Holborn and Covent Garden (ward)

Holborn and Covent Garden is an electoral ward in the south of the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The ward covers some parts of Covent Garden and Holborn in Central London. The boundary of the ward was revised in 2022, which removed some streets north of New Oxford Street and transferred them to Bloomsbury. The ward has only returned councillors standing as Labour Party candidates.

Holborn and Covent Garden
Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council
Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Camden
County	Greater London
Population	10,361 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,973 (2022)
Major settlements	Covent Garden and Holborn[b]
Area	1.160 square kilometres (0.448 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Julian Fulbrook   Sue Vincent   Awale Olad
ONS code	00AGGP (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05000138 (2002–2022) E05013662 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–present	Julian Fulbrook		Labour
2002–present	Sue Vincent		Labour
2002–2010	Brian Woodrow		Labour
2010–present	Awale Olad		Labour

Camden council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022. The ward lost some streets north of New Oxford Street to the Bloomsbury ward.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1,807	68.8
	Labour	Sue Vincent	1,779	67.7
	Labour	Awale Olad	1,686	64.2
	Conservative	Maurice Hirt	362	13.8
	Conservative	Adam Lester	354	13.5
	Conservative	Alison Frost	349	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte O'Brien	299	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barabas	268	10.2
	Independent	Patrick McGinnis	214	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Erich Wagner	213	8.1
Turnout				32.9
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1 716	21.4	+1.0
	Labour	Sue Vincent	1 705	21.3	+2.3
	Labour	Awale Olad	1 604	20.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Alison Frost	544	6.8	−0.3
	Conservative	Andrew Keep	497	6.2	−0.8
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	446	5.6	−0.8
	Green	Luke Dowding	419	5.2	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Naughtie	312	3.9	+1.4
	Green	John Mason	291	3.6	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte O'Brien	257	3.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Wagner	216	2.7	+0.7
Turnout			8 007	32.5	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1 844	20.5	+4.1
	Labour	Sue Vincent	1 714	19.0	+5.0
	Labour	Awale Olad	1 588	17.6	+4.8
	Conservative	Alison Frost	635	7.0	−2.1
	Conservative	Lewis Barber	601	6.7	−1,7
	Conservative	Daniel Nesbitt	576	6.4	−1.8
	Green	Niki Brain	480	5.3	+0.9
	Green	Eve Mullen	458	5.1	+1.7
	Green	Anthony Quinn	357	4.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Allen	222	2.5	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Simmons	196	2.2	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Wright	181	2.0	−3.7
	Independent	Robert Carlyle	162	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			9,046	35.5	−22.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	2 279	16.4	+2.6
	Labour	Sue Vincent	1 947	14	+0.1
	Labour	Awale Olad	1 784	12.8	+0.2
	Conservative	Alison Frost	1 277	9.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Richard Hopkin	1 168	8.4	−1.3
	Conservative	Abdus Samad	1,147	8.2	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Joy	1 057	7.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Waiting	809	5.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Wainewright	799	5.7	+1.3
	Green	Suzanne Hartley	617	4.4	−1.3
	Green	Robert McCracken	472	3.4	−1.3
	Green	Benedict Protheroe	399	2.9	−1.2
	BNP	Robert Carlyle	180	1.3	DNR
Turnout			13,935	58.2	+26.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Vincent	1 085	13.8	−2.4
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1 079	13.8	−3,2
	Labour	Brian Woodrow	988	12.6	−3.2
	Conservative	Alison Frost	810	10.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Timothy Barnes	758	9.7	+2.3
	Conservative	Philip Nelson	731	9.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hanna	489	6.2	+0.3
	Green	Benedict Protheroe	449	5.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Grossman	417	5.3	−0.1
	Green	Grace Hodgkinson-Barrett	364	4.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simieon Litman	347	4.4	−0.1
	Green	Stuart Houghton	319	4.1	+0.4
Majority			178	2.3	−59.0
Turnout			7 836
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	950	17.0
	Labour	Sue Vincent	908	16.2
	Labour	Brian Woodrow	884	15.8
	Conservative	Patsy Prince	449	8.0
	Conservative	Dominic Valder	411	7.4
	Conservative	Robert Ricketts	389	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Key	331	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alastir Loraine	305	5.5
	Green	Nicholas Duckett	255	4.6
	Green	Seanine Joyce	253	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Newbrook	251	4.5
	Green	Hugo Charlton	205	3.7
Turnout			5 591
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
2. The ward covers only some parts of these neighbourhoods.