2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

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2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election
  2014 3 May 2018 2022  

All 54 seats to Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderGareth RobertsPaul HodginsRichard Bennett
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green
Leader's seatHamptonBarnesSouth Twickenham
Last election15 seats, 31.8%39 seats, 45.0%0 seats, 6.0%
Seats won39114
Seat changeIncrease2.svg24Decrease2.svg28Increase2.svg4
Popular vote146,19878,4319,392
Percentage46.7%37.6%4.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg14.9%Decrease2.svg7.3%Decrease2.svg1.5%

Richmond upon Thames wards 2018.svg
Map of the results of the 2018 Richmond upon Thames Borough council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Green Party in green.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in England, [1] on the same day as other local elections. The previous time the seats were up for election was 22 May 2014.

Contents

The Liberal Democrats regained control of the council, winning 39 out of the 54 seats, with the Conservative Party forming the principal opposition with eleven of the remaining fifteen seats.

Summary of results

Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council Composition 2018 Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council 2018.svg
Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council Composition 2018
Richmond upon Thames Council election result 2018 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 39+240+2472.246.797,496+14.9
  Conservative 110-28-2820.437.678,431-7.4
  Labour 00000.010.421,723-2.1
  Green 4+40+47.44.59,392-1.5
  Women's Equality 00000.00.4741New
  Independent 00000.00.3547-0.6
  UKIP 00000.00.2452-3.7
  Socialist (GB) 00000.00.2452New

Ward results

Barnes

Barnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aphra Brandreth 2,017 54.26 -3.73
Conservative Paul Hodgins* 1,919 51.63 -6.49
Conservative Rita Palmer* 1,895 50.98 -7.39
Liberal Democrats Merlene Emerson1,53941.40+20.79
Liberal Democrats Anne McKee1,48639.98+20.53
Green Nicola Albon1,05828.46+13.21
Labour Judith Enright2346.30-6.50
Labour Sachin Patel1854.98-6.78
Labour Alec Lever1534.12-5.81
Socialist (GB) Adam Buick280.75N/A
Turnout 3,72550.15
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Sheen

East Sheen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Anthony Marcel* 2,026 48.25 -10.45
Liberal Democrats Mona Adams 1,982 47.20 +25.41
Conservative Seamus Joyce 1,979 47.13 -12.43
Conservative Robert Thompson*1,92845.92-9.11
Liberal Democrats Julia Cambridge1,92745.89+25.89
Liberal Democrats James Heath1,72441.06+24.89
Labour Deborah Genders2766.57-4.74
Labour Giles Oakley2445.81-5.33
Labour Rowan Woodward1764.19-6.65
Turnout 4,20455.24
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fulwell & Hampton Hill

Fulwell & Hampton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Cardy* 2,497 62.50 +23.66
Liberal Democrats Matthew Hull 2,368 59.27 +21.77
Green Monica Saunders 1,923 48.14 +31.91
Conservative Mark Boyle*1,26731.71-5.14
Conservative Joe Broughton1,19429.89-4.36
Conservative Saba Shaukat1,00225.08-7.65
Labour Catherine Pickering40510.14-2.70
Labour Jane Butters3639.09-2.11
Labour Adam Gladstone2726.81-3.89
Turnout 4,00250.61
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Frost* 2,344 58.79 +21.53
Liberal Democrats Gareth Richards 2,038 51.12 +15.03
Green Andrée Frieze 1,917 48.08 +36.41
Conservative Jean Loveland*1,48537.25+0.60
Conservative Sara Gezdari1,28632.25-4.32
Conservative Radomir Tylecote1,20430.20-3.36
Labour Jed Baxter3137.85-1.21
Labour Sandra Keen3067.67-3.47
Labour Danny Moran2676.70-1.19
Turnout 3,99453.97
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Hampton

Hampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts* 2,464 58.03 +15.42
Liberal Democrats Suzette Nicholson* 2,442 57.51 +15.11
Liberal Democrats Geraint Thomason 2,107 49.62 +16.11
Conservative Tim Rosser1,51335.63+2.04
Conservative Petra Sale*1,51135.59-0.52
Conservative Jon Slinn1,42133.47+2.23
Labour Bob Bollen3167.44-3.01
Labour Margaret Mills2586.08-4.56
Labour Christopher Fawcett2185.13-3.48
Turnout 4,25353.78
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hampton North

