Maida Vale (ward)

Maida Vale is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,210.^[1] The ward covers the area south of Kilburn, north of Little Venice and west of St John's Wood, bordered by Maida Vale (A5), Shirland Road, Sutherland Avenue and Kilburn Park Road. The ward contains Paddington Recreation Ground, Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Saint Augustine's church and is home to the BBC Maida Vale Studios. The area is served by Maida Vale station on the Bakerloo line, in addition to several bus routes running through the locality. There are two primary schools, Essendine Primary School and St Augustine's Primary School, two secondary schools, St Augustine's CE High School and St. George's Catholic School, in addition to three GP surgeries located in the ward.^[2]

Maida Vale
Electoral ward for the Westminster City Council
Borough	Westminster
County	Greater London
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
GSS code	E05013800 (2022–present)

The original Maida Vale ward, created in 1964, was larger in size and elected five councillors.^[3] 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, three candidates from the Labour Party were elected to represent the ward.

Councillors

1978–present

Three councillors represent Maida Vale ward.^[3] Notable past councillors include former MPs Lee Rowley (2006 to 2014) and Michael Shersby (1972 to 1997) and entrepreneur David Pitt-Watson (1986 to 1990).

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2022		Geoffrey Barraclough (Lab)		Iman Less (Lab)		Nafsika Butler-Thalassis (Lab)
2018	Rita Begum (Lab)
2014			Jan Prendergast (Con)		Thomas Crockett (Con)
2010		Alastair Moss (Con)		Lee Rowley (Con)
2006
2002	Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con)
1998		Susie Burbridge (Con)
1994		Martin Jiggens (Con)
1990			James Thorley (Con)
1986		Neale Coleman (Lab)		Jacqueline Rosenberg (Lab)		David Pitt-Watson (Lab)
1982	William McElroy (Lab)		Susan Wolff (Lab)
1978		Jeffrey Walker (Con)		Peter Hartley (Con)		Michael Farrow (Con)

1964–1978

Five councillors represented Maida Vale ward between 1964 and 1978.^[3]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1974		Tim Daniel (Lab)		June Bremner (Lab)		Keith Baker (Lab)		Joan Mulley (Lab)		William Robins (Lab)
1971	Peter Merriton (Lab)
1968		William Brooks (Con)		Elsie Lane (Con)		Herbert Hodgson (Con)		Gerard Wade (Con)		Michael Shersby (Con)
1966 by-election*	Raymond Brown (Con)
1964			George O'Connell (Con)

*1966 by-election caused by the death of George O'Connell.

Election results

Like the other wards of Westminster, Maida Vale is represented by three councillors on Westminster City Council. The last election was held on 5 May 2022, when all three councillors were elected representing the Labour Party. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).^[3]

2022 election

Maida Vale ward election, 5 May 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Mark Barraclough*	1,590	62.5
	Labour	Nafsika Butler-Thalassis*	1,531	60.2
	Labour	Iman Less	1,411	55.5
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast	833	32.8
	Conservative	Mohammed Janal	719	28.3
	Conservative	Iheoma Oteh	689	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Harriet Elizabeth Sergeant	247	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Joshua Nisbet	168	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Howard Toeman	139	5.5
Turnout			2,543	34.02
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

Maida Vale ward, 3 May 2018^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Barraclough	1,306	47.9	+11.6
	Labour	Rita Begum *	1,301	47.8	+4.4
	Labour	Nafsika Butler-Thalassis	1,254	46.0	+10.8
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast *	1,195	43.9	−6.0
	Conservative	Amanda Lilian Langford	1,084	39.8	−3.6
	Conservative	Nathan Patrick Parsad	1,079	39.6	+2.8
	Green	Lynnet Jane Pready	246	9.0	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Haude Jeanne Rose Lannon Polner	202	7.4	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Francis Cox	160	5.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Jack Goodman	157	5.8	N/A
Majority			59	2.1
Turnout			7984	40.8	+5.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2014 election

Maida Vale ward, 22 May 2014^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast *	1,222	49.9
	Labour	Rita Begum	1,063	43.4
	Conservative	Thomas Crockett	1,063	43.4
	Conservative	Frixos Tombolis	902	36.8
	Labour	Eram Ayub	889	36.3
	Labour	Romena Toki	861	35.2
	Green	Peter William Ronald Duke	399	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Welch	288	11.8
Majority			161	6.6
Turnout			6687	35.8	−22.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010 election

Maida Vale ward, 6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast *	2,085
	Conservative	Alastair Moss *	1,794
	Conservative	Lee Rowley *	1,724
	Labour	Peter Denton	1,413
	Labour	John Edwards	1,193
	Labour	Ewan McGaughey	1,170
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Magnin	806
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gray	726
	Green	Peter Duke	569
	UKIP	Simon Seligman	79
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

Maida Vale ward, 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast *	1,489
	Conservative	Alastair Moss *	1,406
	Conservative	Lee Rowley	1,357
	Labour	Mark Davies	535
	Labour	Peter Denton	522
	Labour	Adam Kravitz	497
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Couchman	294
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Farmer	263
	Liberal Democrats	Zena Lutrin	247
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

Maida Vale ward, 4 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Prendergast *	1,179
	Conservative	Ronald Raymond-Cox *	1,108
	Conservative	Alastair Moss	1,066
	Labour	David Lancaster	780
	Labour	Syed Hayat	762
	Labour	Albert Catterall	745
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Couchman	279
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Scott	237
	Liberal Democrats	Zena Lutrin	201
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Little Venice ward