King's Cross (ward)

King's Cross is a ward of the London borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843.[1] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 7,274.[2] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 8,459 in 2025.[2]

King's Cross
Electoral ward
King's Cross highlighted within Camden
King's Cross highlighted within Camden
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughCamden
Created1 April 1965
Named forKing's Cross

Councillors
TermCouncillorParty
2010–presentSarah HaywardLabour
2006–presentAbdul HaiLabour
2002–presentJonathan SimpsonLabour

1965–1978

King's Cross ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Camden on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 election to Camden London Borough Council.[3]

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.[4]

2002–2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covers parts of Bloomsbury and Kings Cross, which also crosses into St Pancras and Somers Town and the London Borough of Islington. For elections to Parliament, King's Cross is part of Holborn and St Pancras.

Kings Cross lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and Holborn and Covent Garden). It is separated from Bloomsbury by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden by Guilford Street and Calthorpe Street; from the borough of Islington by Kings Cross Road and Pentonville Road; and from St Pancras and Somers Town by Euston Road.

Election results

Like all other wards of Camden, King's Cross is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. They are all elected for the Labour Party.

King's Cross ward election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Hayward * 1,467
Labour Jonathan Simpson * 1,424
Labour Abdul Hai * 1,333
Green Brian Gascoigne 550
Green Dominic Kendrick 459
Green Lewis Sullivan 446
Conservative Adam Lester 431
Conservative Ivan Massow 403
Conservative Patsy Prince 401
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jones 263
Liberal Democrats Jon Burden 236
Liberal Democrats Michael Skinner 195
Turnout 7631 34.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
King's Cross ward election, 6 May 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Hayward 1,844 14.27
Labour Abdul Hai 1,706 13.21
Labour Jonathan Simpson 1,681 13.01
Liberal Democrats Lee Baker 1,546 11.97
Liberal Democrats Yuan Potts 1,386 10.73
Liberal Democrats Huw Prior 1,283 9.93
Conservative Kashem Abdul 771 5.97
Conservative Piers Lindsay-Finn 742 5.74
Conservative Andrew Parkinson 703 5.44
Green Edward Michael Milford 454 3.51
Green Rienzi Nini Enrico Trento 337 2.61
Green Una Sapietis 427 3.31
Turnout 12,880 53.42
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
King's Cross ward election, 4 May 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Hai 1,071
Labour Jonathan Simpson 956
Labour Geethika Jayatilaka 946
Liberal Democrats Trevor Harris 662
Liberal Democrats Huw Prior 627
Liberal Democrats David Simmons 600
Conservative Barbara Douglass 483
Conservative Paul Christian 476
Conservative Jamieson Hunkin 424
Green Joy Wood 375
Green Kate Gordon 360
Green Neil Endicott 355
Independent Alem-Seged Abay 182
Turnout 7,517 31.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

From 2022

The ward will be redrawn for the 2022 election. Parts of the King's Cross ward will be transferred to the Bloomsbury ward, and parts of the St Pancras and Somers Town ward will be transferred to King's Cross.[5][6]

References
  1. "Camden Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. "Camden summary" (PDF). LGBCE. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. London Borough Council Elections (1964) Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. London Borough Council Elections (1978) Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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