1998 Camden London Borough Council election

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1998 Camden Council election

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7 May 1998

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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Richard Arthur	Judith Barnes	Flick Rea
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader since	1993	1990	1988
Leader's seat	Highgate	Represented Belsize, but stood and lost in Highgate	Fortune Green
Last election	47 seats, 48.5%	7 seats, 21.4%	5 seats, 18.6%
Seats won	43	10	6
Seat change	4	3	1
Popular vote	20,445	10,835	10,753
Percentage	44.0%	23.3%	23.1%
Swing	4.5%	1.9%	4.5%

Map of the results of the 1998 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour (red) won every councillor in the south and east of the borough, while Conservatives (blue) and Liberal Democrats (yellow) won most councillors in Hampstead.

Leader before election

Richard Arthur
Labour

Leader

Richard Arthur
Labour

The 1998 Camden Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Campaign

Issues in the election included a recent 10% council tax rise which was the highest in London, service improvements, claims that a partnership with the police had cut crime and a strike in local libraries.

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 33.4%. At the same as the election Camden saw 81.18% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.82% against, on a 32.84% turnout.

Camden Local Election Result 1998
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	43	0	4	−4	72.9	44.0	20,445	−4.5
Conservative	10	3	0	+3	16.9	23.3	10,835	+1.9
Liberal Democrats	6	1	0	+1	10.1	23.1	10,753	+4.5
Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	3,098	−0.1
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	688	N/A
Others	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	699	New

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	960
	Conservative	Andrew Marshall	929
	Conservative	Piers Wauchope	868
	Labour	Sadashivrao Deshmukh	796
	Labour	Harriet Garland	768
	Labour	Deborah Sacks	746
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Finney	384
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Collis	383
	Liberal Democrats	Madhvi Natt	308
Turnout			6,142	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ewan Cameron	760
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	731
	Labour	Aileen Hammond	711
	Conservative	Jonathan Bucknell	705
	Labour	David Taggart	650
	Labour	Jake Sumner	624
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Marriott	587
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley Miles	522
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Watts	455
	Green	Phyllis Eyres	290
Turnout			6,035	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Callaghan	1,050
	Labour	Nirmal Roy	908
	Labour	Jake Turnbull	777
	Conservative	Barbara Douglass	626
	Conservative	Mark Haley	538
	Conservative	Ian Nottingham	472
	Liberal Democrats	John Ward	468
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Moser	455
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Wall	410
	Green	Nicki Kortvelyessy	280
Turnout			5,984	27.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Weekes	653
	Labour	Edward Cousins	601
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	443
	Conservative	Philip Norman	376
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Jones	286
	Green	Robert Whitley	258
	Socialist	Stanley Parker	58
Turnout			2,675	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Camden

