St James's (ward)

St James's
Electoral ward for the Westminster City Council
Borough	Westminster
County	Greater London
Population	10,361 (2021) [1]
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
Councillors	3
GSS code	E05013792 (2022–present)

St James's is an electoral ward in the City of Westminster. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns three councillors to Westminster City Council.

Geography

The ward is based on the district of St James's and is located at the centre of Central London. The ward contains numerous famous landmarks such as the Palace of Westminster, Parliament Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, St James's Park, Covent Garden and King's College London.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2014		Louise Hyams (Conservative)		Tim Mitchell (Conservative)		Cameron Thomson (Conservative)
2018		Louise Hyams (Conservative)		Tim Mitchell (Conservative)		Mark Shearer (Conservative)
2022 [2]		Louise Hyams (Conservative)		Tim Mitchell (Conservative)		Mark Shearer (Conservative)

Elections

2022 Westminster City Council election

St James's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Hyams*	979	48.0
	Conservative	Tim Mitchell*	965	47.3
	Conservative	Mark Shearer*	954	46.7
	Labour	Karina Darbin	789	38.7
	Labour	Paul Raphael James Spence	701	34.3
	Labour	Nigel Stephen Medforth	700	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Anthony Ahearne	295	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Diggory	281	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Anne Wells	249	13.8
Turnout			2,041	29.63
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018 Westminster City Council election

St James's (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Angus Shearer	1,398	52.5	+7.9
	Conservative	Louise Ruth Hyams *	1,376	51.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Tim Mitchell *	1,373	51.5	+4.3
	Labour	Georgina Tracey Newson	854	32.1	+4.5
	Labour	Dorothy Nkechinyere Edwin	830	31.2	+6.0
	Labour	Zayna Ali	815	30.6	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gabrielle Diana Ward-Smith	321	12.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Diggory	311	11.7	+2.1
	Green	Sean Charles Ironside	235	8.8	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Freddie Anderton Joseph Poser	232	8.7	−0.2
Majority			519	19.4
Turnout			7745	37.1	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 Westminster City Council election

St James's (3) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Ruth Hyams *	1,038	48.5
	Conservative	Timothy Julian Mitchell *	1,011	47.2
	Conservative	Cameron Alexander James Thomson *	955	44.6
	Labour	David Kenneth Lumby	591	27.6
	Labour	Tim Roca	539	25.2
	Labour	Fraser Welsh	475	22.2
	Green	Juliet Dinah Lyle	335	15.6
	UKIP	Silvia Le Marchant	299	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Dominique Cheung	228	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Geoffrey David Pettinger	206	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Thompson	191	8.9
Majority			364	17.0
Turnout			5868	29.6	−19.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 Westminster City Council election

St James's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Mitchell	1,304	64.0
	Conservative	Louise Hyams	1,290
	Conservative	Alexander Nicoll	1,216
	Labour	David Cole	372	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marie-Louise Rossi	360	17.7
	Labour	Mair Garside	343
	Labour	Owain Garside	335
	Liberal Democrats	David Hughes	307
	Liberal Democrats	John Stevens	305
Turnout				29.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998 Westminster City Council election

St James's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise R. Hyams	742	64.83	7.32
	Conservative	Alexander J. McD. Nicoll*	714
	Labour	David C. Propert	405	35.17	1.86
	Labour	James A. Sheward	385
Registered electors			3,547		287
Turnout			1,189	33.52	11.82
Rejected ballots			18	1.51	1.31
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/city_of_westminster/E05013806__st_jamess/
2. "St. James's". City of Westminster Conservatives. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
3. "Results - Westminster City Council election 2018". Westminster City Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
4. Colombeau, Joseph. "London Borough Council Elections 3 May 2018" (PDF). Elections - London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 28 November 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "2014 Westminster City Council Election Results | Westminster City Council". www.westminster.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2025-09-09.