Holborn and Covent Garden
Electoral ward in the London borough of Camden
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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.
| Holborn and Covent Garden | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council | |
 Holborn and Covent Garden ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Camden |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 10,361 (2021)[a] |
| Electorate | 7,973 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Covent Garden and Holborn[b] |
| Area | 1.160 square kilometres (0.448 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| ONS code | 00AGGP (2002–2022) |
| GSS code |
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List of councillors
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]
Hamza Chowdhury received the highest vote total in the ward in 2026 securing 1,271 votes and emerging as one of the leading figures in the Green breakthrough in Camden. Media coverage described the result as one of the major political upsets of the 2026 Camden elections. 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. At 27 years old, Hamza Chowdhury is part of a new generation of local political leadership in Central London. He is a third-generation British Bangladeshi whose family has lived in Holborn since the 1960s, reflecting the long-standing Bangladeshi presence in Camden and neighbouring areas of inner London.[2][3]
| 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.[4]
| 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.[5]
| 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.[6]
| 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.[7]
| 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.[8]
| 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.[9]
| 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 | ||||
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| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||