| Swiss Cottage | |
| Constituency Type: | electoral ward |
| Parl Name: | Camden London Borough Council |
| District: | Camden |
| District Label: | Borough |
| Region Label: | County |
| Region: | Greater London |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Abolished: | 2022 |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
| Next: | Primrose Hill, South Hampstead |
| Population: | 12,900 (2011) |
| Electorate: | 9,192 (2018) |
| Blank1 Name: | ONS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 00AGGW (2002–2022) |
| Blank2 Name: | GSS code |
| Blank2 Info: | E05000144 (2002–2022) |
Swiss Cottage was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was first created for the 1971 election, redrawn in 1978 and 2002, and abolished for the 2022 elections.[1] [2] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 12,900.[3]
Swiss Cottage ward was a long, thin ward centred on the intersection between Avenue Road and Finchley Road at Swiss Cottage. To the west of the intersection, it included South Hampstead. To the south-east, it included the northern part of St John's Wood and western part of Primrose Hill.
Under its previous form, Swiss Cottage covered just South Hampstead, while the former Adelaide ward covered the parts of the ward the east of Finchley Road (including Ye Olde Swiss Cottage itself). The ward was abolished for the 2022 election and its area was divided between the newly created Primrose Hill and South Hampstead wards.[4] [5]
Notable former councillors include Andrew Marshall (former Leader of the Conservative Group on Camden Council), Gloria Lazenby (former Labour Mayor of Camden), Tony Kerpel (political adviser who served as the personal assistant to Prime Minister Edward Heath),[6] [7] [8] and former Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell. In 2002, Swiss Cottage elected Camden's first Jamaican councillor, Don Williams.[9]
Three councillors represented Swiss Cottage ward between 1978 and 2022.[10]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ward abolished: see South Hampstead and Primrose Hill | |||||
| 2018 | Nayra Bello O'Shanahan (Lab) | Leo Cassarani (Lab) | Simon Pearson (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Andrew Marshall (Con) | Roger Freeman (Con) | Don Williams (Con) | |||
| 2010 | Andrew Marshall (Con) | Roger Freeman (Con) | Don Williams (Con) | |||
| 2006 | Andrew Marshall (Con) | Roger Freeman (Con) | Don Williams (Con) | |||
| 2002 | Andrew Marshall (Con) | Stephen Hocking (Con) | Don Williams (Con) | |||
| 1999 by-election | Honora Morrissey (Con) | Robert Hall (Lab) | Stephen Hocking (Con) | |||
| 1998 | Mary Ryan (Lab) | |||||
| 1994 | Raymond Adamson (Lab) | John Macdonald (Lab) | Patrick Weir (Lab) | |||
| 1992 by-election | Peter J. Skolar (Con) | Anne Morris (Con) | Peter Horne (Con) | |||
| 1990 | Vaughan Emsley (Con) | |||||
| 1986 | Gloria Lazenby (Lab) | Alan Rippington (Lab) | Adrian Van States (Lab) | |||
| 1983 by-election | Robert Graham (Con) | David Stone (Con) | Harry Whitcut (Con) | |||
| 1982 | Derek Spencer (Con) | |||||
| 1979 by-election | David Osborne (Con) | Michael Flynn (Con) | Ronald Rees (Con) | |||
| 1978 | Brian Stoner (Con) | |||||
Four councillors represented Swiss Cottage ward between 1971 and 1978.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 by-election | Ron King (Con) | Michael C. Brahams (Con) | Anthony Kerpel (Con) | Brian Stoner (Con) | ||||
| 1974 | Ronald Raymond-Cox (Con) | |||||||
| 1972 by-election | Tessa Jowell (Lab) | Neil McIntosh (Lab) | Arthur Soutter (Lab) | Ernest Wistrich (Lab) | ||||
| 1971 | John Eidinow (Lab) | |||||||
The last election was held on 3 May 2018. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
In 2018, Andrew Marshall resigned from the Conservative Party and defected to the Liberal Democrats.
The last election on 7 May 1998 was held under the original ward boundaries.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Mary Ryan.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Vaughan A. Emsley.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Derek Spencer on his election as MP for Leicester South.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Brian Stoner.
Before 1978, under different boundaries, the ward was represented by four councillors.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Ronald Raymond-Cox.
The by-election was called following the resignation of John Eidinow.