2022 Camden London Borough Council election

2022 Camden Council election
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All 55 council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Georgia Gould Luisa Porritt
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2 May 2017 7 September 2020
Leader's seat Kentish Town South Belsize (Retiring)
Last election 43 seats, 47.6% 3 seats, 17.4%
Seats before 41 3
Seats won 47 4
Seat change Increase 1[a] Increase 3[a]
Popular vote 77,587 24,098
Percentage 56.6% 17.6%
Swing Increase 9.1% Increase 0.2%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Con
Leader Oliver Cooper Siân Berry
Party Conservative Green
Leader since May 2018 May 2014
Leader's seat Hampstead Town (Defeated) Highgate
Last election 7 seats, 20.5% 1 seat, 12.6%
Seats before 7 2
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 4[a] Steady[a]
Popular vote 26,300 6,965
Percentage 19.2% 5.1%
Swing Decrease 1.3% Decrease 7.6%

Map showing the results of the 2022 Camden London Borough Council election

Council composition after the election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in amber, Conservatives in blue, Greens in green.

council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 Camden London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Camden London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 43 out of the 54 seats with the Conservative Party forming the primary opposition with seven of the remaining seats. The Liberal Democrats and Green Party were also elected to the council, with three seats and one seat respectively. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55.

Labour held control of the council, winning 47 seats. The Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives as the second-largest group, winning four seats.[1]


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  1. ^ "Camden result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2022.