Camden London 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, each electing th ...

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is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55

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s have been elected from 20

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Political control

Since 1965, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Throughout most of its history, Camden has been controlled outright by the Labour Party. During that control, Labour's share of the seats has fluctuated significantly. The below chart includes only councillors, not

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prior to their abolition in 1978; the presence of aldermen never affected the overall control of the council.

Leadership

The leaders of the council have been:

Council elections

Result maps

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Wards

Wards were established for Camden when it came into existence on 1 April 1965. The first elections of ward councillors took place in 1964.London Borough Council Elections (1964)
These boundaries were also used for the 1968, 1971 and 1974 elections. For the 1978 elections the ward boundaries were revised in Camden. These boundaries were then also used at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 elections. For the May 1994 elections there were some minor adjustments to London borough boundaries, which caused some Camden wards to have small changes in area and population.Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1993-1994
These boundaries were also used at the 1998 elections. The current ward boundaries came into effect at the May 2002 elections. They were also used at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 elections. Camden was subject to a boundary review in 2020. In February 2020, the

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released its final recommendations that the borough should be divided into 15 three-member wards and 5 two-member wards. The wards were approved by Parliament in October 2020, and were first used at the 2022 election.

By-elections

Aldermen

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were elected by the council, not the electorate, and had full voting rights. Each council included aldermen, to a maximum of one sixth of the councillors. The

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abolished Aldermen with voting rights with effect from 1978 in the

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. Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity.

1964–1968

1968–1971

1971–1974

1974–1978

Honorary Aldermen

Since 1978, the title has been used in an honorary capacity and enables the holder to attend civic events and walk ahead of councillors at the annual

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parade. The title has been awarded to former councillors, including: *

Roy Shaw Royston Henry Shaw (11 March 1936 – 14 July 2012), also known as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw, Roy "Mean Machine" Shaw and Roy West, was a property investor, author and businessman from the East End of London who was formerly a criminal and Prison se ...

(awarded in 2007, the borough's first Honorary Alderman, for 51 years of unbroken service in the

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and on Camden Council) *

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(awarded in 2022, for the longest continuous service, 35 years, as a

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councillor, the party's first honorary alderman) * Roger Robinson (awarded in 2022, served as a Labour councillor for 38 years, the longest on record for any councillor)