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)
Major settlements St John's Wood
Area1.149 square kilometres (0.444 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Caroline Sargent
  •   Alan Mendoza
  •   Hannah Galley
GSS code
  • E05000630 (2002–2022)
  • E05013792 (2022–present)

Abbey Road is an electoral ward in the City of Westminster. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Westminster City Council.

Contents

List of councillors

TermCouncillorParty
2002–2022Judith Warner Conservative
2002–2014Cyril Nemeth Conservative
2002–2007Kevin Gardner Conservative
2007–2022Lindsey Hall Conservative
2014–2022Peter Freeman Conservative
2022–2024Amanda Langford Conservative
2022–presentCaroline Sargent Conservative
2022–presentAlan Mendoza [b] [1] Conservative
Reform
2024–presentHannah Galley Conservative

Westminster council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Westminster in 2022. There was an exchange of territory with Regent's Park ward.

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. [2]

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. [3]

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 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

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [4]

2018 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,542 65.2 +1.7
Conservative Peter Freeman 1,503 63.6 +1.6
Conservative Judith Warner 1,480 62.6 +0.5
Labour Phillida Inman48020.3−3.9
Labour Sam Gardner47920.3−1.0
Labour Connor Jones40217.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Davies29412.4+1.4
Green Emmanuelle Tandy2129.0−4.2
Liberal Democrats Seth Weisz2038.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Toeman1938.2N/A
Majority 100042.3
Turnout 678837.0+6.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [5]

2014 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,277 63.5
Conservative Judith Warner 1,248 62.1
Conservative Peter Freeman 1,247 62.0
Labour Katharine Hoskyns48724.2
Labour Peter Denton42921.3
Labour Angelo Sommariva35917.9
Green Emmanuelle Tandy26513.2
Liberal Democrats Tilly Boulter22111.0
Majority 76037.8
Turnout 553330.9−25.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

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

2010 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 2,533
Conservative Judith Warner 2,361
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 2,357
Labour Katharine Hoskyns855
Labour Patrick Griffin847
Labour Margherita Rendel735
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Hobbins652
Liberal Democrats Sophia Service548
Green Ludovic Hunter-Tilney436
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2007 by-election

The by-election took place on 3 May 2007, following the death of Kevin Gardner. [6]

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
Majority 97947.9
Turnout 2,047
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [7]

2006 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Warner 1,490 68.9
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 1,483
Conservative Kevin Gardner 1,456
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell34516.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wheeler330
Labour Katharine Hoskyns32615.1
Labour Margherita Rendel306
Labour Patrick Griffin302
Liberal Democrats Gareth Evans281
Turnout 30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [8]

2002 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Warner 1,269 55.85 New
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 1,265
Conservative Kevin Gardner 1,230
Labour Katharine Hoskyns33814.20New
Labour Phillida Inman313
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell30813.71New
Labour Margherita Rendel306
Independent Elizabeth Maxwell2179.66New
Independent Michele Staniland1486.59New
Registered electors 6,872New
Turnout 1,90127.66New
Rejected ballots70.37New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ↑ Alan Mendoza changed parties in 2025

References

  1. ↑ Burford, Rachael (19 November 2025). "Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage's Reform". The Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Abbey Road Ward by-election 4 July 2024". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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