Swiss Cottage (ward)

Swiss Cottage
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	May 1978
Named for	Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the May 1978 election^[1] and was redrawn in May 2002.^[2]

Swiss Cottage ward is a long, thin ward centred on the intersection between Avenue Road and Finchley Road at Swiss Cottage. To the west of the intersection, it includes South Hampstead. To the south-east, it includes the northern part of St John's Wood and western part of Primrose Hill.

Under its previous form, Swiss Cottage covered just South Hampstead, while the former Adelaide ward covered the parts of the ward the east of Finchley Road (including Ye Olde Swiss Cottage itself).

Election results

The last election was held on 22 May 2014.

Swiss Cottage ward election, 22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Marshall	1,340	15.1%
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	1,294	14.6%
	Conservative	Don Williams	1,221	13.8%
	Labour	Ben Nunn	1,029	11.6%
	Labour	Simon Pearson	1,008	11.4%
	Labour	Gretel Reynolds	960	10.8%
	Green	Tom Franklin	433	4.9%
	Green	Helen Jack	367	4.1%
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Newbrook	347	3.9%
	Green	Sheila Patton	339	3.8%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Butler	300	3.4%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Haslam-Jones	230	2.6%
Majority			192	2.2%
Turnout			8,886	34.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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