1994 Camden London Borough Council election

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1994 Camden Council election
  1990 5 May 1994 1998  

All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Richard Arthur Judith Barnes Flick Rea
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since199319901988
Leader's seat Highgate Belsize Fortune Green
Last election42 seats, 44.9%15 seats, 26.4%2 seats, 8.4%
Seats won4775
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg8Increase2.svg3
Popular vote 26,840 11,83510,276
Percentage48.5%21.4%18.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.6%Decrease2.svg5.0%Increase2.svg10.2%

Camden UK local election 1994 map.svg
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

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.

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Election result

Camden local election results 1994 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4761+579.748.526,840+3.6
  Conservative 708−811.921.411,835-5.0
  Liberal Democrats 530+38.518.610,276+10.2
  Green 00000.06.83,792-6.5
  Independent 00000.04.82,645-2.2

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Day 996 14.6%
Conservative Julian Tobin 987 14.5%
Labour Peter Bourne 976 14.3%
Conservative Robert Ashley94713.9%
Conservative Robert Graham92613.6%
Labour Iain Meek92213.5%
Liberal Democrats Vera Miles3084.5%
Liberal Democrats Candida Goulden3024.4%
Liberal Democrats Madhvi Chanrai2724.0%
Green Elizabeth de-Pauley1782.6%
Turnout 2,40244.4%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Barnes 920
Labour Judith Pattison 884
Conservative Joy Silver 859
Conservative Huntly Spence840
Labour Peter Singer804
Labour John Saynor797
Liberal Democrats Pauline Marriott544
Liberal Democrats Diana Brown511
Liberal Democrats James Iddon-Bowen481
Green Kamal Al-Moosa262
Turnout 43.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deidre Krymer 1,281
Labour Co-op Shelley Burke 1,256
Labour Co-op Nirmal Roy 1,173
Conservative Mark Haley611
Conservative William Whittaker594
Conservative Piers Wauchope 556
Liberal Democrats Penelope Jones499
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hoddinott421
Liberal Democrats Timothy Pitt-Payne421
Camden CharterJoan Savage156
Turnout 33.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest James 801
Labour Brian Weekes 793
Conservative Kenneth Avery429
Conservative Michael Stilwell409
Liberal Democrats Frances Tully292
Liberal Democrats Gerard Wall273
Turnout 38.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Camden

