Camden Councils Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

Camden councils Audit and Corporate Governance (ACG) committee HERE  grew out of the Audit committee HERE which was set up in March 2006 HERE

 

The Audit committee grew out of the then General Purposes(GP) committee. 

The GP committee goes back to Sept 2001 HERE - the first Terms of Reference (remit) of the committee put up on the councils website dates to July 2003 HERE

Currently 20 cllrs are on the AGC committee HERE
AGC Terms of Reference  HERE  

In 2004 HERE  the then General Purposes committee did a 'review' of the councils Financial Standing Orders (FSO's) Minutes HERE. FSO's are regulations that govern the management of the councils finances. There was also a 'review' of the council Contract Standing Orders HERE. No evidence from any one except council officers.

There doesn't appear to be been any deputations or evidence gathering in relation to the Financial Regulations other than from officers - report HERE

Financial standing orders are part of the councils Constitution - currently PART 4 Procedure Rules and Standing Orders HERE  

The General Purposes committee doesn't appear to have ever received deputations or evidence from members of the public.

GPs committee review (Feb 2006) of the need for a separate audit committee HERE which brought about the setting up of the Audit committee which held its first meeting on 29 March 2006 HERE

The newly set up Audit committee set about looking at work of the councils internal audit team - report  HERE. 

an extract from the report about why an internal audit service is needed:

• Section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972 requires every local authority to ‘make arrangements for the proper administration of their financial affairs’.
• The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 requires the ‘relevant body to ensure that an adequate and effective system of Internal Audit is maintained’.

The Audit committee received quarterly reports on the work of the councils internal audit team who seem to have a lot of work to do. 

The Audit and Corporate Governance committees first meeting was 25 March 2009 HERE

Camden Council 22 May 2014 Election Results

Results taken from Camden council website HERE 

Camden councils results include rejected/spoiled 'votes' in the total number. To make it clearer I have calculated the actual number of valid votes and the rejected ones.

According to Camden council the Turnout was 38.69% (60,046 ballots cast). I'm guessing this includes all who actually turned up at the polling station, proxies and postal votes and rejected/spoiled ballot papers.

54 Seats, 18 Wards.
Previous Seats (May 2010-May 2014)
Con 10
Lab 30
LD 13
Green 1

Seats following 22 May 2014 council elections
Green 1
Labour and Cooperative 2
Lib Dems 1
Conservative 12
Labour   38


Winners names in bold
 


 Belize
Jonny Bucknell - Con                                   1219
Bradley Hillier-Smith - Lib Dems                        760
Madeleine Jennings - Lab                                  939
Claire-Louise Leyland  - Con                        1157
James McGowan - Lab                                       782
Darren Robert Murphy - Green                          269    
Lawrence Joseph Nicholson - Lib Dems               678
Harunur Rashid - Lab                                        709
Leila Roy - Con                                            1016
Nigel Rumble - Independent                              199
Tom Simon - Lib Dems                                      992
Rowan St Clair - Green                                     272
Stuart Temple Taylor - Green                            243

Total including rejected                                   9257
Actual votes                                                   9235
Rejected/spoiled                                                 22


Turnout 38.26%

Bloomsbury
Hammad Baig - Lib Dems                                  185
Timothy Barnes - Con                                       608
Amiery De Malet - Lib Dems                              212
Sabrina Francis - Lab                                   1271
Samuel William Gage - Green                            396
Giles Game - UKIP                                            219
Stanley Grossman - Lib Dems                             167    
Adam Douglas Keir Harrison - Lab               1295
Andrew Keep - Con                                            536
Sarah Macken - Con                                           489
Rishi Madlani - Lab                                       1226
Dee Searle -Green                                             419
Shana Tufail - Green                                          341

Total including rejected                                    7385
Actual votes                                                    7364
Rejected/spoiled                                                  21


Turnout   33.11% 


Camden Town with Primrose Hill
Juniour Blake - Lib Dems                                    295
Pat Callaghan - Lab                                       2005
Richard Cotton - Lab                                     1542
Phil Cowan -Independent                                    287
Nicola Hart - Green                                            641
Mukul  Hari - Lib Dems                                       255       
Sarah Hoyle - Lib Dems                                      309
Chris Kassapiss - Con                                         609
Rory Manly - Con                                               655
Richard James Merrin - Con                                567
Lazzoro  Pietragnoli - Lab                             1608
Daniel Alexander Rosenbaum - Green                  601
Ben Van Der Velde - Green                                 455
          
Total including rejected                                     9847
Actual votes                                                     9829
Rejected/spoiled                                                   18

