title: 1998 Camden London Borough Council election
text: # 1998 Camden London Borough Council election
  
  The 1998 Camden Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
  
  ## Campaign
  
  Issues in the election included a recent 10% council tax rise which was the highest in London, service improvements, claims that a partnership with the police had cut crime and a strike in local libraries.
  
  ## Election result
  
  Overall turnout in the election was 33.4%. At the same as the election Camden saw 81.18% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.82% against, on a 32.84% turnout.
  
  Camden Local Election Result 1998 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 43 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 72.9 | 44.0 | 20,445 | −4.5 |
  | Conservative | 10 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 16.9 | 23.3 | 10,835 | +1.9 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.1 | 23.1 | 10,753 | +4.5 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 3,098 | −0.1 |
  | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 688 | N/A |
  | Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 699 | New |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Adelaide
  
  Adelaide (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Julian Tobin | 960 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Marshall | 929 | |
  | | Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 868 | |
  | | Labour | Sadashivrao Deshmukh | 796 | |
  | | Labour | Harriet Garland | 768 | |
  | | Labour | Deborah Sacks | 746 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Finney | 384 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Collis | 383 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Madhvi Natt | 308 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,142 | 38.7 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  ### Belsize
  
  Belsize (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ewan Cameron | 760 | |
  | | Conservative | Huntly Spence | 731 | |
  | | Labour | Aileen Hammond | 711 | |
  | | Conservative | Jonathan Bucknell | 705 | |
  | | Labour | David Taggart | 650 | |
  | | Labour | Jake Sumner | 624 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Marriott | 587 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dudley Miles | 522 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Watts | 455 | |
  | | Green | Phyllis Eyres | 290 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,035 | 35.2 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bloomsbury
  
  Bloomsbury (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Patricia Callaghan | 1,050 | |
  | | Labour | Nirmal Roy | 908 | |
  | | Labour | Jake Turnbull | 777 | |
  | | Conservative | Barbara Douglass | 626 | |
  | | Conservative | Mark Haley | 538 | |
  | | Conservative | Ian Nottingham | 472 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Ward | 468 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Philip Moser | 455 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Wall | 410 | |
  | | Green | Nicki Kortvelyessy | 280 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,984 | 27.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Brunswick
  
  Brunswick (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Brian Weekes | 653 | |
  | | Labour | Edward Cousins | 601 | |
  | | Conservative | Kenneth Avery | 443 | |
  | | Conservative | Philip Norman | 376 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Jones | 286 | |
  | | Green | Robert Whitley | 258 | |
  | | Socialist | Stanley Parker | 58 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,675 | 31.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Camden
  
  Camden (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Patricia Nightingale | 929 | |
  | | Labour | Dermot Greene | 844 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Helena Djurkovic | 323 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Simieon Litman | 261 | |
  | | Green | Douglas Earl | 236 | |
  | | Conservative | Sylvia Currie | 213 | |
  | | Conservative | Iris Coney | 189 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,995 | 29.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Caversham
  
  Caversham (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Bernard Kissen | 902 | |
  | | Labour | Anne Swain | 877 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Soren Agerholm | 378 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Brian Stone | 354 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Blackburn | 247 | |
  | | Conservative | Barbara Wallis | 180 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,938 | 30.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Castlehaven
  
  Castlehaven (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jane Roberts | 677 | |
  | | Labour | Deirdre Krymer | 569 | |
  | | Green | Kate Gordon | 208 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Natasha Dunn | 204 | |
  | | Conservative | Emma Chapman | 158 | |
  | | Conservative | Joan Stally | 140 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Darren Ziff | 128 | |
  | | Independent | Jane Owen | 72 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,156 | 29.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Chalk Farm
  
  Chalk Farm (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | William Budd | 615 | |
  | | Labour | John White | 591 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Charles Marquand | 419 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Redesdale | 395 | |
  | | Conservative | William Mitchell | 385 | |
  | | Conservative | David Walters | 338 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,743 | 36.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Fitzjohns
  
  Fitzjohns (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Martin Davies | 590 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 536 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Dann | 393 | |
  | | Labour | Deborah Townsend | 390 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Wright | 245 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ricarda O'Driscoll | 240 | |
  | | Green | Dorothy Forsyth | 96 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,490 | 33.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Fortune Green
  
  Fortune Green (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Felicity Rea | 975 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jane Schopflin | 829 | |
  | | Labour | Michael Broughton | 375 | |
  | | Labour | Roy Lockett | 372 | |
  | | Conservative | Carrie Ruxton | 228 | |
  | | Conservative | Michael Prichett | 226 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,005 | 39.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Frognal
  
  Frognal (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Pamela Chesters | 687 | |
  | | Conservative | Dawn Somper | 640 | |
  | | Labour | Anne Robertson | 311 | |
  | | Labour | Helen Seaford | 279 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Barbara How | 272 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Barnes | 253 | |
  | | Green | Charles Harris | 136 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,578 | 30.7 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Gospel Oak
  
  Gospel Oak (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Mills | 760 | |
  | | Labour | Judith Pattison | 719 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 336 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Poulter | 281 | |
  | | Conservative | Marian Harrison | 221 | |
  | | Conservative | Henry Whittaker | 180 | |
  | | Green | Debra Green | 153 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,650 | 33.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Grafton
  
