Highgate (Camden ward)

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

Highgate is a ward in 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.^[1] The ward was redrawn in May 1978^[2] and May 2002.^[3]

Councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
	2011–present	Sally Gimson	Labour
	2014-present	Oliver Lewis	Labour
	2014–present	Siân Berry	Green

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Highgate, 22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Gimson *	1,739
	Labour	Oliver Lewis	1,664
	Green	Siân Berry	1,642
	Labour	Valerie Leach *	1,567
	Green	Matthew Johnston	1,252
	Green	Robert McCracken	1,099
	Conservative	Beth Charlesworth	763
	Conservative	Will Blair	727
	Conservative	Will Dilnott-Cooper	662
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Potts	232
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Charles Hay	198
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Wright	130
Turnout			11,702	50.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Highgate, 6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Maya De Souza *	1,889
	Labour	Valerie Leach	1,800
	Labour	Michael Nicolaides	1,661
	Labour	Michael Way	1,625
	Green	Naomi Aptowitzer	1,467
	Green	Tristan Smith	1,307
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Clayton	1,255
	Conservative	Anthony Denyer	1,254
	Conservative	Beth Charlesworth	1,239
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	1,223
	Liberal Democrat	Kirsten De Keyser	1,047
	Liberal Democrat	David Simmons	947
Turnout			16,714	69.9	+22.4
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Highgate by-election, 1 May 2008[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex Goodman	1,482	33.1	−0.5
	Labour	Michael Nicolaides	1,185	26.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Richard J. Merrin	1,180	26.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Henry W. W. Potts	633	14.1	+3.9
Majority			297	6.6
Turnout			4,480	56.5
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Paul J. Barton.

Highgate, 4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Maya De Souza	1,336
	Conservative	Paul Barton	1,221
	Green	Adrian Oliver	1,210
	Green	Quentin Tyler	1,159
	Conservative	Gary Benardout	1,129
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	1,121
	Labour	Maggie Cosin *	1,016
	Labour	George Queen	922
	Labour	John Thane *	873
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Potts	406
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Watkins	356
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Wainewright	325
Turnout			11,074	47.5
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Highgate, 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin*	972
	Labour	John Thane*	861
	Labour	Abdul Quadir	849
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	813
	Green	Sian Berry	811
	Conservative	Simon Baker	790
	Conservative	Janice Lavery	775
	Green	Adrian Oliver	768
	Green	Mark Smith	715
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Wheeler	384
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Waddington	376
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Potts	332
	Socialist Alliance	Sean Thompson	219
Turnout			8,665
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Highgate, 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Cosin	1,275
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,252
	Labour	John Thane	1,141
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	930
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	869
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	825
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Macauley	666
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Waddington	594
	Green	Paul Gannon	471
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Mair	457
Turnout			8,480	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. London Borough Council Elections (1964)
2. London Borough Council Elections (1978)
3. London Borough Council Elections (2002)
4. "Greens spoil Tory party with by-election victory". Camden New Journal. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2010-03-19.