Turnout 38.00%



Cantelowes
Danny Beales - Lab                                          2002
Paul Nicholas Braithwaite - Lib Dem                        725
Fran Bury - Green                                                 639
Fiona Ann Firman - Green                                      632
Robyn Gardner - Con                                             375
Victoria Green - Green                                           546
Margaret Jackson-Roberts -Lib Dem                        355
Phil Jones - Lab                                                 1966
Angela Mason - Lab                                           1899
Robert Anthony Ricketts - Con                                361
Catherine Felicity Jane Sinclair Jones - Lib Dem       344
Will Timmins - Con                                                346

Total including rejected                                       10221
Actual votes                                                       10190
Rejected/spoiled                                                      31


Turnout 40.58%


Fortune Green
Ian Cohen -  Con                                                      893
Juan Jimenez - Green                                               326
Nancy Jirira - Lib Dems                                             950
Leila Mars - Green                                                    403
Lucy Oldfield - Green                                                318
Richard Olszewski - Labour and Cooperative        967
Andrew James Parkinson - Con                                  739
Flick Rea - Lib Dems                                            1151
Lorna Russell - Labour and Cooperative             1028
Nick Russell - Lib Dems                                             865
Tom Smith - Con                                                      686
Phil Turner - Labour and Cooperative                         904

Total including rejected                                           9246
Actual votes                                                           9230
Rejected/spoiled                                                       16


Turnout 39.20%


Frognal and Fitzjohns
Siobhan Baillie - Con                                            1497
Jack Boardman - Lab                                                 606
David Ian Bouchier - Lib Dems                                   294
Charles Hilary Harris -Green                                      411
Mazida Khatun - Lab                                                  481
Andrew Mennear - Con                                       1428
Edward Sherman Ross - Green                                   363
Richard Salmon - Lab                                                 512
Gio Spinella - Con                                               1352
Erich Wagner - Lib Dems                                            187
Anne Ward - Lib Dems                                                284
Stephen Edward West - Green                                    312

Total including rejected                                            7738
Actual votes                                                            7727
Rejected/spoiled                                                         11


Turnout 33.70%


Gospel Oak 
Steve Adams - Con                                                  634
Theo Blackwell - Lab                                          1687
Constantine Buhayer - Green                                   527
Peter John Horne - Con                                            551
Roger Hughes - Lib Dems                                         248
Barry Leavers - UKIP                                               361
James Richard Marshall - Green                                429
Maeve McCormack - Lab                                     1590
Laura Frances Noel - Lib Dems                                  245
John Reid - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition          110
Larraine Revah - Lab                                          1534
Kevin Simon Sefton - Lib Dems                                158
Sangita Singh - Con                                                 456
Jane Kathryn Walby - Green                                     548

Total including rejected                                           9084
Actual votes                                                           9078
Rejected/spoiled                                                          6

Turnout 40.70%


Hampstead Town
Rachael Agnew - Lab                                               726
Robert Carruthers - Lib Dems                                   542
Linda Chung - Lib Dems                                         1148
Tom Currie - Con                                                1272
Sophie Emma Clare Dix -Green                                512
Maisie King - Green                                                 365
 Simon Marcus - Con                                           1465
James Newsome - Lib Dems                                      575
Maddy Raman - Lab                                                  711
Luca Salice - Lab                                                      609
Stephen Stark - Con                                            1380
Prashant Bhaskar Vase - Green                                 288

Total including rejected                                          9604
Actual votes                                                          9593
Rejected/spoiled                                                        11

Turnout 43.68%


Haverstock
Rahel Mohammed Bokth - Lib Dems                         913
Charlotte Sophie Collins - Green                              456
Christopher Cooke - UKIP                                        315
Stephen Daughton - Con                                         351
Nathan Davidson - Con                                           339
Jill Fraser Lib Dems                                               1081
Alison Kelly - Lab                                               1707
Andre Lopez- Turner - Green                                   356
Abdul Quadir - Lab                                             1578
Carole Ricketts - Con                                               291
Matt Sanders - Lib Dem                                           976
Una Sapietis - Green                                               361
Abi Wood - Lab                                                  1462

Total including rejected                                         10206
Actual votes                                                         10186
Rejected/spoiled                                                       20

Turnout 42.46%


Highgate
Sian Berry - Green                                             1642
Will Blair - Con                                                       727
Beth Charlesworth - Con                                         763
Will  Dilnott-Cooper - Con                                        662
Sally Gimson - Lab                                             1739
Martin Charles Hay - Lib Dems                                 198
Matthew Johnston - Green                                     1252
Valerie Leach - Lab                                                1567     
Oliver Lewis - Lab                                              1664
Robert McCracken - Green                                     1099
Henry Potts - Lib Dems                                            232
Martin Wright - Lib Dems                                         130

