West Hampstead | |
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Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council | |
![]() West Hampstead ward boundaries since 2022 | |
Borough | Camden |
County | Greater London |
Population | 11,162 (2021) [a] |
Electorate | 7,993 (2022) |
Area | 0.7695 square kilometres (0.2971 sq mi) |
Current electoral ward | |
Created | 2002 |
Number of members | 3 |
Councillors |
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ONS code | 00AGGX (2002–2022) |
GSS code |
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West Hampstead is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was established for the May 2002 election. The population of this ward was 12,060 at the 2011 Census. [1] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 8,322. [2] The ward underwent minor boundary changes for the 2022 election.
Term | Councillor | Party | |
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2002–2014 | Keith Moffitt | Liberal Democrats | |
2002–2014 | John Bryant | Liberal Democrats | |
2002–2006 | Heather Thompson | Liberal Democrats | |
2006–2010 | Duncan Greenland | Liberal Democrats | |
2010–2014 | Gillian Risso-Gill | Liberal Democrats | |
2014–2018 | Phil Rosenberg | Labour | |
2014–2018 | Angela Pober | Labour | |
2014–2018 | James Yarde | Labour | |
2018–present | Nazma Rahman | Labour | |
2018–2025 | Shiva Tiwari [b] | Labour | |
Conservative | |||
2018–2022 | Peter Taheri | Labour | |
2022–present | Sharon Hardwick | Labour | |
2025–present | Janet Grauberg | Liberal Democrats |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022. [4] [5]
The by-election took place on 28 August 2025, following the resignation of Shiva Tiwari. [6] On 18 March 2025, Tiwari defected from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party. [7] CCTV footage published on 17 July 2025 showed a confrontation with a shop owner in West Hampstead, during which Tiwari threatened to close the business down. [8] He resigned from the Conservative Party and the council the same day. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg | 1,176 | |||
Labour | Francesca Reynolds | 458 | |||
Conservative | Ian Cohen | 222 | |||
Reform UK | Thomas Sterling | 155 | |||
Green | Matthew Hull | 152 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sharon Hardwick | 1,332 | 16.17 | ||
Labour | Nazma Rahman | 1,262 | 15.32 | ||
Labour | Shiva Tiwari | 1,202 | 14.59 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg | 1,164 | 14.13 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Elkan | 964 | 11.70 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pearson | 963 | 11.69 | ||
Conservative | Ian Cohen | 494 | 6.00 | ||
Conservative | Marcos Gold | 449 | 5.45 | ||
Conservative | Peter Horne | 407 | 4.94 | ||
Turnout | 8,237 | 35.8 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
The election took place on 3 May 2018. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nazma Rahman | 1,390 | 14.4 | ||
Labour | Shiva Tiwari | 1,267 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Peter Taheri | 1,260 | 13.0 | ||
Conservative | David Brescia | 940 | 9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Fox | 878 | 9.1 | ||
Conservative | Sedef Akademir | 819 | 8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 777 | 8.0 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Salim | 739 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mukul Hira | 723 | 7.4 | ||
Green | Jane Milton | 335 | 3.4 | ||
Green | Helena Paul | 290 | 3.0 | ||
Green | David Stansell | 229 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,647 | 38.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 22 May 2014. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Rosenberg | 1,179 | |||
Labour | Angela Pober | 1,166 | |||
Labour | James Yarde | 1,082 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 943 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Risso-Gill | 901 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 836 | |||
Conservative | Nick Grierson | 811 | |||
Conservative | Natalie Eliades | 800 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Saywell | 715 | |||
Green | Zane Hannan | 343 | |||
Green | Richard Griffiths | 327 | |||
Green | Quentin Tyler | 250 | |||
UKIP | Magnus Nielsen | 202 | |||
TUSC | David Pearce | 67 | |||
Turnout | 9,622 | 38.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 2,061 | 38.0 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 2,014 | 37.1 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Risso-Gill | 1,688 | 31.1 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Virginia Berridge | 1,611 | 29.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Ratner | 1,521 | 28.0 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Church | 1,445 | 26.6 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Carol Thomas | 1,292 | 23.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Boris Telyatnikov | 1,276 | 23.5 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Miles Seaman | 1,258 | 23.2 | +2.0 | |
Green | Tobias Davidson | 499 | 9.2 | −2.8 | |
Green | Roderick Graham | 417 | 7.7 | −4.0 | |
Green | Stuart Taylor | 355 | 6.5 | −4.2 | |
Turnout | 5,436 | 61.8 | +30.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The election took place on 4 May 2006. [14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 1,189 | 46.3 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 1,107 | 41.7 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Greenland | 974 | 37.9 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Virginia Berridge | 672 | 26.2 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Kingscote | 598 | 23.3 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Charles Hedges | 545 | 21.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Elaine Mackover | 544 | 21.2 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | John Samiotis | 478 | 18.6 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Marcus Watzlaff | 451 | 17.6 | +5.0 | |
Green | Lucy Thomas | 309 | 12.0 | −0.1 | |
Green | Debra Green | 300 | 11.7 | +3.5 | |
Green | Kari-Lourdes Dewar | 275 | 10.7 | +3.0 | |
Turnout | 7,442 | 31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The election took place on 2 May 2002. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 1,133 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 1,028 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Heather Thompson | 1,016 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | Marie Bardsley | 567 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Michael Broughton | 507 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | Mari Williams | 469 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Joanna Galloway | 268 | 12.7 | ||
Conservative | Simon Cliff | 267 | 12.6 | ||
Green | Samantha Baber | 256 | 12.1 | ||
Conservative | John Samiotis | 240 | 11.3 | ||
Green | Michael Hewitt-Hicks | 173 | 8.2 | ||
Green | Lawrie Scovell | 163 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,087 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |