Camden Town | |
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ward for Camden Council | |
![]() Boundary of Camden Town in Camden. | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 4,792 |
Current ward | |
Created | 2022 |
Councillor | None |
Number of councillors | Two |
Created from | Camden Town with Primrose Hill |
UK Parliament constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
Camden Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom that represents the area of the same name. The ward was created before the 2022 Camden London Borough Council election, and elects two councillors to Camden London Borough Council. [1] Most of its area was previously in the Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward, which was abolished at the same time. [2] The area of Camden Town Ward (ward code E05013655) is 60.30ha. [3] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 4,792. [4] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 5,709 in 2025. [4]
Term | Councillor | Party | |
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Since 2022 | Pat Callaghan | Labour | |
Since 2022 | Richard Cotton | Labour |
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pat Callaghan | 1,024 | 72.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Cotton | 854 | 60.5 | ||
Green | Charley Greenwood | 286 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Holle | 163 | 11.6 | ||
Conservative | Hannah Margetts | 156 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ekaterina Kirk | 139 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wright | 101 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,411 | 29.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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