Bloomsbury (ward)

Bloomsbury is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.

Bloomsbury
Electoral ward
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughCamden
Created1 April 1965
Named forBloomsbury

Councillors
TermCouncillorParty
2010–presentAdam HarrisonLabour
2014–presentRishi MadlaniLabour
2014–presentSabrina FrancisLabour

1965–1978

Bloomsbury ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Camden on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 election to Camden London Borough Council.[1]

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.[2]

From 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covers roughly the western half of the area of Bloomsbury, which also covers the wards of King's Cross and part of Holborn and Covent Garden, and the eastern half of Fitzrovia, which extends into the City of Westminster.

The ward lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Holborn and Covent Garden and King's Cross). It is separated from the Camden ward of Regent's Park by Euston Road; from King's Cross by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden by Guilford Street, Southampton Row, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Street, and New Oxford Street; and from the City of Westminster by Tottenham Court Road, Hanway Street, Gresse Street, Rathbone Place, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Street, Charlotte Place, Goodge Street, and Cleveland Street.

Election results

Like all other wards of Camden, Bloomsbury is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. All three currently represent the Labour Party.

Bloomsbury ward election, 22 May 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Adam Harrison 1295 17.53
Labour Sabrina Francis 1271 17.21
Labour Rishi Madlani 1226 16.6
Conservative Timothy Barnes 608 8.23
Conservative Andrew Keep 536 7.26
Conservative Sarah Macken 489 6.62
Green Dee Searle 419 5.67
Green Samuel William Gage 396 5.36
Green Shana Tufail 341 4.61
UKIP Giles Game 219 2.95
Liberal Democrats Aimery de Malet Roquefort 212 2.87
Liberal Democrats Hammad Baig 185 2.51
Liberal Democrats Stanley Grossman 167 2.26
Turnout 7,385 33.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bloomsbury ward election, 6 May 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Adam Harrison 1670 14
Labour Milena Nuti 1554 13
Labour Abdul Quadir 1315 11
Conservative Rebecca Hossack 1221 10.2
Conservative Timothy Barnes 1142 9.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Stanton Jones 1061 8.9
Liberal Democrats Aimery de Malet Roquefort 954 8
Conservative Gotz Mohindra 923 7.7
Liberal Democrats Abdul Tarofdar 645 5.4
Green Beatrix Campbell 602 5.1
Green Justin Romain Hoffman 414 3.5
Green Samuel Bueno De Mesquita 413 3.5
Turnout 53.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Bloomsbury ward election, 4 May 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Penelope Abraham 1,004 13.7
Labour Fazlul Chowdhury 928 12.6
Conservative Rebecca Hossack 898 12.2
Labour Peter Brayshaw 896 12.2
Conservative Robert Moritt 835 11.4
Conservative Janice Lavery 634 8.6
Green Linus Rees 353 4.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Deys 344 4.7
Green Shahrar Ali 329 4.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Deller 323 4.4
Green George Graham 284 3.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Moser 282 3.8
Independent Andrew Halsey 53 0.7
Turnout 7,348 37.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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References
  1. London Borough Council Elections (1964) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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