Total including rejected                                         11702
Actual votes                                                         11675
Rejected/spoiled                                                        27

Turnout 49.95%


Holborn and Covent Garden
Jeremy Richard Allen - Lib Dems                              222
Lewis Barber - Con                                                  601
Nikki Brain - Green                                                 480
Robert Carlyle - Independent                                   162
Alison Frost - Con                                                   635
Julian Fulbrook - Lab                                         1844
Eve Mullen - Green                                                 458
Daniel Nesbitt - Con                                                576
Awade Olad - Lab                                               1588
Anthony Quinn - Green                                           357
David Simmons - Lib Dems                                      196
Sue Vincent - Lab                                               1714
Ken Wright - Lib Dems                                             181

Total including rejected                                          9046
Actual votes                                                          9014
Rejected/spoiled                                                        32

Turnout 35.50%


Kentish Town
Omar Ali - Lib Dems                                                304
Meric Apak - Lab                                                1992
Doreen Bartlett - Con                                              452
Paul Barton - Con                                                    397
Darryl James Davies - Con                                       427
Judy Dixie - Lib Dems                                              375
Valdir Francisco - Lib Dems                                      195
Georgia Gould - Lab                                           2076
Jenny Headlam-Wells - Lab                               2165
George Houghton - Green                                        738
Alaa Owaineh - Green                                              818
Jack Stephen Parker - Green                                    882
Maxine Spencer - UKIP                                            287

Total including rejected                                        11128
Actual votes                                                         11108
Rejected/spoiled                                                        20

Turnout 40.75%



Kilburn
Sarah Astor - Green                                                 402
Douglas Beattie  - Lab                                         1661
Richard Dunham Bourn - Green                                 276
Maryam Eslamdoust- Lab                                    1611
Thomas Gardiner - Lab                                        1543
Janet Grauberg - Lib Dems                                        876
Sheila Hayman - Green                                            286
Jack Holroyde- Lib Dems                                           746
James King - Lib Dems                                              883
Nick Vose - Con                                                        411
Tim Wainwright - Con                                               409
John Whitehead -Con                                                357

Total including rejected                                           9483
Actual votes                                                           9461
Rejected/spoiled                                                        22

Turnout 38.31%


Kings Cross 
John Burden - Lib Dems                                            236
Brian  Gascoigne - Green                                          550
Abdul Hai - Lab                                                    1333
Sarah Hayward - Lab                                           1467
Dominic Kendrick - Green                                          459
Adam Lester - Con                                                    431
Ivan Julian Massow - Con                                          403
Patsy Prince - Con                                                    401
Jonathon Simpson - Lab                                      1424  
Michael Ancrum Skinner - Lib Dems                           195
Elizabeth Margaret Stanton Jones - Lib Dems              263
Lewis Sullivan - Green                                              446

Total including rejected                                           7631
Actual votes                                                           7608
Rejected/spoiled                                                        23

Turnout 34.52%

 Regents Park
Shahin Ahmed - Con                                               595
Nash Ali - Lab                                                    1648
Sam Cannicott - Lib Dems                                        232
Hamish Hunter - Con                                               551
Heather Johnson - Lab                                       1675
Daniel Jarrod Jones - Lib Dems                                 525
Daviyani Rayshma Kothari - Lib Dems                       133
Stephen Plowden - Green                                         457
Barry Read - UKIP                                                    380
Nicholas John Seston - Green                                   409
Nadia Shah - Lab                                                 1599
Ellie Vesey Thompson -  Con                                     516
Anne Wright - Lib Dems                                           198

Total including rejected                                          8930
Actual votes                                                           8918
Rejected/spoiled                                                        12

Turnout 36.04%


St Pancras and Somers Town
Nana Oye Adjepong - Lib Dems                                192
Peter Brayshaw - Lab                                         2488
Rob Culligan - Con                                                   368
Samata Khatoon - Lab                                        2423
Elliott Miller - Con                                                    295
Matty Mitford - Green                                               562
Brian Rice - Con                                                       351
Roger Robinson - Lab                                          2511
Koonal Kirit Shah - Green                                         440
Nicole Sykes - Lib Dems                                            178
Abdul Hannan Tarofdar - Lib Dems                             245
James Widdowson - Green                                         526

Total including rejected                                         10617
Actual votes                                                         10579
Rejected/spoiled                                                         38

