# Fortune Green (ward)

Fortune Green is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since 1978 and was first used for the 1978 elections. It returns councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The ward covers the Temple Fortune area in the west of Camden. The ward boundaries were revised in 2002 and 2022. The revision in 2002 increased the number of councillors returned from two to three.

## Camden council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022. The ward expanded slightly, gaining a very small area from West Hampstead.

### 2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.
2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 1,481 | 16.19 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Lorna Greenwood | 1,479 | 16.17 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Olszewski | 1,397 | 15.27 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Marcus Storm | 1,288 | 14.08 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Shackle | 1,238 | 13.54 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Coles | 1,151 | 12.58 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Sedgwick | 376 | 4.11 | |
| | Conservative | Hannah David | 374 | 4.09 | |
| | Conservative | Jamie Webb | 362 | 3.96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,146 | 37.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats 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

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002.

### 2021 by-election

The by-election took place on 22 July 2021, following the resignation of Flick Rea.
2021 Fortune Green by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 1,197 | 46.7 |
| | Labour | Lorna Greenwood | 849 | 33.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Cohen | 518 | 20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,564 | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flick Rea | 1,496 | 41.1 | +6.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | Lorna Russell | 1,468 | 40.3 | +9.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Olszewski | 1,353 | 37.2 | +7.8 |
| | Labour Co-op | Sorin Floti | 1,326 | 36.4 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Bridge | 1,209 | 33.2 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Shackle | 1,138 | 31.3 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Phil Taylor | 758 | 20.8 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Shamim Ahmed | 663 | 18.2 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Axel Kaae | 659 | 18.1 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Helen Jack | 378 | 10.4 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.55 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flick Rea | 1,151 | 35.0 | −5.6 |
| | Labour | Lorna Russell | 1,028 | 31.3 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | Richard Olszewski | 967 | 29.4 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 950 | 28.9 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | Phil Turner | 904 | 27.5 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Cohen | 893 | 27.2 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Russell | 865 | 26.3 | −10.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Parkinson | 739 | 22.5 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Tom Smith | 686 | 20.9 | −4.5 |
| | Green | Leila Mars | 403 | 12.3 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Juan Jimenez | 326 | 9.9 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Lucy Oldfield | 318 | 9.7 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9246 | 39.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | 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: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flick Rea | 2,123 | 40.6 | −12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Eagling | 1,898 | 36.3 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 1,788 | 34.2 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Harvard Hughes | 1,342 | 25.7 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Gio Spinella | 1,335 | 25.6 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Phil Woodward | 1,326 | 25.4 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Phil Turner | 1,207 | 23.1 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Enyd Norman | 1,190 | 22.8 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Charlie Hedges | 1,177 | 22.5 | +7.9 |
| | Green | Paul Greenhalgh | 595 | 11.4 | −1.5 |
| | Green | Jane Ennis | 536 | 10.3 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Hugo Plowden | 287 | 5.5 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,224 | 63.0 | +28.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flick Rea | 1,446 | 52.7 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Schopflin | 1,187 | 43.2 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Eagling | 1,132 | 41.2 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Heather Downham | 667 | 24.3 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Jean Hornbuckle | 608 | 22.1 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Miles Seaman | 580 | 21.1 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Denison-Pender | 576 | 21.0 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Howard Dawber | 545 | 19.9 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Mohamoud Nur | 402 | 14.6 | −4.6 |
| | Green | Billy Murray | 354 | 12.9 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Lucia Nella | 305 | 11.1 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Benjamin Smith | 291 | 10.6 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,093 | 34.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### 2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.
2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Fortune Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flick Rea | 1,295 | 60.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Schopflin | 1,121 | 52.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Simpson | 1,111 | 52.1 | |
| | Labour | Mike Katz | 483 | 22.7 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Kingscote | 414 | 19.4 | |
| | Labour | Miles Seaman | 409 | 19.2 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Arthur | 336 | 15.8 | |
| | Conservative | Esther Baroudy | 323 | 15.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jean Hornbuckle | 314 | 14.7 | |
| | Green | David Sunderland | 221 | 10.4 | |
| | Green | Susan Craig | 199 | 9.3 | |
| | Green | Stephen Dawe | 132 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,358 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |

## 1978–2002 Camden Council elections
### 1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.
1998 Camden London Borough Council election: 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 | |