Frognal (ward)

Frognal
ward for Camden Council
Boundary of Frognal in Camden.
County	Greater London
Electorate	5,300
Current ward
Created	2022 (2022)
Councillor	None
Number of councillors	Two
Created from	Frognal and Fitzjohns
1978 (1978)–2002 (2002)
Number of councillors	Two
Replaced by	Frognal and Fitzjohns
UK Parliament constituency	Hampstead and Highgate

Frognal is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Camden. The ward was originally created in 1978 and abolished in 2002. It was created again in 2022. It returns two councillors to Camden London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1978–1990	Alan Greengross		Conservative
1978–1982	Julian Harrison		Conservative
1982–1990	Gwyneth Williams		Conservative
1990–2000	Pamela Chesters		Conservative
1990–1994	Giles Marshall		Conservative
1994–2002	Dawn Somper		Conservative
2001–2002	Mike Green		Conservative
2022–present	Andrew Parkinson		Conservative
2022–2024	Gio Spinella		Conservative
2024–present	Steven Adams		Conservative

Camden council elections since 2022

Frognal ward boundaries since 2022

2024 by-election

The by-election was held on 2 May 2024, following the resignation of Gio Spinella.[1] It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, the 2024 London Assembly election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London.[2]

2024 Frognal by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Adams	1,103	49.8%	+2.4%
	Labour	Simon Lickert	519	23.5%	−0.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hoyle	372	16.8%	+2.7%
	Green	Charles Harris	219	9.9%	−4.3%
Turnout			2,213
	Conservative hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[3]

2022 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Parkinson	923	52.1%
	Conservative	Gio Spinella	890	50.3%
	Labour	Suber Abdikarim	473	26.7%
	Labour	John Carr	469	26.5%
	Green	Charles Harris	276	15.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Bridge	274	15.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Valdir Francisco	236	13.3%
Turnout			3,571	33.9%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

1978–2002 Camden council elections

Frognal ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

2001 by-election

The by-election took place on 25 January 2001.[4]

2001 Frognal by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Greene	537	61.6
	Labour	Marie E. Bardsley	198	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin P. Wright	98	11.2
	Green	Ceinwen M. Jones	23	2.6
	Independent	Antoine J. Clarke	16	1.8
Majority			339	38.9
Turnout			872	18.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.[5]

1998 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Chesters	687
	Conservative	Dawn Somper	640
	Labour	Anne Robertson	311
	Labour	Helen Seaford	279
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara How	272
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Barnes	253
	Green	Charles Harris	136
Majority			329
Turnout				30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.[6]

1994 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Chesters	800	50.2
	Conservative	Dawn Somper	658	41.3
	Labour	Dianne Hayter	420	26.3
	Labour	Regan Scott	378	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara How	311	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Barnes	300	18.8
	Hampstead Charter	Helen Marcus	270	16.9
	Green	Sebastian Secker Walker	143	9.0
Majority			238	14.9
Turnout			1,595	40.7
Registered electors			3,918
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.[7]

1990 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Beveridge	1,109	58.7
	Conservative	Giles Marshall	1,058	56.0
	Labour	Dianne Hayter	343	18.1
	Labour	Regan Scott	302	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara How	226	12.0
	Green	Sebastian Secker Walker	224	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Barnes	209	11.1
Majority			715	37.8
Turnout			1,890	44.6
Registered electors			4,242
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 election

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

1986 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	930
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	905
	Labour	Amber Dobson	479
	Labour	David Richter	446
	Alliance	Nicola-Jane Taylor	401
	Alliance	Hilary Billins	383
Majority			426
Turnout				44.5
Registered electors			4,214
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.[9]

1982 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	1,170
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	1,124
	Alliance	William Laing	603
	Alliance	Richard Waddington	594
	Labour	Stella Greenall	346
	Labour	Marie Kosloff	330
Majority			521
Turnout				45.5
Registered electors			4,167
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.[10]

1978 Camden London Borough Council election: Frognal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	1,363
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	1,319
	Labour	Alan Yates	481
	Labour	Richard Wigley	453
	Liberal	Brian Sugden	258
Majority			838
Turnout				43.6
Registered electors			4,912
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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