At a time when most councils have been made more accountable, Camden has become less accountable.

Camden Labour have recently forced out seven of their own councillors for daring to question the leadership, and replaced them with what a Labour councillor called “Yes men”.

Time and time again, you’ve expressed your views in consultations, but Labour have ignored you and the Lib Dems remained silent.

We want to empower you, making Camden the most democratic council in the country, not the least democratic.  This is our plan to make Camden listen.

Local Conservative councillors will:

• Adopt a Camden Democratic Charter to strengthen your right to be consulted and listened to.
• Give you a vote on all council decisions through a participatory democracy online platform, as is used in global cities like Madrid, Barcelona, and Kyiv.
• Make every councillor count by replacing Cabinet with collaborative decision-making: restoring the ‘committee system’ that Camden used before 2001 and Barnet uses to this day.
• Introduce local area Community Councils that oversee Camden’s service delivery in their local communities: making the Council more responsive to overlooked areas of Camden.
• Use their time on the council discussing council issues, not national issues