West Hampstead (ward)
Ward in Camden, London, United Kingdom
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West Hampstead is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. It was established for the May 2002 local elections. The population of West Hampstead ward is 11,658,[1] while the ward had an electorate of 8,322 in 2018.[2] It underwent minor boundary changes for the 2022 election. As of 2024[update], it forms part of the Hampstead and Highgate parliamentary constituency, whose MP is Tulip Siddiq (Labour).[3]
| West Hampstead | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council | |
 West Hampstead ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Camden |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 11,162 (2021)[a] |
| Electorate | 7,993 (2022) |
| Area | 0.7695 square kilometres (0.2971 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| ONS code | 00AGGX (2002–2022) |
| GSS code |
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List of councillors
| Term | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2014 | Keith Moffitt | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2002–2014 | John Bryant | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2002–2006 | Heather Thompson | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2006–2010 | Duncan Greenland | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2010–2014 | Gillian Risso-Gill | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2014–2018 | Phil Rosenberg | Labour | |
| 2014–2018 | Angela Pober | Labour | |
| 2014–2018 | James Yarde | Labour | |
| 2018–present | Nazma Rahman | Labour | |
| 2018–2025 | Shiva Tiwari[b] | Labour | |
| Conservative | |||
| 2018–2022 | Peter Taheri | Labour | |
| 2022–present | Sharon Hardwick | Labour | |
| 2025–present | Janet Grauberg | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2026–present | Patrick Stillman | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2026–present | Aarti Wadwani | Liberal Democrats | |
Camden council elections since 2022
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022.[5][6]
2026 election
The election took place on 7 May 2026
2026 Camden London Borough Council election: West Hampstead[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg* | 1,421 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Stillman | 1,164 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Aarti Wadhwani | 1,068 | |||
| Labour | Sharon Hardwick* | 782 | |||
| Green | Jane Walby | 661 | |||
| Labour | Leo Gordon | 629 | |||
| Green | Les Levidow | 601 | |||
| Labour | Tabby Merrison-Galvin | 596 | |||
| Green | Jason Pritchard | 586 | |||
| Conservative | Ewan Cameron | 376 | |||
| Conservative | Jacob Solon | 298 | |||
| Conservative | Aarti Joshi | 268 | |||
| Reform | Eitan Saloniki | 224 | |||
| Reform | Julios Samarxhiu | 201 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
2025 by-election
The by-election took place on 28 August 2025, following the resignation of Shiva Tiwari.[8] On 18 March 2025, Tiwari defected from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party.[9] CCTV footage published on 17 July 2025 showed a confrontation with a shop owner in West Hampstead, during which Tiwari threatened to close the business down.[10] He resigned from the Conservative Party and the council the same day.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg | 1,176 | 54.4 | +15.5 | |
| Labour | Francesca Reynolds | 458 | 21.2 | −23.3 | |
| Conservative | Ian Cohen | 222 | 10.3 | −6.2 | |
| Reform | Thomas Sterling | 155 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Green | Matthew Hull | 152 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Majority | 718 | 33.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,163 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2022 election
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Hardwick | 1,332 | 16.17 | ||
| Labour | Nazma Rahman | 1,262 | 15.32 | ||
| Labour | Shiva Tiwari | 1,202 | 14.59 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Grauberg | 1,164 | 14.13 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Elkan | 964 | 11.70 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pearson | 963 | 11.69 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Cohen | 494 | 6.00 | ||
| Conservative | Marcos Gold | 449 | 5.45 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Horne | 407 | 4.94 | ||
| Turnout | 8,237 | 35.8 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
2002–2022 Camden council elections
2018 election
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nazma Rahman | 1,390 | 14.4 | ||
| Labour | Shiva Tiwari | 1,267 | 13.1 | ||
| Labour | Peter Taheri | 1,260 | 13.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Brescia | 940 | 9.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Fox | 878 | 9.1 | ||
| Conservative | Sedef Akademir | 819 | 8.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nancy Jirira | 777 | 8.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mohammed Salim | 739 | 7.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mukul Hira | 723 | 7.4 | ||
| Green | Jane Milton | 335 | 3.4 | ||
| Green | Helena Paul | 290 | 3.0 | ||
| Green | David Stansell | 229 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 9,647 | 38.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Rosenberg | 1,179 | |||
| Labour | Angela Pober | 1,166 | |||
| Labour | James Yarde | 1,082 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 943 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Risso-Gill | 901 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 836 | |||
| Conservative | Nick Grierson | 811 | |||
| Conservative | Natalie Eliades | 800 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Saywell | 715 | |||
| Green | Zane Hannan | 343 | |||
| Green | Richard Griffiths | 327 | |||
| Green | Quentin Tyler | 250 | |||
| UKIP | Magnus Nielsen | 202 | |||
| TUSC | David Pearce | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 9,622 | 38.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
2010 election
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 2,061 | 38.0 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 2,014 | 37.1 | −9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Risso-Gill | 1,688 | 31.1 | −6.8 | |
| Labour | Virginia Berridge | 1,611 | 29.7 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Paul Ratner | 1,521 | 28.0 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Paul Church | 1,445 | 26.6 | +8.0 | |
| Labour | Carol Thomas | 1,292 | 23.8 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Boris Telyatnikov | 1,276 | 23.5 | +5.9 | |
| Labour | Miles Seaman | 1,258 | 23.2 | +2.0 | |
| Green | Tobias Davidson | 499 | 9.2 | −2.8 | |
| Green | Roderick Graham | 417 | 7.7 | −4.0 | |
| Green | Stuart Taylor | 355 | 6.5 | −4.2 | |
| Turnout | 5,436 | 61.8 | +30.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2006 election
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 1,189 | 46.3 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 1,107 | 41.7 | −6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Greenland | 974 | 37.9 | −10.1 | |
| Labour | Virginia Berridge | 672 | 26.2 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | Geoffrey Kingscote | 598 | 23.3 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | Charles Hedges | 545 | 21.2 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Elaine Mackover | 544 | 21.2 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | John Samiotis | 478 | 18.6 | +7.3 | |
| Conservative | Marcus Watzlaff | 451 | 17.6 | +5.0 | |
| Green | Lucy Thomas | 309 | 12.0 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Debra Green | 300 | 11.7 | +3.5 | |
| Green | Kari-Lourdes Dewar | 275 | 10.7 | +3.0 | |
| Turnout | 7,442 | 31.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2002 election
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[18]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Moffitt | 1,133 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 1,028 | 48.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Thompson | 1,016 | 48.0 | ||
| Labour | Marie Bardsley | 567 | 26.8 | ||
| Labour | Michael Broughton | 507 | 24.0 | ||
| Labour | Mari Williams | 469 | 22.2 | ||
| Conservative | Joanna Galloway | 268 | 12.7 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Cliff | 267 | 12.6 | ||
| Green | Samantha Baber | 256 | 12.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Samiotis | 240 | 11.3 | ||
| Green | Michael Hewitt-Hicks | 173 | 8.2 | ||
| Green | Lawrie Scovell | 163 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6,087 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||