King's Cross is an electoral ward in 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. It returns councillors to Camden London Borough Council. The ward was subject to boundary revisions in 1971, 1978 and 2002 which also adjusted the number of councillors returned. The most recent change in 2022 significantly altered the boundaries of the ward. The ward has been dominated by councillors standing as Labour Party candidates throughout its existence.
List of councillors Term Councillor Party 1964–1968 Clifford Tucker 1964–1968 John Diamond 1964–1968 Arthur Graves 1968–1971 John Glendinning 1968–1971 Ian Clarke 1968–1971 Thomas Morris 1971–1978 Lyndal Evans 1971–1974 Joseph Jacob 1971–1974 Michael Cendrowicz 1971–1978 David Offenbach 1974–1978 David Windsor 1974–1978 Margaret Robertson 1978–1982 Anthony Craig 1978–1981 Roderick Cordara 1981–1990 Barbara Hughes 1998–2006 1982–1990 Anthony Dykes 1990–1994 Gloria Lazenby 1990–1998 John White 1994–1998 Angus Walker 1998–2006 Nick Smith 2002–2010 Geethika Jayatilaka 2006–2022 Abdul Hai 2006–present Jonathan Simpson 2010–2018 Sarah Hayward 2018–2022 Georgie Robertson 2022–present Lotis Bautista 2022–present Liam Martin-Lane
Camden council elections since 2022 There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2022.
2026 election The election took place on 7 May 2026.
2022 election The election took place on 5 May 2022.
2002–2022 Camden council elections
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 2002. The ward covered parts of the Bloomsbury and Kings Cross neighbourhoods. It was separated from Bloomsbury ward by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden ward 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.
The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843. In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 7,274.
2018 election The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2014 election The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2010 election The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.
2006 election The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2002 election The election took place on 2 May 2002.
1978–2002 Camden council elections There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1978.London Borough Council Elections (1978)
1998 election The election took place on 7 May 1998.
1994 election The election took place on 5 May 1994.
1990 election The election took place on 3 May 1990.
1986 election The election took place on 8 May 1986.
1982 election The election took place on 6 May 1982.
1981 by-election The by-election took place on 7 May 1981, following the resignation of Roderick Cordara. It was held on the same day as the 1981 Greater London Council election.
1978 election The election took place on 4 May 1978.
1971–1978 Camden council elections There was a revision of ward boundaries in Camden in 1971.
1974 election The election took place on 2 May 1974.
1971 election The election took place on 13 May 1971.
1964–1971 Camden council elections
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.London Borough Council Elections (1964)
1968 election The election took place on 9 May 1968.
1964 election The election took place on 7 May 1964.
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