Abbey Road (ward)

Abbey Road
Electoral ward
for the Westminster City Council
Abbey Road ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughWestminster
CountyGreater London
Population13,043 (2021)[a]
Electorate7,803 (2022)
Major settlementsSt John's Wood
Area1.149 square kilometres (0.444 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Caroline Sargent
  •   Alan Mendoza
  •   Hannah Galley
GSS code
  • E05000630 (2002–2022)
  • E05013792 (2022–present)

Abbey Road is an electoral ward in the City of Westminster. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Westminster City Council.

List of councillors

Term Councillor Party
2002–2022 Judith Warner Conservative
2002–2014 Cyril Nemeth Conservative
2002–2007 Kevin Gardner Conservative
2007–2022 Lindsey Hall Conservative
2014–2022 Peter Freeman Conservative
2022–2024 Amanda Langford Conservative
2022–present Caroline Sargent Conservative
2022–present Alan Mendoza[b][1] Conservative
Reform UK
2024–present Hannah Galley Conservative

Westminster council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Westminster in 2022. There was an exchange of territory with Regent's Park ward.

2024 by-election

The by-election on 4 July 2024 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. It followed the resignation of Amanda Langford.[2]

2024 Abbey Road by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hannah Galley 1,852
Labour Alexander Burgess 1,344
Liberal Democrats Toeman Helen 560
Green Rajiv Sinha 459
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

2022 election

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

2022 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Langford 1,241 50.6
Conservative Caroline Sargent 1,199 48.9
Conservative Alan Mendoza 1,193 48.6
Labour Sarah Hanson 803 32.7
Labour James Evans 770 31.4
Labour Sheyda Monshizadeh-Azar 702 28.6
Liberal Democrats Trish Griffiths 367 15.0
Green Cristian Dinu 311 12.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gunness 231 9.4
Liberal Democrats Seth Weisz 204 8.3
Turnout 2,454 31.58
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Westminster council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.[4]

2018 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,542 65.2 +1.7
Conservative Peter Freeman 1,503 63.6 +1.6
Conservative Judith Warner 1,480 62.6 +0.5
Labour Phillida Inman 480 20.3 −3.9
Labour Sam Gardner 479 20.3 −1.0
Labour Connor Jones 402 17.0 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Davies 294 12.4 +1.4
Green Emmanuelle Tandy 212 9.0 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Seth Weisz 203 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Toeman 193 8.2 N/A
Majority 1000 42.3
Turnout 6788 37.0 +6.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.[5]

2014 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,277 63.5
Conservative Judith Warner 1,248 62.1
Conservative Peter Freeman 1,247 62.0
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 487 24.2
Labour Peter Denton 429 21.3
Labour Angelo Sommariva 359 17.9
Green Emmanuelle Tandy 265 13.2
Liberal Democrats Tilly Boulter 221 11.0
Majority 760 37.8
Turnout 5533 30.9 −25.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[6]

2010 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 2,533
Conservative Judith Warner 2,361
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 2,357
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 855
Labour Patrick Griffin 847
Labour Margherita Rendel 735
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Hobbins 652
Liberal Democrats Sophia Service 548
Green Ludovic Hunter-Tilney 436
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2007 by-election

The by-election took place on 3 May 2007, following the death of Kevin Gardner.[6]

2007 Abbey Road by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall 1,334 65.2 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Blackburn 355 17.3 +1.3
Labour Alon Or-Bach 280 13.7 −1.4
Independent Alberto Lidji 78 3.8 +3.8
Majority 979 47.9
Turnout 2,047
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.[7]

2006 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Warner 1,490 68.9
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 1,483
Conservative Kevin Gardner 1,456
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 345 16.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wheeler 330
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 326 15.1
Labour Margherita Rendel 306
Labour Patrick Griffin 302
Liberal Democrats Gareth Evans 281
Turnout 30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.[8]

2002 Westminster City Council election: Abbey Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Warner 1,269 55.85 New
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 1,265
Conservative Kevin Gardner 1,230
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 338 14.20 New
Labour Phillida Inman 313
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 308 13.71 New
Labour Margherita Rendel 306
Independent Elizabeth Maxwell 217 9.66 New
Independent Michele Staniland 148 6.59 New
Registered electors 6,872 New
Turnout 1,901 27.66 New
Rejected ballots 7 0.37 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ^ Alan Mendoza changed parties in 2025

References

  1. ^ Burford, Rachael (19 November 2025). "Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage's Reform". The Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Abbey Road Ward by-election 4 July 2024". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  8. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.