# 2002 Camden London Borough Council election

The 2002 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

For the election Camden had a trial of early voting on 27–28 April in an attempt to increase turnout, however overall turnout at 28.4% was down on the 33.4% in 1998.
Camden Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 35 | -8 | 64.8 | 33.3 | 14,238 | -10.7 |
| Conservative | 11 | +1 | 20.4 | 25.2 | 10,783 | +1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | +2 | 14.8 | 23.2 | 9,904 | +0.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 5,813 | +6.9 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 931 | n/a |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 813 | +0.4 |
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 279 | n/a |

## Ward results
### Belsize

Belsize (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jonny Bucknell | 1,041 | 40.1 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Gunn | 1,016 | 39.1 |
| | Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 1,005 | 38.7 |
| | Labour | Aileen Hammond * | 770 | 29.7 |
| | Labour | Sadashivrao Deshmukh | 716 | 27.6 |
| | Labour | Patricia Nightingale | 691 | 26.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Marriott | 469 | 18.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ardon Lyon | 429 | 16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dudley Miles | 423 | 16.3 |
| | Green | Phyllis Eyres | 274 | 10.6 |
| | Green | Jack Price | 236 | 9.1 |
| | Green | Maeve Tornero | 219 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,289 | |

### Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Penelope Abraham | 771 | 38.3 |
| | Labour | Fazlul Chowdhury | 756 | 37.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Brayshaw | 736 | 36.5 |
| | Conservative | Adam Lester | 642 | 31.9 |
| | Conservative | Rohit Grover | 636 | 31.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Horne | 634 | 31.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Edwards | 335 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Moser | 295 | 14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Ward | 285 | 14.1 |
| | Green | Lucy Thomas | 262 | 13.0 |
| | Green | Saly Zlotowitz | 145 | 7.2 |
| | Green | Marcus Petz | 137 | 6.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Janet Maiden | 125 | 6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,759 | |

### Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Camden Town with Primrose Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Pat Callaghan | 1,041 | 37.9 |
| | Labour | Harriet Garland | 986 | 35.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justin Barnard | 812 | 29.6 |
| | Labour | Jake Sumner | 782 | 28.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lefley | 653 | 23.8 |
| | Independent | Gloria Lazenby | 603 | 22.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Toby Wickenden | 591 | 21.5 |
| | Conservative | William Mitchell | 570 | 20.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Grosvenor | 560 | 20.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Barton | 541 | 19.7 |
| | Green | Danielle Rappaport | 385 | 14.0 |
| | Green | Juliana Venter | 227 | 8.3 |
| | Green | Beryl Lankester | 220 | 8.0 |
| | CPA | Elsa Dos Santos | 34 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,005 | |

### Cantelowes

Cantelowes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dermot Greene | 861 | 46.0 |
| | Labour | Gerald Harrison | 850 | 45.4 |
| | Labour | Judith Pattison | 779 | 41.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Soren Agerholm | 404 | 21.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Wall | 377 | 20.1 |
| | Green | Gaie Houston | 348 | 18.6 |
| | Green | Rachel Zatz | 337 | 18.0 |
| | Green | Rob Whitley | 329 | 17.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simeon Litman | 303 | 16.2 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Currie | 247 | 13.2 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Lloyd-Davy | 245 | 13.1 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Milne | 237 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,320 | |

### Fortune Green

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 | |

### Frognal and Fitzhjohns

Frognal and Fitzjohns (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Martin Davies | 1,141 | 56.8 |
| | Conservative | Dawn Somper | 1,119 | 55.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 1,114 | 55.4 |
| | Labour | Deborah Townsend | 384 | 19.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Garden | 362 | 18.0 |
| | Labour | Alfred Lawrie | 344 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | Francis McGrath | 336 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Curran | 333 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Keidan | 286 | 14.2 |
| | Green | Lynn Lovell | 155 | 7.7 |
| | Green | Stuart Houghton | 153 | 7.6 |
| | Green | Charles Harris | 143 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,870 | |

### Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Janet Guthrie | 880 | 40.9 |
| | Labour | Raj Chada | 846 | 39.4 |
| | Labour | John Mills | 791 | 36.8 |
| | Conservative | Lindsay Mitchell | 550 | 25.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Millett | 506 | 23.5 |
| | Conservative | Carole Ricketts | 459 | 21.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 430 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Mair | 347 | 16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Poulter | 336 | 15.6 |
| | Green | Jane Walby | 311 | 14.5 |
| | Green | Howard Edmunds | 291 | 13.5 |
| | Green | Lesley Robb | 264 | 12.3 |
| | CPA | Humberto Heliotrope | 50 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,076 | |

### Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Greene | 1,316 | 45.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Little | 1,106 | 38.4 |
| | Conservative | Brian Cattell | 1,089 | 37.8 |
| | Conservative | Katharine Steel | 1,064 | 37.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Malin | 974 | 33.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Wright | 800 | 27.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Crundwell | 430 | 14.9 |
| | Labour | Harunur Rashid | 372 | 12.9 |
| | Green | Brian Gascoigne | 349 | 12.1 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Islam | 345 | 12.0 |
| | Green | Frances Mortimer | 321 | 11.1 |
| | Green | Dorothy Forsyth | 316 | 11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,482 | |

### Haverstock

Haverstock (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jane Roberts | 882 | 47.3 |
| | Labour | Roy Shaw | 856 | 45.9 |
| | Labour | John Dickie | 852 | 45.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Finer | 422 | 22.6 |
| | Conservative | Rita Marshall | 367 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alec Gordon | 364 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Lutgen | 359 | 19.3 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Kemp | 355 | 19.0 |
| | Conservative | Joan Stally | 351 | 18.8 |
| | Green | Sarah Gillam | 319 | 17.1 |
| | Green | Iola Kenworthy | 277 | 14.9 |
| | Green | Edward Milford | 201 | 10.8 |
| | CPA | Angela Ozor | 34 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,639 | |

### Highgate

Highgate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Cosin | 972 | 32.3 |
| | Labour | John Thane | 861 | 28.6 |
| | Labour | Abdul Quadir | 849 | 28.2 |
| | Conservative | Roger Freeman | 813 | 27.0 |
| | Green | Siân Berry | 811 | 26.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon Baker | 790 | 26.2 |
| | Conservative | Janice Lavery | 775 | 25.7 |
| | Green | Adrian Oliver | 768 | 25.5 |
| | Green | Mark Smith | 715 | 23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Wheeler | 384 | 12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Waddington | 376 | 12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Potts | 332 | 11.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Sean Thompson | 219 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,665 | |

### Holborn and Covent Garden

Holborn and Covent Garden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julian Fulbrook | 950 | 48.2 |
| | Labour | Sue Vincent | 908 | 46.0 |
| | Labour | Brian Woodrow | 884 | 44.8 |
| | Conservative | Patsy Prince | 449 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Valder | 411 | 20.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Ricketts | 389 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Key | 331 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastir Loraine | 305 | 15.5 |
| | Green | Nicholas Duckett | 255 | 12.9 |
| | Green | Seanine Joyce | 253 | 12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Herbert Newbrook | 251 | 12.7 |
| | Green | Hugo Charlton | 205 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,591 | |

### Kentish Town

Kentish Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lucy Anderson | 961 | 41.1 |
| | Labour | David Horan | 868 | 37.1 |
| | Labour | Deidre Krymer | 797 | 34.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 676 | 28.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice Brown | 658 | 28.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathaniel Green | 543 | 23.2 |
| | Green | Sue Charlesworth | 415 | 17.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Alan Walter | 376 | 16.1 |
| | Green | Kate Gordon | 348 | 14.9 |
| | Green | Graeme Durham | 342 | 14.6 |
| | Conservative | Doreen Bartlett | 224 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Blackburn | 222 | 9.5 |
| | Conservative | Alan Coleman-Harvey | 177 | 7.6 |
| | CPA | Celia Heliotrope | 42 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,649 | |

