Frognal (ward)

Frognal is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward represents Frognal in the western part of Hampstead. The ward previously existed between 1978 and 2002, and elected two councillors to Camden London Borough Council.^{[citation needed]} It was used again for the 2022 Camden London Borough Council election, where it again elected two councillors.^[1] The ward covers most of the area of the previous Frognal and Fitzjohns ward, which was abolished at the same time.^[2] In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 5,300.^[3] The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 5,965 in 2025.^[4]

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 Kilburn

Councillors

Election	Councillor	Party		Councillor	Party
1978	Alan Greengross		Conservative	Julian Harrison		Conservative
1982	Alan Greengross		Conservative	Gwyneth Williams		Conservative
1990	Pamela Chesters		Conservative	Giles Marshall		Conservative
1994	Pamela Chesters		Conservative	Dawn Somper		Conservative
2001 by-election	Mike Greene		Conservative	Dawn Somper		Conservative
2002	Ward abolished: see Frognal and Fitzjohns
2022	Andrew Parkinson		Conservative	Gio Spinella		Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 council election: Frognal^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Parkinson	923	52.13
	Conservative	Gio Spinella	890	50.27
	Labour	Suber Abdikarim	473	26.72
	Labour	John Carr	469	26.49
	Green	Charles Harris	276	15.59
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Bridge	274	15.48
	Liberal Democrats	Valdir Francisco	236	13.33
Turnout			3571	33.9

Elections in the 2000s

25 January 2001 by-election: Frognal^[7][8]

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

Elections in the 1990s

1998 council election: Frognal^[9]

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 council election: Frognal^[10]

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 council election: Frognal^[11]

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

Elections in the 1980s

1986 council election: Frognal^[12]

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 council election: Frognal^[13]

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

Elections in the 1970s

1978 council election: Frognal^[14]

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)

References

1. "The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". gov.uk. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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4. "Camden summary" (PDF). LGBCE. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
5. Rowlands, Jenny (5 April 2022). "Statement of Persons Nominated – Frognal". Camden London Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
6. "Local Council Elections 5 May 2022 Results". Camden London Borough Council. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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