Primrose Hill is a

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in the

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, in the United Kingdom. The ward represents the area of the same name, and the eastern part of the

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area. The ward was first used for the

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, and elects three councillors to

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. Most of its area was previously in the Camden Town with Primrose Hill and

wards, which were be abolished at the same time, and a small part was transferred from the Belsize ward. In 2018, the ward had an electorate of 8,982. The Boundary Commission projects the electorate to rise to 9,049 in 2025. The ward contains a part of Primrose Hill park, Swiss Cottage Library and the

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. Schools in the ward include UCL Academy, Swiss Cottage special school and St Paul's CE primary. The area houses the

Chalcots Estate Chalcots Estate is a council housing estate on Adelaide Road and Fellows Road in Swiss Cottage in the London Borough of Camden. It was designed by Dennis Lennon and Partners. The Chalcots Estate was built on land owned by Eton College, which ...

and the Adelaide medical Centre.

History

In January 2022, in the leadup to the ward's creation, councillors for the Camden Town and Primrose Hill ward Pat Callaghan and Richard Cotton lamented the

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's redrawing of the wards of Camden, which split Camden Town with Primrose Hill into separate Camden Town and Primrose Hill wards. Callaghan and Cotton will stand in the Camden Town ward at the 2022 council election.

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

References

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