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By News Reporters Voting will take place in Fitzrovia on Thursday 22 May for Local Government and for the European Parliament elections. Polling stations open at 7am and close at 10pm. Fitzrovia is split into parts of three council wards -- Marylebone High Street and West End in City of Westminster, and Bloomsbury in the London Borough of …
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The West End ward in the City of Westminster is now unusual in that it has an excess of housing. Hard to believe with all the worrying news about shortage of homes for Londoners. But between the neighbourhoods of Mayfair, Soho and a large chunk of Fitzrovia there are now more individual dwellings than there …
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By News Reporters Labour swept back into Bloomsbury with three newly elected councillors. Conservative councillor Rebecca Hossack lost her seat as Labour surged ahead in Camden regaining seats lost in 2006. Labour's Adam Harrison topped the polls with 1670 votes (13.97%) in Bloomsbury. In Fitzrovia's Westminster wards the Conservatives held onto all six seats, with …
By News Reporters Our story about the local election battle was the most popular page on the Fitzrovia News website over the past 30 days. The overwhelming majority of visitors arrived at our home page, but the Local Election Battle story that we published on 14 April 2010 was the most popular single story. On …
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By News Reporters Next month’s local elections will see a tough battle between the Conservatives, Greens and Labour in Camden’s Bloomsbury ward as candidates fight for three council seats. Fitzrovia is divided into parts of three electoral wards. Bloomsbury in Camden, and Marylebone High Street and West End in Westminster. There will be hustings taking …
