Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Richmond upon Thames since 2002

Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council elections are held every four years for all 54 councillor seats in the 18 wards that make up the Borough Council.^[1] By-elections are held in individual wards when vacancies arise outside the four-year cycle.

Political control

Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1962–1982
No overall control	1982–1986
SDP-Liberal Alliance	1986–1990
Liberal Democrats	1990–2002
Conservative	2002–2006
Liberal Democrats	2006–2010
Conservative	2010 – present

Council elections

Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1964
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1968 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1971 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1]}
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1974
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two)^[4]
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1982
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1986
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1990
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 2]}^{[n 3]}
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1998 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 4]}
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by two)^[5]^[6]
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 2006
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 2010
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 2014

Borough result maps

2002 results map
2006 results map
2010 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

1964–1968

There were no by-elections.^[3]

1968–1971

East Sheen by-election, 20 June 1968^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. J. Maitland	1199
	Independent	M. V. Smith	618
	Labour	A. G. H. Lawrance	151
Turnout				31.7%

Hampton by-election, 20 June 1968^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Baker	1160
	Liberal	A. D. Reddrop	615
	Labour	Mrs J. M. Hyam	262
Turnout				24.2%

Richmond Hill by-election, 20 June 1968^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs H. M. Abell	603
	Liberal	Dr S. Rundle	569
	Independent	A. P. Warren	248
	Labour	A. B. Hart	207
Turnout				26.7%

Kew by-election, 6 February 1969^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr S. Rundle	1676
	Conservative	Miss J. M. Hooper	1079
	Labour	Miss D. J. Kidger	323
Turnout				35.7%

Hampton Wick by-election, 29 May 1969^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. M. Cooper	1766
	Liberal	R. D. McArthur	605
	Labour	Miss J. R. F. Brown	405
Turnout				37.4%

South Twickenham by-election, 25 September 1969^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. A. Bligh	1266
	Labour	P. T. Z. Goldring	391
	Liberal	Mrs D. O. Collins	374
Turnout				28.6%

Hampton Hill by-election, 2 October 1969^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. G. Lockyer	1065
	Labour	K. L. Elmes	502
	Liberal	J. E. Twaits	361
Turnout				25.3%

East Twickenham by-election, 19 March 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. M. Russell	1190
	Liberal	R. W. Marlow	435
	Labour	E. C. Eldridge	424
Turnout				28.9%

Hampton Hill by-election, 19 March 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. J. Attwood	1081
	Labour	K. L. Elmes	525
	Liberal	J. E. Twaits	377
Turnout				24.5%

1971–1974

Hampton Hill by-election, 3 February 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. E. F. Samuels	1,530
	Conservative	P. G. Lockyer	1,196
	Liberal	J. E. Twaits	160
Turnout				35.5%

Central Twickenham by-election, 25 May 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. J. Powell	1,232
	Conservative	R. K. Morland	1,087
	Liberal	R. W. Marlow	390
Turnout				41.6%

East Twickenham by-election, 14 September 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs J. M. Pardington	1,109
	Conservative	Miss M. C. Gregory	1,012
	Liberal	S. J. Nunn	244
	Independent Conservative	Mrs A. Woodward	185
Turnout				37.3%

Richmond Town by-election, 25 January 1973^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Waller	1,301
	Conservative	J. L. Saunders	937
	Labour	R. G. Marshall-Andrews	928
Turnout				48.1 %

1974–1978

Palewell by-election, 1 May 1975^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony L. Manners	1,769
	Conservative	Margery Segar	1,253
	Labour	John P. Sheppard	519
Turnout				51.5

Richmond Town by-election, 1 May 1975^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bryan T. B. Lewis	1,651
	Conservative	John L. Saunders	1,100
	Labour	Roy F. Piper	421
	Ratepayers	Joshua P. Kielty	253
Turnout				54.4

Barnes by-election, 20 May 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David C. Cornwell	1,722
	Conservative	Patrick V. Marshall	1,718
	Labour	Joy P. Mostyn	577
Turnout				56.3

Following the discovery of a series of voting errors, the High Court on 5 August 1976, declared the Liberal candidate in place of the Conservative. The revised votes are recorded here.

Ham-Petersham by-election, 15 July 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie C. Biddulph	1,716
	Labour	Roger D. Smith	1,182
	Conservative	Vera Goodman	810
Turnout				57.3

Teddington by-election, 16 December 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter J. Temlett	1,637
	Liberal	Sidney J. Marshall	1,229
	Labour	John W. Shelton	558
	National Front	Terence Denville-Faulkner	57
Turnout				50.8

Mortlake by-election, 24 March 1977^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deirdre B. Martineau	1,668
	Conservative	Christopher Sandy	826
	Labour	Joy P. Mostyn	734
Turnout				57.6

1990–1994

Central Twickenham by-election, 29 October 1992^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John W. G. Coombs	896	40.1
	Conservative	Jennie E. Edwards	786	35.2
	Labour	Michael D. Gold	457	20.5
	Green	Rowland R. Morgan	54	2.4
	National Front	Jeremy Bedford-Turner	40	1.8
Turnout				43.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony T. Johnson.

