Holborn and Covent Garden (ward)
Holborn and Covent Garden is a ward of the London borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, it covers the parts of Holborn and Covent Garden that lie in Camden; the eastern part of Holborn lies in the City of London and the southern part of Covent Garden lies in the City of Westminster. For elections to Parliament, Holborn and Covent Garden is part of Holborn and St Pancras.
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Holborn and Covent Garden highlighted within Camden | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| County | Greater London |
| London borough | Camden |
| Created | May 2002 |
| Named for | Holborn and Covent Garden |
The ward lies in the far south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and King's Cross). It is separated from Bloomsbury by New Oxford Street, Bloomsbury Street, Great Russell Street, and Southampton Row; from King's Cross by Guilford Street and Calthorpe Street; from the borough of Islington by Phoenix Place, Warner Place, Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell Road, and Farringdon Road; from the City of London by Charterhouse Street, High Holborn, and Chancery Lane; and from the City of Westminster by Carey Street, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Sardinia Street, Wild Street, Drury Lane, Shelton Street, West Street, and Charing Cross Road. The ward will undergo boundary changes for the 2022 election. Some of its area will be transferred to the Bloomsbury ward.[1][2]
The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,264.[3]
Councillors
Election results
Like all other wards of Camden, Holborn and Covent Garden is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 3 May 2018, when all three councillors were elected. All councillors elected were members of the Labour Party.
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barabas | 268 | 3.7 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | Alison Frost | 349 | 4.8 | -2.0 | |
| Labour | Julian Fulbrook* | 1 807 | 24.6 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Maurice Hirt | 362 | 4.9 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | Adam Lester | 354 | 4.8 | -0.8 | |
| Independent | Patrick McGinnis | 214 | 2.9 | DNR | |
| Labour | Awale Olad* | 1 686 | 23.0 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | Sue Vincent* | 1 779 | 24.3 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Erich Wagner | 213 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Wattebot O'Brien | 299 | 4.1 | +0.9 | |
| Turnout | 7 331 | 32.9 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
* denotes an incumbent
Elections in the 2010s
| 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 B.C. Wattebot 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 | ||||
* denotes an incumbent
| 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 Richard 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 | ||||
* denotes an incumbent
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
References
- ^ "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Rowlands, Jenny (5 April 2022). "Statement of Persons Nominated – Holborn and Covent Garden". Camden London Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ . Camden Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.