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

← 1986 3 May 1990 (1990-05-03) 1994 →
All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Registered	126,862[1]
Turnout	58,582, 46.18%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Tony Dykes Peter Skolar Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1986 1986 Leader's seat Caversham Brunswick (lost) Seats won 42 15 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 61,878 37,881 Percentage 48.80% 29.88% Swing 0.5%   Third party Fourth party   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 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

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

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Adelaide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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