King's Cross (ward)

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King's Cross
Camden UK ward map highlighting King's Cross Ward (2021).svg
King's Cross highlighted within Camden
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region London
County Greater London
London borough Camden
Created1 April 1965
Named for King's Cross

King's Cross is a ward of the London borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843. [1] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 7,274. [2] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 8,459 in 2025. [2]

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Councillors

TermCouncillorParty
2010–present Sarah Hayward Labour
2006–presentAbdul Hai Labour
2002–presentJonathan Simpson Labour

1965–1978

King's Cross ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Camden on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 election to Camden London Borough Council. [3]

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978. [4]

2002–2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covers parts of Bloomsbury and Kings Cross, which also crosses into St Pancras and Somers Town and the London Borough of Islington. For elections to Parliament, King's Cross is part of Holborn and St Pancras.

Kings Cross lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and Holborn and Covent Garden). It is separated from Bloomsbury by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden by Guilford Street and Calthorpe Street; from the borough of Islington by Kings Cross Road and Pentonville Road; and from St Pancras and Somers Town by Euston Road.

Election results

Like all other wards of Camden, King's Cross is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. They are all elected for the Labour Party.

King's Cross ward election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Hayward *1,467
Labour Jonathan Simpson *1,424
Labour Abdul Hai *1,333
Green Brian Gascoigne550
Green Dominic Kendrick459
Green Lewis Sullivan446
Conservative Adam Lester431
Conservative Ivan Massow 403
Conservative Patsy Prince401
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jones263
Liberal Democrats Jon Burden236
Liberal Democrats Michael Skinner195
Turnout 763134.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
King's Cross ward election, 6 May 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Hayward 1,84414.27
Labour Abdul Hai1,70613.21
Labour Jonathan Simpson1,68113.01
Liberal Democrats Lee Baker1,54611.97
Liberal Democrats Yuan Potts1,38610.73
Liberal Democrats Huw Prior1,2839.93
Conservative Kashem Abdul7715.97
Conservative Piers Lindsay-Finn7425.74
Conservative Andrew Parkinson7035.44
Green Edward Michael Milford4543.51
Green Rienzi Nini Enrico Trento3372.61
Green Una Sapietis4273.31
Turnout 12,88053.42
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
King's Cross ward election, 4 May 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Hai1,071
Labour Jonathan Simpson956
Labour Geethika Jayatilaka946
Liberal Democrats Trevor Harris662
Liberal Democrats Huw Prior627
Liberal Democrats David Simmons600
Conservative Barbara Douglass483
Conservative Paul Christian476
Conservative Jamieson Hunkin424
Green Joy Wood375
Green Kate Gordon360
Green Neil Endicott355
Independent Alem-Seged Abay182
Turnout 7,51731.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

From 2022

The ward will be redrawn for the 2022 election. Parts of the King's Cross ward will be transferred to the Bloomsbury ward, and parts of the St Pancras and Somers Town ward will be transferred to King's Cross. [5] [6]

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Coordinates: 51°31′37″N0°07′19″W / 51.527°N 0.122°W / 51.527; -0.122