1968 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1968 Camden Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.^[1]

1968 Camden Council election

← 1964 9 May 1968 1971 →
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Geoffrey Finsberg Charlie Ratchford Fred Cook Party Conservative Labour Liberal Leader's seat Hampstead Central Grafton None (defeated in Gospel Oak) Last election 26 34 0 Seats won 42 18 0 Seat change 16 16 Percentage 54.9% 38.5% 5.5%
Leader before election Charlie Ratchford Labour Leader Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative

Background

Election result

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	2,470	62.9
	Conservative	Brenda Hennessey	2,434
	Conservative	Madeleine Dumont	2,426
	Conservative	Frederick Tuckman	2,400
	Labour	Janet Whitaker	1,120	26.6
	Labour	Sheila Oakes	1,035
	Labour	Thomas Borrows	990
	Labour	Mark Bass	976
	Liberal	Bernard Cohen	391	9.2
	Liberal	Douglas Close	357
	Liberal	P. C. Hemelryk	337
	Liberal	J. M. Flatman	334
	Communist	Jack Gaster	197	1.3
Turnout				38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Evans	2,355	56.9
	Conservative	Irene Burnett	2,346
	Conservative	Norman Oatway	2,345
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	2,328
	Labour	Edwin Lichtenstein	1,330	31.8
	Labour	Joseph Hughes	1,322
	Labour	William Kellock	1,308
	Labour	Arthur Soutter	1,279
	Liberal	Tristram Adams	488	11.3
	Liberal	Margaret Darvall	472
	Liberal	Angela Whitelegge	448
	Liberal	Gerald Dowden	445
Turnout				37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Gould	1,440	73.3
	Conservative	Sidney Jaque	1,440
	Conservative	Colin Jaque	1,439
	Labour	David Carlton	530	26.7
	Labour	Keith Morrell	522
	Labour	Eileen O'Connor	522
Turnout				29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Camden

Camden (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Buckland	1,616	50.4
	Labour	Philip Hughes	1,613
	Labour	Ivor Walker	1,550
	Conservative	Leslie Langford	1,518	46.2
	Labour	Peter Plouviez	1,513
	Conservative	Anthony Mayer	1,434
	Conservative	Olive Staples	1,417
	Conservative	Monia Rynderman	1,404
	Communist	Jock Nicholson	266	2.1
	Independent	Frederick Britt	155	1.3
Turnout				30.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter J. Molony	1,109	54.6
	Conservative	George Radford	1,019
	Labour	Edwin Rhodes	818	40.1
	Labour	John Sell	748
	Liberal	Guy Rayne-Savagr	207	5.3
Turnout				32.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Euston

Euston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Burton	660	51.6
	Conservative	Horace Shooter	638
	Labour	Christopher Kiddy	539	42.5
	Labour	Richard Madeley	530
	Liberal	Roger Brooke	147	5.8
Turnout				30.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Heath	888	47.4
	Labour	Charles Tate	861	47.1
	Labour	John Keohane	837
	Conservative	James Surrey	820
	Liberal	Alfred Cook	199	5.5
Turnout				36.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Ratchford	1,574	54.5
	Labour	Joseph Richardson	1,483
	Labour	Roy Shaw	1,462
	Labour	Albert (Jock) Stallard	1,411
	Conservative	Brian Sommerville	1,200	43.7
	Conservative	Michael Gromm	1,192
	Conservative	Muriel Hanscomb	1,189
	Conservative	Elizabeth Ray	1,169
	Communist	Victor Heath	200	1.8
Turnout				26.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Central