Camden (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Nightingale 1,304
Labour Dermot Greene 1,245
Liberal Democrats Marion Fleming395
Liberal Democrats Marc Leggett278
Camden CharterJune Swan264
Conservative Paul Short223
Conservative Laudicia Antoine-Perez205
Turnout 41.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Roberts 1,056
Labour Jasper Williams 951
Liberal Democrats Margaret Finer271
Green Kate Gordon235
Conservative William Mitchell212
Conservative Andrew Scarfe192
Turnout 42.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Kissen 1,230
Labour Anne Swain 1,196
Liberal Democrats Soren Agerholm329
Conservative John Davidson318
Conservative Sylvia Currie297
Green Thomas Payne280
Turnout 39.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harriet Garland 847
Labour William Budd 763
Independent Jonny Bucknell426
Conservative Anthony Blackburn421
Conservative Michael Farrer340
Liberal Democrats Frances Tattersfield275
Liberal Democrats Ardon Lyon242
Turnout 47.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald King 552
Conservative Cathleen Mainds 467
Labour David Bookless391
Labour Jonathan Black366
Liberal Democrats Ronald Finlay233
Liberal Democrats Olive Paynton215
Independent Chris Knight139
Green Charles Harris116
Turnout 40.0%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Flick Rea 1,030
Liberal Democrats Jane Schopflin 866
Labour Geoffrey Berridge523
Labour Syed Hoque443
Conservative Paul Crossman280
Conservative Nicholas Jones235
Green Lynn Lovell83
Turnout 51.4%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Chesters 800
Conservative Dawn Somper 659
Labour Dianne Hayter 420
Labour Regan Scott378
Liberal Democrats Barbara How311
Liberal Democrats Nigel Barnes300
Hampstead CharterHelen Marcus270
Green Sebastian Secker Walker143
Turnout 40.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Hall 1,078
Labour Co-op John Mills 838
Conservative Iris Coney313
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jackson-Roberts289
Conservative Michael Ost273
Liberal Democrats Frances de Freitas255
Green Sheila Oakes190
Turnout 40.1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Shaw 1,147
Labour Terence Comerford 1,100
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hall227
Conservative Doreen Bartlett221
Liberal Democrats Anne Elliott218
Conservative Ross Campbell202
Turnout 39.2%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Little 1,005
Liberal Democrats John Dickie 969
Conservative Helen Sinclair471
Conservative Maureen Braun466
Labour Janet Guthrie97
Labour Simon Fitzpatrick97
Green Katharina Wolfe97
Turnout 51.0%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Cosin 1,805
Labour Richard Arthur 1,795
Labour Deborah Sacks 1,731
Conservative Cynthia Silk890
Conservative Martyn Fisher833
Conservative Tanya Warburg801
Green Walter Eyres628
Liberal Democrats Richard Waddington525
Liberal Democrats Stephen Molesworth520
Liberal Democrats Henry Potts484
Turnout 50.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook 1,116
Labour Brian Woodrow 1,017
Conservative George Glossop303
Camden CharterBruno Imerini301
Conservative Andrew Lownie 273
Liberal Democrats Kevin Jones212
Liberal Democrats Caroline Deys202
Green Maxwell Logan167
Green Clive Treliving110
Turnout 44.5%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Johnson 1,581
Labour Charlie Hedges 1,478
Labour Timothy Walker 1,450
Conservative Anthony Goodman394
Conservative Marian Harrison356
Liberal Democrats Heather Thompson349
Conservative David Mackover337
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Allen313
Green Matthew Pollitt301
Kilburn CharterLawrence Morris296
Liberal Democrats Sally Twite292
Independent Sandra Copeland142
Turnout 39.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angus Walker 1,180
Labour John White 1,109
Conservative Grace Gorer333
Conservative Norma Simon314
Liberal Democrats David Charlesworth300
Turnout 35.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Turner 1,168
Labour Barry Peskin 1,144
Conservative Rose Irwin364
Conservative Dorin Peter360
Liberal Democrats Adelaide Kernick250
Liberal Democrats Rita Landeryou211
Turnout 42.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Horan 1,464
Labour James Turner 1,458
Labour Richard Olszewski 1,328
Conservative Paul Gray624
Conservative David Walters619
Conservative John Wilkin546
Liberal Democrats Jack Gilbert385
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Kavanagh359
Camden CharterEllen Luby346
Liberal Democrats Pamela Lutgen317
Green Dorothy Forsyth240
Turnout 44.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St John's

St John's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Abraham 1,175
Labour John Thane 1,076
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Collins284
Liberal Democrats Alastair Loraine240
Green Anthony Wade211
Conservative Roland Walker177
Conservative Anthony Kemp172
Turnout 40.7%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gloria Lazenby 859
Labour Mahmud Hasan 810
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith192
Liberal Democrats Harriett Goldenberg187
Conservative Mark Hapgood148
Conservative Esther Mundlak147
Green Nigel Armistead131
Turnout 38.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nathalie Lieven 1,197
Labour Sybil Shine 1,164
Camden CharterArthur Peeling275
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Blundell240
Conservative David Harris219
Liberal Democrats Mark Finney203
Conservative Carole Ricketts200
Turnout 38.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South End

South End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Harrison 992
Labour Sadashivrao Deshmukh 882
Conservative John Iredale464
Conservative David Sinclair455
Liberal Democrats Dudley Miles272
Liberal Democrats Peter Buonacorsi-How249
Hampstead CharterJennifer Page172
Green Celia Busby159
Green Marguerite Hazell148
Turnout 45.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Adamson 1,076
Labour John Macdonald 1,070
Labour Patrick Weir 1,015
Conservative Anne Morris926
Conservative Peter Horne869
Conservative Peter Skolar865
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Burney-Jones420
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Collins418
Liberal Democrats Diana Self374
Green Debra Green232
Turnout 42.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West End

West End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lines 933
Liberal Democrats Keith Moffitt 839
Labour Nicholas Prior799
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner739
Conservative Sam Mackover235
Conservative Neil Bourhill233
Green Judith Locke138
Turnout 49.4%
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

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