1971 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1971 Camden Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.

1971 Camden Council election

13 May 1971
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Millie Miller Martin Morton Party Labour Conservative Liberal Leader since 1969 1970 Leader's seat Grafton Did not stand (Alderman) Seats won 49 11 0 Seat change 31 31 Percentage 59.5% 37.7% 1.8% Swing 21.0% 17.2% 3.7%
Leader before election Martin Morton Conservative Leader Millie Miller Labour

Election result

Camden local election results 1971

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	49	31	0	+31	81.7	59.5		+21.0
	Conservative	11	0	31	–31	18.3	37.7		–17.2
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8		–3.7
	Others	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0		–0.1

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	2,090
	Conservative	Brenda Hennessy	2,087
	Conservative	Madeleine Du Mont	2,068
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	2,031
	Labour	Nicholas Bosanquet	1,981
	Labour	Mark Bass	1,950
	Labour	Nora Henry	1,931
	Labour	Barry Phillips	1,917
	Liberal	Phillip Helemryk	427
	Liberal	Gillian Latimer	244
	Liberal	Sheila Williams	241
	Liberal	Norman Latimer	226
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Gibson	2,225
	Labour	John Lipetz	2,132
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	2,130
	Labour	Irving Kuczynski	2,128
	Conservative	Norman Oatway	1,955
	Conservative	Irene Burnett	1,943
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	1,923
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	1,885
	Liberal	Margaret Darvall	352
	Liberal	Mary De La Mahotiere	313
	Communist	Hubert Bevan	292
	Liberal	John Swain	282
	Association of Independents	John Davies	92
	Association of Independents	Anthony Cunnew	74
	Association of Independents	Mary Davies	60
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Horne	1,383	55.6
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,377
	Labour	Florence Parnell	1,345
	Conservative	Ian Galbraith	1,105	44.4
	Conservative	Colin Jaque	1,077
	Conservative	Horace Shooter	1,069
Turnout				27.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Camden

Camden (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Buckland	2,971	69.0
	Labour	Ivor Walker	2,913
	Labour	George Trevelyan	2,909
	Labour	Phil Turner	2,864
	Conservative	Leslie Langford	970	22.5
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	959
	Conservative	Philp Brandt	942
	Conservative	G. P. Sutherland	919
	Communist	Ann Sedley	362	8.4
Turnout				36.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Jonas	1,171	57.0
	Labour	Derek Jarman	1,154
	Conservative	George Radford	884	43.0
	Conservative	Robert Targett	800
Turnout				37.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Keohane	1,137	47.4
	Labour	Brian Loughran	1,112
	Conservative	Kenneth Graham	475	27.9
	Conservative	John Macdonald	471
	Communist	Ken Herbert	90	5.3
Turnout				46.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Millie Miller	2,923	76.2
	Labour	John Needham	2,900
	Labour	Roy Shaw	2,830
	Labour	Barry Peskin	2,820
	Conservative	George Paulley	628	16.4
	Conservative	Mary Quilliam	611
	Conservative	Anthony Boosey	599
	Conservative	Malcolm Heath	595
	Communist	Victor Heath	287	7.5
Turnout				35.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lemkin	2,073
	Conservative	Archie Macdonald	2,071
	Conservative	Harriet Greenaway	2,064
	Conservative	Arthur Roome*	1,996
	Labour	Alix Maxwell	1,574
	Labour	Roger Robinson	1,537
	Labour	Edwin Rhodes	1,511
	Labour	Keith Atkins	1,501
	Liberal	David Sacker	360
	Liberal	Bonamy Bradby	337
	Communist	Betty Tate	258
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Highgate

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	1,735	46.6
	Labour	John Carrier	1,724	46.3
	Conservative	Christopher Fenwick	1,715
	Conservative	Denis Friis	1,711
	Labour	Jeanne Cox	1,703
	Labour	Bernard Miller	1,656
	Communist	Jean Davis	262	7.0
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Robinson	1,559	62.2
	Labour	Frank Dobson	1,554
	Conservative	John Barker	949	37.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	923
Turnout				39.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert (Tim) Skinner	2,263	67.4
	Labour	Robert Humphreys	2,241
	Labour	Francis Rochford	2,204
	Conservative	Martin Guinness	882	26.3
	Conservative	Anthony Wright	870
	Conservative	Ian Tomisson	868
	Liberal	John Gibbs	131	3.9
	Liberal	Colin Brown	122
	Liberal	Violet Green	119
	Communist	Stella McEntire	82	2.4
Turnout				40.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndal Evans	2,080	58.2
	Labour	Joseph Jacob	2,057
	Labour	Michael Cendrowicz	2,034
	Labour	David Offenbach	2,032
	Conservative	Ian Clarke	1,494	41.8
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,481
	Conservative	Edith Martin	1,466
	Conservative	Joy Burgess	1,436
Turnout				36.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Clarke	2,170	65.4
	Labour	Glyn Thomas	2,085
	Labour	Enid Wistrich	2,067
	Conservative	Irene Ellis	1,019	30.7
	Conservative	Ronald Raymond-Cox	1,016
	Conservative	Brian Hutchins	1,007
	Communist	Keith Ebbutt	131	3.9
Turnout				45.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Collins	2,766	67.8
	Labour	Paddy O'Connor	2,688
	Labour	John Mills	2,667
	Labour	John Thane	2,605
	Conservative	Ernest Lee	1,311	32.2
	Conservative	Peter Briggs	1,309
	Conservative	Roger Gale	1,298
	Conservative	Marcelle Simpson	1,294
Turnout				40.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St John's

St John's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Corin Hughes-Stanton	1,761	75.1
	Labour	John Palmer	1,743
	Labour	Geoffrey Bindman	1,695
	Conservative	Alan Smith	583	24.9
	Conservative	Peter Bennett	575
	Conservative	Joan Couzens	560
Turnout				35.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Duggan	2,357	88.4
	Labour	Peter Best	2,342
	Labour	William Oakshott	2,312
	Conservative	Eric Bland	310	11.6
	Conservative	Carol Favell	272
	Conservative	Malcolm Watts	266
Turnout				32.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	2,026	48.9
	Labour	John Eidinow	2,018
	Labour	Arthur Soutter	1,974
	Labour	Ernest Wistrich	1,893
	Conservative	Ronald King	1,804	43.5
	Conservative	Phillippa Raymond-Cox	1,792
	Conservative	Christine Stewart-Munro	1,787
	Conservative	Sidney Torrance	1,780
	Liberal	Kay Peacock	317	7.6
	Liberal	Ray Benad	298
Turnout				38.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West End

West End (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	1,941	50.4
	Labour	Brian Arnold	1,914	49.6
	Labour	Joan Hymans	1,888
	Labour	Derek Pollard	1,880
	Labour	Edwin Lichtenstein	1,878
	Conservative	Susan Ayliff	1,852
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	1,841
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	1,833
Turnout				36.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)