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Hampstead Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It covers most of Hampstead Village, the western half of Hampstead Heath, North End and the Vale of Health. The more residential Frognal ward covers much of the rest of Hampstead.

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

The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.[1] The boundaries were redrawn in May 1978, May 2002 and May 2022.[2][3] In the most recent set of changes, the southernmost area of the ward was transferred to Belsize and Gospel Oak wards, and the number of councillors was reduced from three to two.[4][5] The ward's current boundaries have been in effect since the 2022 election, and the ward's three polling stations are at Burgh House, Fitzjohn's Primary School and Keats Community Library.[6] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,270.[7]

The ward has historically been represented by either Conservative or Liberal Democrat councillors. The first Liberal Democrat councillors, Margaret Little and John Dickie, were elected in May 1994. Dickie, however, had taken the Labour whip by December 1995, to the surprise of the Liberal Democrat group leader, Flick Rea, who called for him to stand down.[8] He continued as a councillor for the ward until the 1998 election, when he was elected as a Labour councillor in Grafton.[9] In May 2022, Adrian Cohen became the ward's first elected Labour councillor. However, Cohen announced 21 days after the election that he would not be taking up his seat on the council, forcing a by-election to be held on 7 July 2022.[10] Former Liberal Democrat councillor Linda Chung was elected in Cohen's place.[11]

The ward's notable councillors have included two Conservative leaders of the opposition, Alan Greengross (1974–1978) and Oliver Cooper (2015–2022), Archie Macdonald, former Liberal MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk and Labour councillor Adrian Cohen, who founded the London Jewish Forum.[12]

Councillors

Following the ward's creation in 1964, it was represented by three councillors; this increased to four from 1971 to 1978, before being reduced to two between 1978 and 2002. From 2002 to 2022, the ward was represented by three councillors. This reverted to two councillor representation from 2022, as a result of boundary changes.[13][14]

From 2022

Two councillors currently represent Hampstead Town.

Election	Councillor		Councillor
2022 by-election		Stephen Stark (Con)		Linda Chung (LD)
2022				Adrian Cohen (Lab)

2002–2022

Three councillors represented Hampstead Town ward between 2002 and 2022.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2018		Stephen Stark (Con)		Oliver Cooper (Con)		Maria Higson (Con)
2015 by-election		Oliver Cooper (Con)		Stephen Stark (Con)		Tom Currie (Con)
2014		Simon Marcus (Con)
2012 by-election		Chris Knight (Con)		Linda Chung (LD)		Simon Marcus (Con)
2010						Kirsty Roberts (Con)
2008 by-election		Linda Chung (LD)		Kirsty Roberts (Con)		Christopher Knight (Con)
2006		Mike Greene (Con)
2002		Mike Greene (Con)		Margaret Little (LD)		Brian Cattell (Con)

1978–2002

Two councillors represented Hampstead Town ward between 1978 and 2002.

Election	Councillor		Councillor
1998		Margaret Little (LD)		Sidney Malin (LD)
1994		Margaret Little (LD)		John Dickie (LD)
1990		Maureen Braun (Con)		Rita Pomfret (Con)
1989 by-election		Jacqueline Jones (Con)		Rita Pomfret (Con)
1986				Selina Gee (Con)
1982		Julian Harrison (Con)		Anthony Robinson (Con)
1978		Ian Tommison (Con)		Gwyneth Williams (Con)

1971–1978

Four councillors represented Hampstead Town ward between 1971 and 1978.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1976 by-election		Stephen Rowlinson (Con)		Alan Greengross (Con)		Gwyneth Williams (Con)		John Ratzer (Con)
1974		Archie Macdonald (Con)
1974		James Lemkin (Con)		Archie Macdonald (Con)		Harriet Greenaway (Con)		Arthur Roome (Con)

1964–1971

Three councillors represented Hampstead Town ward between 1964 and 1971.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1968		Elizabeth Knight (Con)		Arthur Roome (Con)		Peter Smith (Con)
1964		Elizabeth Knight (Con)		Arthur Roome (Con)		Luigi Denza (Con)

Election results

The last election was held on 5 May 2022. Previous councillors standing for re-election are denoted with an asterisk (*).[13][14]

Elections in the 2020s

Hampstead Town by-election, 7 July 2022[15]
Replacing Adrian Cohen (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung	919	41.0	+20.8
	Conservative	Alex Andrews	620	27.6	-10.7
	Labour Co-op	Alex Sufit	559	24.9	-13.9
	Green	Peter John McGinty	104	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Jonathan Louis Livingstone	44	2.0	+2.0
	National Housing Party No More Refugees	Patrick McGinnis	1	0.0	0
Turnout			2,247	37.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hampstead Town ward election, 5 May 2022[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Stark*	1,089	42.2
	Labour Co-op	Adrian Cohen	1,030	39.9
	Labour Co-op	Alexandra Sufit	971	37.6
	Conservative	Deborah Dor	887	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Ward	609	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Russell	435	16.9
Turnout			2,581	43.3
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Elections in the 2010s

