1982 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1982 Camden Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.

1982 Camden Council election

6 May 1982
All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Roy Shaw Tony Kerpel Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1975 1981 Leader's seat Grafton Belsize Last election 33 seats, 47.8% 26 seats, 45.2% Seats won 33 26 Seat change Popular vote 24,768 20,241 Percentage 40.7% 33.3% Swing 7.1% 11.9%
Map of the results of the 1982 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue.
Leader before election Roy Shaw Labour Leader Phil Turner Labour

The election, like the election across the country, was marked by the emergence of the SDP–Liberal Alliance. However, despite winning 25% of the vote across Camden, no Alliance councillors were elected. Few seats changed hands overall, with the Conservatives gaining two seats from Labour in Bloomsbury in the south and losing one seat to Labour in West Hampstead and one in Highgate. The Conservatives dominated the north of the seat, winning 19 of the 26 seats in Hampstead parliamentary constituency; Labour dominated the centre, winning 17 of 19 in St Pancras North, and the south, winning 9 of 14 in Holborn and St Pancras South. As of 2020, it was the last time that the Conservatives have seriously challenged for outright control of the council.

The day after the election, Labour leader Roy Shaw was replaced by Phil Turner, who became Leader of the Council.

Election result

Camden local election results 1982[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	2	2	0	54.2	40.7	24,768	-7.1
	Conservative	26	2	2	0	45.8	33.3	20,241	-11.9
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	24.9	15,171	+20.8
	Ecology	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	193	n/a
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	71	n/a
	Others	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	217	-2.5

