1990 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1990 Camden Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election. Labour comfortably stayed in overall control of the council, despite the Conservatives gaining three seats at their expense in Swiss Cottage. The Green Party came third in vote share with 13% of the vote, but won no seats.

1990 Camden Council election

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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered126,862[1]
Turnout58,582[1]
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Tony Dykes Peter Skolar
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 1986 1986
Leader's seat Caversham Brunswick (lost)
Seats won 42 15
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 61,878 37,881
Percentage 48.80% 29.88%

  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Felicity P. Rea Unknown
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 1988 Unknown
Leader's seat Fortune Green Unknown
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 12,498 9,462
Percentage 9.86% 7.46%

Map of the results of the 1990 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Leader before election


Labour

Leader


Labour

Election result

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Camden Local Election Results 1990[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 42 1 3   2 71.19 48.80 61,878
  Conservative 15 3 1   2 25.42 29.88 37,881
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0   3.39 9.86 12,498
  Green 0 0 0   0.00 7.46 9,462
  Camden Charter 0 0 0   0.00 3.28 4,162
  Community Representative 0 0 0   0.00 0.61 769
  Tenants' Representative 0 0 0   0.00 0.06 77
  Communist 0 0 0   0.00 0.05 58
Total 59 126,785

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Adelaide

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Adelaide (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Julian J. Tobin* 1,153 43.23
Conservative Robert E. Graham*[n 1] 1,151
Conservative Ian Pasley-Tyler* 1,088
Labour Brian Bell 987 35.02
Labour David R.S. Bookless 885
Labour Rose A. Head 876
Green Janine M. Sachs 269 10.28
Liberal Democrats Vera A. Miles 222 8.18
Liberal Democrats Frances M. Tully 215
Liberal Democrats Frances M. Tattersfield 206
Camden Charter Vicki L. Weissman 86 3.29
Registered electors 5,686
Turnout 2590 45.55
Rejected ballots 5 0.19
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Belsize

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Belsize (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Judith V. Barnes* 1,159 40.47
Conservative Cathleen G. Mainds[n 2] 1,124
Conservative Huntly G. Spence* 1,109
Labour Judith E. Pattison 971 33.99
Labour Michael E. Rice 952
Labour Deborah H. Sacks 928
Green Conchita R.F. Vasey 393 14.06
Liberal Democrats Anne P. Box 329 11.48
Liberal Democrats Pauline E. Marriott 324
Liberal Democrats Ardon J. Lyon 310
Registered electors 5,734
Turnout 2677 46.69
Rejected ballots 4 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bloomsbury

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Bloomsbury (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter Brayshaw 1,356 42.18
Labour John P. Toomey 1,210
Labour Sadashivrao N. Deshmukh 1,177
Conservative Mark D.I. Haley 751 24.84
Conservative Andrew J.H. Lownie 736
Conservative Robert A. Ricketts 719
Green Joanna Dickens 574 19.40
Liberal Democrats Mary Gillie 269 8.65
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Smith 243
Camden Charter Brian D. Lake 163 4.93
Camden Charter Sital S. Maan 141
Camden Charter Robert G. Norman 133
Registered electors 7,130
Turnout 2668 37.42
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brunswick

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Brunswick (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ernest P. James 851 40.80
Labour Paul D. Stinchcombe 789
Conservative Peter J. Skolar* 690 34.13
Conservative Kenneth J. Avery 681
Green Patricia J. Hooker 298 14.82
Liberal Democrats Roy H.W. Seger 206 10.25
Registered electors 4,240
Turnout 1857 43.80
Rejected ballots 4 0.22
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Camden

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Camden (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sheila M. Field* 1,046 40.94
Labour Barbara L. Hughes[n 3] 951
Liberal Democrats Marc P.J. Leggett 634 25.74
Liberal Democrats Gavin B. Collins 621
Green Toby J. Fiennes 379 15.53
Conservative John J.S. Davidson 327 12.50
Conservative Lester E. May 283
Camden Charter June H. Swan 144 5.29
Camden Charter Hazel A. Saunders 114
Registered electors 5,105
Turnout 2478 48.54
Rejected ballots 5 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castlehaven

