West Hampstead (ward)
West Hampstead is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It was established for the May 2002 local elections. The population of West Hampstead ward is 11,658,[1] while the ward had an electorate of 8,322 in 2018.[2] It underwent minor boundary changes for the 2022 election. As of 2024, it forms part of the Hampstead and Highgate parliamentary constituency, whose MP is Tulip Siddiq (Labour).[3]
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 | Labour | |
| 2014–2018 | James Yarde | Labour | |
| 2018–present | Nazma Rahman | Labour | |
| 2018–2025 | Shiva Tiwari[b] | Labour | |
| Conservative | |||
| 2018–2022 | Peter Taheri | Labour | |
| 2022–present | Sharon Hardwick | Labour | |
| 2025–present | Janet Grauberg | Liberal Democrats | |
Camden council elections since 2022
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022.[5][6]
2025 by-election
The by-election took place on 28 August 2025, following the resignation of Shiva Tiwari.[7] On 18 March 2025, Tiwari defected from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party.[8]CCTV footage published on 17 July 2025 showed a confrontation with a shop owner in West Hampstead, during which Tiwari threatened to close the business down.[9] He resigned from the Conservative Party and the council the same day.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg | 1,176 | 54.4 | +15.5 | |
| Labour | Francesca Reynolds | 458 | 21.2 | −23.3 | |
| Conservative | Ian Cohen | 222 | 10.3 | −6.2 | |
| Reform | Thomas Sterling | 155 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Green | Matthew Hull | 152 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Majority | 718 | 33.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,163 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2022 election
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[12]
| 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 | |||
| Labourwin (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labourwin (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labourwin (new boundaries) | |||||
2002–2022 Camden council elections
2018 election
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[13]
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[14]
| 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 | |||
| Labourgain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
2010 election
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[15]
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
2006 election
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[16]
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
2002 election
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[17]
| 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 Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
Notes
References
- ↑Profile (6 July 2025). "West Hampstead ward profile – JSNA Hub". jsna.camden.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑"Camden summary"(PDF). LGBCE. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑"MP details - Tulip Siddiq MP". camden.moderngov.co.uk. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑Steen, Joe (15 March 2025). "Labour councillor defects to Tories after six years over economic growth concerns". The Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑"Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑"The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑"Camden local election: The 5 candidates in West Hampstead". Who Can I Vote For?. Democracy Club. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑Osley, Richard (13 March 2025). "Defection drama at Town Hall as Shiva Tiwari quits Labour to join the Tories". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 13 March 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑Yau, Alex (17 July 2025). "Tory councillor abused store staff and threatens to shut the shop over parcel dispute". Better Retailing. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑Osley, Richard (17 July 2025). "Tory deputy leader resigns after angry shop incident". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 23 August 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑"Local Elections Archive Project — West Hampstead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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