LIBRARY
CLOSURE VOTING RECORD
On
3rd March 1999, a meeting of Camden Council voted to close three libraries
this year and, at a later date, two more libraries. Set out below are lists
showing how each of Camden's Councillors voted on a proposal to consult the
public before any closures were implemented.
Councillors who Voted to Close Libraries
Ward
Councillors
Bloomsbury Jake
Turnbull (L) *
Brunswick
Edward Cousins (L), Brian Weekes (L)
Camden
Dermot Greene (L) *
Castlehaven
Deidre Krymer (L), Jane Roberts (L)
Gospel Oak John
Mills (L), Judith Pattison (L) *
Grafton John Dickie (L), Roy Shaw (L) *
Highgate Richard
Arthur (L), Maggie Cosin (L) *, John Thane (L)
Holborn
Julian Fulbrook (L), Brian Woodrow (L) *
Kilburn Charlie Hedges (L), Heather Johnson
(L), Tim Walker (L) *
Kings Cross Barbara
Hughes (L)
Priory
John Rolfe (L), Phil Turner (L) *
Regents Park Richard
Olszewski (L), Barbara Ward (L) *
St Johns
Penelope Abraham (L), Dave Horan (L)
South End Green Janet
Guthrie (L), Gerry Harrison (L) *
Swiss Cottage Bob
Hall (L)
Councillors who Voted to Keep all our Libraries
Open
Ward
Councillors
Adelaide Andrew Marshall (C), Julian
Tobin (C), Piers Wauchope (C)
Belsize Ewan Cameron (C), Eileen
Hammond (L), Huntley Spence (C) *
Camden Pat Nightingale (L)
Fitzjohn Martin Davies (C), Andrew
Mennear (C) *
Fortune
Green Flick Rea (LD) *, Jane Schopflin (LD)
Frognal Pam Chesters (C), Dawn Somper (C)
Hampstead
Town Margaret Little (LD), Sidney Malin (LD)
St
Pancras Gloria Lazenby (L)
Somers
Town Ernest James (L)
Swiss
Cottage Stephen Hocking (C)
West
End Keith Moffitt (LD), Heather
Thompson (LD)
Councillors who did not Vote
Ward
Councillors
Bloomsbury
Pat Callaghan (L), Nirmal Roy (L)
Caversham Bernard
Kissen (L), Anne Swain (L)
Chalk Farm
Bill Budd (L), John White (L) *
Kings
Cross
Nick Smith (L) *
Regents
Park Jim Turner (L)
Somers Town Sybil
Shine (L)
St
Pancras
Roger Robinson (L)
* Member of the Leisure & Community Services Committee - the committee directly responsible for libraries.
At
an Extraordinary meeting of the Council on 22 June 1999, there was a second
vote, moved by Pam Chesters on the following amendment:
"except that all library closures be deferred until 1 January 2023 to
enable a public consultation to be carried out in strict accordance with the
Council's consultation standards as defined by the "We're Listening"
report"
For ie. to keep libraries open:
| Bill Budd | Ernest James | Jane Schopflin |
| Pat Callaghan | Gloria Lazenby | Sybil Shine |
| Ewan Cameron | Margaret Little | Dawn Somper |
| Pam Chesters | Sidney Malin | Huntly Spence |
| Martin Davies | Andrew Marshall | Anne Swain |
| Bob Hall | Andrew Mennear | Heather Thompson |
| Aileen Hammond | Keith Moffitt | Julian Tobin |
| Gerry Harrison | Honora Morrissey | Piers Wauchope |
| Steven Hocking | Pat Nightingale | John White |
| Dave Horan | Flick Rea |
Against
ie. to close the three libraries with no public consultation:
| Richard Arthur | Deirdre Krymer | John Thane |
| Maggie Cosin | John Mills | Jake Turnbull |
| Edward Cousins | Richard Olszewski | Jim Turner |
| John Dickie | Judith Pattison | Phil Turner |
| Julian Fulbrook | Jane Roberts | Tim Walker |
| Dermot Greene | Roger Robinson | Barbara Ward |
| Janet Guthrie | John Rolfe | Brian Weekes |
| Charlie Hedges | Nirmal Roy | Brian Woodrow |
| Barbara Hughes | Roy Shaw | |
| Heather Johnson | Nick Smith |