The 1971 Camden Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.[1]
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All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 35.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
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Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 49 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 81.7 | 59.5 | +21.0 | ||
Conservative | 11 | 0 | 31 | –31 | 18.3 | 37.7 | –17.2 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | –3.7 | ||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | –0.1 |
Ward results
editAdelaide
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Tobin | 2,090 | |||
Conservative | Brenda Hennessy | 2,087 | |||
Conservative | Madeleine Du Mont | 2,068 | |||
Conservative | Huntly Spence | 2,031 | |||
Labour | Nicholas Bosanquet | 1,981 | |||
Labour | Mark Bass | 1,950 | |||
Labour | Nora Henry | 1,931 | |||
Labour | Barry Phillips | 1,917 | |||
Liberal | Phillip Helemryk | 427 | |||
Liberal | Gillian Latimer | 244 | |||
Liberal | Sheila Williams | 241 | |||
Liberal | Norman Latimer | 226 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Belsize
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jill Gibson | 2,225 | |||
Labour | John Lipetz | 2,132 | |||
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 2,130 | |||
Labour | Irving Kuczynski | 2,128 | |||
Conservative | Norman Oatway | 1,955 | |||
Conservative | Irene Burnett | 1,943 | |||
Conservative | Julian Harrison | 1,923 | |||
Conservative | Peter Hilton | 1,885 | |||
Liberal | Margaret Darvall | 352 | |||
Liberal | Mary De La Mahotiere | 313 | |||
Communist | Hubert Bevan | 292 | |||
Liberal | John Swain | 282 | |||
Association of Independents | John Davies | 92 | |||
Association of Independents | Anthony Cunnew | 74 | |||
Association of Independents | Mary Davies | 60 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bloomsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jennifer Horne | 1,383 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Arthur | 1,377 | |||
Labour | Florence Parnell | 1,345 | |||
Conservative | Ian Galbraith | 1,105 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Colin Jaque | 1,077 | |||
Conservative | Horace Shooter | 1,069 | |||
Turnout | 27.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Camden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Buckland | 2,971 | 69.0 | ||
Labour | Ivor Walker | 2,913 | |||
Labour | George Trevelyan | 2,909 | |||
Labour | Phil Turner | 2,864 | |||
Conservative | Leslie Langford | 970 | 22.5 | ||
Conservative | Michael Flynn | 959 | |||
Conservative | Philp Brandt | 942 | |||
Conservative | G. P. Sutherland | 919 | |||
Communist | Ann Sedley | 362 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Chalk Farm
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Jonas | 1,171 | 57.0 | ||
Labour | Derek Jarman | 1,154 | |||
Conservative | George Radford | 884 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Robert Targett | 800 | |||
Turnout | 37.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Gospel Oak
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Keohane | 1,137 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | Brian Loughran | 1,112 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Graham | 475 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | John Macdonald | 471 | |||
Communist | Ken Herbert | 90 | 5.3 | ||
Turnout | 46.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grafton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Millie Miller | 2,923 | 76.2 | ||
Labour | John Needham | 2,900 | |||
Labour | Roy Shaw | 2,830 | |||
Labour | Barry Peskin | 2,820 | |||
Conservative | George Paulley | 628 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Mary Quilliam | 611 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Boosey | 599 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Heath | 595 | |||
Communist | Victor Heath | 287 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hampstead Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Lemkin | 2,073 | |||
Conservative | Archie Macdonald | 2,071 | |||
Conservative | Harriet Greenaway | 2,064 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Roome* | 1,996 | |||
Labour | Alix Maxwell | 1,574 | |||
Labour | Roger Robinson | 1,537 | |||
Labour | Edwin Rhodes | 1,511 | |||
Labour | Keith Atkins | 1,501 | |||
Liberal | David Sacker | 360 | |||
Liberal | Bonamy Bradby | 337 | |||
Communist | Betty Tate | 258 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Highgate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Walker | 1,735 | 46.6 | ||
Labour | John Carrier | 1,724 | 46.3 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Fenwick | 1,715 | |||
Conservative | Denis Friis | 1,711 | |||
Labour | Jeanne Cox | 1,703 | |||
Labour | Bernard Miller | 1,656 | |||
Communist | Jean Davis | 262 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 46.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holborn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Robinson | 1,559 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | Frank Dobson | 1,554 | |||
Conservative | John Barker | 949 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Avery | 923 | |||
Turnout | 39.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Kilburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Albert (Tim) Skinner | 2,263 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Humphreys | 2,241 | |||
Labour | Francis Rochford | 2,204 | |||
Conservative | Martin Guinness | 882 | 26.3 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Wright | 870 | |||
Conservative | Ian Tomisson | 868 | |||
Liberal | John Gibbs | 131 | 3.9 | ||
Liberal | Colin Brown | 122 | |||
Liberal | Violet Green | 119 | |||
Communist | Stella McEntire | 82 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 40.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
King's Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lyndal Evans | 2,080 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Joseph Jacob | 2,057 | |||
Labour | Michael Cendrowicz | 2,034 | |||
Labour | David Offenbach | 2,032 | |||
Conservative | Ian Clarke | 1,494 | 41.8 | ||
Conservative | John Glendinning | 1,481 | |||
Conservative | Edith Martin | 1,466 | |||
Conservative | Joy Burgess | 1,436 | |||
Turnout | 36.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Priory
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Clarke | 2,170 | 65.4 | ||
Labour | Glyn Thomas | 2,085 | |||
Labour | Enid Wistrich | 2,067 | |||
Conservative | Irene Ellis | 1,019 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Raymond-Cox | 1,016 | |||
Conservative | Brian Hutchins | 1,007 | |||
Communist | Keith Ebbutt | 131 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 45.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Regent's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Collins | 2,766 | 67.8 | ||
Labour | Paddy O'Connor | 2,688 | |||
Labour | John Mills | 2,667 | |||
Labour | John Thane | 2,605 | |||
Conservative | Ernest Lee | 1,311 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Peter Briggs | 1,309 | |||
Conservative | Roger Gale | 1,298 | |||
Conservative | Marcelle Simpson | 1,294 | |||
Turnout | 40.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
St John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Corin Hughes-Stanton | 1,761 | 75.1 | ||
Labour | John Palmer | 1,743 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Bindman | 1,695 | |||
Conservative | Alan Smith | 583 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | Peter Bennett | 575 | |||
Conservative | Joan Couzens | 560 | |||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Pancras
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Duggan | 2,357 | 88.4 | ||
Labour | Peter Best | 2,342 | |||
Labour | William Oakshott | 2,312 | |||
Conservative | Eric Bland | 310 | 11.6 | ||
Conservative | Carol Favell | 272 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Watts | 266 | |||
Turnout | 32.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Swiss Cottage
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tessa Jowell | 2,026 | 48.9 | ||
Labour | John Eidinow | 2,018 | |||
Labour | Arthur Soutter | 1,974 | |||
Labour | Ernest Wistrich | 1,893 | |||
Conservative | Ronald King | 1,804 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | Phillippa Raymond-Cox | 1,792 | |||
Conservative | Christine Stewart-Munro | 1,787 | |||
Conservative | Sidney Torrance | 1,780 | |||
Liberal | Kay Peacock | 317 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal | Ray Benad | 298 | |||
Turnout | 38.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
West End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Finsberg | 1,941 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | Brian Arnold | 1,914 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Joan Hymans | 1,888 | |||
Labour | Derek Pollard | 1,880 | |||
Labour | Edwin Lichtenstein | 1,878 | |||
Conservative | Susan Ayliff | 1,852 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Turner | 1,841 | |||
Conservative | Gwyneth Williams | 1,833 | |||
Turnout | 36.8 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.