Ward results

Adelaide (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	1,503
	Conservative	Michael Brahams	1,500
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Taylor	1,495
	Labour	David Lewis	824
	Labour	Hilary Lowe	822
	Labour	Jennifer Pitkin	803
	Alliance	Diane Bailey	583
	Alliance	Alan Evans	552
	Alliance	Nicholas Collins	551
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belsize (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Kerpel	1,411
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	1,381
	Conservative	Gerald Swyer	1,335
	Alliance	Margaret Little	761
	Alliance	Robert Heyland	751
	Alliance	Clive Agran	730
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	703
	Labour	Anthea Muir	678
	Labour	Roy Mathias	670
	Ecology	Lesley Sargent	102
	Ecology	Steven Margolis	85
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Trite	1,086
	Conservative	Andrew Gordon-Saker	1,085
	Conservative	Brian Rathbone	1,062
	Labour	Martin McNeill	994
	Labour	Anne Robertson	969
	Labour	Michael Broughton	967
	Alliance	Peter Symonds	613
	Alliance	Geoffrey Sell	601
	Alliance	Dennis Strojwas	587
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Skolar	940
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	935
	Labour	Anthony Craig	638
	Labour	Ian Swain	580
	Alliance	John Pinfold	457
	Alliance	Ruth Schmidt	402
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Camden (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Marion Chester	879
	Labour	Gregory Thomson	853
	Alliance	Martin Parker	477
	Alliance	Keith Roberts	477
	Conservative	Alan Fleming	369
	Conservative	John Malamah-Thomas	292
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castlehaven (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graham Good	1,014
	Labour	Jennifer Willmot	960
	Alliance	David Aarons	385
	Alliance	Liam Cowdrey	374
	Conservative	Christopher Fenwick	261
	Conservative	William Mills	252
	Independent	Brian Lake	163
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Julie Fitzgerald	1,187
	Labour	John Wakeham	1,146
	Alliance	Nicholas Bosanquet	750
	Alliance	Benjamin Stoneham	649
	Conservative	Thomas Crawford	410
	Conservative	Timothy Miller	369
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Bayley	996
	Labour	Teresa Ryan	967
	Alliance	Lindsay Granshaw	714
	Alliance	Sieska Cowdrey	711
	Conservative	Peter White	647
	Conservative	Sinclair Webster	632
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fitzjohns (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald King	883
	Conservative	Cathleen Mainds	839
	Alliance	George Sandersley	522
	Alliance	Olive Paynton	499
	Labour	June Ward	322
	Labour	David Bookless	315
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fortune Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Tomisson	778
	Conservative	David Neil-Smith	756
	Alliance	Flick Rea	649
	Alliance	Eamond Hitchcock	604
	Labour	Virginia Berridge	562
	Labour	Kathryn O'Neill	502
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frognal (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	1,170
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	1,124
	Alliance	William Laing	603
	Alliance	Richard Waddington	594
	Labour	Stella Greenall	346
	Labour	Marie Kosloff	330
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ronald Hefferman	1,167
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	1,075
	Alliance	Philip Fitzpatrick	543
	Alliance	Margaret Jackson-Roberts	538
	Conservative	Clifford Edwards	389
	Conservative	Paul Brandt	363
	Save London Action Group	Sasthi Chakravarti	76
	Independent	David James	62
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roy Shaw	1,040
	Labour	William Birtles	1,011
	Alliance	John Butterworth	452
	Alliance	Harry Harding	440
	Conservative	David Frid	268
	Conservative	Roger James	262
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	992
	Conservative	Anthony Robinson	962
	Alliance	David Birkett	676
	Alliance	Brian Sugden	627
	Labour	Eric Mitchell	463
	Labour	James Murphy	445
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	1,504
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,473
	Labour	Barbara Beck	1,463
	Labour	Beresford Wilkinson	1,418
	Labour	Donald Harkness	1,393
	Conservative	Lilian O'Callaghan	1,377
	Alliance	Catherine Walton	1,151
	Alliance	John Coss	1,143
	Alliance	Malcolm Winsbury	1,049
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holborn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1,070
	Labour	Michael Kirk	1,008
	Conservative	Barry Greenway	631
	Conservative	Gillian Kinder	596
	Alliance	James Morris	397
	Alliance	Roger Karn	391
	Independent Labour	John Mason	141
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Katherine Allen	1,517
	Labour	Angela Birtill	1,409
	Labour	Alan Woods	1,394
	Alliance	James Allman	829
	Alliance	Roger Billins	809
	Alliance	Nicola-Jane Taylor	722
	Conservative	Frederick Copeman	597
	Conservative	Alan Mackay	583
	Conservative	Stephen Massey	567
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	812
	Labour	Anthony Dykes	802
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	532
	Conservative	Stephen Robins	526
	Alliance	Thomas Hibbert	411
	Alliance	Derek Lowe	356
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anna Bowman	1,537
	Labour	Peter Fletcher	1,409
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	849
	Conservative	Meta Perrin	804
	Alliance	Jean Austin	504
	Alliance	Roderick Atkin	485
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Mills	1,223
	Labour	Robert Latham	1,195
	Labour	Andrew Bethell	1,194
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	1,061
	Conservative	Betty Wilson	1,046
	Conservative	Noel Moncaster	1,034
	Alliance	Christopher Ely	651
	Alliance	Michael Storey	650
	Alliance	William Sutherland	617
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mary Cane	1,106
	Labour	Richard Sumray	1,016
	Alliance	John Haugh	502
	Alliance	Jane Schopflin	482
	Conservative	John Wylde	278
	Conservative	Richard Zemlo	226
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sandra Plummer	893
	Labour	Phil Turner	854
	Alliance	Brian Duggan	361
	Alliance	Malcolm Gilroy-Stevenson	290
	Conservative	Anthony Earl-Williams	273
	Conservative	Martin Markus	244
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Somers Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Devine	1,208
	Labour	Graham Shurety	1,003
	Alliance	Elizabeth Blundell	344
	Alliance	Helen Brooks	315
	Conservative	Anthony Cheverton	313
	Conservative	David Harris	294
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Farrer	927
	Conservative	Stephen Moon	899
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	842
	Labour	Nirmal Roy	802
	Alliance	Jane Atkinson	540
	Alliance	Guy Newton	506
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swiss Cottage (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	1,352
	Conservative	David Stone	1,322
	Conservative	Harry Whitcut	1,291
	Labour	Jacqueline Peacock	1,102
	Labour	Ralph Cowly	1,086
	Labour	Harry McCall	1,058
	Alliance	Andrew Bridgwater	742
	Alliance	Paul Burrall	714
	Alliance	Richard Ford	711
	Ecology	Geoffrey Syer	91
	Ecology	John Comben	82
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sandra Wynn	860
	Labour	Gillian Green	838
	Conservative	Robert Graham	817
	Conservative	John Selden	776
	Alliance	Ida Linfield	554
	Alliance	Peter Hatton	541
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755

• London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982 (PDF). London: Greater London Council. 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.