Little Venice | |
---|---|
Electoral ward for the Westminster City Council | |
Borough | Westminster |
County | Greater London |
Current electoral ward | |
Created | 1978 |
GSS code | E05013799 (2022–present) |
Little Venice is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,633. [1] The ward covers the area south of Maida Vale and north of Paddington, bound by the Westway, Edgware Road and Grand Union Canal. The Regent's Canal runs through the ward to Little Venice basin, and it is served by Warwick Avenue station on the Bakerloo line, in addition to several bus routes running through the area. There are three primary schools, St Joseph's RC Primary School, St Saviour's CofE Primary School and Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, and one GP surgery in the ward. [2]
The locality known as Little Venice was largely represented by the original Maida Vale ward, created in 1964, which elected five councillors. For the May 1978 election, the ward was split into two: Maida Vale and Little Venice, each electing three councillors. There were minor boundary changes in 2002 and 2022.
The ward currently returns three councillors to Westminster City Council, with an election every four years. At the last election in May 2022, two candidates from the Conservative Party and one from the Labour Party were elected to represent the ward.
Three councillors represent Little Venice ward. [3] Notable councillors include Melvyn Caplan, leader of Westminster City Council (1995 to 2000) and deputy leader (until 2021), [4] Jonathan Lord, MP for Woking and deputy leader of Westminster Council (1998 to 2000), [5] Nick St Aubyn, former MP for Guildford (1997 to 2001), and Anne Weyman, vice-chair of Britain for Europe. [6]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Lorraine Dean (Con) | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Sara Hassan (Lab) | |||
2018 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Lorraine Dean (Con) | Matthew Charles Green (Con) | |||
2014 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Ian Adams (Con) | Barbara Jolanda Arzymanow (Con) | |||
2010 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Margaret Doyle (Con) | Ian Adams (Con) | |||
2006 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Margaret Doyle (Con) | Ian Adams (Con) | |||
2002 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Ian Adams (Con) | Barbara Schmeling (Con) | |||
1998 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Barbara Schmeling (Con) | Jonathan Lord (Con) | |||
1994 | Julia Hunt (Con) | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Jonathan Lord (Con) | |||
1990 | Melvyn Caplan (Con) | Julia Hunt (Con) | Anthony Alford (Con) | |||
1986 | Isla Robertson (Lab) | Helen Goldfarb (Lab) | David Obaze (Lab) | |||
1982 | Robin Walker (Con) | Nick St Aubyn (Con) | Ian Walker (Con) | |||
1978 | Stephen Molyneux (Lab) | Anne Weyman (Lab) | Christopher Bulford (Lab) | |||
Like the other wards of Westminster, Little Venice is represented by three councillors on Westminster City Council. The last election was held on 5 May 2022, when all three councillors were elected. Two councillors represent the Conservative Party and one represents the Labour Party. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorraine Dean* | 1,140 | |||
Conservative | Melvyn Bernard Caplan* | 1,136 | |||
Labour | Sara Hassan | 1,104 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Charles Green* | 1088 | |||
Labour | Rosie Wrighting | 1071 | |||
Labour | Murad Qureshi | 1053 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Magnin | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Nigel Stokes | 196 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bahram Alimoradian | 161 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2480 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn Bernard Caplan* | 1,479 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Dean | 1,422 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Charles Green | 1,354 | |||
Labour | Sue Wolff | 1,177 | 40.1 | ||
Labour | Iman Less | 1,148 | |||
Labour | Murad Qureshi | 1,127 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Veronique Magnin | 307 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin John Hurdis | 275 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roberto Jose Ekholm | 264 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8553 | 44.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn Bernard Caplan* | 1,102 | 51.4 | ||
Conservative | Ian Adams* | 1,076 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Jolanda Arzymanow | 1,075 | |||
Labour | Sue Wolff | 695 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | Betty Moini | 680 | |||
Labour | Aicha Less | 664 | |||
Green | Lynnet Jane Pready | 346 | 16.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bahram Alimoradian | 169 | 7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roberto Ekholm | 157 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5964 | 32.5 | -25.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan* | 1,966 | 44.9 | ||
Conservative | Margaret M. Doyle* | 1,920 | |||
Conservative | Ian Adams* | 1,884 | |||
Labour | Mark Davies | 1291 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | Aicha Less | 680 | |||
Labour | Romena Toki | 907 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Wardle | 676 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bahram Alimoradian | 658 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roberto Ekholm | 592 | |||
Green | Lynnet J. Pready | 442 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 57.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan* | 1,266 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | Margaret M. Doyle | 1,248 | |||
Conservative | Ian Adams* | 1,246 | |||
Labour | David E.R. Obaze | 405 | 20.4 | ||
Labour | John A. Edwardes | 402 | |||
Labour | Andrew Blick | 399 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan J. Wardle | 312 | 15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy K. Swan | 218 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Wardle | 271 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 29.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan* | 1,177 | 65.1 | ||
Conservative | Ian Adams | 1,159 | |||
Conservative | Barbara J. Schmeling* | 1,147 | |||
Labour | Paul A. O'Donnell | 395 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Beryl J. Leaver | 377 | |||
Labour | Basma M.A. Elsafi | 374 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Ryan | 236 | 13.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Dearden | 214 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Wardle | 199 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 27.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan* | 1,352 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Barbara J. Schmeling | 1,318 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Lord* | 1,317 | |||
Labour | Joseph Hegarty | 689 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | Guthrie K. McKie | 655 | |||
Labour | David E.R. Obaze | 642 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ruth D. Simms | 199 | 8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David R. Brewin | 166 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Wardle | 164 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia K. Hunt* | 1,461 | 53.3 | ||
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan* | 1,453 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Lord | 1,405 | |||
Labour | Margaret E. Cahill | 1064 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | David E.R. Obaze | 1023 | |||
Labour | Francis M. Prideaux | 995 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin J. Sale | 215 | 7.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David R. Brewin | 201 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip J. Wardle | 196 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Melvyn B. Caplan | 1,704 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Julia K. Hunt | 1,680 | |||
Conservative | Anthony P.R. Alford | 1,680 | |||
Labour | Isla Robertson* | 1285 | 40.5 | ||
Labour | Linda C. Hardman | 1274 | |||
Labour | David E.R. Obaze* | 1255 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul E.M. Reynolds | 182 | 5.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.5 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Isla B. Robertson | 1,041 | 32.1 | ||
Labour | Helen A. Goldfarb | 976 | |||
Labour | David E.R. Obaze | 975 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas F. St Aubyn* | 939 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | Simon J. Morris | 906 | |||
Conservative | Iain B. Walker* | 898 | |||
Alliance | Michael G.M. Cousins | 634 | 19.3 | ||
Alliance | Brian D. Cuthbertson | 627 | 19.3 | ||
Alliance | Joe Aveline | 582 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin C.A. Walker | 1,180 | 36.7 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas F. St Aubyn | 1,171 | |||
Conservative | Ian B. Walker | 1,163 | |||
Labour | Phil Molyneux | 983 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Andrew C. Gregg | 977 | |||
Labour | Gavin J. Millar | 956 | |||
Alliance | Mark A.O. Davis | 552 | 17.2 | ||
Alliance | Gabriel Bowman | 521 | |||
Alliance | Wilfrid Pickard | 499 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen P. Molyneux | 1,344 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | Anne J. Weyman | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Christopher L. Bulford | 1,276 | |||
Conservative | Rachel T.A. Gardner | 1218 | 41.5 | ||
Conservative | Simon J. Mabey | 1214 | |||
Conservative | Anne M. Jobson | 1210 | |||
Liberal | Thomas A. Kingston | 278 | 9.5 | ||
Save London Alliance | Carol R. Dorrington-Ward | 92 | 3.1 | ||
Save London Alliance | Kathleen M. Porritt | 61 | |||
Save London Alliance | Vincent Saunders | 40 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Maida Vale is an affluent residential district in West London, England, north of Paddington, southwest of St John's Wood and south of Kilburn, on the Edgware Road. It is part of the City of Westminster and is 3 miles (5.0 km) north-west of Charing Cross. It has many late Victorian and Edwardian blocks of mansion flats. The area is home to the BBC Maida Vale Studios.
Sir Julian Michael Shersby was a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge from 1972 until his death.
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. Full council meetings are generally held at Westminster Council House, also known as Marylebone Town Hall, and the council has its main offices at Westminster City Hall on Victoria Street.
Regent's Park and Kensington North was a constituency in Central and West London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1997 to 2010.
Queen's Park is an area in North West London and West London, located partly in the City of Westminster and mostly in the London Borough of Brent. Some of the area within Westminster forms a civil parish, the first to be created in London since the right of communities to establish civil parishes was enacted in 2007. The area is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Charing Cross, and centred around a 30 acres (12 ha) park, which opened in 1887 and was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The area gives its name to Queens Park Rangers football club.
Westminster North was a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It existed for the periods 1983–1997 and 2010–2024.
Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham, in London, United Kingdom. Elections are held every four years using a plurality bloc vote electoral system for the councillors and the supplementary vote electoral system for the elected mayor.
Paddington was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Paddington district of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, partially replacing the previous Paddington North and Paddington South constituencies, and abolished for the 1983 general election. A Paddington borough constituency has three times been recommended during early stages of Boundary Commission inquiries, only to be altered before the final report was issued.
Church Street is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 11,760. The ward covers the eponymous street market and the surrounding area of Lisson Grove, to the north of the Edgware Road. The area is currently the focus of regeneration plans by the council.
West End is an electoral ward of the London borough of the City of Westminster, in the United Kingdom.
Merton London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years; it has administrative control over the London Borough of Merton.
Westminster City Council, the local authority of the City of Westminster in London, England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 54 councillors representing 18 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held every four years.
Hampstead Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It covers most of Hampstead Village, the western half of Hampstead Heath, North End and the Vale of Health. The more residential Frognal ward covers much of the rest of Hampstead.
The 2014 Westminster City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Westminster City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 1964 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.
Little Venice is an affluent residential district in West London, England, around the junction of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, the Regent's Canal, and the entrance to Paddington Basin. The junction, also known as Little Venice and Browning's Pool, forms a triangular shape basin designed to allow long canal boats to turn around. Many of the buildings in the vicinity are Regency white painted stucco terraced town houses and taller blocks (mansions) in the same style. The area is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west-north-west of Charing Cross and immediately north-west of Paddington.
The 2018 Westminster City Council election was held on 3 May 2018, the same day as other London Boroughs. All 60 seats were up for election along with the 12 seats of Queen's Park Community Council, the parish council in the north west of the city. Despite initial expectations of Labour gains across the borough, the Conservative party were able to hold the council and only lost 3 seats. The Conservatives won the popular vote across the borough by a small margin of 923 votes (1.7%), but nonetheless won a decisive victory in terms of seats, winning 41 councillors to Labour's 19.
The 2022 Westminster City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Westminster City Council have been elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
Maida Vale is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,210. The ward covers the area south of Kilburn, north of Little Venice and west of St John's Wood, bordered by Maida Vale (A5), Shirland Road, Sutherland Avenue and Kilburn Park Road. The ward contains Paddington Recreation Ground, Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Saint Augustine's church and is home to the BBC Maida Vale Studios. The area is served by Maida Vale station on the Bakerloo line, in addition to several bus routes running through the locality. There are two primary schools, Essendine Primary School and St Augustine's Primary School, two secondary schools, St Augustine's CE High School and St. George's Catholic School, in addition to three GP surgeries located in the ward.
Queen's Park and Maida Vale is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Georgia Gould of the Labour Party, with 52.5% of the vote. She defeated six other candidates, with second place taken by the Green Party on 13.6%, slightly ahead of the Conservative Party.