Kentish Town South (ward)

Kentish Town South
ward for Camden Council
Boundary of Kentish Town South in Camden.
County	Greater London
Electorate	7,841
Current ward
Created	2022 (2022)
Councillor	None
Number of councillors	Three
Created from	Cantelowes Kentish Town
UK Parliament constituency	Holborn and St Pancras

Kentish Town South is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections. It returns three councillors to Camden London Borough Council.

The ward includes the southern part of Kentish Town.

Prior to 2022, the area was part of Cantelowes and Kentish Town wards. ^[1]

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2022–2024	Georgia Gould		Labour
2022–present	Meriç Apak		Labour
2022–present	Jenny Headlam-Wells		Labour
2024–present	Joseph Ball		Labour

Camden council elections

2024 by-election

The by-election was held on 5 September 2024, following the resignation of Georgia Gould.

2024 Kentish Town South by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ball	674	46.8	−12.0
	Green	Alice Brown	327	22.7	+1.1
	Independent	Muhammad Naser	289	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Shajib Ziffer	77	5.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Copeland	72	5.0	−3.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[3]

2022 council election: Kentish Town South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Georgia Gould	1,847	24.2	N/A
	Labour	Meriç Apak	1,664	21.8	N/A
	Labour	Jenny Headlam-Wells	1,616	21.2	N/A
	Green	Francesca Bury	678	8.9	N/A
	Green	Dominic Kendrick	444	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Djurkovic	250	3.3	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Lee	244	3.2	N/A
	Conservative	John Webber	226	3.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Ricketts	221	2.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Trenner	174	2.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Derek McAuley	151	2.0	N/A
	TUSC	Hannah Power	122	1.8	N/A
Turnout				35.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE . 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
2. "Local Elections Archive Project — Kentish Town South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
3. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 6 July 2024.