Camden Town with Primrose Hill (ward)

Camden Town with Primrose Hill was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the May 2002 local elections. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 12,613.^[1] The ward was abolished at the 2022 election. Most of its area became part of the newly created Camden Town and Primrose Hill wards, with some areas becoming part of the St Pancras and Somers Town ward.^[2][3]

Camden Town with Primrose Hill
Former electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council
Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Camden
County	Greater London
Population	12,613 (2011)
Electorate	8,202 (2002) 9,001 (2018)
Area	1.1662 square kilometres (0.4503 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
Councillors	3
Replaced by	Camden Town, Primrose Hill and St Pancras and Somers Town
ONS code	00AGGF
GSS code	E05000130

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–2022	Pat Callaghan		Labour
2002–2006	Harriet Garland		Labour
2002–2002	Justin Barnard		Liberal Democrats
2002–2006	Jake Sumner		Labour
2006–2014	Chris Naylor		Liberal Democrats
2006–2010	Elizabeth Campbell		Liberal Democrats
2010–2014	Thomas Neumark		Labour
2014–2022	Lazzaro Pietragnoli		Labour
2014–2022	Richard Cotton		Labour

Camden council elections

Location of the Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward in Camden

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[4]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	1,936
	Labour	Richard Cotton	1,664
	Labour	Lazzaro Pietragnoli	1,570
	Conservative	Catherine McQueen	632
	Conservative	Peter Horne	602
	Conservative	Joel Roberts	573
	Liberal Democrats	John Lefley	457
	Green	Rik Howard	434
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Wright	407
	Green	Mark Milaszkiewicz	384
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Nicholson	335
Turnout			9,411	34.86%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[5]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	2,005
	Labour	Lazzaro Pietragnoli	1,608
	Labour	Richard Cotton	1,542
	Conservative	Rory Manley	655
	Green	Nicola Hart	641
	Conservative	Chris Kassapis	609
	Green	Daniel Rosenbaum	601
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	567
	Green	Ben Van Der Velde	455
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hoyle	309
	Liberal Democrats	Juniour Blake	295
	Independent	Phil Cowan	287
	Liberal Democrats	Mukul Hira	255
Turnout			9,847	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[6]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	2,482
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Naylor	1,835
	Labour	Thomas Neumark	1,753
	Labour	Rob Higson	1,742
	Liberal Democrats	Nazia Gofur	1,702
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Richards	1,511
	Conservative	Michael Corby	1,290
	Conservative	Peter Home	1,170
	Conservative	Christos Kassapis	1,059
	Green	Russell Oppenheimer	595
	Green	Pamela Walker	583
	Green	Vincent Thurgood	569
	Independent	Paul Grosvenor	140
Turnout			16,431	63.3	+21.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[7]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Naylor	1,367
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	1,357
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Campbell	1,357
	Liberal Democrats	John Lefley	1,293
	Labour	Jake Sumner	1,186
	Labour	Abdul Quadir	1,152
	Conservative	William Mitchell	527
	Conservative	Jesse Norman	501
	Conservative	Peter Horne	497
	Green	Nicola Chatham	414
	Green	Vincent Thurgood	356
	Green	Hilary Wendt	313
Turnout			10,320	42.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2002 by-election

The by-election took place on 20 June 2002, following the resignation of Justin Barnard.

2024 Camden Town with Primrose Hill by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jake Sumner	652	29.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Lefley	594	26.4	+2.8
	Independent	Gloria Lazenby	516	22.9	+5.4
	Conservative	Peter Horne	392	17.4	+0.9
	Green	Lucy Wills	98	4.4	−6.8
Majority			58	2.6
Turnout			2,252	27.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[8]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Camden Town with Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	1,041
	Labour	Harriet Garland	986
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Barnard	812
	Labour	Jake Sumner	782
	Liberal Democrats	John Lefley	653
	Independent	Gloria Lazenby	603
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Wickenden	591
	Conservative	William Mitchell	570
	Conservative	Peter Grosvenor	560
	Conservative	Paul Barton	541
	Green	Danielle Rappaport	385
	Green	Juliana Venter	227
	Green	Beryl Lankester	220
	CPA	Elsa Dos Santos	34
Turnout			8,005
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
2. "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
3. "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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