West Hampstead (ward)

West Hampstead
Electoral ward
for the Camden London Borough Council
West Hampstead ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughCamden
CountyGreater London
Population11,162 (2021)[a]
Electorate7,993 (2022)
Area0.7695 square kilometres (0.2971 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Sharon Hardwick
  •   Nazma Rahman
  •   Vacancy
ONS code00AGGX (2002–2022)
GSS code
  • E05000145 (2002–2022)
  • E05013671 (2022–present)

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.

List of councillors

Term Councillor Party
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 Liberal Democrats
2014–2018 James Yarde Liberal Democrats
2018–present Nazma Rahman Labour
2018–2025 Shiva Tiwari[b] Labour
Conservative
2018–2022 Peter Taheri Labour
2022–present Sharon Hardwick Labour

Camden council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022.[4][5]

2025 by-election

The by-election will take place on 28 August 2025, following the resignation of Shiva Tiwari.[6][7]

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[8]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.[9]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.[10]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[11]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.[12]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.[13]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Notes

  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ^ Shiva Tiwari changed parties in 2025.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Camden summary" (PDF). LGBCE. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ Steen, Joe (15 March 2025). "Labour councillor defects to Tories after six years over economic growth concerns". The Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Camden local election: The 2 candidates in West Hampstead". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ^ Osley, Richard (17 July 2025). "Exclusive: Tory deputy leader resigns after angry shop incident". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  8. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  9. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  10. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  11. ^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  12. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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