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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 1998 Camden Council election, last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Labour Party (UK), 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 Voter turnout, turnout, however overall turnout at 28.4% was down on the 33.4% in 1998. Ward results Belsize Bloomsbury Camden Town with Primrose Hill Cantelowes Fortune Green Frognal and Fitzhjohns Gospel Oak Hampstead Town Haverstock Highgate Holborn and Covent Garden Kentish Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden Borough Council
Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Camden is divided into 18 Wards of the United Kingdom, wards, each electing three Councillor#United Kingdom, councillors. Following the 2018 Camden London Borough Council election, 2018 election Camden London Borough Council comprised 43 Labour Party (UK), Labour Party councillors, 7 Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party councillors, 3 Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat councillors and one for the Green Party of England and Wales, Green Party. One Labour councillor defected to the Greens in October 2021. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities: Hampstead Metropolitan Borough Council, Holborn Metropolitan Borough Council and St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council. History There have previously been a number of local auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Voting
Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled election day. Early voting can take place remotely, such as via postal voting, or in person, usually in designated early voting polling stations. The availability and time periods for early voting vary among jurisdictions and types of election. The goals of early voting are usually to increase voter participation, relieve congestion at polling stations on election day, and avoid possible discrimination against people with work and travel schedules that may effectively prohibit them from getting to the polls during the hours provided in a single election day. In some countries, early in-person voting or postal voting (or both) are available to all voters. In other countries, only some voters (such as those who are expected to be out of the country or hospitalized on election day are eligible) are eligible to cast ballots v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Berry
Siân Rebecca Berry (born 9 July 1974) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's Principal Speaker, principal speakers.Siân Berry's biography ''Green Party of England and Wales'' She was unsuccessful as the party's candidate in the 2008 London mayoral election,Siân Berry Chosen as London Mayoral Candidate ''Green Party of England and Wales'', 12 March 2007 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highgate (Camden Ward)
Highgate 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.London Borough Council Elections (1964) The ward was redrawn in May 1978London Borough Council Elections (1978) and May 2002.London Borough Council Elections (2002) The ward will undergo minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Shaw (politician)
Roy Edwin Shaw (21 July 1925 – 4 January 2008) was a Labour Party politician in London, England. He was the Leader of Camden London Borough Council from 1975 to 1982, serving on Camden Council and its predecessor councils continuously for 51 years until just before his death, making him the longest-serving councillor in the UK. Shaw was known nationally as an expert on local government. Early life and education Roy Shaw was born in 1925 to Edwin Victor and Edith Lily Shaw in Hampstead as the only son in a family of six children. His family home was in Highfield Road, West Hampstead. He was educated at Emmanuel Infant School and Beckford Junior School, before winning a scholarship to William Ellis, which was a grammar school at the time. His academic ambitions were stalled by his father's sudden death, and Shaw left school aged 16 to work as a clerk for the tobacconist W.D. & H.O. Wills. Shaw joined the army in December 1943, during the Second World War. After six weeks' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampstead Town (ward)
Hampstead Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It covers most of Hampstead Village, the western half of Hampstead Heath, North End and the Vale of Health. The more residential Frognal ward covers much of the rest of Hampstead. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.London Borough Council Elections (1964) The boundaries were redrawn in May 1978, May 2002 and May 2022.London Borough Council Elections (1978) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mills (businessman)
John Angus Donald Mills (born 8 May 1938) is a British entrepreneur, economist and businessman. He founded British consumer products company JML (John Mills Limited), and is its chairman and majority shareholder. The company carries out direct-to-consumer marketing through major retail stores groups and its shopping channels. In May 2020, Mills launched The John Mills Institute for Prosperity, a cross-party research initiative focused on achieving higher rates of economic growth. Early life Mills was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, the son of British Army Colonel Kenneth Mills.Meet John Mills – Labour's biggest donor ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 10 April 2016. Mills' brother is lawyer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Chada
Rajesh Chada, known as Raj Chada, is a lawyer and Labour politician in England. He was the Leader of Camden London Borough Council from 2005 to 2006 and a councillor for Gospel Oak between 2002 and 2006. He is a top criminal solicitor specialising in defending protesters and he is regularly quoted in the national press. He has been covered in major newspapers for defending 300 Extinction Rebellion activists, the Stansted Fifteen, nine Black Lives Matter protesters at Heathrow, protesters at DSEI, UK Uncut's sit-in in Fortnum and Masons, and Johnny Marbles. He is described by Chambers and Partners as having "a strong reputation for his work representing political protesters and other individuals charged with public order offences" and was named the Legal Aid Practitioners Criminal Lawyer of the Year in 2012. Chada is a Labour Party politician. He was elected to Camden Council in 2002, representing Gospel Oak ward. He quickly joined the Cabinet with responsibility for Housing, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Oak (ward)
Gospel Oak 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.London Borough Council Elections (1964) The ward was redrawn in May 1978London Borough Council Elections (1978) and May 2002.London Borough Council Elections (2002) The ward will again be redr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Garden, Baroness Garden Of Frognal
Susan Elizabeth Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal, PC (born Button, 22 February 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who, since 2018, serves as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Career Educated at Westonbirt School and St Hilda's College, Oxford, she entered the teaching profession, becoming Hon FCIL in 2012. Lady Garden stood as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Finchley and Golders Green (London) in 2005. In September 2007 she was created a Life Peer as Baroness Garden of Frognal, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. Lady Garden is a former Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (Higher Education) Department for Education. Personal life Lady Garden married in 1965 Timothy Garden Air Marshal Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, , FRUSI, FCGI (23 April 1944 – 9 August 2007) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frognal And Fitzjohns (ward)
Frognal and Fitzjohns was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the 2002 elections and covered the western areas of Hampstead, between Hampstead Village and Finchley Road and took its name from Frognal and Fitzjohn's Avenue. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,986. Frognal and Fitzjohns was represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The ward's last councillors were Siobhan Baillie, Andrew Mennear and Gio Spinella, all of the Conservative Party. The ward was abolished for the 2022 election, and part of its area became the newly created Frognal ward, with a smaller area transferred to Belsize. Notable former councillors include Siobhan Bailllie, MP for Stroud, Laura Trott, MP for Sevenoaks Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantelowes (ward)
Cantelowes was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the May 2002 local electionsLondon Borough Council Elections (2002) and covers an area between Kentish Town Road and York Way. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,925. The ward was abolished for the 2022 election. Most of its area became part of the newly created Camden Square
Camden Square is a rectangular town square in the London Borough o ...
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