Hampstead Town (ward)

Hampstead Town
Electoral ward
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 existed from 1978 to 2002 within the London Borough of Camden.

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 Health, and part of Belsize Park. The more residential Frognal and Fitzjohns covers the rest of Hampstead.

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]

Election results

The last election was held on 22 May 2014.

Hampstead Town ward election, 22 May 2014
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 Democrat	Linda Chung	1,148	12.0%
	Labour	Rachel Agnew	726	7.6%
	Labour	Maddy Rahman	711	7.4%
	Labour	Luca Salice	609	6.3%
	Liberal Democrat	James Newsome	575	6.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Carruthers	542	5.6%
	Green	Sophie Emma Clare 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 Democrat		Swing

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 27 September 2012 Replacing Kirsty Roberts (resigned)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Marcus	1,040	42.4%
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Fine	695	28.3%
	Labour	Maddy Raman	512	20.9%
	Green	Sophie Dix	207	8.4%
Majority			345	14.1%
Turnout			2,454	29.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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