  Grafton (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Roy Shaw | 705 | |
  | | Labour | John Dickie | 660 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Finer | 221 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anne Elliott | 191 | |
  | | Conservative | Doreen Bartlett | 187 | |
  | | Green | Sheila Oakes | 170 | |
  | | Conservative | Belinda Shapps | 148 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,282 | 29.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Hampstead Town
  
  Hampstead Town (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Little | 1,028 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sidney Malin | 912 | |
  | | Conservative | Roderick Anderson | 368 | |
  | | Conservative | Michael Bottom | 354 | |
  | | Labour | Mark Leonard | 301 | |
  | | Labour | Rudolph Champagne | 259 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,222 | 40.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Highgate
  
  Highgate (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Maggie Cosin | 1,275 | |
  | | Labour | Richard Arthur | 1,252 | |
  | | Labour | John Thane | 1,141 | |
  | | Conservative | Judith Barnes | 930 | |
  | | Conservative | Roger Freeman | 869 | |
  | | Conservative | Cynthia Silk | 825 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Heather Macauley | 666 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Waddington | 594 | |
  | | Green | Paul Gannon | 471 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Mair | 457 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,480 | 40.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Holborn
  
  Holborn (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Julian Fulbrook | 948 | |
  | | Labour | Brian Woodrow | 838 | |
  | | Conservative | William Glossop | 328 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Lutgen | 264 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Turner | 264 | |
  | | Conservative | Shailesh Vara | 215 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,857 | 33.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Kilburn
  
  Kilburn (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Heather Johnson | 1,181 | |
  | | Labour | Charles Hedges | 1,007 | |
  | | Labour | Timothy Walker | 957 | |
  | | Conservative | Robert Graham | 435 | |
  | | Conservative | Jane Stanton-Humphreys | 395 | |
  | | Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 386 | |
  | | Green | Helen Mayer | 362 | |
  | | Independent | Lawrence Morris | 267 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Glover | 233 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Allen | 206 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Erich Wagner | 133 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,562 | 27.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Kings Cross
  
  Kings Cross (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Barbara Hughes | 833 | |
  | | Labour | Nicholas Smith | 766 | |
  | | Conservative | James Atkin | 269 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Gandy | 240 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Freedman | 232 | |
  | | Conservative | Robert Ricketts | 211 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,551 | 28.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Priory
  
  Priory (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Rolfe | 823 | |
  | | Labour | Philip Turner | 809 | |
  | | Conservative | Martyn Fisher | 276 | |
  | | Conservative | Rose Irwin | 243 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rex Warner | 226 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joan Hervey | 138 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,515 | 31.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Regents Park
  
  Regents Park (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | James Turner | 1,125 | |
  | | Labour | Barbara Ward | 983 | |
  | | Labour | Richard Olszewski | 947 | |
  | | Conservative | Paul Gray | 540 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Kemp | 468 | |
  | | Conservative | Jeremy Bradshaw | 412 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ardon Lyon | 354 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Berry | 350 | |
  | | Independent | Alan Patterson | 287 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Newbrook | 285 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,751 | 32.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### St John's
  
  St John's (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Penelope Abraham | 990 | |
  | | Labour | David Horan | 977 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Diana Brown | 406 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Molesworth | 351 | |
  | | Conservative | Michael Farrer | 183 | |
  | | Conservative | Roland Walker | 146 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,053 | 35.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### St Pancras
  
  St Pancras (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gloria Lazenby | 686 | |
  | | Labour | Roger Robinson | 576 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Palmer | 254 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Myers | 236 | |
  | | Conservative | Laura Hoskins | 173 | |
  | | Conservative | Blanche Mundlak | 162 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,087 | 33.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Somers Town
  
  Somers Town (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sybil Shine | 815 | |
  | | Labour | Ernest James | 743 | |
  | | Conservative | David Harris | 226 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Ford | 225 | |
  | | Conservative | Joseph Sleigh | 163 | |
  | | Green | Andrew Spring | 154 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,326 | 28.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### South End
  
  South End (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gerry Harrison | 999 | |
  | | Labour | Janet Guthrie | 919 | |
  | | Conservative | Jonathan Pardoe | 490 | |
  | | Conservative | Dominic Schofield | 431 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Buonacorsi-How | 348 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wade | 346 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,533 | 38.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Swiss Cottage
  
  Swiss Cottage (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mary Ryan | 887 | |
  | | Labour | Robert Hall | 834 | |
  | | Conservative | Stephen Hocking | 756 | |
  | | Conservative | Honora Morrissey | 754 | |
  | | Conservative | Peter Horne | 732 | |
  | | Labour | Bernard Moss | 710 | |
  | | Independent Labour | John Macdonald | 600 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Collins | 439 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sally Twite | 378 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Herbert Newbrook | 365 | |
  | | Green | Catherine Gregory | 284 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,739 | 35.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  ### West End
  
  West End (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 972 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Heather Thompson | 811 | |
  | | Labour | David Lines | 705 | |
  | | Labour | Geoffrey Berridge | 642 | |
  | | Conservative | Neil Bourhill | 156 | |
  | | Conservative | Elaine Mackover | 131 | |
  | | Independent | Farshtchi Ahavan | 62 | |
  | | Independent | Antoine Clarke | 41 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,520 | 41.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
  