Camden (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Nightingale	929
	Labour	Dermot Greene	844
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Djurkovic	323
	Liberal Democrats	Simieon Litman	261
	Green	Douglas Earl	236
	Conservative	Sylvia Currie	213
	Conservative	Iris Coney	189
Turnout			2,995	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Kissen	902
	Labour	Anne Swain	877
	Liberal Democrats	Soren Agerholm	378
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Stone	354
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	247
	Conservative	Barbara Wallis	180
Turnout			2,938	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Roberts	677
	Labour	Deirdre Krymer	569
	Green	Kate Gordon	208
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Dunn	204
	Conservative	Emma Chapman	158
	Conservative	Joan Stally	140
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Ziff	128
	Independent	Jane Owen	72
Turnout			2,156	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Budd	615
	Labour	John White	591
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Marquand	419
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Redesdale	395
	Conservative	William Mitchell	385
	Conservative	David Walters	338
Turnout			2,743	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Davies	590
	Conservative	Andrew Mennear	536
	Labour	Peter Dann	393
	Labour	Deborah Townsend	390
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wright	245
	Liberal Democrats	Ricarda O'Driscoll	240
	Green	Dorothy Forsyth	96
Turnout			2,490	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Rea	975
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Schopflin	829
	Labour	Michael Broughton	375
	Labour	Roy Lockett	372
	Conservative	Carrie Ruxton	228
	Conservative	Michael Prichett	226
Turnout			3,005	39.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Chesters	687
	Conservative	Dawn Somper	640
	Labour	Anne Robertson	311
	Labour	Helen Seaford	279
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara How	272
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Barnes	253
	Green	Charles Harris	136
Turnout			2,578	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Mills	760
	Labour	Judith Pattison	719
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jackson-Roberts	336
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Poulter	281
	Conservative	Marian Harrison	221
	Conservative	Henry Whittaker	180
	Green	Debra Green	153
Turnout			2,650	33.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Shaw	705
	Labour	John Dickie	660
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Finer	221
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Elliott	191
	Conservative	Doreen Bartlett	187
	Green	Sheila Oakes	170
	Conservative	Belinda Shapps	148
Turnout			2,282	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Little	1,028
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Malin	912
	Conservative	Roderick Anderson	368
	Conservative	Michael Bottom	354
	Labour	Mark Leonard	301
	Labour	Rudolph Champagne	259
Turnout			3,222	40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maggie Cosin	1,275
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,252
	Labour	John Thane	1,141
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	930
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	869
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	825
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Macauley	666
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Waddington	594
	Green	Paul Gannon	471
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mair	457
Turnout			8,480	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	948
	Labour	Brian Woodrow	838
	Conservative	William Glossop	328
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Lutgen	264
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Turner	264
	Conservative	Shailesh Vara	215
Turnout			2,857	33.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Heather Johnson	1,181
	Labour	Charles Hedges	1,007
	Labour	Timothy Walker	957
	Conservative	Robert Graham	435
	Conservative	Jane Stanton-Humphreys	395
	Conservative	Jonathan Morgan	386
	Green	Helen Mayer	362
	Independent	Lawrence Morris	267
	Liberal Democrats	David Glover	233
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Allen	206
	Liberal Democrats	Erich Wagner	133
Turnout			5,562	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kings Cross

Kings Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	833
	Labour	Nicholas Smith	766
	Conservative	James Atkin	269
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Gandy	240
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Freedman	232
	Conservative	Robert Ricketts	211
Turnout			2,551	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Rolfe	823
	Labour	Phil Turner	809
	Conservative	Martyn Fisher	276
	Conservative	Rose Irwin	243
	Liberal Democrats	Rex Warner	226
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Hervey	138
Turnout			2,515	31.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regents Park

Regents Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Turner	1,125
	Labour	Barbara Ward	983
	Labour	Richard Olszewski	947
	Conservative	Paul Gray	540
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	468
	Conservative	Jeremy Bradshaw	412
	Liberal Democrats	Ardon Lyon	354
	Liberal Democrats	David Berry	350
	Independent	Alan Patterson	287
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Newbrook	285
Turnout			5,751	32.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Penelope Abraham	990
	Labour	David Horan	977
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	406
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Molesworth	351
	Conservative	Michael Farrer	183
	Conservative	Roland Walker	146
Turnout			3,053	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gloria Lazenby	686
	Labour	Roger Robinson	576
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Palmer	254
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Myers	236
	Conservative	Laura Hoskins	173
	Conservative	Blanche Mundlak	162
Turnout			2,087	33.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sybil Shine	815
	Labour	Ernest James	743
	Conservative	David Harris	226
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Ford	225
	Conservative	Joseph Sleigh	163
	Green	Andrew Spring	154
Turnout			2,326	28.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South End

South End (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerry Harrison	999
	Labour	Janet Guthrie	919
	Conservative	Jonathan Pardoe	490
	Conservative	Dominic Schofield	431
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Buonacorsi-How	348
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wade	346
Turnout			3,533	38.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Ryan	887
	Labour	Robert Hall	834
	Conservative	Stephen Hocking	756
	Conservative	Honora Morrissey	754
	Conservative	Peter Horne	732
	Labour	Bernard Moss	710
	Independent Labour	John Macdonald	600
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Collins	439
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Twite	378
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Newbrook	365
	Green	Catherine Gregory	284
Turnout			6,739	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West End

West End (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Moffitt	972
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Thompson	811
	Labour	David Lines	705
	Labour	Geoffrey Berridge	642
	Conservative	Neil Bourhill	156
	Conservative	Elaine Mackover	131
	Independent	Farshtchi Ahavan	62
	Independent	Antoine Clarke	41
Turnout			3,520	41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References

"Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
"Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. London. 6 May 1998. p. 19.
^ "Local Election Results 7th May 1998". Camden Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
"Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
"Year Tables". 19 December 2015.

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