Belsize (ward)

Belsize
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	1 April 1965
Named for	Manor of Belsize

Belsize is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward covers most of Belsize Park, between Haverstock Hill, Swiss Cottage, and Primrose Hill.

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]

Councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
	2014–present	Leila Roy	Conservative
	2010-present	Jonny Bucknell	Conservative
	2010–present	Claire-Louise Leyland	Conservative

Election results

The last election was held on 22 May 2014.

Belsize ward election, 22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonny Bucknell	1,219	13.2%
	Conservative	Claire-Louise Leyland	1,157	12.5%
	Conservative	Leila Roy	1,016	11.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Simon	992	10.7%
	Labour	Madeleine Jennings	939	10.2%
	Labour	James McGowan	782	8.5%
	Liberal Democrat	Bradley Hillier-Smith	760	8.2%
	Labour	Harunur Rashid	709	7.7%
	Liberal Democrat	Lawrence Joseph Nicholson	678	7.3%
	Green	Rowan St Clair	275	3.0%
	Green	Darren Robert Murphy	269	2.9%
	Green	Stuart Temple Taylor	243	2.6%
	Independent	Nigel Rumble	199	2.2%
Majority			24	0.3%
Turnout			9,238	38.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. London Borough Council Elections (1964)
2. London Borough Council Elections (1978)
3. London Borough Council Elections (2002)