Kentish Town South | |
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ward for Camden Council | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 7,841 |
Current ward | |
Created | 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]
Term | Councillor | Party | |
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2022–2024 | Georgia Gould | Labour | |
2022–present | Meriç Apak | Labour | |
2022–present | Jenny Headlam-Wells | Labour | |
2024–present | Joseph Ball | Labour |
The by-election was held on 5 September 2024, following the resignation of Georgia Gould.
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 |
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [3]
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) |
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