Highgate (Haringey ward)

Not to be confused with Highgate (Camden ward).

Highgate
Electoral ward for the Haringey London Borough Council
Highgate (Haringey) ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Haringey
County	Greater London
Population	12,764 (2021)
Electorate	7,880 (2022)
Area	2.835 square kilometres (1.095 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Members	Scott Emery   Nick Da Costa   Eva Bell
ONS code	00APGG (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05000272 (2002–2022) E05013592 (2022–present)

Highgate is a ward in the London Borough of Haringey, in the United Kingdom.

Councillors

From creation for its first election in 1964 until 1978, the ward elected 3 councillors.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1964		P. P. Rigby (Con)		H. J. Worms (Con)		C. Murray (Con)
1968		P. P. Rigby (Con)		H. J. Worms (Con)		R. P. Williams (Con)
1971		P. P. Rigby (Con)		S. A. S. Whitby (Con)		R. P. Williams (Con)
1974		P. P. Rigby (Con)		S. A. S. Whitby (Con)		D. E. Whitmore (Con)

From 1978 until 2002, the ward elected 2 councillors.

Election	Councillor		Councillor
1978		Anthony Dignum (Con)		Gail Ansell (Con)
1982		Anthony Dignum (Con)		Bryan Morris (Con)
1986		Andrew Mitchell (Con)		William Blackburne (Con)
1990		Andrew Mitchell (Con)		William Blackburne (Con)
1994		Pamela Steele (Con)		Peter Forrest (Con)
1998		William MacDougall (Con)		Peter Forrest (Con)

Since 2002, the ward has elected three councillors.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2002		Melanie Simpson (Lib Dem)		Walter Hare (Lib Dem)		Neil Williams (Lib Dem)
2006		Justin Portess (Lib Dem)		Walter Hare (Lib Dem)		Neil Williams (Lib Dem)
2010		Rachel Allison (Lib Dem)		Walter Hare (Lib Dem)		Neil Williams (Lib Dem)
2014		Liz Morris (Lib Dem)		Walter Hare (Lib Dem)		Clive Carter (Lib Dem)
2018		Liz Morris (Lib Dem)		Walter Hare (Lib Dem)		Paul Dennison (Lib Dem)
2022		Nick Da Costa (Lib Dem)		Marsha Isilar-Gosling (Lib Dem)		Scott Emery (Lib Dem)
2026		Nick Da Costa (Lib Dem)		Eva Bell (Grn)		Scott Emery (Lib Dem)

Elections

2026

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Emery*	1,829	37.2	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Da Costa*	1,815	36.9	−9.6
	Green	Eva Bell	1,448	29.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Shamim Muhammad	1,357	27.6	−15.4
	Green	Max Knowles-Parr	1,186	24.1	N/A
	Green	Svenja Nierwetberg	1,138	23.1	N/A
	Labour	Sofia Patse	1,077	21.9	−17.5
	Labour	David Talbot	1,016	20.7	−10.9
	Labour	Sean Smyth	969	19.7	−11.2
	Conservative	Nathan Steinberg	561	11.4	−1.9
	Conservative	Catherine McQueen	555	11.3	−0.8
	Conservative	Skye Phillips	479	9.7	N/A
	Reform	Christian Mehl	386	7.8	N/A
	Reform	Oliver Victorio	325	6.6	N/A
	Reform	Shahab Mossavat	309	6.3	N/A
Turnout			4,918	50.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

• Nick Da Costa and Scott Emery were incumbent councillors for Highgate ward.

2022

The election took place on 5 May 2022, under new boundaries.

2022 Haringey London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick da Costa	1,840	46.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marsha Isilar-Gosling	1,702	43.0
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Emery	1,641	41.5
	Labour	Maria Jennings	1,560	39.4
	Labour	Ahmed Mohammed	1,249	31.6
	Labour	Mark Grosskopf	1,223	30.9
	Green	Ian Dick	930	23.5
	Conservative	William MacDougall	527	13.3
	Conservative	Nathan Steinberg	480	12.1
Turnout			3,958	40.06
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

2018

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2018 Haringey London Borough Council election Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Morris	2,041
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hare	1,951
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Dennison	1,844
	Labour	Jean Brown	1,137
	Labour	Gareth Morgan	1,011
	Labour	Mark Streather	999
	Conservative	William Macdougall	412
	Conservative	Tom Waterton-Smith	369
	Green	Linda Christine Leroy	350
	Conservative	Kieran Marriott	329
	Green	Izzy Rogers	303
	Green	Alex Rendall	210
Turnout			10,956	44.9%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2014

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Morris	1,372	37.8	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hare	1,228	33.9	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Carter	1,140	31.4	−10.5
	Labour	Janet Boston	1,043	28.8	+9.8
	Labour	John Woolf	921	25.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Antony Denyer	893	24.6	−2.3
	Conservative	Kay Carter	881	24.3	±0.0
	Labour	Peter Clarke	859	23.7	+8.7
	Conservative	Celia Surtees	829	22.9	+0.7
	Green	Alexander Lawrenson	539	14.9	+4.8
	Green	Edward Milford	422	11.6	+3.3
	Green	Noel Lynch	406	11.2	+3.0
Turnout			3,648	43.71	−26.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2010

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

2010 Haringey London Borough Council election: Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allison	3,166
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hare	2,616
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Williams	2,425
	Conservative	Robin Campbell-Burt	1,559
	Conservative	Juliet Donnelly	1,405
	Conservative	Aaron Radford-Wattley	1,283
	Labour	Caroline Graham	1,099
	Labour	David Heath	928
	Labour	Vivienne Helen Manheim	867
	Green	Christopher Peter Cope	586
	Green	Lucy Julia Shanahan	483
	Green	Andy Nicolson	476
Turnout			16,893	70.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006

The election took place on 4 May 2006.

2002

The election took place on 2 May 2002, under new boundaries.