1974 Camden London Borough Council election

1974 Camden Council election
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37.1%
Leader before election; Frank Dobson; Labour	Leader ; Frank Dobson; Labour

The 1974 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 1974 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.^[1]

Background

Election result

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	2,134	47.8
	Conservative	Madeleine Du Mont	2,101
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	2,080
	Conservative	Donald Degerdon	2,073
	Labour	John Palmer	1,911	42.8
	Labour	Stephen Mullin	1,908
	Labour	Allan Mathias	1,906
	Labour	Miles Seaman	1,865
	Liberal	Margot Aptaker	417	9.3
	Liberal	John Raine	412
	Liberal	Geoffrey McKeenan	394
	Liberal	Phillip Hemerlryk	385
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Arthur	2,010	43.1
	Labour	David Mills	1,951
	Labour	Richard Ford	1,915
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	1,898
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	1,847	39.6
	Conservative	Arthur Roome	1,815
	Conservative	Timothy Coghlan	1,801
	Conservative	Peter Grosz	1,773
	Liberal	Margaret Darvall	539	11.6
	Liberal	Richard Franklin	465
	Communist	Hubert Bevan	264	5.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Guy	1,164	56.6
	Labour	William Evans	1,154
	Labour	John Thane	1,139
	Conservative	Mark Batchelor	892	43.4
	Conservative	Colin Jaque	853
	Conservative	Horace Shooter	839
Turnout				27.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Camden

