1994 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1994 Camden Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election. Labour stayed in overall control of the council, with both them and the Liberal Democrats making gains at the expense of the Conservatives in the north-west of the borough.

1994 Camden Council election

← 1990 5 May 1994 1998 →

All 59 seats up for election to Camden London Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered123,060[1]
Turnout52,027, 42.28% (Decrease 3.90)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Richard Arthur Judith Barnes Flick Rea
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1993 1990 1988
Leader's seat Highgate Belsize Fortune Green
Last election 42 seats, 48.80% 15 seats, 29.88% 2 seats, 9.86%
Seats won 47 7 5
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease8 Increase3
Popular vote 60,590 27,682 21,408
Percentage 52.00% 23.76% 18.37%
Swing Increase 3.20 Decrease 6.12 Increase 8.51

Map of the results of the 1994 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour (red) won every councillor in the south and east of the borough, while both they and the Lib Dems (yellow) made in-roads into the Conservative (blue) stronghold of Hampstead.

Leader before election

Richard Arthur
Labour

Leader

Richard Arthur
Labour

Election result

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1994 Camden London Borough Council local elections[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 47 6 1   5 79.66 52.00 60,590   3.20
  Conservative 7 0 8   8 11.86 23.76 27,682   6.12
  Liberal Democrats 5 3 0   3 8.47 18.37 21,408   8.51
  Green 0 0 0   0.00 3.48 4,049   3.98
  Camden Charter 0 0 0   0.00 1.15 1,342   2.13
  Independent 0 0 0   0.00 0.61 707 New
  Hampstead Charter 0 0 0   0.00 0.38 442 New
  Kilburn Charter 0 0 0   0.00 0.25 296 New
Total 59 116,516

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Adelaide

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Adelaide (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter G. Day 996 40.38   5.36
Conservative Julian J. Tobin* 987 39.87   3.36
Labour Peter J. Bourne 976
Conservative Robert A. Ashley 947
Conservative Robert E. Graham* 926
Labour Iain T.S. Meek 922
Liberal Democrats Vera A. Miles 308 12.30   4.12
Liberal Democrats Candida Goulden 302
Liberal Democrats Madhvi Chanrai 272
Green Elizabeth de-Pauley 178 7.45   2.83
Registered electors 5,408   276
Turnout 2,402 44.42   1.13
Rejected ballots 4 0.17   0.02
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Belsize

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Belsize (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith V. Barnes* 920 35.27   5.20
Labour Judith E. Pattison 884 33.45   0.54
Conservative Joy Silver 859
Conservative Huntly G. Spence* 840
Labour Peter L. Singer 804
Labour John S. Saynor 797
Liberal Democrats Pauline E. Marriott 544 20.69   9.21
Liberal Democrats Diana M. Brown 511
Liberal Democrats James Iddon-Bowen 481
Green Kamal I. Al-Moosa 262 10.59   3.47
Turnout 43.8%
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Bloomsbury

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Bloomsbury (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deidre D. Krymer 1,281 50.96   8.78
Labour Co-op Shelley Burke 1,256
Labour Co-op Nirmal C. Roy[n 1] 1,173
Conservative Mark D. I. Haley 611 24.19   0.65
Conservative William D. Whittaker 594
Conservative Piers A.C. Wauchope 556
Liberal Democrats Penelope F. Jones 499 18.42   9.77
Liberal Democrats Andrew J. Hoddinott 421
Liberal Democrats Timothy S. Pitt-Payne 421
Camden Charter Joan Savage 156 6.43   1.50
Registered electors 7,308   178
Turnout 2,415 33.05   4.37
Rejected ballots 5 0.21   0.10
Labour hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Brunswick

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Brunswick (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest P. James* 801 53.17  12.37
Labour Brian C. M. Weekes 793
Conservative Kenneth J. Avery 429 27.95   6.18
Conservative Michael J. Stilwell 409
Liberal Democrats Frances M. Tully 292 18.88   8.63
Liberal Democrats Gerard S. Wall 273
Registered electors 4,082   158
Turnout 1,563 38.29   5.51
Rejected ballots 5 0.32   0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold

Camden

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Camden (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Nightingale 1,304 61.00  20.06
Labour Dermot R. Greene 1,245
Liberal Democrats Marion H. Fleming 395 16.12   9.62
Liberal Democrats Marc P. J. Leggett 278
Camden Charter June H. Swan 264 12.63   7.34
Conservative Paul D. Short 223 10.24   2.26
Conservative Laudicia L. Antoine-Perez 205
Registered electors 5,153   48
Turnout 2,115 41.04   7.50
Rejected ballots 10 0.47   0.27
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castlehaven

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Castlehaven (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane E. Roberts* 1,056 58.64   2.46
Labour Jasper H. Williams* 951
Liberal Democrats Margaret A. Finer 271 15.83   8.30
Green Kate Gordon 235 13.73   1.74
Conservative William L. Mitchell 212 11.80   1.11
Conservative Andrew F. Scarfe 192
Registered electors 3,844   291
Turnout 1,613 41.96   2.97
Rejected ballots 6 0.37   0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold

Caversham

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Caversham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Kissen* 1,230 56.95   7.34
Labour Anne G. J. Swain 1,196
Liberal Democrats Soren K. Agerholm 329 15.45   8.36
Conservative John J. S. Davidson 318 14.46   3.96
Conservative Sylvia M. C. Currie 297
Green Thomas Payne 280 13.14   1.99
Registered electors 4,876   201
Turnout 1,947 39.93   4.55
Rejected ballots 7 0.36   0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chalk Farm

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Chalk Farm (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet E. A. Garland* 847 43.03   3.43
Labour William G. Budd[n 2] 763
Independent Jonathan M. Bucknell 426 22.77 New
Conservative Anthony J. Blackburn 421 20.36   5.98
Conservative Michael R. Farrer 340
Liberal Democrats Frances M. Tattersfield 275 13.84   4.90
Liberal Democrats Ardon J. Lyon 242
Registered electors 3,662   248
Turnout 1,736 47.41   1.52
Rejected ballots 3 0.17   0.01
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fitzjohn's

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Fitzjohn's (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald E. King* 552 37.28  13.06
Conservative Cathleen G. Mainds[n 3] 467
Labour David R. S. Bookless 391 27.71   0.83
Labour Jonathan S. Black 366
Liberal Democrats Ronald A. Finlay 233 16.37   6.52
Liberal Democrats Olive C. Paynton 215
Independent Christopher W. Knight 139 10.16 New
Green Charles H. Harris 116 8.48   4.45
Registered electors 3,238   74
Turnout 1,294 39.96   3.61
Rejected ballots 3 0.23   0.66
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Fortune Green

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Fortune Green (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Felicity M. P. Rea* 1,030 53.50  15.31
Liberal Democrats Jane C. Schopflin* 866
Labour Geoffrey R. Berridge 523 27.26   1.86
Labour Syed M. Hoque 443
Conservative Paul Crossman 280 14.56   8.52
Conservative Nicholas M. G. Jones 235
Green Lynn A. Lovell 83 4.68   4.93
Registered electors 3,467   162
Turnout 1,781 51.37   4.95
Rejected ballots 4 0.22   0.02
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Frognal

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Frognal (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela J. Chesters* 800 39.50  19.13
Conservative Dawn A. Somper 659
Labour Dianne Hayter 420 21.59   4.12
Labour Regan J. Scott 378
Liberal Democrats Barbara E. How 311 16.56   4.77
Liberal Democrats Nigel I. Barnes 300
Hampstead Charter Helen R. Marcus 270 14.61 New
Green Sebastian M. Secker Walker 143 7.74   4.37
Registered electors 3,918   324
Turnout 1,598 40.79   3.97
Rejected ballots 3 0.19   0.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gospel Oak

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Gospel Oak (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert E. Hall 1,078 55.93   5.64
Labour Co-op John A.D. Mills* 838
Conservative Iris Coney 313 17.10   4.47
Liberal Democrats Margaret A. Jackson-Roberts 289 15.88 New
Conservative Michael E. H. Ost 273
Liberal Democrats Frances de Freitas 255
Green Sheila M. Oakes 190 11.09   5.77
Registered electors 4,297   179
Turnout 1,721 40.05   8.05
Rejected ballots 4 0.23  
Labour hold
Labour Co-op hold

Grafton

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Grafton (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy E. Shaw* 1,147 72.10  21.46
Labour Terence Comerford* 1,100
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth S. Hall 227 14.30 New
Conservative Doreen F. Bartlett 221 13.60   0.75
Liberal Democrats Anne B. Elliott 218
Conservative Ross S. Campbell 202
Registered electors 4,200   91
Turnout 1,647 39.21   7.45
Rejected ballots 11 0.67   0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hampstead Town

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Hampstead Town (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret F. Little 1,005 52.42  20.85
Liberal Democrats John K. Dickie 969
Conservative Helen Sinclair 471 24.91   9.25
Conservative Maureen Braun* 466
Labour Janet M. Guthrie 336 17.53   4.90
Labour Simon J. Fitzpatrick 323
Green Katharina Wolfe 97 5.15   6.69
Registered electors 3,692   13
Turnout 1,884 51.02   1.49
Rejected ballots 2 0.11   0.05
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Highgate

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Highgate (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret I. Cosin* 1,805 47.31   2.30
Labour Richard A. Arthur* 1,795
Labour Deborah Sacks*[n 4] 1,731
Conservative Cynthia M. Silk 890 22.39   4.52
Conservative Martyn B. Fisher 833
Conservative Tanya A. Warburg 801
Green Walter R. Eyres 628 16.72   4.14
Liberal Democrats Richard J. Waddington 525 13.58   6.08
Liberal Democrats Stephen L. Molesworth 520
Liberal Democrats Henry W. W. Potts 484
Registered electors 7,048   396
Turnout 3,544 50.28   0.79
Rejected ballots 6 0.17   0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Holborn

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Holborn (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian G.H. Fulbrook* 1,116 53.30   3.94
Labour Brian Woodrow* 1,017
Conservative George W. Glossop 303 14.39   6.29
Camden Charter Bruno A. C. Imerini 301 15.03 New
Conservative Andrew J. H. Lownie 273
Liberal Democrats Kevin D. G. Jones 212 10.34 New
Liberal Democrats Caroline M. Deys 202
Green Maxwell G. Logan 167 6.94   4.68
Green Clive Treliving 110
Registered electors 4,481   95
Turnout 1,994 44.50   3.16
Rejected ballots 9 0.45   0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kilburn

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Kilburn (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather M. Johnson 1,581 51.44   5.25
Labour Charlie W. Hedges* 1,478
Labour Timothy J. Walker 1,450
Conservative Anthony P. Goodman 394 12.39   3.66
Conservative Marian Harrison 356
Liberal Democrats Heather M. Thompson 349 10.88   0.80
Conservative David Mackover 337
Liberal Democrats Jeremy R. Allen 313
Green Matthew J. Pollitt 301 10.30   6.88
Kilburn Charter Lawrence S. Morris 296 10.13 New
Liberal Democrats Sally P. Twite 292
Independent Sandra Y. Copeland 142 4.86 New
Registered electors 6,608   424
Turnout 2,598 39.32   1.66
Rejected ballots 4 0.15   0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

King's Cross

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King's Cross (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angus D. M. Walker 1,180 64.73  13.73
Labour John R. White* 1,109
Conservative Grace M. Gorer 333 18.32   2.69
Conservative Norma R. Simon 314
Liberal Democrats David A. Charlesworth 300 16.96   9.09
Registered electors 4,776   241
Turnout 1,710 35.80   5.35
Rejected ballots 11 0.64   0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold

Priory

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Priory (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip J. Turner* 1,168 66.09  14.70
Labour Barry Peskin 1,144
Conservative Rose Irwin 364 20.70   4.59
Conservative Dorin Peter 360
Liberal Democrats Adelaide A. E. Kernick 250 13.21   4.06
Liberal Democrats Rita I. Landeryou 211
Registered electors 4,353   444
Turnout 1,866 42.87   6.47
Rejected ballots 4 0.21   0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold

Regent's Park

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Regent's Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David P. L. Horan* 1,464 47.99   4.05
Labour James C. Turner* 1,458
Labour Richard J. Olszewski 1,328
Conservative Paul S. Gray 624 20.18   9.66
Conservative David R. Walters 619
Conservative John A. Wilkin 546
Liberal Democrats Jack M. Gilbert 385 11.99   4.29
Liberal Democrats Jennifer D. Kavanagh 359
Camden Charter Ellen D. Luby 346 11.72 New
Liberal Democrats Pamela M. Lutgen 317
Green Dorothy H. Forsyth 240 8.13   2.39
Registered electors 6,079   410
Turnout 2,674 43.99   4.23
Rejected ballots 2 0.07   0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St John's

