South Hampstead | |
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ward for Camden Council | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 8,904 |
Current ward | |
Created | 2022 |
Councillor | Nina de Ayala Parker (Labour Party) |
Councillor | Izzy Lenga (Labour Party) |
Councillor | Tommy Gale (Labour Party) |
Number of councillors | Three |
Created from | Swiss Cottage |
UK Parliament constituency | Hampstead and Kilburn |
South Hampstead is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward covers the area of the same name and was first used for the 2022 Camden London Borough Council election, electing three councillors to Camden Council. [1] Most of its area was previously in Swiss Cottage ward, which was abolished at the same time, although sections of Kilburn and West Hampstead wards have also been incorporated under the new boundaries. [2] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 8,904. [3] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 8,927 by 2025. [4]
South Hampstead ward covers the part of the area known as "the gardens", bordered by West End Lane, Belsize Road, Finchley Road and Broadhurst Gardens. It is served by South Hampstead station and Finchley Road & Frognal on the London Overground and Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead on the Underground, in addition to several bus routes running through the area.
The ward currently returns three councillors to Camden Council, with an election every four years. At the last election in May 2022, all three candidates from the Labour Party were elected to represent the ward. In April 2023, Labour Councillor Will Prince announced his resignation, citing relocation due to his job, triggering a by-election on 1 June 2023. This was the first election in the borough where electors were required to show photographic ID, [5] [6] with candidate Tommy Gale, retaining the seat for Labour. [7]
Three councillors currently represent South Hampstead ward.
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2023 by-election | Nina de Ayala Parker (Lab) | Izzy Lenga (Lab) | Tommy Gale (Lab) | |||
2022 | Will Prince (Lab) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tommy Gale | 882 | 35.65 | -14.3 | |
Conservative | Don Williams | 766 | 30.96 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Stillman | 531 | 21.46 | +8.3 | |
Green | Lorna Jane Russell | 295 | 11.92 | +11.9 | |
Majority | 116 | 4.7 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 2474 | 30.22 | -6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nina de Ayala Parker | 1,692 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Izzy Lenga | 1,655 | 52.9 | ||
Labour | Will Prince | 1,564 | 50.0 | ||
Conservative | Don Williams | 976 | 31.2 | ||
Conservative | Calvin Po | 947 | 30.3 | ||
Conservative | Marx de Morais | 931 | 29.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 436 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aimery de Malet Roquefort | 424 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pranay Hariharan | 376 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,128 | 36.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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