Camden London Borough Council election, 2006
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The 2006 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
Background
Before the election the Labour party controlled the council with 36 seats, compared to 11 Conservatives and 7 Liberal Democrats.[2] Since the 2002 election, in 2005, one of the councillors for Fortune Green, Jonathan Simpson, had defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour.[3]
A total of 223 candidates stood for the 54 seats being contested in 18 wards.[2] The Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties contested every seat and there was 1 candidate each from the Christian Peoples Alliance, Respect Party and United Kingdom Independence Party, as well as 4 independents.[2]
During the campaign the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Camden to support his party.[4]
Election result
The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council with the leader of the council Raj Chadha among those who were defeated.[5] This was the first time since the 1968 election that Labour had not won a majority in Camden[5][6] and the election saw the Liberal Democrats overtake Labour to become the largest party on the council.[7] The defeated Labour leader of the council Raj Chadha said "that the national circumstances meant a very good council in Camden has been lost".[5] Overall turnout at the election was 37.6%, an increase from 28.5% in 2002.[2]
Following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives made an agreement to form the administration together, with Liberal Democrat Keith Moffitt becoming the leader of the council and Conservative Andrew Marshall becoming deputy leader.[8]
Camden Local Election Result 2006[9][10] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 20 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 37.0 | 27.8 | 44,141 | +4.4% | ||
Labour | 18 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 47,715 | -5.1% | ||
Conservative | 14 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 43,258 | +0.3% | ||
Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3.7 | 14.2 | 22,585 | +1.4% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 781 | +0.5% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 468 | -0.4% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 63 | +0.04% | ||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 25 | -0.18% |
Ward results
- - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alexis Rowell | 1,358 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Basson | 1,349 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Arthur Graves | 1,268 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Bucknell * | 1,233 | |||
Conservative | Piers Wauchope * | 1,205 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Gunn * | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Sadashivrao Deshmukh | 471 | |||
Labour | Matthew McGregor | 462 | |||
Labour | Jenny Westaway | 410 | |||
Green | Jane Ennis | 278 | |||
Green | Anya Courts | 260 | |||
Green | Adam Spanier | 207 | |||
Turnout | 9,688 | 38.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Penelope Abraham * | 1,004 | |||
Labour | Fazlul Chowdhury * | 928 | |||
Conservative | Rebecca Hossack | 898 | |||
Labour | Peter Brayshaw * | 896 | |||
Conservative | Robert Moritt | 835 | |||
Conservative | Janice Lavery | 634 | |||
Green | Linus Rees | 353 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Caroline Deys | 344 | |||
Green | Shahrar Ali | 329 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Steven Deller | 323 | |||
Green | George Graham | 284 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Philip Moser | 282 | |||
Independent | Andrew Halsey | 53 | |||
Turnout | 7,348 | 37.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Naylor | 1,367 | |||
Labour | Patricia Callaghan * | 1,357 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Campbell | 1,357 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Lefley | 1,293 | |||
Labour | Jake Sumner * | 1,186 | |||
Labour | Abdul Quadir | 1,152 | |||
Conservative | William Mitchell | 527 | |||
Conservative | Alexander Norman | 501 | |||
Conservative | Peter Horne | 497 | |||
Green | Nicola Chatham | 414 | |||
Green | Vincent Thurgood | 356 | |||
Green | Hilary Wendt | 313 | |||
Turnout | 10,320 | 42.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Paul Braithwaite | 1,193 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Benjamin Rawlings | 1,129 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Frederic Carver | 1,101 | |||
Labour | John Doolan | 923 | |||
Labour | Dermot Greene * | 891 | |||
Labour | Hilary Lowe | 884 | |||
Green | Elizabeth Wilson | 497 | |||
Green | Francesca Bury | 440 | |||
Green | Rachel Zatz | 380 | |||
Conservative | Judith Barnes | 372 | |||
Conservative | Richard Dollimore | 334 | |||
Conservative | Carole Rciketts | 305 | |||
