green Victoria Green 518 20.1 −6.3
Conservative Peter Horne 171 6.6 −1.1
BNP Edith Crowther 62 2.4 +2.4
UKIP Magnus Nielson 21 0.8 +0.8
Majority 76 3.0
Turnout 2,574 28.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Philip Thompson.

Belsize by-election, 2 April 2009[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Simon 1,136 46.0 +5.4
Conservative Gary Bernadout 952 38.6 +1.7
Labour Sean Birch 270 10.9 −3.2
Green Naomi Aptowitzer 109 4.4 −3.9
Majority 184 7.5
Turnout 2,467 29.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Christopher J. Basson.

2010–2014
Frognal & Fitzjohns by-election, 22 July 2010[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gio Spinella 1,061 62.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats David Bouchier 329 19.4 −3.4
Labour Jack Smith 235 13.9 −4.2
Green Charles Harris 71 4.2 −2.9
Majority 732 43.2
Turnout 1,696 20.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Martin J. Davies.

Kentish Town by-election, 28 October 2010[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Headlam-Wells 1,411 53.0 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell 715 26.9 −3.6
Green Naomi Aptowitzer 349 13.1 −4.7
Conservative Will Blair 186 7.0 −5.1
Majority 696 26.2
Turnout 2,661
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Dave Horan.

Highgate by-election, 15 September 2011[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Gimson 1,178 41.6 +12.6
Green Alexis Rowell 947 33.5 +3.0
Conservative Anthony Denyer 593 21.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Hay 111 3.9 −16.3
Majority 231 8.2
Turnout 2,829 34.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Michael Nicolaides.

Camden Town with Primrose Hill by-election, 3 May 2012[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lazzaro Pietragnoli 1847
Conservative Nigel Rumble 823
Liberal Democrats Chris Richards 748
Green Peter Lyons 450
Independent Joe Gardner 98
Turnout 44.6%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Thomas Neumark.

Hampstead Town by-election, 27 September 2012[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Marcus 1,040 42.4 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Fine 695 28.3 −7.3
Labour Maddy Raman 512 20.9 +4.5
Green Sophie Dix 207 8.4 +1.0
Majority 345 14.1
Turnout 2,454 29.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Ms. Kirsty Roberts.

Gospel Oak by-election, 14 March 2013[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maeve McCormack 1,272 59.9 +20.8
Conservative Leila Roy 419 19.7 −7.9
Green Constantine Buhayer 134 6.3 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Noel 132 6.2 −15.3
TUSC John Reid 109 5.1 +5.1
BNP Stephen Reid Dorman 57 2.7 +2.7
Majority 853
Turnout 2,123 27.16
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Sean Birch. Percentage change is since May 2010.

2014–2018
St Pancras and Somers Town by-election, 6 March 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Tomlinson 1,481 72.8 Increase2.7
Conservative Shahin Ahmed 243 12.0 Increase2.4
Green Tina Swasey 213 10.5 Decrease4.0
Liberal Democrats Zack Polanski 96 4.7 Decrease1.1
Majority 1,238 60.9
Turnout 2,003 21.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Peter Brayshaw. Percentage change is since May 2014.

Hampstead Town by-election, 7 May 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Cooper 2,693 50.9 Increase8.0
Labour Maddy Raman 1,381 26.1 Increase4.8
Green Sophie Dix 597 11.3 Decrease0.9
Liberal Democrats Yannick Bultingaire 543 10.3 Decrease13.3
Independent Nigel Rumble 73 1.4 N/A
Majority 1,312 24.8
Turnout 5,287 67
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Simon Marcus. Percentage change is since May 2014.

Gospel Oak by-election, 4 May 2017[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marcus Boyland 1,468 50.2 Increase2.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Crosher 587 20.0 Increase13.5
Conservative Marx De Morais 523 18.9 Increase2.5
Green Dee Searle 273 9.3 Decrease5.7
UKIP Giles Game 75 2.6 Decrease8.2
Majority 881 30.1
Turnout 2,926 36.2
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Maeve McCormack.

Gospel Oak by-election, 9 November 2017[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Mulholland 1,144 57.5 Increase9.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Crosher 510 25.6 Increase19.1
Conservative Marx De Morais 303 15.2 Decrease1.2
English Democrat Maxine Spencer 31 1.6
Majority 634 31.9
Turnout 1,988 25.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Theo Blackwell.

2018–2022
Haverstock by-election, 12 December 2019[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gail McAnena Wood 3,121 57.1 Decrease2.8
Green Hunter Watts 787 14.4 Increase3.1
Conservative Catherine McQueen 781 14.3 Increase2.7
Liberal Democrats Jack Francis Edmund Fleming 776 14.2 Decrease3.0
Majority 2,334 42.7
Turnout 5,465 65
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Abi Wood.

Fortune Green: 22 July 2021[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nancy Jirira 1,197 46.7 Increase12.4
Labour Lorna Greenwood 849 33.1 Decrease3.9
Conservative Ian Cohen 518 20.3 Increase1.7
Majority 348 13.6
Turnout 2,564 29.8 Decrease11.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Flick Rea.[36]

2022–present
Hampstead Town, 7 July 2022[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Chung 919 40.9 +17.3
Conservative Alex Andrews 620 27.6 -6.8
Labour Alex Sufit 559 24.9 -15.0
Green Peter McGinty 104 4.6 N/A
Independent Jonathan Livingstone 44 2.0 N/A
National Housing Party
No More Refugees		 Patrick McGinnis 1 0.04 N/A
Turnout 2,247 37.6 -5.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Adrian Cohen.[38]

South Hampstead, 1 June 2023[39]
Replacing Will Prince (resigned)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Gale 882 35.65 -14.3
Conservative Don Williams 766 30.96 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Stillman 531 21.46 +8.3
Green Lorna Jane Russell 295 11.92 +11.9
Majority 116 4.7 -15.5
Turnout 2474 30.22 -6.5
Labour hold Swing -14.3

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Will Prince.[40]

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.[41]

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:

  • Flick Rea (awarded in 2022, for the longest continuous service, 35 years, as a Liberal Democrat councillor, the party's first honorary alderman)[43]
  • Roger Robinson (awarded in 2022, served as a Labour councillor for 38 years, the longest on record for any councillor)[43]

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]

References
  1. The Barnet, Camden and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  2. The City and London Borough Boundaries Order 1993
  3. The North London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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