King's Cross (ward)

King's Cross 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 councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The ward was subject to boundary revisions in 1971, 1978 and 2002 which also adjusted the number of councillors returned. The most recent change in 2022 significantly altered the boundaries of the ward. The ward has been dominated by councillors standing as Labour Party candidates throughout its existence.

King's Cross
Electoral ward for the Camden London Borough Council
King's Cross ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Camden
County	Greater London
Population	11,462 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,030 (2022)
Area	1.065 square kilometres (0.411 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1964–1971: 3 1971–1978: 4 1978–2002: 2 2002–present: 3
Councillors	Jonathan Simpson   Lotis Bautista   Liam Martin-Lane
ONS code	00AGGS (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05000141 (2002–2022) E05013666 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	Clifford Tucker		Labour
1964–1968	John Diamond		Labour
1964–1968	Arthur Graves		Labour
1968–1971	John Glendinning		Conservative
1968–1971	Ian Clarke		Conservative
1968–1971	Thomas Morris		Conservative
1971–1978	Lyndal Evans		Labour
1971–1974	Joseph Jacob		Labour
1971–1974	Michael Cendrowicz		Labour
1971–1978	David Offenbach		Labour
1974–1978	David Windsor		Labour
1974–1978	Margaret Robertson		Labour
1978–1982	Anthony Craig		Labour
1978–1981	Roderick Cordara		Labour
1981–1990	Barbara Hughes		Labour
1998–2006			Labour
1982–1990	Anthony Dykes		Labour
1990–1994	Gloria Lazenby		Labour
1990–1998	John White		Labour
1994–1998	Angus Walker		Labour
1998–2006	Nick Smith		Labour
2002–2010	Geethika Jayatilaka		Labour
2006–2022	Abdul Hai		Labour
2006–present	Jonathan Simpson		Labour
2010–2018	Sarah Hayward		Labour
2018–2022	Georgie Robertson		Labour
2022–present	Lotis Bautista		Labour
2022–present	Liam Martin-Lane		Labour

Camden council elections since 2022

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

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lotis Bautista	1,317	68.4
	Labour	Liam Martin-Lane	1,256	65.2
	Labour	Jonathan Simpson	1,205	62.6
	Green	Alex Smith	417	21.7
	Conservative	Catherine Frost	249	12.9
	Conservative	Douglas de Morais	219	11.4
	Conservative	Clementine Manning	218	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Baktis	214	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Newman	185	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Fleming	167	8.7
Turnout			1,926	27.4
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Camden council elections

King's Cross ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covered parts of the Bloomsbury and Kings Cross neighbourhoods. It was separated from Bloomsbury ward by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden ward 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.

The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843.^[2] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 7,274.^[3]

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[4]

2018 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Simpson	1,191	60.6	+10.0
	Labour	Georgie Robertson	1,180	60.1	+4.4
	Labour	Abdul Hai	1,130	57.5	+3.5
	Green	Emma Barker	377	19.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Robyn Gardner	281	14.3	−1.0
	Conservative	Adam Lester	242	12.3	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	239	12.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Samuel Dyas	205	10.4	−4.8
	Green	Nicola Hart	198	10.1	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Johnson	174	8.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ekaterina Kirk	171	8.7	+1.3
	Green	Les Levidow	157	8.0	−8.9
	Democrats and Veterans	Robert Connor	62	3.2	N/A
Turnout				29.72
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[5]

2014 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

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

2010 election

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

2010 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

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 Milford	454	3.51
	Green	Rienzi Trento	337	2.61
	Green	Una Sapietis	427	3.31
Turnout			12,880	53.42
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[7]

2006 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

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

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[8]

2002 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	855	52.3
	Labour	Geethika Jayatilaka	730	44.6
	Labour	Nick Smith	710	43.4
	Conservative	Barbara Douglass	353	21.6
	Conservative	Charles Costa	344	21.0
	Conservative	Mark Haley	318	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	310	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Tucker	243	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Erich Wagner	216	13.2
	Green	Richard Thomas	169	10.3
	Green	Audrey Poppy	157	9.6
	Green	Lucia Nella	149	9.1
	CPA	Elsa Pontes-Betee	46	2.8
Turnout			4,600
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Camden council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.^[9]

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[10]

1998 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	833
	Labour	Nick Smith	766
	Conservative	James Atkin	269
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Gandy	240
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Freedman	232
	Conservative	Robert Ricketts	211
Turnout			2,551	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[11]

1994 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angus Walker	1,180
	Labour	John White	1,109
	Conservative	Grace Gorer	333
	Conservative	Norma Simon	314
	Liberal Democrats	David Charlesworth	300
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[12]

1990 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria Lazenby	1,079	51.00
	Labour	John White	969
	Conservative	George Glossop	438	21.01
	Conservative	John Wilson	405
	Green	John Simpson	263	13.10
	Liberal Democrats	Casper Wrede	158	7.87
	Camden Charter	Cathal McGirr	141	7.02
Registered electors			4,535
Turnout			1866	41.15
Rejected ballots			9	0.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[13]

1986 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	1,113
	Labour	Anthony Dykes	1,094
	Conservative	George Glossop	402
	Conservative	James Turner	382
	Alliance	Thomas Hibbert	282
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[14]

1982 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	812
	Labour	Anthony Dykes	802
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	532
	Conservative	Stephen Robins	526
	Alliance	Thomas Hibbert	411
	Alliance	Derek Lowe	356
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1981 by-election

The by-election took place on 7 May 1981, following the resignation of Roderick Cordara.^[14] It was held on the same day as the 1981 Greater London Council election.

1981 King's Cross by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	813
	Conservative	Derek Lowe	573
	Liberal	Thomas Hibbert	320
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[15]

1978 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Craig	840
	Labour	Roderick Cordara	812
	Conservative	John Glendinning	777
	Conservative	Aileen Griffith	758
	Communist	Patricia Langton	48
	Workers Revolutionary	Margaret Obank	40
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour 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.^[16]

1974 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Offenbach	1,745	51.8
	Labour	David Windsor	1,730
	Labour	Margaret Robertson	1,721
	Labour	Lyndal Evans	1,698
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,193	35.4
	Conservative	Graham Hirschfield	1,110
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	1,108
	Conservative	Kenneth Graham	1,089
	Liberal	John Bishop	431	12.8
	Liberal	Anthony Connell	405
	Liberal	Raymond Marks	363
	Liberal	Margaret Maclaren	360
Turnout				36.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[17]

1971 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndal Evans	2,080	58.2
	Labour	Joseph Jacob	2,057
	Labour	Michael Cendrowicz	2,034
	Labour	David Offenbach	2,032
	Conservative	Ian Clarke	1,494	41.8
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,481
	Conservative	Edith Martin	1,466
	Conservative	Joy Burgess	1,436
Turnout				36.0
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1971 Camden council elections

External images
King's Cross ward boundaries from 1965 to 1971 (west)
King's Cross ward boundaries from 1965 to 1971 (east)

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.^[18]

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[19]

1968 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Glendinning	1,689	60.5
	Conservative	Ian Clarke	1,680
	Conservative	Thomas Morris	1,672
	Labour	Beverley Rowe	1,106	39.5
	Labour	John Diamond	1,096
	Labour	Louis Bondy	1,083
Turnout				32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[20]

1964 Camden London Borough Council election: King's Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Tucker	1,876
	Labour	John Diamond	1,857
	Labour	Arthur Graves	1,810
	Conservative	Joyce Burgess	1,523
	Conservative	William McGowan	1,492
	Conservative	Thomas Morris	1,473
Turnout			3,410	36.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries