Frognal and Fitzjohns (ward)

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Frognal and Fitzjohns
Camden UK ward map highlighting Frognal and Fitzjohns.svg
Frognal and Fitzjohns highlighted within Camden
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region London
County Greater London
London borough Camden
CreatedMay 2002
AbolishedMay 2022
Named for Frognal and Fitzjohn's Avenue

Frognal and Fitzjohns was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the 2002 elections and covered the western areas of Hampstead, between Hampstead Village and Finchley Road and took its name from Frognal and Fitzjohn's Avenue. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,986. [1]

Frognal and Fitzjohns was represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The ward's last councillors were Siobhan Baillie, Andrew Mennear and Gio Spinella, all of the Conservative Party.

The ward was abolished for the 2022 election, and part of its area became the newly created Frognal ward, with a smaller area transferred to Belsize. [2] [3]

Notable former councillors include Siobhan Bailllie, MP for Stroud, Laura Trott, MP for Sevenoaks, and Gio Spinella, leader of the Conservative Group on Camden Council.

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References

  1. "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE . 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk . 12 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

Election results

The last election was held on 22 May 2014.

Frognal and Fitzjohns ward election, 22 May 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Siobhan Baillie 1,497 19.4%
Conservative Andrew Mennear 1,428 18.5%
Conservative Gio Spinella 1,352 17.5%
Labour Jack Boardman6067.8%
Labour Richard Salmon5126.6%
Labour Mazida Khatun4816.2%
Green Charles Harris4115.3%
Green Edward Ross3634.7%
Green Stephen Edward West3124.0%
Liberal Democrats David Bouchier2943.8%
Liberal Democrats Anne Ward2843.7%
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner1872.4%
Majority7469.7%
Turnout 7,72733.7%
Conservative hold Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohns ward by-election, 22 July 2010
Replacing Martin Davies (deceased)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gio Spinella 1,061 62.6% +10.5%
Liberal Democrats David Bouchier32919.4%−3.4%
Labour Jack Smith23513.9%−4.2%
Green Charles Harris714.2%−2.9%
Majority73243.2%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohns ward election, 6 May 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies 2,624
Conservative Laura Trott 2,490
Conservative Andrew Mennear 2,382
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Fine1,151
Liberal Democrats Richard Bauer1,046
Labour Phil Hingley910
Labour Paul Blanchard870
Liberal Democrats Andrew Haslam-Jones864
Labour Shahnewaz Ahmed724
Green Charles Harris346
Green Alice Taylor346
Green Edward Ross342
Majority178
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohns, May 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies * 1,603 61.0 +4.2
Conservative Dawn Somper * 1,513 57.6 +1.9
Conservative Andrew Mennear * 1,500 57.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Diane Litman45317.3-0.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Templeton39415.0-1.6
Labour Thomas Gardiner36413.9-5.2
Labour Peter Sanderson35313.4-3.7
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner34213.0-1.2
Green Charles Harris33112.6+5.5
Labour Luca Salice31612.0-4.7
Green Edward Ross29611.3+3.6
Green Tatton Spiller26710.2+2.6
Turnout 7,73232.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Frognal and Fitzjohns, May 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies 1,141 56.8
Conservative Dawn Somper 1,119 55.7
Conservative Andrew Mennear 1,114 55.4
Labour Deborah Townsend38419.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Garden 36218.0
Labour Alfred Lawrie34417.1
Labour Francis McGrath33616.7
Liberal Democrats Dominic Curran33316.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Keidan28614.2
Green Lynn Lovell1557.7
Green Stuart Houghton1537.6
Green Charles Harris1437.1
Turnout 5,870

Coordinates: 51°33′18″N0°11′02″W / 51.555°N 0.184°W / 51.555; -0.184