The Hampstead and Highgate Conservatives are absolutely delighted that Steve Adams has been elected as Frognal's new councillor.
Frognal by-election result:
Steve Adams (Conservatives) 1,103 ELECTED
Simon Lickert (Labour) 519
Sarah Hoyle (Lib Dems) 372
Charles Harris (Green) 219
Extract from the Camden New Journal:
Asked to explain his success, he said: “It was hard work, and saying the right thing on the doorstep. The perfect illustration of it is the poor idea for a traffic scheme that Camden had put forward in the area – Kidderpore Avenue and Ferncroft Avenue – which has got to be challenged; which was even described by the Labour activists we’d really meet on the road as a “gift” to me, because it illustrated exactly the problem of an unquestioned, unopposed Camden Labour administration.”
Cllr Adams added: “It is a good ward for the Conservatives. In the current political climate, nonetheless, the decision, the level of the decision in Frognal has been quite pleasing. It’s not reached any level of worry and that’s a reflection, I think, that the national situation didn’t play here. This election was played as the local situation and I go back to it – it’s local issues, and looking after people.”
It’s official: Steve Adams signs in as a new councillor
This will be his second stint on the council having formerly represented the Belsize ward at the council until 2022 when he lost his place to the Liberal Democrats. In those boroughwide results, the Camden Conservatives slipped to just three seats and lost the title of the main opposition to the Lib Dems, whose hustle in this by-election resulted in a third place finish behind the Tories and Labour.
“I’ll be doing more of what I’ve done before,” said Cllr Adams.”Looking after residents in Frognal and Camden as a whole.”
