Greenwich London Borough Council elections

File:Greenwich London UK labelled ward map 2002.svg

A map showing the wards of Greenwich since 2002

Greenwich London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Labour	1964 - 1968
Conservative	1968 - 1971
Labour	1971–present

Council elections

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

Borough result maps

Greenwich London UK local election 2002 map.svg

2002 results map
2006 results map
Greenwich London UK local election 2010 map.svg

2010 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[6]

1968-1971

Kidbrooke by-election, 12 February 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. N. Smith	1076
	Conservative	D. C. Hammond	548
	Fellowship	R. S. Mallone	124
	Liberal	J. R. Hassall	59
Turnout				26.5%

Marsh by-election, 12 March 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. G. Burton	894
	Conservative	J. T. E. Tate	493
	Liberal	Miss L. M. Gregg	198
Turnout				44.2%

West by-election, 27 August 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. E. Austin-Walker	962
	Conservative	Cdr. H. Hook	263
	National Front	R. S. Pritchard	82
	Liberal	R. S. Warwicker	40
Turnout				21.9%

1971-1974

Eastcombe by-election, 20 July 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. T. Cooper	921
	Conservative	S. P. Bertram	329
Turnout				29.2%

Shooters Hill by-election, 28 September 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. G. Wayment	982
	Labour	Mrs I. E. Porter	468
	Liberal	J. R. Hassall	167
Turnout				30.4%

Slade by-election, 23 November 1972^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. D. Upson	953
	Conservative	R. W. Bartlett	462
	Independent	H. H. Wright	36
Turnout				25.8%

1974-1978

Abbey Road by-election, 8 May 1975^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Woodrow L. Clachar	1,547
	Conservative	Stephanie H. Read	783
	Liberal	Michael L. Taylor	286
	National Front	Philip S. Hanman	178
Turnout				31.1

Eynsham by-election, 8 May 1975^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Brooks	1,115
	Conservative	Christopher J. Cook	214
	National Front	Alan D. Webb	93
	Liberal	Robert H. Smith	90
Turnout				25.4

St Mary's by-election, 8 May 1975^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine B. Jeffrey	1,493
	Conservative	Christopher P. Mead	712
	Liberal	Brian J. Woodcraft	173
	National Front	Ruth M. Robinson	75
Turnout				30.7

St Margaret's by-election, 14 August 1975^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephanie H. Read	1,198
	Labour	Ramanlal D. Naik	1,013
	Liberal	Anny Knight	178
Turnout				30.4

West by-election, 28 October 1976^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William H. White	697
	Conservative	James S. Foreman-Peck	475
	National Front	Helena M. Steven	142
	National Party	David McCalden	123
	Liberal	Geoffrey Jerrom	109
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	13
Turnout				28.4

Kidbrooke by-election, 17 February 1977^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin J. Coulson-Thomas	1,111
	Labour	Allan J. H. D. MacCarthy	1,019
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	320
	National Front	Robert Holden	216
	National Party	David McCalden	104
Turnout				35.1

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

Kidbrooke by-election, 25 June 1992^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hugh R. Harris	956	44.7
	Labour	Keith J. Scott	756	35.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael W. Smart	235	11.0
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	193	9.0
Turnout				45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Giles J. Brennand.

Eltham Park by-election, 21 January 1993^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dermot D. Poston	1,239	47.1
	Labour	Michael Yates	770	29.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Hagyard	483	18.4
	Independent	Eileen W. Guthrie	140	5.3
Turnout				50.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Kenneth L. Kear.

Trafalgar by-election, 9 December 1993^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marian O. Moseley	844	60.4
	Conservative	John H. Vickery	284	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart J. Davis	269	19.3
Turnout				27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Taylor.

1994-1998

Lakedale by-election, 29 June 1995^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Junior C. Boothe	884
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas J. A. Headon	749
	Conservative	Frances C. A. Stephens	770
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Adele Gordon-Peiniger.

St Nicholas by-election, 2 May 1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alistair T. Macrae	972
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas J. Headon	343
	Conservative	Stephen G. Tough	207
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Annette F. Barratt.

Kidbrooke by-election, 6 February 1997^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John A. Cove	775
	Conservative	Raymond Maisey	674
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	757
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony C. H. Durham	737
	Socialist Labour	Peter N. Pierce	33
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sabiha Shahzad.

Thamesmead Moorings by-election, 16 October 1997^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter J. Brooks	611
	Liberal Democrat	Bonnie C. Soanes	702
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Claude D. Ramsey.

1998-2002

New Eltham by-election, 23 March 2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Albert J. Hills	930
	Labour	Peter R. May	760
	Liberal Democrat	Michael J. Lewis	115
	Green	James K. Otter	40
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sidney T. Nicholson.

Trafalgar by-election, 4 May 2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mary Mills	936
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher D. G. Le Breton	654
	Conservative	Douglas B. Ellison	274
	Independent	Richard A. Newton	92
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Marian O. Moseley.

Burrage by-election, 7 June 2001^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harpinder Singh	787
	Conservative	Michael I. O’Loan	185
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas J. A. Headon	172
	Socialist Alliance	Paul W. Richardson	60
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leonard L. Duvall.

2002-2006

Plumstead by-election, 18 December 2003^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kanta M. Patel	744
	Liberal Democrat	Steven T. Toole	365
	Conservative	Jagvinder S. Mahil	201
	Independent	Susan Mitchell	136
	Green	James K. Otter	103
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alistair T. Macrae.

Shooters Hill by-election, 29 July 2004^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Danny L. Thorpe	968
	Conservative	Nigel M. Fletcher	589
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Ottery	483
	UKIP	Arnold E. Taring	142
	Christian Peoples	Stephen C. Hammond	62
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael A. Hayes.

Eltham North by-election, 10 February 2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nigel M. Fletcher	1,326
	Labour	Janice M. Marnham	1,252
	Liberal Democrat	Leonard G. Tostevin	289
	UKIP	Jeremy C. Elms	193
	Christian Peoples	Stephen C. Hammond	20
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Douglas B. Ellison.

2006-2010

Plumstead by-election, 25 September 2008^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Matthew Morrow	1318
	Conservative	Adetokunbo Bailey	542
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Leonie K. Barron	195
	Green	Ms. Jessica Currie	175
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Kantabai M. Patel.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections.^[13]

2014-2018

Greenwich West by-election, 7 May 2015^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mehboob Khan	3430	39%	-10%
	Conservative	Thomas Turrell	2466	28%	+10%
	Green	Robin Scott	1452	17%	-5%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonia Dunlop	756	9%	-1%
	UKIP	Paul Butler	422	5%	N/A
		Christina Charles	138	1%	N/A
	TUSC	Sara Kasab	80	1%	N/A
Turnout				64.18%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.

References

↑ The Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
↑ The Bromley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
↑ The Greenwich and Lewisham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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External links

Greenwich Council

[4] The Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

[5] The Bromley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

[6] The Greenwich and Lewisham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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Enfield	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greenwich	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Haringey	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Harrow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Havering	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hillingdon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hounslow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Kensington and Chelsea	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kingston upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lambeth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lewisham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Merton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Newham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Redbridge	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Richmond upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Southwark	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Sutton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tower Hamlets	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Waltham Forest	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Contents

Political control

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By-election results

1964-1968

1968-1971

1971-1974

1974-1978

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

References

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