Hampstead Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	1,965	64.2
	Conservative	Sidney Torrance	1,937
	Conservative	Ronald King	1,909
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	764	24.6
	Labour	Barry Peskin	740
	Labour	James Hill	724
	Liberal	Kenneth Carter	344	11.2
	Liberal	Alison Snow	343
	Liberal	Jillian Vasey	328
Turnout				34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Knight	2,191	57.9
	Conservative	Arthur Roome	2,162
	Conservative	Peter Smith	2,119
	Labour	Anthony Clarke	987	25.9
	Labour	Jennifer Keohane	958
	Labour	Phyllis Hymans	946
	Liberal	Archie MacDonald	587	14.4
	Liberal	George Willett	532
	Liberal	Sarah Khuner	491
	Communist	Betty Tate	200	1.8
Turnout				40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Brooke	2,185	59.4
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	2,165
	Conservative	Denis Friis	2,119
	Labour	Peter Jonas	1,275	35.1
	Labour	John Palmer	1,274
	Labour	Florence Freeman	1,272
	Liberal	Joyce Arram	216	3.9
	Liberal	Richard Franklin	207
	Communist	Winston Pinder	174	1.6
Turnout				47.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	2,096	74.5
	Conservative	John Barker	2,094
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	2,071
	Labour	Patricia Carlton	728	25.5
	Labour	Betty Grass	706
	Labour	Margaret Davis	705
Turnout				34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Humphreys	1,420	49.5
	Labour	Albert (Tim) Skinner	1,388
	Labour	Edwin (Johnny) Johnson	1,373
	Conservative	Kenneth Graham	1,245	43.7
	Conservative	Harriet Greenaway	1,238
	Conservative	James Lemkin	1,210
	Liberal	Colin Brown	166	5.6
	Liberal	Bickram Bhose	158
	Liberal	Dawson France	147
	Communist	Stella McEntire	103	1.2
Turnout				36.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,689	60.5
	Conservative	Ian Clarke	1,680
	Conservative	Thomas Morris	1,672
	Labour	Beverley Rowe	1,106	39.5
	Labour	John Diamond	1,096
	Labour	Louis Bondy	1,083
Turnout				32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Priory

Priory (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Ellis	2,005	47.0
	Conservative	Philippa Raymond-Cox	2,003
	Conservative	Ronald Raymond-Cox	1,994
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	1,972
	Labour	Jack Cooper	1,838	42.0
	Labour	Leila Campbell	1,827
	Labour	John St. John	1,774
	Labour	Enid Wistrich	1,689
	Liberal	David Quirke	417	9.6
	Liberal	Kenneth Whittle	411
	Liberal	Robert Pellegrinetti	405
	Liberal	Peter Rowntree	391
	Communist	Barbara Champion	228	1.3
Turnout				40.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Lee	1,696	51.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Day	1,681
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	1,670
	Labour	Richard Collins	1,523	44.9
	Labour	James Greenwood	1,489
	Labour	John Mills	1,433
	National Front	Raymond Shenton	231	2.3
	Communist	Aileen Boatman	176	1.8
Turnout				37.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St John's

St John's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Robinson	1,367	55.9
	Labour	Corin Hughes-Stanton	1,248
	Labour	Ruth Howe	1,217
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	1,038	44.1
	Conservative	Martin Piper	999
	Conservative	Richard Smith	983
Turnout				36.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy O'Connor	1,327	60.1
	Labour	Samuel Fisher	1,318
	Labour	Peter Best	1,304
	Labour	William Oakshott	1,293
	Conservative	Anthony Crofts	764	34.5
	Conservative	A. MacWillson	752
	Conservative	Robert Medcraft	747
	Conservative	Malcolm Deacon	743
	Liberal	Jean Morgan	180	4.0
	Liberal	Ray Benad	169
	Communist	David Guppy	119	1.4
Turnout				26.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West End

West End (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lyon	1,939	61.3
	Conservative	Susan Ayliff	1,935
	Conservative	Christine Stewart-Munro	1,897
	Labour	Phil Turner	957	30.4
	Labour	Michael Cendrowicz	955
	Labour	Grace Stevenson	948
	Liberal	Nigel Barnes	286	8.3
	Liberal	Dorothy Willett	266
	Liberal	Hans Kuhner	232
Turnout				33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing