Highgate (Camden ward)

Not to be confused with Highgate (Haringey ward).

Highgate is an electoral ward in 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. It returns three councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The boundaries of the ward were subject to minor changes in May 1978, April 1994, May 2002 and May 2022.

Highgate
Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council
Highgate (Camden) ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Camden
County	Greater London
Population	10,200 (1966) 10,226 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,703 (1964) 7,550 (1978) 7,048 (1994) 7,936 (2002) 7,880 (2022)
Area	2.981 square kilometres (1.151 sq mi) (1968) 3.188 square kilometres (1.231 sq mi) (2022)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Councillors	3
ONS code	00AGGN (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05000137 (2002–2022) E05013661 (2022–present)

History

In October 2019, during its review of the London Borough of Camden, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) proposed removing Dartmouth Park from the Highgate ward. Dartmouth Park would be represented by two councillors while the rest of Highgate would be represented by one councillor.^[1] This was met with "anger" from local residents, and the LGBCE's final recommendations for Camden, published in February 2020, included only a single three-member ward for Highgate, accepting that "its previous proposal a two-councillor ward alongside a one-councillor ward would have divided local communities."^[2]

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968 1978–1986	Martin Morton		Conservative
1964–1968	William Brennan		Conservative
1964–1968	Roland Walker		Conservative
1968–1969	Peter Brooke		Conservative
1968–1974	Ronald Walker		Conservative
1968–1971	Denis Friis		Conservative
1969–1971	Harriet Greenway		Conservative
1971–1978	John Carrier		Labour
1971–1974	Christopher Fenwick		Conservative
1974–1978	Jeanne Cox		Labour
1974–1978	Albert Crouch		Labour
1978–1982	Roger James		Conservative
1978–1982	Derek Spencer		Conservative
1982–1986	Anthony Blackburn		Conservative
1982–1990	Barbara Beck		Labour
1986–2006	Margaret Cosin		Labour
1986–1992	John Wakeham		Labour
1990–2002	Richard Arthur		Labour
1992–1998	Deborah Sacks		Labour
1998–2006	John Thane		Labour
2002–2006	Abdul Quadir		Labour
2006–2014	Maya De Souza		Green
2006–2008	Paul Barton		Conservative
2006–2010	Adrian Oliver		Green
2008–2010	Alex Goodman		Green
2010–2014	Valerie Leach		Labour
2010–2011	Michael Nicolaides		Labour
2011–2018	Sally Gimson		Labour
2014–2022	Oliver Lewis		Labour
2014–2023	Siân Berry		Green
2018–present	Anna Wright		Labour
2022–present	Camron Aref-Adib		Labour
2023–present	Lorna Russell		Green

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

1964

1968

1971

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   Conservative
•   Labour
•   Green

Camden council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022. There was a small transfer of population in the Sanderson Close and Carrol Close area from Highgate to the new ward of Kentish Town North.

2023 by-election

The by-election took place on 30 November 2023, following the resignation of Siân Berry.^[3]

2023 Highgate by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lorna Russell	1,513	58.7	15.0
	Labour	Tricia Leman	740	28.7	13.5
	Conservative	Wakjira Feyesa	240	9.3	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Farrell Monk	84	3.3	1.3
Majority			773	30.0
Turnout			2,577	33.2
	Green hold		Swing	14.3

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[4]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Siân Berry	1,967	51.0	+0.9
	Labour	Anna Wright	1,898	49.2	+7.1
	Labour	Camron Aref-Adib	1,809	46.9	+5.1
	Labour	Panny Antoniou	1,527	39.6	+2.6
	Green	Lorna Russell	1,460	37.8	+6.7
	Green	David Stansell	929	24.1	−4.9
	Conservative	Paul Farrow	431	11.2	−4.8
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	403	10.4	−1.7
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	380	9.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Munro Price	206	5.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	188	4.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pickthall	172	4.5	−1.4
Turnout			3,859	49.0	−1.42
	Green win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

