Camden London Borough Council

Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Camden is divided into 18 wards, each electing three councillors.

Camden London Borough Council
Coat of arms
Council logo
Type
Type	London borough council
Leadership
Mayor of Camden	Nasim Ali OBE, Labour Party since 25 May 2022
Leader of the Council	Georgia Gould, Labour Party since May 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Tom Simon, Liberal Democrats since May 2022
Chief executive	Jenny Rowlands since March 2019
Structure
Seats	55 councillors in 20 wards
Political groups	Administration (46)   Labour (46) Opposition (9)   Liberal Democrat (5)   Conservative (3)   Green (1)
Length of term	Whole council elected every four years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Camden Town Hall, Judd Street
Website
www.camden.gov.uk

Following the 2018 election Camden London Borough Council comprised 43 Labour Party councillors, 7 Conservative Party councillors, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors and one for the Green Party. One Labour councillor defected to the Greens in October 2021.[1]

The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities: Hampstead Metropolitan Borough Council, Holborn Metropolitan Borough Council and St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council.