### Kilburn

Kilburn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charlie Hedges | 806 | 46.7 |
| | Labour | John Rolfe | 797 | 46.2 |
| | Labour | Phil Turner | 770 | 44.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Graham | 343 | 19.9 |
| | Conservative | Rosette Irwin | 301 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Mawdsley | 289 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Allen | 285 | 16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Twite | 254 | 14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daviyani Kothari | 226 | 13.1 |
| | Green | Helen Mayer | 215 | 12.5 |
| | Green | John Collins | 205 | 11.9 |
| | Independent | David Reed | 174 | 10.1 |
| | Green | Debra Green | 171 | 9.9 |
| | CPA | Maria McCarten | 73 | 4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,909 | |

### King's Cross

King's Cross (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barbara Hughes | 855 | 52.3 |
| | Labour | Geethika Jayatilaka | 730 | 44.6 |
| | Labour | Nick Smith | 710 | 43.4 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Douglass | 353 | 21.6 |
| | Conservative | Charles Costa | 344 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Haley | 318 | 19.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Brown | 310 | 18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Tucker | 243 | 14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Erich Wagner | 216 | 13.2 |
| | Green | Richard Thomas | 169 | 10.3 |
| | Green | Audrey Poppy | 157 | 9.6 |
| | Green | Lucia Nella | 149 | 9.1 |
| | CPA | Elsa Pontes-Betee | 46 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,600 | |

### Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nasim Ali | 1,165 | 48.4 |
| | Labour | Theo Blackwell | 1,095 | 45.5 |
| | Labour | Heather Johnson | 1,076 | 44.7 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Salam | 685 | 28.4 |
| | Conservative | Sara Haydon | 656 | 27.2 |
| | Conservative | John Walter | 626 | 26.0 |
| | Green | Amanda Clare | 584 | 24.3 |
| | Green | Paul Hale | 549 | 22.8 |
| | Green | Debbie Dixon | 466 | 19.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Jones | 352 | 14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Wainewright | 261 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Redesdale | 259 | 10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,774 | |

### St Pancras and Somers Town

St Pancras and Somers Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roger Robinson | 960 | 53.0 |
| | Labour | Sybil Shine | 902 | 49.8 |
| | Labour | Ruth Stewart | 865 | 47.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Hanna | 379 | 20.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Palmer | 353 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Myers | 349 | 19.3 |
| | Conservative | Simon Gray | 263 | 14.5 |
| | Conservative | Damian Keegan | 259 | 14.3 |
| | Conservative | James White | 249 | 13.7 |
| | Green | Una Sapietis | 219 | 12.1 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Pol O'Ceallaigh | 211 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Andrew Spring | 124 | 6.8 |
| | Green | Judith Stubbings | 116 | 6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,249 | |

### Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hocking | 1,175 | 51.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Marshall | 1,106 | 48.6 |
| | Conservative | Don Williams | 1,090 | 47.9 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Berridge | 500 | 22.0 |
| | Labour | David Taggart | 484 | 21.3 |
| | Labour | Abdul Careem | 467 | 20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Collins | 419 | 18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalyn Harper | 416 | 18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Honora Morrissey | 391 | 17.2 |
| | Green | Lucy Wills | 265 | 11.7 |
| | Green | Katherina Wolpe | 174 | 7.7 |
| | Green | Wolfgang Heiny | 148 | 6.5 |
| | Independent | Magnus Nielsen | 36 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,671 | |

### West Hampstead

West Hampstead (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 1,133 | 53.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 1,028 | 48.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Thompson | 1,016 | 48.0 |
| | Labour | Marie Bardsley | 567 | 26.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Broughton | 507 | 24.0 |
| | Labour | Mari Williams | 469 | 22.2 |
| | Conservative | Joanna Galloway | 268 | 12.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Cliff | 267 | 12.6 |
| | Green | Samantha Baber | 256 | 12.1 |
| | Conservative | John Samiotis | 240 | 11.3 |
| | Green | Michael Hewitt-Hicks | 173 | 8.2 |
| | Green | Lawrie Scovell | 163 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,087 | |