Kentish Town South (ward)

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Kentish Town South
ward
for Camden Council
Camden UK ward map highlighting Kentish Town South Ward (2021).svg
Boundary of Kentish Town South in Camden.
County Greater London
Electorate 7,841
Current ward
Created2022 (2022)
CouncillorNone
Number of councillorsThree
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.

Contents

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

TermCouncillorParty
2022–2024 Georgia Gould Labour
2022–presentMeriç Apak Labour
2022–presentJenny Headlam-Wells Labour
2024–presentJoseph 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Ball 674 46.8 −12.0
Green Alice Brown32722.7+1.1
Independent Muhammad Naser28920.1+20.1
Conservative Shajib Ziffer775.4−2.4
Liberal Democrats Tara Copeland725.0−3.0
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

2022 election

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

2022 council election: Kentish Town South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Bury6788.9N/A
Green Dominic Kendrick4445.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Helena Djurkovic2503.3N/A
Conservative Susan Lee2443.2N/A
Conservative John Webber2263.0N/A
Conservative Alexander Ricketts2212.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Trenner1742.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Derek McAuley1512.0N/A
TUSC Hannah Power1221.8N/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.