Hampton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Avril Coelho 1,373 42.89 +20.83
Conservative Geoffrey Samuel* 1,372 42.86 -1.83
Conservative Kate Howard* 1,337 41.77 -0.45
Conservative Martin Seymour*1,32641.42+0.26
Liberal Democrats Jerry Elloy1,23738.64+14.33
Liberal Democrats York Membery1,12535.15+12.64
Labour Cathy Driscoll46714.59+2.40
Labour Harpreet Gill42913.40+1.44
Labour Philip Moshi35611.12+0.38
UKIP Paul Rodwell1073.34-9.39
Turnout 3,20644.35
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hampton Wick

Hampton Wick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Brown 2,636 61.75 +41.59
Liberal Democrats Jim Millard 2,439 57.13 +37.84
Green Dylan Baxendale 1,738 40.71 +19.96
Conservative Tony Arbour*1,64238.46-17.29
Conservative Suzy Webb1,28029.98-20.94
Conservative Chris Harrison1,27529.87-17.42
Labour Eva Tutchell4159.72-4.41
Labour Caroline Loewenstein3077.19-8.37
Labour Gerard Ward2586.04-9.46
Turnout 4,27752.22
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Coombs* 1,763 44.72 +11.30
Liberal Democrats Lesley Pollesche 1,560 39.57 +9.88
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson 1,507 38.23 +10.99
Labour Sergio Cortes Allsopp1,09327.73+5.53
Labour Jan Kilsby1,04426.48+5.59
Conservative Alan Butler*1,04026.38-6.43
Conservative George Dryja1,03226.18-5.52
Labour Ranjeev Walia1,02526.00+8.26
Conservative Buddhi Weerasinghe94724.02-3.17
UKIP Peter Dul1594.03-15.00
Turnout 3,94850.31
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Kew

Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats J-F Burford 2,503 54.56 +16.88
Liberal Democrats Lotte Campanale 2,467 53.77 +20.73
Liberal Democrats Ian Craigie 2,308 50.31 +21.53
Conservative David Linnette*1,87040.76-5.91
Conservative Monica Horner*1,85240.37-4.39
Conservative Roger Metcalfe1,71337.34-12.11
Labour Barnaby Marder2525.49-2.70
Labour Duska Rosenberg2385.19-2.76
Labour René Smit2024.40-3.53
Turnout 4,59453.75
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Mortlake & Barnes Common

Mortlake & Barnes Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Avon* 1,986 49.34 +0.36
Conservative Gemma Curran* 1,901 47.23 -2.70
Liberal Democrats Alice Bridges-Westcott 1,758 43.68 +20.50
Conservative Tim Mack1,75743.65-0.49
Liberal Democrats Tim Catchpole1,72242.78+24.77
Liberal Democrats Michael Dingemans1,66541.37+16.81
Labour Christina Atchison3799.42-1.03
Labour Edward Jones2827.01-3.36
Labour Maureen Metzger2827.01-1.82
Turnout 4,03349.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

North Richmond

North Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nancy Baldwin 1,920 45.66 +16.25
Liberal Democrats Richard Pyne 1,725 41.02 +12.40
Liberal Democrats Richard Warren 1,714 40.76 +11.52
Conservative Jane Keep1,68740.12-5.09
Conservative Stephen Speak*1,67139.74-1.28
Conservative Jason Hilder1,65439.33-4.80
Labour Fiona O'Farrell65515.58+5.13
Labour Thomas Absolon60114.29+3.92
Labour Maxwell Smith54012.84+2.55
Turnout 4,21450.66
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

South Richmond

South Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Fleming* 1,921 48.52 -6.38
Conservative Peter Buckwell* 1,849 46.70 -6.05
Liberal Democrats Bill Newton Dunn 1,749 44.18 +21.00
Conservative Thomas O'Malley*1,74344.03-4.95
Liberal Democrats Paulina Vassileva1,70843.14+23.02
Green Elizabeth Nash1,20830.51+13.92
Labour Deborah Huggett3388.54-3.46
Labour Edwin Makurah2907.33-4.44
Labour Michael Freedman2686.77-2.67
UKIP Robert Leon812.05-6.28
Turnout 3,96048.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

South Twickenham

South Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Katie Mansfield 2,326 58.41 +31.18
Liberal Democrats Michael Butlin 2,200 55.25 +28.14
Green Richard Bennett 1,548 38.87 +19.53
Conservative Clare Head*1,48337.24-10.85
Conservative David Porter*1,35734.08-11.93
Conservative David Marlow*1,30932.87-11.03
Labour Beatriz Lees3779.47-5.48
Labour Sampson Low3308.29-7.27
Labour Manju Walia2776.96-7.93
Turnout 3,98753.78
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

St Margarets & North Twickenham

St Margarets & North Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Acton* 2,718 59.63 +15.43
Liberal Democrats Ben Khosa* 2,559 56.14 +16.16
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ehmann* 2,528 55.46 +17.91
Conservative Helen Edward1,21226.59-9.53
Conservative Nathaniel Ikeazor1,12824.75-10.63
Conservative Phillip Taylor1,08723.85-5.93
Labour Rachel Evans64414.13+2.22
Labour Gordon Alexander59513.05+2.59
Labour Adam Hinton55112.09+4.01
Independent Thomas Pangbourne1823.99N/A
Turnout 4,57052.91
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Teddington

Teddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Baker 2,571 59.92 +17.91
Liberal Democrats Martin Elengorn* 2,491 58.05 +17.98
Liberal Democrats Tim Woodcock 2,432 56.58 +16.96
Conservative Elizabeth Foster1,37932.14-6.16
Conservative Simon Lamb1,30330.37-3.93
Conservative Richard Fitter1,28029.83-6.06
Labour Penny Banaji3618.41-2.84
Labour Neil Browning3397.90-3.06
Labour Louise Creighton3147.32-2.87
Turnout 4,29753.16
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Twickenham Riverside

Twickenham Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Neden-Watts 2,283 57.52 +23.24
Liberal Democrats James Chard 2,243 56.51 +23.53
Liberal Democrats Roger Crouch 2,009 50.62 +20.96
Conservative Susan Chappell*1,25631.65-11.23
Conservative Helen Hill*1,11127.99-8.60
Conservative Alexandre Andrews1,11027.97-9.41
Women's Equality Caroline Rayfield74118.67N/A
Labour Rhonda Evans3398.54-2.38
Labour David Harley2506.30-3.95
Labour Harvey Woolfe2155.42-5.41
Turnout 3,97450.79
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

West Twickenham

West Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Piers Allen* 2,043 51.20 +14.69
Liberal Democrats Helen Lee Parsons* 2,031 50.90 +15.76
Liberal Democrats Alan Juriansz 1,916 48.02 +17.85
Conservative Jane Boulton*1,14128.60-4.59
Conservative Paul Nacmanson1,05726.49-5.88
Conservative Sheba Sogol93923.53-4.77
Labour Jennifer Churchill78519.67+4.44
Labour Paul Tanto73518.42+4.54
Labour John Plastow69317.37+4.31
UKIP David Sparrow1052.63-9.23
Turnout 3,99649.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Whitton

Whitton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Humphreys 1,935 51.79 +25.95
Liberal Democrats Liz Jaeger* 1,768 47.32 +15.70
Liberal Democrats Rob O'Carroll 1,648 44.11 +21.31
Conservative Gareth Elliott*1,36536.54-4.34
Conservative Sophie Lister1,27134.02+3.03
Conservative Grant Healy*1,20132.15-0.19
Labour Jasmin Athwal44811.99-0.18
Labour Daniel Hilton40110.73-0.44
Labour Mark Hopkins3709.90+0.88
IndependentPaul Hampartsoumian3659.77-3.66
Turnout 3,74251.31
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2022

East Sheen

East Sheen By-Election 18 July 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Cambridge 1,809 58.9 Increase2.svg11.7
Conservative Helen Edward1,09035.4Decrease2.svg10.4
Women's Equality Trixie Rawlinson902.93New
Labour Giles Oakley822.6Decrease2.svg3.1
Majority71923.4Increase2.svg22.1
Turnout 3,07040.70Decrease2.svg14.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hampton Wick

Hampton Wick By-Election 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Petra Fleming 2,447 52.4 Increase2.svg11.5
Conservative Nina Watson1,23226.4Decrease2.svg0.9
Green Chas Warlow53811.5Decrease2.svg15.5
Labour Nick Dexter4469.5Increase2.svg3.1
Majority1,21526.0N/A
Turnout 4,66356.7Increase2.svg4.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing N/A

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