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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.

Holborn and Covent Garden
Electoral ward
for the Camden London Borough Council
Map
Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughCamden
CountyGreater London
Population10,361 (2021)[a]
Electorate7,973 (2022)
Major settlementsCovent Garden and Holborn[b]
Area1.160 square kilometres (0.448 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Julian Fulbrook
  •   Sue Vincent
  •   Awale Olad
ONS code00AGGP (2002–2022)
GSS code
  • E05000138 (2002–2022)
  • E05013662 (2022–present)

List of councillors

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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

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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

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The election took place on 5 May 2022.[1]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 32.9
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

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Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

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The election took place on 3 May 2018.[2]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 8 007 32.5 −3.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

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The election took place on 22 May 2014.[3]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 9,046 35.5 −22.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2010 election

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The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[4]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 13,935 58.2 +26.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election

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The election took place on 4 May 2006.[5]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 178 2.3 −59.0
Turnout 7 836
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2002 election

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The election took place on 2 May 2002.[6]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 5 591
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ^ The ward covers only some parts of these neighbourhoods.

References

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  1. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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