Highgate (Camden) ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. Highgate ward took in an area south of the Gospel Oak to Barking railway line including the Sanderson Close and Carrol Close area and a triangle of industrial land surrounded by railways.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[5]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Siân Berry	2,073
	Labour	Anna Wright	1,741
	Labour	Oliver Lewis	1,727
	Labour	Maddy Raman	1,530
	Green	Kirsten De Keyser	1,387
	Green	John Holmes	1,197
	Conservative	Simone Finn	563
	Conservative	Ben Seifert	501
	Conservative	Jim Ormiston	493
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Djurkovic	284
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	248
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Raymond Pickthall	245
	Independent	Emily O'Mara	83
	Independent	Constantine Buhayer	48
Turnout			12,120	50.42
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[6]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Gimson	1,739
	Labour	Oliver Lewis	1,664
	Green	Siân Berry	1,642
	Labour	Valerie Leach	1,567
	Green	Matthew Johnston	1,252
	Green	Robert McCracken	1,099
	Conservative	Beth Charlesworth	763
	Conservative	Will Blair	727
	Conservative	Will Dilnott-Cooper	662
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	232
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Charles Hay	198
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wright	130
Turnout			11,702	50.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

2011 by-election

The by-election took place on 15 September 2011, following the resignation of Michael Nicolaides.^[6]

2011 Highgate by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Gimson	1,178	41.6	+12.6
	Green	Alexis Rowell	947	33.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Anthony Denyer	593	21.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hay	111	3.9	−16.3
Majority			231	8.2
Turnout			2,829	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[7]

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Maya De Souza	1,889	33.0	−2.3
	Labour	Valerie Leach	1,800	31.4	+4.5
	Labour	Michael Nicolaides	1,661	29.0	+4.6
	Labour	Michael Way	1,625	28.4	+5.3
	Green	Naomi Aptowitzer	1,467	25.6	−6.4
	Green	Tristan Smith	1,307	22.8	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Clayton	1,255	21.9	+11.2
	Conservative	Anthony Denyer	1,254	21.9	−10.4
	Conservative	Beth Charlesworth	1,239	21.6	−8.3
	Conservative	Stephen Daughton	1,223	21.3	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten De Keyser	1,047	18.3	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Simmons	947	16.5	+7.9
Turnout			16,714	69.9	+22.4
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

2008 by-election

The by-election took place on 1 May 2008, following the resignation of Paul Barton.^[8][7]

2008 Highgate by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex Goodman	1,482	33.1	−0.5
	Labour	Michael Nicolaides	1,185	26.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	1,180	26.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	633	14.1	+3.9
Majority			297	6.6
Turnout			4,480	56.5
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[9]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Maya De Souza	1,336
	Conservative	Paul Barton	1,221
	Green	Adrian Oliver	1,210
	Green	Quentin Tyler	1,159
	Conservative	Gary Benardout	1,129
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	1,121
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,016
	Labour	George Queen	922
	Labour	John Thane	873
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	406
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Watkins	356
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wainewright	325
Turnout			11,074	47.5
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[10]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	972
	Labour	John Thane	861
	Labour	Abdul Quadir	849
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	813
	Green	Siân Berry	811
	Conservative	Simon Baker	790
	Conservative	Janice Lavery	775
	Green	Adrian Oliver	768
	Green	Mark Smith	715
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Wheeler	384
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Waddington	376
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	332
	Socialist Alliance	Sean Thompson	219
Turnout			8,665
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1994–2002 Camden council elections

The boundaries of the ward were adjusted on 1 April 1994.^[11] The Highgate ward and Camden borough boundaries were realigned to Hampstead Lane, which transferred 0.09 square kilometres (0.035 sq mi) and a population of 142 from Highgate (Haringey) ward to Highgate (Camden) ward.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[12]

1998 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,275
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,252
	Labour	John Thane	1,141
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	930
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	869
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	825
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Macauley	666
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Waddington	594
	Green	Paul Gannon	471
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mair	457
Turnout			8,480	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[13]

1994 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,805
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,795
	Labour	Deborah Sacks	1,731
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	890
	Conservative	Martyn Fisher	833
	Conservative	Tanya Warburg	801
	Green	Walter Eyres	628
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Waddington	525
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Molesworth	520
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	484
Turnout				50.3%
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–1994 Camden council elections

Highgate (Camden) ward boundaries from 1978 to 1994

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978. Highgate ward took in more of the Dartmouth Park area, north of the Gospel Oak to Barking railway line, that had previously been part of the Gospel Oak and St John's wards.

