Little Venice (ward)

Little Venice is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,633.^[1] The ward covers the area south of Maida Vale and north of Paddington, bound by the Westway, Edgware Road and Grand Union Canal. The Regent's Canal runs through the ward to Little Venice basin, and it is served by Warwick Avenue station on the Bakerloo line, in addition to several bus routes running through the area. There are three primary schools, St Joseph's RC Primary School, St Saviour's CofE Primary School and Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, and one GP surgery in the ward.^[2]

Little Venice
Electoral ward for the Westminster City Council
Borough	Westminster
County	Greater London
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
GSS code	E05013799 (2022–present)

The locality known as Little Venice was largely represented by the original Maida Vale ward, created in 1964, which elected five councillors. For the May 1978 election, the ward was split into two: Maida Vale and Little Venice, each electing three councillors. There were minor boundary changes in 2002 and 2022.

The ward currently returns three councillors to Westminster City Council, with an election every four years. At the last election in May 2022, two candidates from the Conservative Party and one from the Labour Party were elected to represent the ward.

Councillors

Three councillors represent Little Venice ward.^[3] Notable councillors include Melvyn Caplan, leader of Westminster City Council (1995 to 2000) and deputy leader (until 2021),^[4] Jonathan Lord, MP for Woking and deputy leader of Westminster Council (1998 to 2000),^[5] Nick St Aubyn, former MP for Guildford (1997 to 2001), and Anne Weyman, vice-chair of Britain for Europe.^[6]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2022		Lorraine Dean (Con)		Melvyn Caplan (Con)		Sara Hassan (Lab)
2018			Matthew Charles Green (Con)
2014		Ian Adams (Con)			Barbara Jolanda Arzymanow (Con)
2010			Margaret Doyle (Con)
2006
2002			Barbara Schmeling (Con)
1998		Jonathan Lord (Con)
1994			Julia Hunt (Con)
1990		Anthony Alford (Con)
1986		Isla Robertson (Lab)		Helen Goldfarb (Lab)		David Obaze (Lab)
1982		Robin Walker (Con)		Nick St Aubyn (Con)		Ian Walker (Con)
1978		Stephen Molyneux (Lab)		Anne Weyman (Lab)		Christopher Bulford (Lab)

Election results

Like the other wards of Westminster, Little Venice is represented by three councillors on Westminster City Council. The last election was held on 5 May 2022, when all three councillors were elected. Two councillors represent the Conservative Party and one represents the Labour Party. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).^[7]

2022 election

Little Venice ward election, 5 May 2022^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorraine Dean*	1,140
	Conservative	Melvyn Bernard Caplan*	1,136
	Labour	Sara Hassan	1,104
	Conservative	Matthew Charles Green*	1088
	Labour	Rosie Wrighting	1071
	Labour	Murad Qureshi	1053
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Magnin	231
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Nigel Stokes	196
	Liberal Democrats	Bahram Alimoradian	161
Majority
Turnout			2480	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2018 election

Little Venice ward, 3 May 2018^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn Bernard Caplan*	1,479	50.4
	Conservative	Lorraine Dean	1,422
	Conservative	Matthew Charles Green	1,354
	Labour	Sue Wolff	1,177	40.1
	Labour	Iman Less	1,148
	Labour	Murad Qureshi	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Veronique Magnin	307	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin John Hurdis	275
	Liberal Democrats	Roberto Jose Ekholm	264
Majority
Turnout			8553	44.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 election

Little Venice ward, 22 May 2014^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn Bernard Caplan*	1,102	51.4
	Conservative	Ian Adams*	1,076
	Conservative	Barbara Jolanda Arzymanow	1,075
	Labour	Sue Wolff	695	32.4
	Labour	Betty Moini	680
	Labour	Aicha Less	664
	Green	Lynnet Jane Pready	346	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bahram Alimoradian	169	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roberto Ekholm	157
Majority
Turnout			5964	32.5	−25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010 election

Little Venice ward, 6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan*	1,966	44.9
	Conservative	Margaret M. Doyle*	1,920
	Conservative	Ian Adams*	1,884
	Labour	Mark Davies	1291	29.5
	Labour	Aicha Less	680
	Labour	Romena Toki	907
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	676	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bahram Alimoradian	658
	Liberal Democrats	Roberto Ekholm	592
	Green	Lynnet J. Pready	442	10.1
Majority
Turnout				57.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

Little Venice ward, 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan*	1,266	63.8
	Conservative	Margaret M. Doyle	1,248
	Conservative	Ian Adams*	1,246
	Labour	David E.R. Obaze	405	20.4
	Labour	John A. Edwardes	402
	Labour	Andrew Blick	399
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan J. Wardle	312	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy K. Swan	218
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	271
Majority
Turnout				29.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

Little Venice ward, 2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan*	1,177	65.1
	Conservative	Ian Adams	1,159
	Conservative	Barbara J. Schmeling*	1,147
	Labour	Paul A. O'Donnell	395	21.8
	Labour	Beryl J. Leaver	377
	Labour	Basma M.A. Elsafi	374
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ryan	236	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dearden	214
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	199
Majority
Turnout				27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998 election

Little Venice ward, 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan*	1,352	60.4
	Conservative	Barbara J. Schmeling	1,318
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord*	1,317
	Labour	Joseph Hegarty	689	30.8
	Labour	Guthrie K. McKie	655
	Labour	David E.R. Obaze	642
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth D. Simms	199	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	David R. Brewin	166
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	164
Majority
Turnout				37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1994 election

Little Venice ward, 5 May 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia K. Hunt*	1,461	53.3
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan*	1,453
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord	1,405
	Labour	Margaret E. Cahill	1064	38.8
	Labour	David E.R. Obaze	1023
	Labour	Francis M. Prideaux	995
	Liberal Democrats	Martin J. Sale	215	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	David R. Brewin	201
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	196
Majority
Turnout				52.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 election

Little Venice ward, 3 May 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn B. Caplan	1,704	53.7
	Conservative	Julia K. Hunt	1,680
	Conservative	Anthony P.R. Alford	1,680
	Labour	Isla Robertson*	1285	40.5
	Labour	Linda C. Hardman	1274
	Labour	David E.R. Obaze*	1255
	Liberal Democrats	Paul E.M. Reynolds	182	5.7
Majority
Turnout				59.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1986 election

Little Venice ward, 8 May 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isla B. Robertson	1,041	32.1
	Labour	Helen A. Goldfarb	976
	Labour	David E.R. Obaze	975
	Conservative	Nicholas F. St Aubyn*	939	29.0
	Conservative	Simon J. Morris	906
	Conservative	Iain B. Walker*	898
	Alliance	Michael G.M. Cousins	634	19.3
	Alliance	Brian D. Cuthbertson	627	19.3
	Alliance	Joe Aveline	582
Majority
Turnout				46.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1982 election

Little Venice ward, 6 May 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin C.A. Walker	1,180	36.7
	Conservative	Nicholas F. St Aubyn	1,171
	Conservative	Ian B. Walker	1,163
	Labour	Phil Molyneux	983	30.6
	Labour	Andrew C. Gregg	977
	Labour	Gavin J. Millar	956
	Alliance	Mark A.O. Davis	552	17.2
	Alliance	Gabriel Bowman	521
	Alliance	Wilfrid Pickard	499	15.5
Majority
Turnout				41.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1978 election

Little Venice ward, 4 May 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen P. Molyneux	1,344	45.8
	Labour	Anne J. Weyman	1,321
	Labour	Christopher L. Bulford	1,276
	Conservative	Rachel T.A. Gardner	1218	41.5
	Conservative	Simon J. Mabey	1214
	Conservative	Anne M. Jobson	1210
	Liberal	Thomas A. Kingston	278	9.5
	Save London Alliance	Carol R. Dorrington-Ward	92	3.1
	Save London Alliance	Kathleen M. Porritt	61
	Save London Alliance	Vincent Saunders	40
Majority
Turnout				40.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Maida Vale ward