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St John's (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Penelope F. Abraham 1,175 63.47   7.58
Labour John S. Thane 1,076
Liberal Democrats Vivienne F. Collins 284 14.77   9.16
Liberal Democrats Alastair R. A. Loraine 240
Green Andrew J. Wade 211 11.89   6.88
Conservative Roland G. W. Walker 177 9.86   2.44
Conservative Anthony V. C. Kemp 172
Registered electors 4,319   31
Turnout 1,759 40.73   5.73
Rejected ballots 10 0.57   0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Pancras

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St Pancras (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gloria P. Lazenby[n 5] 859 64.03  10.65
Labour Mahmud Hasan 810
Liberal Democrats Ian C. H. Smith 192 14.57   7.61
Liberal Democrats Harriett F. Goldenberg 187
Conservative Mark B. Hapgood 148 11.35   3.31
Conservative Esther B. Mundlak 147
Green Nigel D. W. Armistead 131 10.05   0.30
Registered electors 3,485   116
Turnout 1,338 38.39   3.90
Rejected ballots 1 0.07   0.46
Labour hold
Labour hold

Somers Town

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Somers Town (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathalie M.D. Lieven 1,197 62.55   7.28
Labour Sybil S. Shine 1,164
Camden Charter Arthur V. Peeling 275 14.57   5.97
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Blundell 240 11.76 New
Conservative David R. Harris 219 11.12   3.81
Liberal Democrats Mark I. Finney 203
Conservative Carole A. Ricketts 200
Registered electors 4,765   209
Turnout 1,858 38.99   2.75
Rejected ballots 9 0.48   0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold

South End

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South End (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Harrison 992 47.23   0.44
Labour Sadashivrao N. Deshmukh[n 6] 882
Conservative John E. R. D. Iredale 464 23.19   8.03
Conservative David S. Sinclair 455
Liberal Democrats Dudley R. A. Miles 272 13.16   4.64
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Buonacorsi-How 249
Hampstead Charter Jennifer P. Page 172 8.67 New
Green Celia Busby 159 7.76   5.71
Green Marguerite E. Hazell 148
Registered electors 4,322   170
Turnout 1,980 45.81   3.97
Rejected ballots 2 0.10   0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold

Swiss Cottage

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Swiss Cottage (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Adamson 1,076 40.90   6.01
Labour John Macdonald 1,070
Labour Patrick O'K. Weir 1,015
Conservative Anne Morris* 926 34.42   3.06
Conservative Peter J. Horne* 869
Conservative Peter J. Skolar*[n 7] 865
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth R. Burney-Jones 420 15.68   7.42
Liberal Democrats Nicholas H. F. Collins 418
Liberal Democrats Diana M. B. Self 374
Green Debra J. Green 232 9.00   4.60
Registered electors 6,044   153
Turnout 2,540 42.03   6.86
Rejected ballots 4 0.16   0.04
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

West End

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West End (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David J. Lines*[n 8] 933 42.72   5.37
Liberal Democrats Keith Moffitt 839 38.92  27.75
Labour Nicholas J. Prior 799
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner 739
Conservative Sam Mackover 235 11.54  13.64
Conservative Neil T. W. Bourhill 233
Green Judith K. Locke 138 6.81   4.06
Registered electors 4,136   95
Turnout 2,042 49.37   0.77
Rejected ballots 3 0.15   0.10
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

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  1. ^ Roy was a sitting councillor representing the South End ward
  2. ^ Budd was a sitting councillor representing the Regent's Park ward
  3. ^ Mainds was a standing councillor representing the Belsize ward
  4. ^ Sacks replaced Cllr. John M. Wakeham after his resignation in 1992[4]
  5. ^ Lazenby was a sitting councillor representing the King's Cross ward
  6. ^ Deshmukh was a sitting councillor representing the Bloomsbury ward
  7. ^ Skolar replaced Cllr. Vaughan A. Emsley after their resignation in 1992[4]
  8. ^ Lines replaced Cllr. Julia O. Devote after her resignation in 1992[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 194. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 34–36, 194–195. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Camden Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 18–20. Retrieved 26 October 2024.