Turnout 38.60%


Swiss Cottage
Chris Butler - Lib Dems                                             300
Tom Franklin - Green                                                433
Roger Freeman - Con                                           1294
Andrew Haslam-Jones -  Lib Dems                              230
Helen Jack - Green                                                    376
Andrew Marshall - Con                                         1340
Jill Newbrook - Lib Dems                                            347
Ben Nunn - Lab                                                        1029
Sheila Patton - Green                                                 339
Simon Pearson - Lab                                                 1008
Gretel Reynolds - Lab                                                 960
Don Williams - Con                                                   1221

Total including rejected                                            8886
Actual votes                                                            8877
Rejected/spoiled                                                           9

Turnout 34.67%


West Hampstead 
John William Bryant - Lib Dems                                836
Natalie Eliades - Con                                               800
Nick Grierson - Con                                                 811
Richard Neil Griffiths - Green                                   327
Zane Hannan - Green                                              343
Keith Moffitt - Lib Dems                                            943
Magnus Nielsen - UKIP                                             202
David Pearce - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition       67
Angela Pober - Lab                                             1166
Gillian Risso-Gill - Lib Dems                                      901
Phil Rosenberg - Lab                                           1179
Andrew Saywell - Con                                               715
Quentin Tyler - Green                                               250
James Yarde - Lab                                                1082

Total including rejected                                             9622
Actual votes                                                             9622
Rejected/spoiled                                                            0

Turnout 38.00%

Senior Camden Council officer sacked

According the the Hampstead and Highgate Express HERE, 

1 May 2014 

CASP Gardening Project

 Click Here for original council document of below information.

CAMDEN ASSOCIATION OF STREET PROPERTIES

CASP GARDENING PROJECT

February 2014 

HISTORY OF CASP GARDENING SCHEME

The CASP Pilot Gardening Project was established in June 2011 with  financial assistance from the Gospel Oak DMC. 

The Association set up and somewhat manages the project which has now been extended to include Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead. 

Funding to date includes: Gospel Oak £7000, Hampstead £6000 & Kentish Town £10.000

The aim of the project is to provide gardening assistance to older, vulnerable or disabled tenants who live in Camden owned street properties. 

Historically, this type of service was never provided by Camden Council despite many ground floor LBC street properties being allocated to disabled tenants, etc. 

Initial discussions during the setting up of the project were extensive and covered area's such as insurance, suitability of the gardening team to work with vulnerable adults (CRB checks, etc), references and related housing management issues, etc. 

The Association set up and manages the project which has now been extended to include Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead, although we remain in close contact with senior housing staff to discuss different aspects of the scheme such as funding and its management, etc. 

CASP meets regularly with the gardening team overseeing the works and any special requests such as input from OT's are passed to housing staff, etc. 

Many of the gardens have been left unattended for years and pretty extensive works have been required in some of the gardens in order to make these areas usable - before and after photographs are available on request. 

Over the years, some of these unattended areas have also attracted high levels of ASB and funding was used in some instances to revamp these areas - groups of individual gardens - into usable and attractive areas. 

For example, one of the areas (consisting of four individual gardens) was cleared and made attractive by sowing wild flowers, etc. 

GO, KT and Hampstead housing staff have also been proactive in identifying street property tenants who meet the criteria to receive assistance from the scheme. 

Our team of gardeners have extensive experience of working with vulnerable tenants in the community and the Association is already receiving excellent feedback. 

Since funding was first allocated in June 2011, funding used or is already committed to funding works taking place in the following Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead streets: 

1. Malden Road NW5

2. Queens Crescent NW5

3. St Leonard's Square NW5

4. Russell Nurseries Estate NW5

5. Savernake Road NW5

6. Basset Street NW5

7. Grafton Road NW5

8. Marsden Street NW5 

9. Herbert Street NW5

10. St Baptist Gardens NW5

11. Maitland Park Road NW5

12. Grafton Terrace NW5

13. Hawley Road NW5 

14. Chetwynd Road NW5

15. Brecknock Road NW5

16. Caversham Road NW5

17. Gaisford Street NW5

18. Patshull Road NW5

19. Lawford Road NW5

20. St Alban's Road NW5

21. Chester Road NW5

22. Leighton Grove NW5 

23. Kingsgate Road NW6

24. Maresfield Gardens NW3

25. South Hill Park Gardens NW3

26. Goldhurst Terrace

27. Woodchurch Road NW6

28. Lady Margaret Road NW5 (New Referral) 

29. Ingestre Road NW5 (New Referral)

30. Croftdown Road NW5 (New Referral)

update 8 March 2021