Hampton by-election, 22 April 1993^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert D. Parslow	1,430	46.4
	Conservative	Anne Woodward	1,236	40.1
	Labour	Martin P. Cross	413	13.4
Turnout				48.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Gavin Alexander.

1994–1998

Teddington by-election, 29 February 1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Frith	1,377
	Conservative	Peter J. Temlett	990
	Labour	Christopher J. Boaler	686
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elaine I. Pippard.

Central Twickenham by-election, 30 May 1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John W. Coombs	972	36.0
	Conservative	Mary A. Rae	908	33.7
	Labour	Graham R. Nixon	818	30.3
Majority			64	2.3
Turnout			2,698	49.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Philip A. Northey.

Mortlake by-election, 6 February 1997^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor M. Stanier	908	42.9
	Conservative	Malcolm K. McAlister	615	29.0
	Labour	Michelle Thew	594	28.1
Majority			293	13.9
Turnout			2,120	35.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan E. Fenwick.

Hampton Hill by-election, 12 June 1997^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey J. Samuel	1,138	40.3	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John R. Gossage	1,096	38.8	-3.0
	Labour	Stephen J. Cox	591	20.9	+3.1
Majority			42	1.5
Turnout			2,825	42.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David A. R. Martin.

1998–2002

Palewell by-election, 10 June 1999^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Urquhart	1,496	49.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Julian D. Rudd	1,215	39.9	-6.3
	Labour	Maureen H. Metzger	333	10.9	-1.3
Majority			281	9.2
Turnout			3,044	48.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Helen Blake.

2002–2006

Mortlake & Barnes Common by-election, 7 August 2003^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor M. Stanier	936	44.5	+14.0
	Conservative	Jane M. West	927	44.1	+4.2
	Labour	Benjamin R. Stanier	132	6.3	-23.3
	Green	James R. Page	109	5.2	+5.2
Majority			9	0.4
Turnout			2,104	30.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John L. Saunders.

Kew by-election, 18 December 2003^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jane A. Arneil	1,722	54.7	+11.3
	Conservative	Ewan G. Wallace	1,235	39.3	-5.8
	Green	Sylvia R. Levi	104	3.3	+3.3
	Labour	John Simon Fowler	85	2.7	-8.9
Majority			487	15.4
Turnout			3,146	46.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anthony J. Barnett.

Hampton by-election, 7 October 2004^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Suzette B. Nicholson	1,669	57.9	+18.3
	Conservative	Stuart N. Leamy	1,111	38.6	-10.4
	Labour	Kanbar Hosseinbor	101	3.5	-8.0
Majority			558	19.3
Turnout			2,881	42.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jean M. Matthews.

North Richmond by-election, 27 January 2005^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Celia J. Hodges	1,384	51.9	+14.9
	Conservative	Paul Hodgins	1,043	39.1	-4.7
	Labour	Barnaby J. L. Marder	129	4.8	-5.6
	Green	Sylvia Wills	110	4.1	+4.1
Majority			341	12.8
Turnout			2,666	39.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marc L. Cranfield-Adams.

Twickenham Riverside by-election, 5 May 2005^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David S. F. Trigg	2,111	45.8	+5.3
	Conservative	Nicholas J. F. Lait	1,513	32.8	-9.4
	Labour	John Grant	548	11.9	-5.4
	Green	Henry B. L. Gower	435	9.4	+9.4
Majority			598	13.0
Turnout			4,607
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Derek Beattie.

2006–2010

Barnes by-election, 6 December 2007^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita G. S. Palmer	1,643	56.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Westmorland	1,103	37.7	-5.8
	Labour	Ann F. Neimer	91	3.1	-1.0
	Green	James R. Page	87	3.0	+3.0
Majority			540	18.5
Turnout			2,924	41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Benedict A. Stanberry.

2010–2014

North Richmond by-election, 3 May 2012^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Speak	1733
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Jane Dodds	1587
	Labour	Brian Caton	364
	Green	James R. Page	206
	Independent	Marc L. Cranfield-Adams	123
Turnout				52.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard J. Montague.

2014–2018

There have been no by-elections so far.

References

↑ The Greater London and Surrey Order, 1970
↑ The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993
↑ The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993
↑ The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1994

↑ "Councillors". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Election 2010 – Richmond-Upon-Thames". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
↑ "Local elections 2002: Council – Richmond-upon-Thames". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
1 2 "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
↑ "Results of the Mortlake and Barnes Common Ward By Election, 7 August 2003". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Results of the Kew Ward By-Election, 18 December 2003". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Results of the Hampton By-election, 7th October 2004". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Results of the North Richmond Ward by-election, 27th January 2005.". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Results of by-election for Twickenham Riverside Ward, 5th May 2005". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "Results of the Barnes Ward By-Election, 6th December 2007". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
↑ "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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