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{{About|the electoral ward in the London Borough of Camden|the area this ward is named after|Swiss Cottage}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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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.London Borough Council Elections (2002) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822143018weblink |date=2013-08-22 }}London Borough Council Elections (1978) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815085000weblink|date=2012-08-15}} The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 12,900.WEB,weblink Camden Ward population 2016, 20 October 2016, Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics, 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.WEB,weblink Final recommendations published for Camden, 4 February 2020, 30 September 2021, Local Government Boundary Commission for England, LGBCE, WEB,weblink The London Borough of Camden (Electoral Changes) Order 2020, 12 October 2020, 30 September 2021, gov.uk,

Councillors

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),WEB, 2011-08-31, Is the nation really passionate about bowls, Mr Pickles?,weblink 2022-01-31, The Guardian, en, NEWS, Campbell, Duncan, 1982-03-12, The Fruitcake Right, 12, New Statesman,weblink 2022-02-01, NEWS, Hodgson, Godfrey, 1987-12-13, The BBC and the politicians, The Observer, and former Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell. In 2002, Swiss Cottage elected Camden's first Jamaican councillor, Don Williams.BOOK, Wauchope, Piers,weblink Camden A political history, 2010, Shaw Books, 978-0-9565206-0-9, Tunbridge Wells, 292, 652089306,

1978–2022

Three councillors represented Swiss Cottage ward between 1978 and 2022.WEB, London Borough of Camden Election Results 1964-2010,weblink 25 April 2022, Elections Centre, {| class="wikitable"!Election!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor2022 Camden London Borough Council election>2022''Ward abolished: see South Hampstead (ward) and Primrose Hill (ward)>Primrose Hill''2018 Camden London Borough Council election>2018Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)2014 Camden London Borough Council election>2014Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)2010 Camden London Borough Council election>2010Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)2006 Camden London Borough Council election>2006Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)2002 Camden London Borough Council election>2002Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)| 1999 by-electionConservative Party (UK)>Con)Robert Hall (Lab)Stephen Hocking (Con)1998 Camden London Borough Council election>1998Labour Party (UK)>Lab)1994 Camden London Borough Council election>1994Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)| 1992 by-electionConservative Party (UK)>Con)Anne Morris (Con)Peter Horne (Con)1990 Camden London Borough Council election>1990Conservative Party (UK)>Con)1986 Camden London Borough Council election>1986Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)| 1983 by-electionConservative Party (UK)>Con)David Stone (Con) Harry Whitcut (Con)1982 Camden London Borough Council election>1982Derek Spencer (Conservative Party (UK)>Con)| 1979 by-election David Osborne (Con) Michael Flynn (Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)1978 Camden London Borough Council election>1978Conservative Party (UK)>Con)

1971–1978

Four councillors represented Swiss Cottage ward between 1971 and 1978.{| class="wikitable"!Election!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor| 1977 by-electionRon King (Con)Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Tony Kerpel (Conservative Party (UK)>Con)Brian Stoner (Con)1974 Camden London Borough Council election>1974Conservative Party (UK)>Con)| 1972 by-electionTessa Jowell (Lab)Labour Party (UK)>Lab)Arthur Soutter (Lab)Ernest Wistrich (Lab)1971 Camden London Borough Council election>1971Labour Party (UK)>Lab)

Election results

The last election was held on 3 May 2018. Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

2002–2018

2018 election

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2014 election

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2010 election

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2006 election

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2002 election

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1978–2002

The last election on 7 May 1998 was held under the original ward boundaries.

1999 by-election

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1998 election

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1994 election

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1992 by-election

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1990 election

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1986 election

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1983 by-election

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1982 election

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1979 by-election

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1978 election

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Pre 1978

Before 1978, under different boundaries, the ward was represented by four councillors.

1977 by-election

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1974 election

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1972 by-election

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1971 election

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References

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