Abbey Road (ward)

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Abbey Road
Electoral ward
for the Westminster City Council
Abbey Road (ward)
Abbey Road ward boundaries since 2022
Borough Westminster
County Greater London
Population13,043 (2021) [a]
Electorate7,803 (2022)
Area1.149 square kilometres (0.444 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created1978
Councillors3
GSS code E05013792 (2022–present)

Abbey Road is an electoral ward in the City of Westminster. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns three councillors to Westminster City Council.

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Westminster council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Westminster in 2022.

2024 by-election

The by-election on 4 July 2024 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. It followed the resignation of Amanda Langford. [1]

2024 Abbey Road by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hannah Galley 1,852
Labour Alexander Burgess1,344
Liberal Democrats Toeman Helen560
Green Rajiv Sinha459
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [2]

2022 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Langford 1,241 50.6
Conservative Caroline Sargent 1,199 48.9
Conservative Alan Mendoza 1,193 48.6
Labour Sarah Hanson80332.7
Labour James Evans77031.4
Labour Sheyda Monshizadeh-Azar70228.6
Liberal Democrats Trish Griffiths36715.0
Green Cristian Dinu31112.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Paul Gunness2319.4
Liberal Democrats Seth Weisz2048.3
Turnout 2,45431.58
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Westminster council elections

Abbey Road (ward)
Abbey Road ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Westminster in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [3]

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [4]

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [5]

2007 by-election

The by-election took place on 3 May 2007, following the death of Kevin Gardner. [5]

2007 Abbey Road by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,334 65.2 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Blackburn35517.3+1.3
Labour Alon Or-Bach28013.7−1.4
Independent Alberto Lidji783.8+3.8
Majority97947.9
Turnout 2,047
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [6]

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [7]

1978–2002 Westminster council elections

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. [8]

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994. [9]

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990. [10]

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986. [11]

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982. [12]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978. [13]

Notes

  1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

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References

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