King's Cross (ward)

King's Cross is a ward of 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. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 11,843. In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 7,274. The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 8,459 in 2025.

Camden council elections since 2022
The ward will be redrawn for the 2022 election. Parts of the King's Cross ward will be transferred to the Bloomsbury ward, and parts of the St Pancras and Somers Town ward will be transferred to King's Cross.

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 covers parts of Bloomsbury and Kings Cross, which also crosses into St Pancras and Somers Town and the London Borough of Islington. For elections to Parliament, King's Cross is part of Holborn and St Pancras.

Kings Cross lies in the south of the borough, and is one of three wards of Camden south of Euston Road (along with Bloomsbury and Holborn and Covent Garden). It is separated from Bloomsbury by Upper Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place, Hunter Street, and Grenville Street; from Holborn and Covent Garden 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.

Like all other wards of Camden, King's Cross is represented by three councillors on Camden Borough Council. The last election was held on 22 May 2014, when all three councillors were elected. They are all elected for the Labour Party.

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.

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.

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.

1965–1971 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.

1968 election
The election took place on 9 May 1968.

1964 election
The election took place on 7 May 1964.