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Castlehaven (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jane E. Roberts 1,073 60.10
Labour Jasper H. Williams 1,002
Conservative Doris E. Davis 235 12.91
Conservative Shirley L. Soskin 211
Green Marc Lewis 207 11.99
Liberal Democrats Keith M.P. Roberts 133 7.53
Camden Charter Trevor J. Long 130 7.47
Camden Charter Cyra Croft 127
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Horne-Roberts 126
Registered electors 4,135
Turnout 1858 44.93
Rejected ballots 8 0.43
Labour hold
Labour hold

Caversham

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Caversham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Tony Dykes[n 4] 1,167 49.61
Labour Bernard Kissen 1,101
Conservative Sylvia M.C. Currie 427 18.42
Conservative Anthony V.C. Kemp 414
Green Joseph H. Young 346 15.13
Camden Charter Margaret J.M. Clarke 242 9.75
Camden Charter George W. Jamieson 203
Liberal Democrats Soren K. Agerholm 162 7.09
Registered electors 5,077
Turnout 2258 44.48
Rejected ballots 11 0.49
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chalk Farm

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Chalk Farm (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julie L. Fitzgerald* 988 47.46
Labour Harriet E.A. Garland 954
Conservative Anthony J. Blackburn 558 26.34
Conservative Michael R. Farrer 520
Green Francis A. Atkinson 353 17.25
Liberal Democrats Joan Nimmo-Smith 195 8.94
Camden Charter Brian W. Haines 170
Registered electors 3,910
Turnout 1913 48.93
Rejected ballots 3 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fitzjohn's

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Fitzjohn's (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ronald E. King* 758 50.34
Conservative Andrew Marshall 713
Labour Deborah A. Townsend 429 26.88
Labour Gareth H. Smyth 356
Green Anthony E. Mills 189 12.93
Liberal Democrats Olive C. Paynton 156 9.85
Liberal Democrats Henry J.K. Usher 131
Registered electors 3,312
Turnout 1443 43.57
Rejected ballots 13 0.89
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Fortune Green

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Fortune Green (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Spotlight Team Felicity M.P. Rea* 899 38.19
Lib Dem Spotlight Team Jane C. Schopflin 642
Labour Alan F. Rippington 597 29.12
Labour Sambhu Banik 579
Conservative Antoine J. Clarke 484 23.08
Conservative Julia M. Densem 447
Green Francis Butler 194 9.61
Registered electors 3,629
Turnout 2044 56.32
Rejected ballots 5 0.24
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Frognal

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Frognal (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pamela J. Beveridge 1,109 58.63
Conservative Giles P.B. Marshall 1,058
Labour Dianne Hayter 343 17.47
Labour Regan J. Scott 302
Liberal Democrats Barbara E. How 226 11.79
Green Sebastian M. Secker Walker 224 12.11
Liberal Democrats Nigel I. Barnes 209
Registered electors 4,242
Turnout 1897 44.72
Rejected ballots 7 0.37
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gospel Oak

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Gospel Oak (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Winifred V. Parsons 1,345 61.57
Labour John A.D. Mills 1,269
Conservative Giselle V. Harrison 467 21.57
Conservative Maura E. Lyons 448
Green Lynda Dagley 358 16.86
Registered electors 4,476
Turnout 2153 48.10
Rejected ballots 5 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grafton

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Grafton (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roy E. Shaw* 1,198 50.64
Labour Terence Comerford 1,023
Green Valerie B. Armstrong 386 17.59
Camden Charter Kevin P. Flanagan 357 16.27
Conservative Anthony R. Cheverton 294 12.85
Conservative Philip F.E. Seely 270
Communist Andrew Murray 58 2.65
Registered electors 4,291
Turnout 2002 46.66
Rejected ballots 4 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hampstead Town

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Hampstead Town (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Maureen Braun 643 34.16
Conservative Rita J. Pomfret*[n 5] 620
Liberal Democrats David I. Brierley 619 31.57
Liberal Democrats John K. Dickie 549
Labour John S. Saynor 432 22.43
Labour Anna A. Wernher 397
Green John M.A. Penney 219 11.84
Registered electors 3,705
Turnout 1835 49.53
Rejected ballots 3 0.16
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Highgate

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Highgate (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret I. Cosin* 1,785 45.01
Labour Richard A. Arthur 1,780
Labour John M. Wakeham* 1,598
Conservative Cynthia M. Silk 1,084 26.91
Conservative John B.M. Steinberg 1,010
Conservative Michael J. Stilwell 992
Green Peter Forrest 502 12.58
Green Jennifer M. Jones 460
Liberal Democrats Stephen L. Molesworth 329 7.50
Liberal Democrats Mark E.K. Withers 268
Liberal Democrats Gertrude F.M. Sington 265
Camden Charter Mary C. Hodgson-Bennett 239 5.99
Camden Charter Olive R.M. Gatenby 226
Camden Charter Jennifer P. Page 223
Tenants' Representative Laurence Williams 77 2.01
Registered electors 7,444
Turnout 3802 51.07
Rejected ballots 8 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Holborn

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Holborn (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julian G.H. Fulbrook 1,119 49.36
Labour Brian Woodrow 953
Conservative Richard G. Bull 463 20.68
Conservative Bernard D. Sharpe 404
Community Representative Patricia R. Gros 386 18.34
Community Representative Bruno Imerini 383
Green Robert A. Hopkins 244 11.62
Registered electors 4,576
Turnout 2181 47.66
Rejected ballots 8 0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kilburn

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Kilburn (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graham Good[n 6] 1,730 56.69
Labour Charlie W. Hedges 1,602
Labour Ramendranath Bhattacharyya 1,509
Green Gwendoline J. Evans 489 17.18
Conservative Marian Harrison 482 16.05
Conservative Jonathan R. Shapland 455
Conservative David G. Soskin 433
Liberal Democrats Jeremy R. Allen 325 10.08
Liberal Democrats Heather M. Thompson 297
Liberal Democrats Clive Agran 240
Registered electors 7,032
Turnout 2882 40.98
Rejected ballots 11 0.38
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

King's Cross

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King's Cross (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gloria Lazenby[n 7] 1,079 51.00
Labour John R. White 969
Conservative George W. Glossop 438 21.01
Conservative John R. Wilson 405
Green John Simpson 263 13.10
Liberal Democrats Casper D.H. Wrede 158 7.87
Camden Charter Cathal P.L. McGirr 141 7.02
Registered electors 4,535
Turnout 1866 41.15
Rejected ballots 9 0.48
Labour hold
Labour hold

Priory

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Priory (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jacqueline E. Peacock* 1,260 51.39
Labour Phil Turner* 1,133
Conservative Rose Irwin 591 25.29
Conservative Timothy E.C. Evans 587
Green Stephen N. Games 330 14.17
Liberal Democrats Margaret B. Knight 254 9.15
Liberal Democrats Joseph F. McEnery 172
Registered electors 4,797
Turnout 2367 49.34
Rejected ballots 7 0.30
Labour hold
Labour hold

Regent's Park

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Regent's Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James C. Turner* 1,594 52.04
Labour William G. Budd[n 8] 1,566
Labour David P.L. Horan 1,545
Conservative Pamela Anwar 912 29.74
Conservative Noel Moncaster 897
Conservative Paul J. Morland 879
Green Lauren B. Soertsz 317 10.52
Liberal Democrats Dudley R.A. Miles 245 7.70
Liberal Democrats Margaret A. Jackson-Roberts 237
Liberal Democrats Robert G. Vernon-Jackson 215
Registered electors 6,489
Turnout 3129 48.22
Rejected ballots 7 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St John's

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St John's (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Simon C.J. McDonald 1,213 55.89
Labour Caroline F. Mills 1,159
Green Leon N. Pein 377 17.77
Conservative John E. Hall 298 12.30
Conservative Roland G.W. Walker 224
Camden Charter Jan J. Kelleher 179 8.43
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Northover 136 5.61
Liberal Democrats Robert H. Nimmo-Smith 102
Registered electors 4,350
Turnout 2021 46.46
Rejected ballots 5 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Pancras

