St Pancras and Somers Town (ward)

St Pancras and Somers Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was established for the May 2002 election.[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 13,818.[2] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 8,798.[3] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 9,332 by 2025.[3]

St Pancras and Somers Town
Electoral ward
for the Camden London Borough Council
Map
St Pancras and Somers Town ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughCamden
CountyGreater London
Population12,512 (2021)[a]
Electorate8,280 (2022)
Area0.8510 square kilometres (0.3286 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Samata Khatoon
  •   Edmund Frondigoun
  •   Shah Miah
ONS code00AGGU (2002–2022)
GSS code
  • E05000143 (2002–2022)
  • E05013669 (2022–present)

The ward will undergo boundary changes for the 2022 election. Some of its area will be transferred to the King's Cross ward, and some of the area of the Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward will be transferred to St Pancras and Somers Town.[4][5]

List of councillors

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Term Councillor Party
2002–2022 Roger Robinson Labour
2002–2006 Sybil Shine Labour
2002–2010 Ruth Stewart Labour
2006–2010 Nural Islam Labour
2010–present Samata Khatoon Labour
2010–2015 Peter Brayshaw Labour
2015–2022 Paul Tomlinson Labour
2022–present Edmund Frondigoun Labour
2022–present Shah Miah Labour

Camden council elections since 2022

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There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022.

2022 election

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The election took place on 5 May 2022.[6]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samata Khatoon 1,874 68.8
Labour Edmund Frondigoun 1,845 67.7
Labour Shah Miah 1,799 66.0
Conservative Alex Ellis 322 11.8
Liberal Democrats Hannah Billington 299 11.0
Conservative Carole Ricketts 290 10.6
Conservative Axel Kaae 268 9.8
Workers Party Awal Miah 239 8.8
Liberal Democrats Stewart Jenkins 217 8.0
Workers Party M D Shah 202 7.4
Workers Party Neisha Wong 196 7.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Pedersen 183 6.7
Turnout 2,724 32.9
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

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St Pancras and Somers Town ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

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The election took place on 3 May 2018.[7]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samata Khatoon 2,611 74.6 +10.4
Labour Roger Robinson 2,520 72.0 +5.4
Labour Paul Tomlinson 2,460 70.3 +4.4
Green Tina Swasey 341 9.7 −5.2
Conservative David Allen 295 8.4 −1.4
Conservative Doreen Bartlett 295 8.4 −0.9
Green Mark Scantlebury 264 7.5 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Lauren Stansfield 251 7.2 +0.7
Conservative Robert Lingard 243 6.9 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hoyle 230 6.6 +1.5
Liberal Democrats James Maurice Barker 192 5.5 +0.8
UKIP Oliver Dominic Ronald Butt 103 2.9 N/A
UKIP Christopher Cooke 84 2.4 N/A
UKIP Giles Game 82 2.3 N/A
Turnout 35.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2015 by-election

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The by-election took place on 5 March 2015, following the death of Peter Brayshaw.[7]

2015 St Pancras and Somers Town by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Tomlinson 1,481 72.8 +4.7
Conservative Shahin Ahmed 243 12.0 +2.0
Green Tina Swasey 213 10.5 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Zack Polanski 96 4.7 −1.9
Turnout 21.81 −16.8
Labour hold Swing +1.4

2014 election

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The election took place on 22 May 2014.[8]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Robinson 2,511
Labour Peter Brayshaw 2,488
Labour Samata Khatoon 2,423
Green Matty Mitford 562
Green James Widdowson 526
Green Koonal Kirit Shah 440
Conservative Rob Culligan 368
Conservative Brian Rice 351
Conservative Elliot Miller 295
Liberal Democrats Abdul Hannan Tarofdar 245
Liberal Democrats Nana Oye Adjepong 192
Liberal Democrats Nicole Sykes 178
Turnout 10,617 38.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2010 election

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The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[9]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Robinson 2,744 52.9 +7.8
Labour Peter Brayshaw 2,650 51.1 +10.4
Labour Samata Khatoon 2,614 50.4 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Abdus Shaheed 1,024 19.7 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Hoefling 1,011 19.5 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Frederic Carver 927 17.9 +7.7
Green Natalie Bennett 738 14.2 −2.5
Conservative Adam Lester 721 13.9 −0.3
Conservative Brian Rice 701 13.5 −0.3
Conservative Patsy Prince 688 13.3 −0.3
Green Matty Mitford 467 9.0 −2.9
Green Cathryn Symons 422 8.1 +1.2
Turnout 5,190 57.2 +18.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election

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The election took place on 4 May 2006.[10]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Robinson 1,399 45.1 −7.9
Labour Nural Islam 1,264 40.7 −9.1
Labour Ruth Stewart 1,212 39.1 −8.6
Respect Nuruzzaman Hira 781 25.2 N/A
Green Beatrix Campbell 517 16.7 +4.6
Conservative Rohit Grover 440 14.2 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Finer 433 14.0 −6.9
Conservative Robert Ricketts 429 13.8 −0.5
Conservative Abdul Salam 422 13.6 −0.1
Green Richard Eden 369 11.9 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Marquand 332 10.7 −8.8
Liberal Democrats Barbara Waddington 317 10.2 −9.1
Green Matthew Hodgkinson-Barrett 213 6.9 +0.5
Independent Robert Austin 181 5.8 N/A
Turnout 8,309 39.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2002 election

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The election took place on 2 May 2002.[11]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: St Pancras and Somers Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Robinson 960 53.0
Labour Sybil Shine 902 49.8
Labour Ruth Stewart 865 47.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hanna 379 20.9
Liberal Democrats Fiona Palmer 353 19.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Myers 349 19.3
Conservative Simon Gray 263 14.5
Conservative Damian Keegan 259 14.3
Conservative James White 249 13.7
Green Una Sapietis 219 12.1
Socialist Alliance Pol O'Ceallaigh 211 11.6
Green Andrew Spring 124 6.8
Green Judith Stubbings 116 6.4
Turnout 5,249
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

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  1. ^ London Borough Council Elections (2002) Archived 2013-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Camden Town Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Camden summary" (PDF). LGBCE. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Final recommendations published for Camden". LGBCE. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  11. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 11 July 2024.