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1974 Camden London Borough Council election

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]

1974 Camden Council election
← 1971 2 May 1974 1978 →
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.1%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Frank Dobson Martin Morton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1973 1970
Leader's seat Holborn None (defeated in Highgate)
Seats won 48 12 0
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady0
Percentage 54.7% 37.1% 7.0%
Swing Decrease4.8% Decrease0.6% Increase5.2%
Leader before election

Frank Dobson
Labour

Leader

Frank Dobson
Labour

Background

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Election result

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Ward results

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Adelaide

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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