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St Pancras (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary C. Helsdon*[n 9] 865 53.38
Labour Graham J. Shurety[n 10] 745
Camden Charter Terence F. Hargrave 255 15.25
Conservative Mark B. Hapgood 238 14.66
Camden Charter Margarett P. McDermott 205
Conservative Esther B. Mundlak 204
Green Margaret V. Nuttgens 147 9.75
Liberal Democrats Stephen C. White 105 6.96
Registered electors 3,601
Turnout 1523 42.29
Rejected ballots 8 0.53
Labour hold
Labour hold

Somers Town

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Somers Town (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alfred Saunders* 1,140 55.27
Labour Robert Austin 1,103
Camden Charter John N. Daley 417 20.54
Conservative David R. Harris 337 14.93
Conservative Sharon C. Keizner 269
Green Paul Wolf-Light 188 9.26
Green Josephine M. Navarro Slater 187
Registered electors 4,976
Turnout 2077 41.74
Rejected ballots 16 0.77
Labour hold
Labour hold

South End

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South End (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Myra C. Polya 929 46.79
Labour Nirmal C. Roy* 905
Conservative Mark S. Bennett 632 31.22
Conservative Jeremy M. Duke-Cohan 591
Green Elizabeth de Pauley 277 13.47
Green Heather D. Formaini 251
Liberal Democrats Anthony S.V. Steele 168 8.52
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Buonacorsi-How 165
Registered electors 4,152
Turnout 2067 49.78
Rejected ballots 8 0.39
Labour hold
Labour hold

Swiss Cottage

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Swiss Cottage (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Vaughan A. Emsley 1,159 37.48
Conservative Anne Morris 1,153
Conservative Peter J. Horne 1,120
Labour Barbara C. Beck[n 11] 1,108 34.89
Labour Terence P. Flanagan 1,069
Labour Sandra Plummer[n 12] 1,018
Green Caroline Counihan 449 13.60
Green Nicholas B. Catephores 381
Liberal Democrats Margaret B. Fuelling 273 8.26
Liberal Democrats Diana M.B. Self 250
Liberal Democrats Gillian M. Wagner 234
Camden Charter Alan J. Rogers 176 5.77
Registered electors 6,197
Turnout 3030 48.89
Rejected ballots 6 0.20
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

West End

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West End (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julia O. Devote* 937 48.09
Labour Kevin McDonnell* 931
Conservative Neil T. Bourhill 495 25.18
Conservative Richard Bevan 482
Lib Dem Spotlight Team Keith Moffitt 243 11.17
Green Catherine M. Gregory 211 10.87
Lib Dem Spotlight Team Erich Wagner 191
Camden Charter Graham F.A. Bacon 91 4.69
Registered electors 4,041
Turnout 1964 48.60
Rejected ballots 5 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Graham replaced Cllr. Stephen H. Moon after his resignation in 1987
  2. ^ Mainds was a sitting councillor representing the Fitzjohn's ward
  3. ^ Hughes was a sitting councillor representing the King's Cross ward
  4. ^ Dykes was a sitting councillor representing the King's Cross ward
  5. ^ Pomfret replaced Cllr. Selina D. Gee after she resigned in 1988
  6. ^ Good was a sitting councillor representing the Castlehaven ward
  7. ^ Lazenby was a sitting councillor represting the Swiss Cottage ward
  8. ^ Budd was a sitting councillor representing the Bloomsbury ward
  9. ^ Helsdon replaced Cllr. Stephen P. Bevington after his resignation in 1988
  10. ^ Shurety was a sitting councillor representing the Gospel Oak ward
  11. ^ Beck was a sitting councillor representing the Highgate ward
  12. ^ Plummer was a sitting councillor representing the St Pancras ward

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 112.
  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 - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 21–23, 112–113. Retrieved 29 April 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. 8–9. Retrieved 29 April 2024.