# 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.

## 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.
2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.9 |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |

## 2002–2022 Camden council elections
### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 8 007 | 32.5 | −3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 9,046 | 35.5 | −22.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.
2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 13,935 | 58.2 | +26.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 178 | 2.3 | −59.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7 836 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.
2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5 591 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |