Belsize (ward)

Belsize
Belsize
Electoral ward
	Belsize highlighted within Camden
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	1 April 1965
Named for	Manor of Belsize

Belsize is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward covers most of Belsize Park, between Haverstock Hill, Swiss Cottage, and Primrose Hill. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 12,702.^[1]

The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.^[2] The ward was redrawn in May 1978^[3] and May 2002.^[4]

Its notable councillors have included Opposition Leaders Claire-Louise Leyland (2010-18), Piers Wauchope (2002-06), Judith Barnes (1986-1998), and Tony Kerpel (1978-86); MEP Luisa Porritt (2018-); future Council Leader Richard Arthur (1974-78); and former Leader Martin Morton (1976-78).

Councillors[]

	Councillor	Party
2018–present	Tom Simon	Liberal Democrats
2018–present	Steve Adams	Conservative
2018–present	Luisa Porritt	Liberal Democrats

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2018 council election: Belsize^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Simon	1,250	11.6	0.9
	Conservative	Steve Adams	1,201	11.2	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luisa Porritt	1,179	11.0	2.8
	Conservative	Leila Roy	1,170	10.9	1.6
	Conservative	Kirsty Roberts	1,162	10.8	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Samuel Newman	1,127	10.5	3.2
	Labour	James Jordan Calmus	1,067	10.0	0.2
	Labour	Sucharita Sethi	996	9.3	0.8
	Labour	Momota Khatoon	971	9.1	1.4
	Green	Sara Katchi	238	2.2	0.8
	Green	Phyl Eyres	223	2.1	0.8
	Independent	Nigel Rumble	123	1.1	1.1
Majority			9	0.08
Turnout			10,707	42.5	4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2014 council election: Belsize^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonny Bucknell	1,219	13.2
	Conservative	Claire-Louise Leyland	1,157	12.5
	Conservative	Leila Roy	1,016	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Simon	992	10.7
	Labour	Madeleine Jennings	939	10.2
	Labour	James McGowan	782	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Hillier-Smith	760	8.2
	Labour	Harunur Rashid	709	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Joseph Nicholson	678	7.3
	Green	Rowan St Clair	275	3.0
	Green	Darren Robert Murphy	269	2.9
	Green	Stuart Temple Taylor	243	2.6
	Independent	Nigel Rumble	199	2.2
Majority			24	0.3
Turnout			9,238	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References[]

^ "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ London Borough Council Elections (1964) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ London Borough Council Elections (2002) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "London Borough Council Elections". Camden London Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Camden". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[1] "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[London_1964_election-2] London Borough Council Elections (1964) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[London_1978_election-3] London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[London_2002_election-4] London Borough Council Elections (2002) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "London Borough Council Elections". Camden London Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[6] Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Camden". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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