Bloomsbury (ward)

Bloomsbury
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	1 April 1965
Named for	Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.

Councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
	2010–present	Adam Harrison	Labour
	2014-present	Rishi Madlani	Labour
	2014–present	Sabrina Francis	Labour

1965–1978

Bloomsbury ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Camden on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 election to Camden London Borough Council.

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.

From 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covers roughly the western half of the area of Bloomsbury, which also covers the wards of King's Cross and part of Holborn and Covent Garden, and the eastern half of Fitzrovia, which extends into the City of Westminster.

The ward lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Holborn and Covent Garden and King's Cross). It is separated from Regents Park by Euston Road; from King's Cross by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden by Guilford Street, Southampton Row, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Street, and New Oxford Street; and from the City of Westminster by Tottenham Court Road, Hanway Street, Gresse Street, Rathbone Place, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Street, Charlotte Place, Goodge Street, and Cleveland Street.

Election results

Like all other wards of Camden, Bloomsbury is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. All three currently represent the Labour Party.

Bloomsbury ward election, 22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Harrison	1295	17.53
	Labour	Sabrina Francis	1271	17.21
	Labour	Rishi Madlani	1226	16.6
	Conservative	Timothy Barnes	608	8.23
	Conservative	Andrew Keep	536	7.26
	Conservative	Sarah Macken	489	6.62
	Green	Dee Searle	419	5.67
	Green	Samuel William Gage	396	5.36
	Green	Shana Tufail	341	4.61
	UKIP	Giles Game	219	2.95
	Liberal Democrat	Aimery de Malet Roquefort	212	2.87
	Liberal Democrat	Hammad Baig	185	2.51
	Liberal Democrat	Stanley Grossman	167	2.26
Turnout			7,385	33.11
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloomsbury ward election, 6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Harrison	1670	14
	Labour	Milena Nuti	1554	13
	Labour	Abdul Quadir	1315	11
	Conservative	Rebecca Hossack	1221	10.2
	Conservative	Timothy Barnes	1142	9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Stanton Jones	1061	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Aimery de Malet Roquefort	954	8
	Conservative	Gotz Mohindra	923	7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Tarofdar	645	5.4
	Green	Beatrix Campbell	602	5.1
	Green	Justin Romain Hoffman	414	3.5
	Green	Samuel Bueno De Mesquita	413	3.5
Turnout				53.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bloomsbury ward election, 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Penelope Abraham	1,004	13.7
	Labour	Fazlul Chowdhury	928	12.6
	Conservative	Rebecca Hossack	898	12.2
	Labour	Peter Brayshaw	896	12.2
	Conservative	Robert Moritt	835	11.4
	Conservative	Janice Lavery	634	8.6
	Green	Linus Rees	353	4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Deys	344	4.7
	Green	Shahrar Ali	329	4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Deller	323	4.4
	Green	George Graham	284	3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Moser	282	3.8
	Independent	Andrew Halsey	53	0.7
Turnout			7,348	37.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

External links

• Bloomsbury Conservatives
• Bloomsbury Greens
• Bloomsbury Labour
• Bloomsbury Liberal Democrats