Maida Vale | |
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electoral ward | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | London |
County | Greater London |
London borough | Westminster |
Maida Vale is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,210. [1] 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. [2]
The original Maida Vale ward, created in 1964, was larger in size and elected five councillors. [3] 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, three candidates from the Labour Party were elected to represent the ward.
Three councillors represent Maida Vale ward. [3] Notable past councillors include MP Lee Rowley (2006 to 2014), former MP for Uxbridge Michael Shersby (1972 to 1997) and entrepreneur David Pitt-Watson (1986 to 1990).
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2022 | Geoffrey Barraclough (Lab) | Nafsika Butler-Thalassis (Lab) | Iman Less (Lab) | |||
2018 | Geoffrey Barraclough (Lab) | Rita Begum (Lab) | Nafsika Butler-Thalassis (Lab) | |||
2014 | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Rita Begum (Lab) | Thomas Crockett (Con) | |||
2010 | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Alastair Moss (Con) | Lee Rowley (Con) | |||
2006 | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Alastair Moss (Con) | Lee Rowley (Con) | |||
2002 | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con) | Alastair Moss (Con) | |||
1998 | Susie Burbridge (Con) | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con) | |||
1994 | Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con) | Jan Prendergast (Con) | Martin Jiggens (Con) | |||
1990 | Martin Jiggens (Con) | Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con) | James Thorley (Con) | |||
1986 | Neale Coleman (Lab) | Jacqueline Rosenberg (Lab) | David Pitt-Watson (Lab) | |||
1982 | Neale Coleman (Lab) | William McElroy (Lab) | Susan Wolff (Lab) | |||
1978 | Jeffrey Walker (Con) | Peter Hartley (Con) | Michael Farrow (Con) | |||
Five councillors represented Maida Vale ward between 1964 and 1978. [3]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||||
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1974 | Tim Daniel (Lab) | June Bremner (Lab) | Keith Baker (Lab) | Joan Mulley (Lab) | William Robins (Lab) | |||||
1971 | Tim Daniel (Lab) | Joan Mulley (Lab) | Peter Merriton (Lab) | June Bremner (Lab) | William Robins (Lab) | |||||
1968 | William Brooks (Con) | Elsie Lane (Con) | Herbert Hodgson (Con) | Gerard Wade (Con) | Michael Shersby (Con) | |||||
1966 by-election* | Raymond Brown (Con) | William Brooks (Con) | Elsie Lane (Con) | Michael Shersby (Con) | Gerard Wade (Con) | |||||
1964 | George O'Connell (Con) | |||||||||
*1966 by-election caused by the death of George O'Connell.
Like the other wards of Westminster, Maida Vale is represented by three councillors on Westminster City Council. The last election was held on 5 May 2022, when all three councillors were elected representing the Labour Party. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Mark Barraclough* | 1,590 | 62.5 | ||
Labour | Nafsika Butler-Thalassis* | 1,531 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | Iman Less | 1,411 | 55.5 | ||
Conservative | Jan Prendergast | 833 | 32.8 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Janal | 719 | 28.3 | ||
Conservative | Iheoma Oteh | 689 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Harriet Elizabeth Sergeant | 247 | 9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Joshua Nisbet | 168 | 6.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Howard Toeman | 139 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,543 | 34.02 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoff Barraclough | 1,306 | 47.9 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Rita Begum * | 1,301 | 47.8 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Nafsika Butler-Thalassis | 1,254 | 46.0 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 1,195 | 43.9 | -6.0 | |
Conservative | Amanda Lilian Langford | 1,084 | 39.8 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Nathan Patrick Parsad | 1,079 | 39.6 | +2.8 | |
Green | Lynnet Jane Pready | 246 | 9.0 | -7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Haude Jeanne Rose Lannon Polner | 202 | 7.4 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Cox | 160 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Jack Goodman | 157 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 59 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 7984 | 40.8 | +5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 1,222 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | Rita Begum | 1,063 | 43.4 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Crockett | 1,063 | 43.4 | ||
Conservative | Frixos Tombolis | 902 | 36.8 | ||
Labour | Eram Ayub | 889 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Romena Toki | 861 | 35.2 | ||
Green | Peter William Ronald Duke | 399 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter James Welch | 288 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 161 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 6687 | 35.8 | -22.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 2,085 | |||
Conservative | Alastair Moss * | 1,794 | |||
Conservative | Lee Rowley * | 1,724 | |||
Labour | Peter Denton | 1,413 | |||
Labour | John Edwards | 1,193 | |||
Labour | Ewan McGaughey | 1,170 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Magnin | 806 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Gray | 726 | |||
Green | Peter Duke | 569 | |||
UKIP | Simon Seligman | 79 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 1,489 | |||
Conservative | Alastair Moss * | 1,406 | |||
Conservative | Lee Rowley | 1,357 | |||
Labour | Mark Davies | 535 | |||
Labour | Peter Denton | 522 | |||
Labour | Adam Kravitz | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Couchman | 294 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Neville Farmer | 263 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Zena Lutrin | 247 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 1,179 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Raymond-Cox * | 1,108 | |||
Conservative | Alastair Moss | 1,066 | |||
Labour | David Lancaster | 780 | |||
Labour | Syed Hayat | 762 | |||
Labour | Albert Catterall | 745 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Couchman | 279 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Scott | 237 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Zena Lutrin | 201 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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