1994 Camden Council election

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5 May 1994

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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	Belsize	Fortune Green
Last election	42 seats, 44.9%	15 seats, 26.4%	2 seats, 8.4%
Seats won	47	7	5
Seat change	5	8	3
Popular vote	26,840	11,835	10,276
Percentage	48.5%	21.4%	18.6%
Swing	3.6%	5.0%	10.2%

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.

Election result

Camden local election results 1994^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	47	6	1	+5	79.7	48.5	26,840	+3.6
Conservative	7	0	8	−8	11.9	21.4	11,835	-5.0
Liberal Democrats	5	3	0	+3	8.5	18.6	10,276	+10.2
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.8	3,792	-6.5
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.8	2,645	-2.2

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Day	996	14.6%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	987	14.5%
	Labour	Peter Bourne	976	14.3%
	Conservative	Robert Ashley	947	13.9%
	Conservative	Robert Graham	926	13.6%
	Labour	Iain Meek	922	13.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Miles	308	4.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Candida Goulden	302	4.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Madhvi Chanrai	272	4.0%
	Green	Elizabeth de-Pauley	178	2.6%
Turnout			2,402	44.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	920
	Labour	Judith Pattison	884
	Conservative	Joy Silver	859
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	840
	Labour	Peter Singer	804
	Labour	John Saynor	797
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Marriott	544
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	511
	Liberal Democrats	James Iddon-Bowen	481
	Green	Kamal Al-Moosa	262
Turnout				43.8%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Deidre Krymer	1,281
	Labour Co-op	Shelley Burke	1,256
	Labour Co-op	Nirmal Roy	1,173
	Conservative	Mark Haley	611
	Conservative	William Whittaker	594
	Conservative	Piers Wauchope	556
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Jones	499
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hoddinott	421
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Pitt-Payne	421
	Camden Charter	Joan Savage	156
Turnout				33.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest James	801
	Labour	Brian Weekes	793
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	429
	Conservative	Michael Stilwell	409
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Tully	292
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Wall	273
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Camden

Camden (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Nightingale	1,304
	Labour	Dermot Greene	1,245
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Fleming	395
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Leggett	278
	Camden Charter	June Swan	264
	Conservative	Paul Short	223
	Conservative	Laudicia Antoine-Perez	205
Turnout				41.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Roberts	1,056
	Labour	Jasper Williams	951
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Finer	271
	Green	Kate Gordon	235
	Conservative	William Mitchell	212
	Conservative	Andrew Scarfe	192
Turnout				42.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Kissen	1,230
	Labour	Anne Swain	1,196
	Liberal Democrats	Soren Agerholm	329
	Conservative	John Davidson	318
	Conservative	Sylvia Currie	297
	Green	Thomas Payne	280
Turnout				39.9%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harriet Garland	847
	Labour	William Budd	763
	Independent	Jonny Bucknell	426
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	421
	Conservative	Michael Farrer	340
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Tattersfield	275
	Liberal Democrats	Ardon Lyon	242
Turnout				47.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald King	552
	Conservative	Cathleen Mainds	467
	Labour	David Bookless	391
	Labour	Jonathan Black	366
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Finlay	233
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Paynton	215
	Independent	Chris Knight	139
	Green	Charles Harris	116
Turnout				40.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Flick Rea	1,030
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Schopflin	866
	Labour	Geoffrey Berridge	523
	Labour	Syed Hoque	443
	Conservative	Paul Crossman	280
	Conservative	Nicholas Jones	235
	Green	Lynn Lovell	83
Turnout				51.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Chesters	800
	Conservative	Dawn Somper	659
	Labour	Dianne Hayter	420
	Labour	Regan Scott	378
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara How	311
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Barnes	300
	Hampstead Charter	Helen Marcus	270
	Green	Sebastian Secker Walker	143
Turnout				40.8%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Hall	1,078
	Labour Co-op	John Mills	838
	Conservative	Iris Coney	313
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jackson-Roberts	289
	Conservative	Michael Ost	273
	Liberal Democrats	Frances de Freitas	255
	Green	Sheila Oakes	190
Turnout				40.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Shaw	1,147
	Labour	Terence Comerford	1,100
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hall	227
	Conservative	Doreen Bartlett	221
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Elliott	218
	Conservative	Ross Campbell	202
Turnout				39.2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Little	1,005
	Liberal Democrats	John Dickie	969
	Conservative	Helen Sinclair	471
	Conservative	Maureen Braun	466
	Labour	Janet Guthrie	97
	Labour	Simon Fitzpatrick	97
	Green	Katharina Wolfe	97
Turnout				51.0%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,805
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,795
	Labour	Deborah Sacks	1,731
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	890
	Conservative	Martyn Fisher	833
	Conservative	Tanya Warburg	801
	Green	Walter Eyres	628
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Waddington	525
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Molesworth	520
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	484
Turnout				50.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1,116
	Labour	Brian Woodrow	1,017
	Conservative	George Glossop	303
	Camden Charter	Bruno Imerini	301
	Conservative	Andrew Lownie	273
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Jones	212
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Deys	202
	Green	Maxwell Logan	167
	Green	Clive Treliving	110
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Heather Johnson	1,581
	Labour	Charlie Hedges	1,478
	Labour	Timothy Walker	1,450
	Conservative	Anthony Goodman	394
	Conservative	Marian Harrison	356
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Thompson	349
	Conservative	David Mackover	337
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Allen	313
	Green	Matthew Pollitt	301
	Kilburn Charter	Lawrence Morris	296
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Twite	292
	Independent	Sandra Copeland	142
Turnout				39.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angus Walker	1,180
	Labour	John White	1,109
	Conservative	Grace Gorer	333
	Conservative	Norma Simon	314
	Liberal Democrats	David Charlesworth	300
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Turner	1,168
	Labour	Barry Peskin	1,144
	Conservative	Rose Irwin	364
	Conservative	Dorin Peter	360
	Liberal Democrats	Adelaide Kernick	250
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Landeryou	211
Turnout				42.9%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Horan	1,464
	Labour	James Turner	1,458
	Labour	Richard Olszewski	1,328
	Conservative	Paul Gray	624
	Conservative	David Walters	619
	Conservative	John Wilkin	546
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Gilbert	385
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Kavanagh	359
	Camden Charter	Ellen Luby	346
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Lutgen	317
	Green	Dorothy Forsyth	240
Turnout				44.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Penelope Abraham	1,175
	Labour	John Thane	1,076
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Collins	284
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Loraine	240
	Green	Anthony Wade	211
	Conservative	Roland Walker	177
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	172
Turnout				40.7%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gloria Lazenby	859
	Labour	Mahmud Hasan	810
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	192
	Liberal Democrats	Harriett Goldenberg	187
	Conservative	Mark Hapgood	148
	Conservative	Esther Mundlak	147
	Green	Nigel Armistead	131
Turnout				38.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nathalie Lieven	1,197
	Labour	Sybil Shine	1,164
	Camden Charter	Arthur Peeling	275
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Blundell	240
	Conservative	David Harris	219
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Finney	203
	Conservative	Carole Ricketts	200
Turnout				38.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South End

South End (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerry Harrison	992
	Labour	Sadashivrao Deshmukh	882
	Conservative	John Iredale	464
	Conservative	David Sinclair	455
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley Miles	272
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Buonacorsi-How	249
	Hampstead Charter	Jennifer Page	172
	Green	Celia Busby	159
	Green	Marguerite Hazell	148
Turnout				45.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Raymond Adamson	1,076
	Labour	John Macdonald	1,070
	Labour	Patrick Weir	1,015
	Conservative	Anne Morris	926
	Conservative	Peter Horne	869
	Conservative	Peter Skolar	865
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Burney-Jones	420
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Collins	418
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Self	374
	Green	Debra Green	232
Turnout				42.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West End

West End (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Lines	933
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Moffitt	839
	Labour	Nicholas Prior	799
	Liberal Democrats	Erich Wagner	739
	Conservative	Sam Mackover	235
	Conservative	Neil Bourhill	233
	Green	Judith Locke	138
Turnout				49.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.

Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1994). London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 (PDF). London: London Research Centre. ISBN 1-85261-207-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

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