St Pancras and Somers Town (ward)

St Pancras and Somers Town
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Camden
Created	May 2002
Named for	St Pancras and Somers Town

St Pancras and Somers Town is a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was established for the May 2002 election.^[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 13,818.^[2]

Councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
	2002–present	Roger Robinson	Labour
	2010-2015	Peter Brayshaw	Labour
	2010–present	Samata Khatoon	Labour
	2015–present	Paul Tomlinson	Labour

Election results

A by-election was triggered in 2015 by the death of incumbent Labour councillor Peter Brayshaw.^[3] Labour easily held the seat with more than 70% of the vote.

^[4]

St Pancras and Somers Town ward by-election, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Tomlinson	1,481	72.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Shahin Ahmed	243	12.0	+2.0
	Green	Tina Swasey	213	10.5	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Zack Polanski	96	4.7	-1.9
Turnout				21.81	-16.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

St Pancras and Somers Town ward election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roger Robinson *	2,511
	Labour	Peter Brayshaw *	2,488
	Labour	Samata Khatoon *	2,423
	Green	Matty Mitford	562
	Green	James Widdowson	526
	Green	Koonal Kirit Shah	440
	Conservative	Rob Culligan	368
	Conservative	Brian Rice	351
	Conservative	Elliot Miller	295
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Hannan Tarofdar	245
	Liberal Democrat	Nana Oye Adjepong	192
	Liberal Democrat	Nicole Sykes	178
Turnout			10,617	38.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. London Borough Council Elections (2002)
2. "Camden Town Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
3. http://www.camdennewjournal.com/Peter-Brayshaw-passing
4. https://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/st-pancras-and-somers-town-by---lection-results-5-march/