King's Cross (ward)

King's Cross
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	1 April 1965
Named for	King's Cross

King's Cross is a ward of 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. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843.

Councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2010–present	Sarah Hayward	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2006-present	Abdul Hai	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2002–present	Jonathan Simpson	Labour

1965–1978

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.

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.

From 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covers parts of Bloomsbury and Kings Cross, which also crosses into St Pancras and Somers Town and the London Borough of Islington. For elections to Parliament, King's Cross is part of Holborn and St Pancras.

Kings Cross lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and Holborn and Covent Garden). It is separated from Bloomsbury by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden 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.

Election results

Like all other wards of Camden, King's Cross is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. They are all elected for the Labour Party.

King's Cross ward election, 2014

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

King's Cross ward election, 6 May 2010

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

King's Cross ward election, 4 May 2006

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