Sutton London Borough Council elections

Sutton London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years.

A map showing the wards of Sutton since 2002

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1964, ahead of the new system coming into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:[1]

Election Overall Control Lib Dem Conservative Labour Res./Ind.
1964 Conservative - 30 17 4
1968 Conservative - 41 7 3
1971 No overall control - 25 21 5
1974 Conservative 6 28 13 4
1978 Conservative 2 47 7 -
1982 Conservative 3 46 7 -
1986 No overall control 28 21 7 -
1990 Liberal Democrats 32 18 6 -
1994 Liberal Democrats 47 4 5 -
1998 Liberal Democrats 46 5 5 -
2002 Liberal Democrats 43 8 3 -
2006 Liberal Democrats 32 22 - -
2010 Liberal Democrats 43 11 - -
2014 Liberal Democrats 45 9 - -
2018 Liberal Democrats 33 18 - 3
2022 Liberal Democrats 29 20 3 3

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been:[2][3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Tag Taylor Conservative19641973
John Charles Cox Conservative19731976
Robin Squire Conservative19761980
David Trafford Conservative19801986
Graham Tope Liberal19861988
Liberal Democrats19881999
Mike Cooper Liberal Democrats199916 Oct 2002
Sean Brennan Liberal Democrats18 Nov 200221 May 2012
Ruth Dombey Liberal Democrats21 May 2012

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.[7]

1968-1971
Cheam West by-election, 4 July 1968[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. A. Bennett 909 97.8
Labour A. J. Barker 20 2.2
Turnout 17.5%
Sutton South East by-election, 4 July 1968[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. C. Squire 522 87.9
Labour J. Dowsett 72 12.1
Turnout 14.1%
Cheam South by-election, 22 January 1970[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. A. Rose 1093 97.2
Labour Mrs P. M. Brennan 31 2.8
Turnout 21.1%
Sutton East by-election, 28 May 1970[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. J. Kenney 442
Labour Mrs E. M. McEwen 428
Liberal D. E. Strong 139
Turnout 28.2%

1971-1974

There were no by-elections.[9]

1974-1978
Sutton Central by-election, 17 April 1975[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Aubrey Mullin 1,176
Labour James K. Rhodes 547
Conservative Lesley D. Symonds 445
Turnout 55.0
Sutton South East by-election, 17 June 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter H. Geiringer 1,591
Liberal Eva C. Liston 513
Labour Ada Pinkney 168
National Front Roy E. C. Trethewey 166
Turnout 48.8

1990-1994
Beddington South by-election, 30 July 1992[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Olive D. Edwards 1,108 43.8
Conservative Andrew D. Beadle 824 32.5
Labour Stephen P. Lloyd 464 18.3
Green John K. W. Cornford 91 3.6
Raving Loony Green Giant Party Danny J. B. Bamford 45 1.8
Turnout 38.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan R. Chewter.

1994-1998
Carshalton North by-election, 20 October 1994[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pattison 880
Labour Margaret Smart 560
Conservative Eric S. Pillinger 258
Monster Raving Loony John Major 30
Green Peter T. Rudkin 15
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Delphine C. Lock.

St Helier North by-election, 23 March 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John G. Morgan 1,641
Liberal Democrats John E. Bull 645
Conservative Brian W. M. Keynes 111
Monster Raving Loony John Major 33
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Patrick B. Kane.

Carshalton Beeches by-election, 18 May 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roy E. Bentley 1,497
Conservative Keith J. Martin 816
Labour Claire Shearer 651
Green John K. W. Cornford 67
Monster Raving Loony John Major 31
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Daphne A. Gvozdenovie.

Sutton Common by-election, 7 December 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne N. Gallop 878
Labour Mark G. Allison 397
Conservative Christopher G. Furey 270
Ind. Conservative Gerald Ward 68
Monster Raving Loony John Major 16
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard F. Broadbent.

Sutton West by-election, 21 November 1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joan Crowhurst 894 60.6
Conservative Roger M. V. Ison 315 21.4
Labour Ronald S. Williams 266 18.0
Monster Raving Loony Danny Blue 18 1.2
Majority 579 39.2
Turnout 1,493 34.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christine L. B. Headley.

St Helier North by-election, 13 February 1997[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Smith 1,058 60.5
Liberal Democrats Colin C. Hall 512 29.3
Conservative Brian W. M. Keynes 130 7.4
Independent St Hellier Party Donald G. Langridge 40 2.3
Monster Raving Loony Danny Blue 10 0.6
Majority 546 31.2
Turnout 1,750 28.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Donald B. Hopkins.

St Helier South by-election, 21 August 1997[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen P. Lloyd 538 57.1 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Sheila M. Andrews 335 35.5 -4.4
Conservative Brian W. M. Keynes 57 6.0 -1.8
Monster Raving Loony Danny Blue 13 1.4 +1.4
Majority 203 21.6
Turnout 943 24.2
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gary F. Stagg.

1998-2002
Cheam South by-election, 23 September 1999[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Park 962 69.1 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Keith M. Legg 248 17.8 -10.2
Independent Glenn A. Abbassi 84 6.0 +6.0
Labour David Jarman 76 5.5 -1.0
Independent William Smith 23 1.7 +1.7
Majority 714 51.3
Turnout 1,393 30.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah S. Wallace.

Beddington South by-election, 7 June 2001[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ferris Moussa 1,380 39.8 -13.0
Conservative Louise Heale 1,081 31.1 +10.5
Labour Joseph Magee 1,009 29.1 +3.5
Majority 299 8.7
Turnout 3,470 56.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard S. Aitken.

2002-2006
Carshalton Central by-election, 21 November 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pennington 996 45.2 -7.0
Conservative Paul Scully 837 38.0 +6.6
Labour Sam J. Towler 268 12.2 +3.1
Green Susan E. Riddlestone 103 4.7 -2.7
Majority 159 7.2
Turnout 2,204 29.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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

2006-2010
Cheam by-election, 28 February 2008[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Pritchard 1,541 45.8 -12.0
Liberal Democrats Wendy Mathys 1,454 43.3 +3.9
UKIP Francis Day 260 7.7 +7.7
Labour Kathleen Allen 106 3.2 +0.5
Majority 87 2.5
Turnout 3,361 44.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Eleanor D. Pinfold.

Nonsuch by-election, 2 July 2009[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Jerome 1,665 50.6 +4.0
Conservative Georg Braun 1,329 40.4 -7.2
BNP Peter North 211 6.4 +6.4
Labour Marcus Papadopoulus 88 2.7 -3.3
Majority 336 10.2
Turnout 3,293 41.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Christopher P. Dunlop.

2010-2014
Worcester Park by-election, 16 February 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger D. C. Roberts 1367
Conservative Simon Densley 977
Labour Ms. Hilary C. Hosking 315
UKIP David Pickles 190
Green George Dow 46
Turnout 33.5%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Jennifer E. Campbell-Klomps.

Stonecot by-election, 6 December 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Emmerson 1034
Conservative Graham Jarvis 402
Labour Ms. Bonnie Craven 289
UKIP Jeremy Wraith 182
Green Ms. Joan Hartfield 32
Turnout 24%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brendan Hudson.

2014-2018
Wallington South by-election, 11 June 2015[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Cook 1,251 44.1 Decrease6.9
Conservative Jim Simms 936 33.0 Increase13.7
Labour Sarah Gwynn 181 6.4 Decrease2.4
Independent Duncan Mattey 180 6.4 Increase6.4
UKIP Andy Beadle 164 5.8 Decrease10.5
Green Rosa Rajendran 122 4.3 Decrease2.7
Majority 315 11.1
Turnout 2,835 35.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Colin Hall, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader.

Carshalton Central by-election, 28 July 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Williams 1,250 43.4 Decrease5.1
Conservative Melissa Pearce 1,061 36.9 Increase11.6
Green Ross Hemingway 211 7.3 Decrease0.3
Labour Sarah Gwynn 176 6.1 Decrease 3.1
UKIP Bill Main-Ian 150 5.2 Decrease10.5
CPA Ashley Dickenson 29 1.0 Decrease1.1
Turnout 2,881 27.04%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Alan Salter

2018-2022

There have been no by-elections so far in this period.

References
  1. The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 3) Order 1993
  2. The Croydon, Merton and Sutton (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  3. The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1994
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