Hampstead Town ward election, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Stark*	1,522	14.6%	0.7%
	Conservative	Oliver Cooper*	1,455	14.0%	0.4%
	Conservative	Maria Higson	1,400	13.6%	0.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung	1,247	12.0%
	Labour	Sue Cullinan	898	8.6%	1.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Haslam Jones	879	8.5%	2.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Coles	826	7.9%	2.3%
	Labour	Sunny Mandich	811	7.8%	0.4%
	Labour	James Slater	799	7.7%	1.4%
	Green	Richard Dunham Bourne	243	2.3%	3.0%
	Green	Michael Wulff Pawlyn	175	1.7%	2.1%
	Green	Ramsay Short	135	1.3%	1.7%
Majority			153	1.5%	0.2%
Turnout			10,390	46.5%	2.8%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 7 May 2015
Replacing Simon Marcus (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Cooper	2,693	50.9	8.0
	Labour	Maddy Raman	1,381	26.1	4.8
	Green	Sophie Dix	597	11.3	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Yannick Bultingaire	543	10.3	13.3
	Independent	Nigel Rumble	73	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,312	24.8
Turnout			5,287	67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Marcus*	1,465	15.3%
	Conservative	Stephen Stark	1,380	14.4%
	Conservative	Tom Currie	1,272	13.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung*	1,148	12.0%
	Labour	Rachel Agnew	726	7.6%
	Labour	Maddy Raman	711	7.4%
	Labour	Luca Salice	609	6.3%
	Liberal Democrats	James Newsome	575	6.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Carruthers	542	5.6%
	Green	Sophie Dix	512	5.3%
	Green	Maisie King	365	3.8%
	Green	Prashant Bhaskar Vaze	288	3.0%
Majority			124	1.3%
Turnout			9,593	43.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 27 September 2012
Replacing Kirsty Roberts (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Marcus	1,040	42.4%	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Fine	695	28.3%	7.3
	Labour	Maddy Raman	512	20.9%	4.5
	Green	Sophie Dix	207	8.4%	1.0
Majority			345	14.1%
Turnout			2,454	29.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 6 May 2010[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Knight*	2,261	40.9	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung*	2,198	39.7	+6.5
	Conservative	Kirsty Roberts*	2,159	39.0	-6.3
	Conservative	Stephen Stark	2,006	36.3	-14.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Bouchier	1,775	32.1	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Harrison	1,681	30.4	+3.4
	Labour	Janet Guthrie	1,113	20.1	+7.8
	Labour	Tom Tabori	757	13.7	+2.2
	Labour	Suhel Islam	728	13.2	+2.6
	Green	Stuart Houghton	528	9.5	+0.4
	Green	Ian Patton	349	6.3	-1.6
	Green	Prashant Vaze	303	5.5	-0.4
Turnout			5,533	69.4	+20.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 25 September 2008[19]
Replacing Mike Greene (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung	1,242	44.1	+11.5
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	1,114	39.6	−6.9
	Labour	Larraine Revah	289	10.3	−1.0
	Green	Anya Reeve	140	5.0	−3.3
	BNP	Stephen Dorman	30	1.0	+1.0
Majority			128	4.5
Turnout			2,814	36.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Greene *	1,842	50.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Kirsty Roberts	1,641	45.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Christopher Knight	1,605	44.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Fordham	1,293	35.7	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chung	1,204	33.2	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Fryer	980	27.0	-0.8
	Labour	Hugh Gracey	446	12.3	-2.6
	Labour	Myra Carr	418	11.5	-1.4
	Labour	Paul Tomlinson	384	10.6	-1.4
	Green	Brian Gascoigne	328	9.1	-3.0
	Green	Charlotte Collins	287	7.9	-3.2
	Green	Una Sapietis	214	5.9	-5.1
	Independent	Brian Kettell	52	1.4	-36.4
Turnout			10,694	49.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Greene	1,316	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Little*	1,106	38.4
	Conservative	Brian Cattell	1,089	37.8
	Conservative	Katharine Steel	1,064	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Malin	974	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wright	800	27.8
	Labour	Neil Crundwell	430	14.9
	Labour	Harunur Rashid	372	12.9
	Green	Brian Gascoigne	349	12.1
	Labour	Mohammed Islam	345	12.0
	Green	Frances Mortimer	321	11.1
	Green	Dorothy Forsyth	316	11.0
Turnout			8,482

Elections in the 1990s

Hampstead Town ward election, 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Little*	1,028
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Malin	912
	Conservative	Roderick Anderson	368
	Conservative	Michael Bottom	354
	Labour	Mark Leonard	301
	Labour	Rudolph Champagne	259
Turnout			3,222	40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 5 May 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Little	1,005
	Liberal Democrats	John Dickie	969
	Conservative	Helen Sinclair	471
	Conservative	Maureen Braun*	466
	Labour	Janet Guthrie	97
	Labour	Simon Fitzpatrick	97
	Green	Katharina Wolfe	97
Turnout				51.0%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 3 May 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Braun	643
	Conservative	Rita Pomfret*	620
	Liberal Democrats	David Brierley	619
	Liberal Democrats	John Dickie	549
	Labour	John Saynor	432
	Labour	Anna Wernher	397
	Green	John Penney	219
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 26 January 1989
Replacing Selina Gee (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Pomfret	533
	Liberal Democrats	David Brierley	373
	Labour	Myra Polya	239
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 8 May 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Jones	788
	Conservative	Selina Gee	787
	Alliance	David Brierley	695
	Alliance	David Aarons	672
	Labour	David Bookless	564
	Labour	Heather Kenmure	517
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 6 May 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	992
	Conservative	Anthony Robinson	962
	Alliance	David Birkett	676
	Alliance	Brian Sugden	627
	Labour	Eric Mitchell	463
	Labour	James Murphy	445
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Hampstead Town ward election, 4 May 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tommison	1,251
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	1,234
	Labour	Philip Grenall	647
	Labour	David Bookless	628
	Liberal	Nigel Barnes	297
	Save London Alliance	Anthony Diamond	61
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hampstead Town ward by-election, 15 July 1976
Replacing Archie Macdonald (resigned)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen R. Rowlinson	1,743
	Labour	James F. C. Parish	548
	Liberal	Nigel I. Barnes	376
Turnout				28.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 2 May 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archibald J. F. MacDonald*	1,980
	Conservative	Alan D. Greengross	1,956
	Conservative	Miss Gwyneth A. Williams	1,924
	Conservative	John P. L. Ratzer	1,902
	Labour	John Darlington	1,141
	Labour	Lord George Archibald	1,137
	Labour	James Parish	1,132
	Labour	John Rigby	1,087
	Liberal	Mrs Sarah Khuner	557
	Liberal	Nicholas G. Salmon	548
	Liberal	Mrs Marion V. Friedmann	523
	Liberal	Raymond A. P. Benad	494
	Communist	Mrs Elizabeth P. Tate	152
	Save London Action Group	Andrew R. H. Urquhart	73
	Save London Action Group	Charles E. Carey	57
	Save London Action Group	Robert M. Fysh	53
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 13 May 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James A. Lemkin	2,073
	Conservative	Archie J. F. MacDonald	2,071
	Conservative	Miss Harriet K. Greenaway	2,064
	Conservative	Arthur W. Roome*	1,996
	Labour	Mrs Alix M. Maxwell	1,574
	Labour	Roger L. Robinson	1,537
	Labour	Edwin A. Rhodes	1,511
	Labour	Keith R. Atkins	1,501
	Liberal	David Sacker	360
	Liberal	Bonamy C. P. Bradby	337
	Communist	Mrs Elizabeth P. Tate	258
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

Hampstead Town ward election, 9 May 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth F. C. Knight*	2,191	57.9
	Conservative	Arthur W. Roome*	2,162
	Conservative	Peter M. Smith	2,119
	Labour	Anthony J. Clarke	987	25.9
	Labour	Jennifer S. Keohane	958
	Labour	Phyllis J. Hymans	946
	Liberal	Archibald J. F. MacDonald	587	14.4
	Liberal	George H. Willett	532
	Liberal	Sarah Khuner	491
	Communist	Elizabeth P. Tate	200	1.8
Turnout				40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampstead Town ward election, 7 May 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Elizabeth F. C. Knight	1,961
	Conservative	Arthur W. Roome	1,955
	Conservative	Luigi C. Denza	1,947
	Labour	Miss P. J. Hymans	1,146
	Labour	Thomas Mahoney	1,127
	Labour	Janek Langer	1,121
	Liberal	Miss Pamela Frankau	694
	Liberal	Mrs. Sarah Khuner	668
	Liberal	Archibald. J. F. Macdonald	656
Turnout			3,783	43.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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