Hampstead Town (ward)
Hampstead Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It covers most of Hampstead Village, the western half of Hampstead Heath, North End, the Vale of Heath, and part of Belsize Park. The more residential Frognal and Fitzjohns covers much of the rest of Hampstead.
Hampstead Town | |
|---|---|
 Hampstead Town highlighted within Camden | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| County | Greater London |
| London borough | Camden |
| Created | 1 April 1965 |
| Named for | Hampstead |
Map of the Hampstead Town ward as it previously existed from 1978 to 2002 within the London Borough of Camden.
The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.[1] The ward was redrawn in May 1978[2] and May 2002.[3] The ward will undergo boundary changes for the 2022 election. Some of its area will be transferred to the Belsize and Gospel Oak wards, and the number of councillors it elects will be reduced from three to two.[4][5]
The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,270.[6]
Its notable councillors have included two leaders of the opposition, Alan Greengross (1974-1978) and Oliver Cooper (2015-),
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adrian Cohen | ||||
| Conservative | Deborah Dor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Russell | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Stark | ||||
| Labour | Alexandra Sufit | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Ward | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Stark | 1,522 | 14.6% |  0.7% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Cooper | 1,455 | 14.0% | 0.4% | |
| Conservative | Maria Higson | 1,400 | 13.6% |  0.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Chung | 1,247 | 12.0% |  | |
| Labour | Sue Cullinan | 898 | 8.6% | 1.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Haslam Jones | 879 | 8.5% | 2.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Coles | 826 | 7.9% | 2.3% | |
| Labour | Sunny Mandich | 811 | 7.8% | 0.4% | |
| Labour | James Slater | 799 | 7.7% | 1.4% | |
| Green | Richard Dunham Bourne | 243 | 2.3% | 3.0% | |
| Green | Michael Wulff Pawlyn | 175 | 1.7% | 2.1% | |
| Green | Ramsay Short | 135 | 1.3% | 1.7% | |
| Majority | 153 | 1.5% | 0.2% | ||
| Turnout | 10,390 | 46.5% | 2.8% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Oliver Cooper | 2,693 | 50.9 | 8.0 | |
| Labour | Maddy Raman | 1,381 | 26.1 | 4.8 | |
| Green | Sophie Dix | 597 | 11.3 | 0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Yannick Bultingaire | 543 | 10.3 | 13.3 | |
| Independent | Nigel Rumble | 73 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,312 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 5,287 | 67 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Marcus | 1,465 | 15.3% | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Stark | 1,380 | 14.4% | ||
| Conservative | Tom Currie | 1,272 | 13.3% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Chung | 1,148 | 12.0% | ||
| Labour | Rachel Agnew | 726 | 7.6% | ||
| Labour | Maddy Raman | 711 | 7.4% | ||
| Labour | Luca Salice | 609 | 6.3% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Newsome | 575 | 6.0% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Carruthers | 542 | 5.6% | ||
| Green | Sophie Dix | 512 | 5.3% | ||
| Green | Maisie King | 365 | 3.8% | ||
| Green | Prashant Bhaskar Vaze | 288 | 3.0% | ||
| Majority | 124 | 1.3% | |||
| Turnout | 9,593 | 43.7% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Marcus | 1,040 | 42.4% | 1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Fine | 695 | 28.3% | 7.3 | |
| Labour | Maddy Raman | 512 | 20.9% | 4.5 | |
| Green | Sophie Dix | 207 | 8.4% | 1.0 | |
| Majority | 345 | 14.1% | |||
| Turnout | 2,454 | 29.6% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- London Borough Council Elections (1964) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- London Borough Council Elections (2002) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- Rowlands, Jenny (5 April 2022). "Statement of Persons Nominated – Hampstead Town". Camden London Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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