Turnout | 8,449 | 35.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Felicity Rea * | 1,446 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jane Schopflin * | 1,187 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Russell Eagling | 1,132 | |||
Conservative | Heather Downham | 667 | |||
Conservative | Jean Hornbuckle | 608 | |||
Labour | Miles Seaman | 580 | |||
Conservative | Peter Denison-Pender | 576 | |||
Labour | Howard Dawber | 545 | |||
Labour | Mohamoud Nur | 402 | |||
Green | Billy Murray | 354 | |||
Green | Lucia Nella | 305 | |||
Green | Benjamin Smith | 291 | |||
Turnout | 8,093 | 34.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Davies * | 1,603 | |||
Conservative | Dawn Somper * | 1,513 | |||
Conservative | Karl Mennear * | 1,500 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Diane Litman | 453 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alan Templeton | 394 | |||
Labour | Thomas Gardiner | 364 | |||
Labour | Peter Sanderson | 353 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Erich Wagner | 342 | |||
Green | Charles Harris | 331 | |||
Labour | Luca Salice | 316 | |||
Green | Edward Ross | 296 | |||
Green | Tatton Spiller | 267 | |||
Turnout | 7,732 | 32.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsay Mitchell | 1,378 | |||
Conservative | Chris Philp | 1,333 | |||
Conservative | Keith Sedgwick | 1,297 | |||
Labour | Sally Gimson | 1,225 | |||
Labour | Raj Chada * | 1,220 | |||
Labour | Janet Guthrie * | 1,150 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 519 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Laura Noel | 461 | |||
Green | Josephine Karen | 428 | |||
Green | Jane Walby | 411 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Herbert Newbrook | 373 | |||
Green | Richard Thomas | 337 | |||
Turnout | 10,132 | 45.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Greene * | 1,842 | |||
Conservative | Kirsty Roberts | 1,641 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Knight | 1,605 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Edward Fordham | 1,293 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Linda Chung | 1,204 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Fryer | 980 | |||
Labour | Hugh Gracey | 446 | |||
Labour | Myra Carr | 418 | |||
Labour | Paul Tomlinson | 384 | |||
Green | Brian Gascoigne | 328 | |||
Green | Charlotte Collins | 287 | |||
Green | Una Sapietis | 214 | |||
Independent | Brian Kettell | 52 | |||
Turnout | 10,694 | 49.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jill Fraser * | 1,417 | |||
Labour | Syed Hoque | 1,118 | |||
Labour | Roy Shaw * | 1,106 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Dudley Miles | 1,085 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Horvat-Marcovic | 1,058 | |||
Labour | Michael Katz | 1,034 | |||
Conservative | Joan Stally | 362 | |||
Green | Sue Charlesworth | 351 | |||
Green | Robert Bahns | 347 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Frost | 338 | |||
Conservative | Ross McGregor | 337 | |||
Green | Edward Milford | 244 | |||
Turnout | 8,797 | 38.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Maya De Souza | 1,336 | |||
Conservative | Paul Barton | 1,221 | |||
Green | Adrian Oliver | 1,210 | |||
Green | Quentin Tyler | 1,159 | |||
Conservative | Gary Benardout | 1,129 | |||
Conservative | Richard Merrin | 1,121 | |||
Labour | Maggie Cosin * | 1,016 | |||
Labour | George Queen | 922 | |||
Labour | John Thane * | 873 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Henry Potts | 406 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Laura Watkins | 356 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Philip Wainewright | 325 | |||
Turnout | 11,074 | 47.5 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Vincent * | 1,085 | |||
Labour | Julian Fulbrook * | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Brian Woodrow * | 988 | |||
Conservative | Alison Frost | 810 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 758 | |||
Conservative | Philip Nelson | 731 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Hanna | 489 | |||
Green | Benedict Protheroe | 449 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stanley Grossman | 417 | |||
Green | Grace Hodgkinson-Barrett | 364 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simieon Litman | 347 | |||
Green | Stuart Houghton | 319 | |||
Turnout | 7,836 | 31.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Philip Thompson | 1,421 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Omar Ansari | 1,268 | |||
Labour | Lucy Anderson * | 1,213 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ralph Scott | 1,198 | |||
Labour | David Horan * | 1,087 | |||
Green | Sian Berry | 1,057 | |||
Labour | Deidre Krymer | 1,042 | |||
Green | Edward Chatham | 772 | |||
Green | Alexander Goodman | 760 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Murphy | 308 | |||
Conservative | Doreen Bartlett | 306 | |||
Conservative | Graham Porter | 271 | |||
Turnout | 10,703 | 41.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Abrahams | 1,122 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Grauberg | 1,084 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James King | 1,071 | |||
Labour | Aileen Hammond | 1,008 | |||
Labour | John Rolfe * | 1,005 | |||
Labour | Phillip Turner * | 985 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Cossar | 393 | |||
Conservative | Carlo Banchero | 382 | |||
Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 336 | |||
Green | John Collins | 224 | |||
Green | Sophia Mustoe | 214 | |||
Green | Miriam Elkan | 188 | |||
Turnout | 8,012 | 34.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Hai | 1,071 | |||
Labour | Jonathan Simpson | 956 | |||
Labour | Geethika Jayatilaka | 946 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Trevor Harris | 662 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Huw Prior | 627 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Simmons | 600 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Douglass | 483 | |||
Conservative | Paul Christian | 476 | |||
Conservative | Jamieson Hunkin | 424 | |||
Green | Joy Wood | 375 | |||
Green | Kate Gordon | 360 | |||
Green | Neil Endicott | 355 | |||
Independent | Alem-Seged Abay | 182 | |||
Turnout | 7,517 | 31.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nasim Ali * | 1,329 | |||
Labour | Theodore Blackwell * | 1,204 | |||
Labour | Heather Johnson * | 1,172 | |||
Conservative | Michele Potel | 814 | |||
Conservative | James Morris | 804 | |||
Conservative | John Iredale | 792 | |||
Green | Natalie Bennett | 616 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anne Brown | 586 | |||
Green | Stephen Plowden | 463 | |||
Green | Joel Derbyshire | 434 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lawrence Nicholson | 424 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Waddington | 330 | |||
Turnout | 8,968 | 36.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Robinson * | 1,399 | |||
Labour | Nural Islam | 1,264 | |||
Labour | Ruth Stewart * | 1,212 | |||
Respect | Nuruzzaman Hira | 781 | |||
Green | Mary Campbell | 517 | |||
Conservative | Rohit Grover | 440 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Finer | 433 | |||
Conservative | Robert Ricketts | 429 | |||
Conservative | Abdul Salam | 422 | |||
Green | Richard Eden | 369 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Charles Marquand | 332 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Waddington | 317 | |||
Green | Matthew Hodgkinson-Barrett | 213 | |||
Independent | Robert Austin | 181 | |||
Turnout | 8,309 | 39.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Marshall * | 1,292 | |||
Conservative | Roger Freeman | 1,272 | |||
Conservative | Donovan Williams * | 1,243 | |||
Labour | Katharine Bligh | 659 | |||
Labour | Selman Ansari | 638 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jillian Newbrook | 543 | |||
Labour | Charles Keal | 522 | |||
Green | Elizabeth Charvet | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Harriet Sloane | 405 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sally Twite | 400 | |||
Green | Lucy Wills | 355 | |||
Green | Alan Wheatley | 255 | |||
UKIP | Magnus Nielsen | 63 | |||
Christian Peoples | Alphonse Komesha | 25 | |||
Turnout | 8,107 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Keith Moffitt * | 1,189 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Bryant * | 1,107 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Duncan Greenland | 974 | |||
Labour | Virginia Berridge | 672 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Kingscote | 598 | |||
Labour | Charles Hedges | 545 | |||
Conservative | Elaine Mackover | 544 | |||
Conservative | John Samiotis | 478 | |||
Conservative | Marcus Watzlaff | 451 | |||
Green | Lucy Thomas | 309 | |||
Green | Debra Green | 300 | |||
Green | Kari-Lourdes Dewar | 275 | |||
Turnout | 7,442 | 31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Local elections: Camden". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "2006 Camden Council election results". Camden Council. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Osley, Richard (29 April 2005). "Serial defector quits to return to Labour". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Osley, Richard. "Gunslinger Blair rides into town". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Heavy losses for Labour in London". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Viewing guide to election night". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Labour suffers local poll losses". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "New administration elected to run Camden Council". Camden Council. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Local election results 4 May 2006". Camden Council. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2011.