Holborn and Covent Garden

Holborn and Covent Garden
Electoral ward
for the Camden London Borough Council
Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughCamden
CountyGreater London
Population10,361 (2021)[a]
Electorate7,973 (2022)
Major settlementsCovent Garden and Holborn[b]
Area1.160 square kilometres (0.448 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Hamza Chowdhury
  •   Jim Monahan
  •   James White
ONS code00AGGP (2002–2022)
GSS code
  • E05000138 (2002–2022)
  • E05013662 (2022–present)

Holborn and Covent Garden is an electoral ward in the south of the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The ward covers some parts of Covent Garden and Holborn in Central London. The boundary of the ward was revised in 2022, which removed some streets north of New Oxford Street and transferred them to Bloomsbury. At the first six general borough elections the ward returned Labour Party candidates. The election in 2026 was won for the first time by three Green Party candidates.

List of councillors

Term Councillor Party
2002–2026 Julian Fulbrook Labour
2002–2026 Sue Vincent Labour
2002–2010 Brian Woodrow Labour
2010–2026 Awale Olad Labour
2026–present Hamza Chowdhury Green
2026–present Jim Monahan Green
2026–present James White Green

Camden council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022. The ward lost some streets north of New Oxford Street to the Bloomsbury ward.

2026 election

The election took place on 7 May 2026.[1]

According to the Ham & High, Labour leader Richard Olszewski was "narrowly defeated" in Holborn and Covent Garden following a strong Green campaign focused on local issues and dissatisfaction with Labour among parts of the electorate. The article highlighted the symbolic importance of the defeat inside Sir Keir Starmer’s parliamentary constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.[2] 

2026 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hamza Chowdhury 1,271 14.7
Green Jim Monahan 1,176 13.6
Green James White 1,144 13.2
Labour Julian Fulbrook 1,035 12.0
Labour Livia Paggi 848 9.8
Labour Richard Olszewski 749 8.7
Reform Michael Anthony Kane 309 3.6
Reform Jack Nott-Bower 302 3.5
Reform Atlan Ramadan Dervish 263 3.0
Conservative Alison Frost 248 2.9
Conservative Tim Frost 220 2.5
National Housing Party Camden People First Patrick McGinnis 217 2.5
Conservative Kevin Anthony Sedgwick 189 2.2
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Wattebot O'Brien 185 2.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Paul Barabas 182 2.1
National Housing Party Camden People First Mark Furnell 166 1.9
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner 132 1.5
Turnout 8636 37.4
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[3]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian Fulbrook 1,807 68.8
Labour Sue Vincent 1,779 67.7
Labour Awale Olad 1,686 64.2
Conservative Maurice Hirt 362 13.8
Conservative Adam Lester 354 13.5
Conservative Alison Frost 349 13.3
Liberal Democrats Charlotte O'Brien 299 11.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barabas 268 10.2
Independent Patrick McGinnis 214 8.1
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner 213 8.1
Turnout 32.9
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.[4]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 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

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.[5]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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 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

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[6]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.[7]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.[8]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Holborn and Covent Garden
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ↑ The ward covers only some parts of these neighbourhoods.

References

  1. ↑ "Holborn and Covent Garden ward 2026 results". London Borough of Camden. 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Camden council leader defeated by Greens after switching wards". Ham & High. 11 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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