Camden (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicholas Bosanquet	1,892	62.9
	Labour	James Buckland	1,859
	Labour	Phil Turner	1,761
	Labour	Ivor Walker	1,728
	Conservative	David Coleman	612	20.4
	Conservative	Anthony Boosey	609
	Conservative	Ian King	592
	Conservative	George Paulley	558
	Liberal	Mary Taylor	288	9.6
	Liberal	Alan Mather	284
	Liberal	June Mather	276
	Liberal	Daphne Morgan	271
	Communist	Stephen Sedley	215	7.1
	Communist	Marjorie Mayo	203
Turnout				28.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jonathan Sofer	1,013	55.1
	Labour	Derek Jarman	1,010
	Conservative	Peter Brooke	642	34.9
	Conservative	Philippa Raymond-Cox	631
	Liberal	Eric Watson	182	9.9
	Liberal	Peter Knowles	177
Turnout				37.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	1,072	65.4
	Labour	Brian Loughran	1,033
	Conservative	Denis Friis	376	23.0
	Conservative	Robert Targett	347
	Liberal	A Lawrie	115	7.0
	Communist	Henry Martin	75	4.6
Turnout				42.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Gardiner	2,112	65.3
	Labour	Roy Shaw	2,015
	Labour	Neil McIntosh	1,995
	Labour	John Lipetz	1,920
	Conservative	George Radford	483	14.9
	Conservative	Joanna Radford	446
	Conservative	Sally Mustoe	442
	Conservative	Brenda Friis	440
	Neighbourhood Community Action	Sidney Rawle	320	9.9
	Liberal	Alexandra Lawrie	178	5.5
	Liberal	Peter Dee	152
	Communist	Victor Heath	143	4.4
	Liberal	Phillip Blackwell	133
Turnout				30.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Archibald J. F. MacDonald*	1,980
	Conservative	Alan D. Greengross	1,956
	Conservative	Gwyneth A. Williams	1,924
	Conservative	John P. L. Ratzer	1,902
	Labour	John Darlington	1,141
	Labour	Lord George Archibald	1,137
	Labour	James Parish	1,132
	Labour	John Rigby	1,087
	Liberal	Sarah Khuner	557
	Liberal	Nicholas G. Salmon	548
	Liberal	Marion V. Friedmann	523
	Liberal	Raymond A. P. Benad	494
	Communist	Elizabeth P. Tate	152
	Save London Action Group	Andrew R. H. Urquhart	73
	Save London Action Group	Charles E. Carey	57
	Save London Action Group	Robert M. Fysh	53
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Carrier	1,607	44.5
	Labour	Jeanne Cox	1,462
	Labour	Albert J. Crouch	1,380
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,369	37.9
	Conservative	Christopher Fenwick	1,319
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	1,306
	Liberal	Clive Coates	423	11.7
	Liberal	Alfred Cook	395
	Communist	Peter Richards	210	5.8
Turnout				48.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	1,375	64.2
	Labour	Derek Godfrey	1,323
	Conservative	Ralph Stone	550	25.7
	Conservative	Peter Bruinvels	546
	Liberal	Peter Davison	218	10.2
	Conservative	Mairi Turner	176
Turnout				37.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert (Tim) Skinner	1,432	61.0
	Labour	Francis Rochford	1,423
	Labour	Robert Humphreys	1,384
	Conservative	Peter Briggs	664	28.3
	Conservative	George Maxwell	652
	Conservative	Ronald Rees	638
	Liberal	John Standish	252	10.7
	Liberal	Dennis Darnes	229
	Liberal	Gillian Little	217
Turnout				33.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Offenbach	1,745	51.8
	Labour	David Windsor	1,730
	Labour	Margaret Robertson	1,721
	Labour	Lyndal Evans	1,698
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,193	35.4
	Conservative	Graham Hirschfield	1,110
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	1,108
	Conservative	Kenneth Graham	1,089
	Liberal	John Bishop	431	12.8
	Liberal	Anthony Connell	405
	Liberal	Raymond Marks	363
	Liberal	Margaret Maclaren	360
Turnout				36.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Clarke	1,846	56.6
	Labour	Derek Pollard	1,604
	Labour	Glyn Thomas	1,451
	Conservative	Frederick Kingsley	806	24.7
	Conservative	Colin Mackay	752
	Conservative	Anthony van der Elst	707
	Liberal	Iain Scarlet	385	11.8
	Communist	Alan Thomas	225	6.9
	Communist	Ronald Champion	115
Turnout				43.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Collins	2,053	65.4
	Labour	Anthony Bethell	1,986
	Labour	Paddy O'Connor	1,975
	Labour	John Mills	1,974
	Conservative	Clare Mansel	1,085	34.6
	Conservative	Malcolm Watts	1,054
	Conservative	John Blundell	1,052
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	1,038
Turnout				37.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Robinson	1,488	73.2
	Labour	Corin Hughes-Stanton	1,473
	Labour	Sarah (Sally) Peltier	1,438
	Conservative	John Livingston	379	18.6
	Conservative	Dennis Murfitt	376
	Conservative	Christina Brennan	368
	Liberal	Florence Elliot	167	8.2
	Liberal	Christopher Evans	165
	Liberal	Micheline Sartoretti	133
Turnout				34.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Duggan	1,865	85.9
	Labour	Florence Parnell	1,739
	Labour	John Toomey	1,729
	Conservative	Jaqueline Wilson	306	14.1
	Conservative	Ian Clarke	305
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	294
Turnout				30.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ron King	1,636	45.7
	Conservative	Ronald Raymond-Cox	1,625
	Conservative	Anthony Kerpel	1,616
	Conservative	Brian Stoner	1,559
	Labour	William Budd	1,535	42.8
	Labour	Walter Burgess	1,533
	Labour	Arthur Soutter *	1,508
	Labour	Gurmukh Singh	1,465
	Liberal	Kenneth Carter	412	11.5
	Liberal	Robert Pellegrinetti	369
Turnout				38.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West End

West End (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Blake	1,858	44.7
	Labour	Samuel Waldman	1,842
	Labour	Robert Hefferman	1,784
	Labour	Joan Hymans	1,777
	Conservative	Ian Tomisson	1,762	42.4
	Conservative	John Steel	1,759
	Conservative	Peter Clemerson	1,725
	Conservative	James Turner	1,723
	Liberal	Kathleen Peacock	447	10.8
	Independent	Claudina Eastwall-Naijna	86	2.1
Turnout				41.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[London_1974_election-1] "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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