1992 by-election

The by-election took place on 15 October 1992, following the resignation of John Wakeham.^[14]

1992 Highgate by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Sacks	994
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	848
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Potts	328
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[15]

1990 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,785	45.01
	Labour	Richard Arthur	1,780
	Labour	John Wakeham	1,598
	Conservative	Cynthia Silk	1,084	26.91
	Conservative	John Steinberg	1,010
	Conservative	Michael Stilwell	992
	Green	Peter Forrest	502	12.58
	Green	Jennifer M. Jones	460
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen L. Molesworth	329	7.50
	Liberal Democrats	Mark E.K. Withers	268
	Liberal Democrats	Gertrude F.M. Sington	265
	Camden Charter	Mary C. Hodgson-Bennett	239	5.99
	Camden Charter	Olive R.M. Gatenby	226
	Camden Charter	Jennifer P. Page	223
	Tenants' Representative	Laurence Williams	77	2.01
Registered electors			7,444
Turnout			3802	51.07
Rejected ballots			8	0.21
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[16]

1986 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Beck	1,966
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,844
	Labour	John Wakeham	1,739
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,185
	Conservative	Lesley Fields	1,129
	Conservative	Peter Horne	1,109
	Alliance	James McKinley	901
	Alliance	Christina Schopflin	896
	Alliance	Margaret Jackson-Roberts	890
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[17]

1982 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	1,504
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,473
	Labour	Barbara Beck	1,463
	Labour	Beresford Wilkinson	1,418
	Labour	Donald Harkness	1,393
	Conservative	Lilian O'Callaghan	1,377
	Alliance	Catherine Walton	1,151
	Alliance	John Coss	1,143
	Alliance	Malcolm Winsbury	1,049
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[18]

1978 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Morton	2,026
	Conservative	Roger James	1,961
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	1,966
	Labour	Walter Burgess	1,809
	Labour	David Webster	1,787
	Labour	Albert Crouch	1,774
	Communist	Margaret Lee	194
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1971–1978 Camden council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1971.

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[19]

1974 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Carrier	1,607	44.5
	Labour	Jeanne Cox	1,462
	Labour	Albert J. Crouch	1,380
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,369	37.9
	Conservative	Christopher Fenwick	1,319
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	1,306
	Liberal	Clive Coates	423	11.7
	Liberal	Alfred Cook	395
	Communist	Peter Richards	210	5.8
Turnout				48.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[20]

1971 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	1,735	46.6
	Labour	John Carrier	1,724	46.3
	Conservative	Christopher Fenwick	1,715
	Conservative	Denis Friis	1,711
	Labour	Jeanne Cox	1,703
	Labour	Bernard Miller	1,656
	Communist	Jean Davis	262	7.0
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1971 Camden council elections

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Highgate (Camden) ward boundaries from 1965 to 1971

1969 by-election

The by-election took place on 4 December 1969, following the resignation of Peter Brooke.^[20]

1969 Highgate by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harriet Greenway	1,426
	Labour	J. Needham	1027
	Communist	J. Nicholson	81
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[21]

1968 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Brooke	2,185	59.4
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	2,165
	Conservative	Denis Friis	2,119
	Labour	Peter Jonas	1,275	35.1
	Labour	John Palmer	1,274
	Labour	Florence Freeman	1,272
	Liberal	Joyce Arram	216	3.9
	Liberal	Richard Franklin	207
	Communist	Winston Pinder	174	1.6
Turnout				47.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[22]

1964 Camden London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Morton	2,067
	Conservative	William Brennan	2,062
	Conservative	Roland Walker	2,054
	Labour	Corin Hughes-Stanton	1,465
	Labour	Richard Andrews	1,440
	Labour	Ivy Tate	1,380
	Communist	Walter Davis	276
Turnout			3,622	47.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries