Swiss Cottage (ward)

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] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 12,900.[3]

This article is about the electoral ward in the London Borough of Camden. For the area this ward is named after, see Swiss Cottage.
Swiss Cottage
Electoral ward
Swiss Cottage highlighted within Camden
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughCamden
CreatedMay 1978
Named forSwiss Cottage

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 3 May 2018.

Swiss Cottage (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nayra Bello O'Shanahan 1,605 45.5 +12.5
Labour Leo Cassarani 1,541 43.7 +12.9
Labour Simon Pearson 1,417 40.1 +7.7
Conservative Kate Fairhurst 1,324 37.5 -5.5
Conservative Calvin Robinson 1,277 36.2 -5.3
Conservative Don Williams 1,277 36.2 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Jeremy Benson 456 12.9 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Kushal Bhimjiani 448 12.7 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell 388 11.0 +3.6
Green Sheila Hayman 262 7.4 -6.5
Green Brian Gascoigne 250 7.1 -4.7
Independent Lina Hammouda 36 1.0 N/A
Independent Peter Straker 33 0.9 N/A
Independent Calvin Po 24 0.7 N/A
Turnout 38.47
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References
  1. London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. London Borough Council Elections (2002) Archived 2013-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Camden Ward population 2016". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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