2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election

2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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All 55 seats to Greenwich London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.4%
First party Second party   Leader Dan Thorpe Nigel Fletcher Party Labour Conservative Last election 42 seats, 55.9% 9 seats, 23.6% Seats won 52 3 Seat change 10 6 Popular vote 88,610 35,337 Percentage 57.9% 23.1% Swing 2.0% 0.5%
Map of the results of the 2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red.
council control before election 2018 Labour Subsequent council control 2022 Labour

The 2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Greenwich London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, winning 42 out of the 51 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 9 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire. ^[1]

Since its formation, Greenwich has been continuously under Labour control except for the period from 1968 to 1971 when it was under Conservative control. Councillors have been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats and the Social Democratic Party. The Liberal Democrats lost their most recent seats in the 2010 election with all seats since being won by Labour or the Conservatives. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour won 42 seats with 55.9% of the vote and the Conservatives won 9 seats with 23.6% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 8.6% of the vote and the Green Party received 7.7% of the vote, but neither party won any seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Danny Thorpe, who has held that position since 2018. ^[2]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Glyndon, Tonia Ashikodi, was given a suspended sentence for property fraud in March 2020. She resigned on the same day. ^[3] She had declared she had no other property when she became a council tenant in 2008 and repeated the claim in 2012, while owning three rental homes. ^[4] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was not possible to hold a by-election until May 2021.

In April 2020, a Labour councillor for Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Christine Grice, died. She had served on the council since 2014 and had been elected as deputy leader shortly before her death. ^[5] The council's finance cabinet member and a Labour councillor for Shooters Hill, Chris Kirby, announced his resignation in January 2021. He was moving with his family to the Peak District. ^[6] A Labour councillor for Greenwich West, Mehboob Khan, announced his resignation in February 2021 due to taking a politically restricted job working for Redbridge London Borough Council. He had previously been the leader of Kirklees Council in Yorkshire, remaining a councillor there for some time after moving to Greenwich ^[7] and had served on Greenwich council since 2015 ^[8]

By-elections to fill all vacancies were held in May 2021 alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election. Labour held all four seats, with Sandra Bauer winning in Glyndon, Odette McGahey winning in Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Clare Burke-McDonald winning in Shooters Hill and Pat Slattery winning in Greenwich West ^[9]

Along with most other London boroughs, Greenwich was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should have 55 seats, an increase of four, and produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation. The new scheme consists of nine three-councillor wards and fourteen two-councillor wards. ^[10]

Electoral process

Greenwich, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. ^[11] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election. ^[11]

Previous council composition

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  Council composition after the 2018 election
• 
  Council composition ahead of the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	42		Labour	42
	Conservative	9		Conservative	9

Results summary

2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52	1	0	10	94.5	57.9	88,610	+2.0
	Conservative	3	0	1	6	5.5	23.1	35,337	-0.5
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	12.0	18,425	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	6.1	9,401	-2.5
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	749	New
	Britain First	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	255	New
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	125	±0.0
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	118	-0.6
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	79	New

Ward results

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Baker	1,980	66.8
	Labour	Ann-Marie Cousins*	1,964	66.2	+0.7
	Labour	Denise Hyland*	1,929	65.1	+6.5
	Conservative	David Brinson	569	19.2
	Green	James Brandon	526	17.7
	Conservative	Brenda Lobo	506	17.1
	Conservative	Brian Weller	499	16.8
	Green	Roberto Mirabella	374	12.6
	Green	Aruhan Galieva	338	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Durham	211	7.1
Turnout				28.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath Westcombe

Blackheath Westcombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mariam Lolavar*	2,467	49.0	+5.6
	Labour	Leo Fletcher*	2,372	47.1	+7.4
	Labour	Christine St Matthew-Daniel	2,170	43.1
	Conservative	Geoff Brighty*	1,621	32.2	−6.4
	Conservative	Daniel McGinley	1,245	24.7
	Conservative	Naveed Mughal	1,166	23.2
	Green	Victoria Rance	876	17.4	+8.3
	Green	Christopher Edgar	672	13.4
	Green	Philip Malivoire	629	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Coppack	618	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pierce Chalmers	578	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Spence	477	9.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Trevor Allman	125	2.5	+0.2
	Communist	Stewart McGill	79	1.6
Turnout				46.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Charlton Hornfair

Charlton Hornfair (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Burke-McDonald	1,744	66.2
	Labour	Lakshan Saldin	1,528	58.0
	Green	Ann Brown	547	20.8
	Conservative	Rupert Fiennes	486	18.4
	Conservative	Alan O'Kelly	453	17.2
	Green	Cole Pemberton	272	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Burridge	241	9.1
Turnout				34.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Charlton Village and Riverside

Charlton Village and Riverside (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Dillon*	1,491	68.4	+6.8
	Labour	Jo van den Broek	1,346	61.7
	Green	Clare Loops	427	19.6	−1.1
	Green	Philip Connolly	355	16.3
	Conservative	Lucy Woodruff	303	13.9
	Conservative	James Worron	258	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Watkin	182	8.3
Turnout				33.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

East Greenwich

East Greenwich (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maisie Richards Cottell	1,844	48.2
	Labour	Rowshan Hannan	1,825	47.7
	Labour	Majid Rahman	1,700	44.5
	Green	Stacy Smith	1,632	42.7
	Green	Matt Browne	1,557	40.7
	Green	Karin Tearle	1,462	38.2
	Conservative	Andrea Borbely	495	12.9
	Conservative	Andrew Bell	483	12.6
	Conservative	Elliot Whittingham	396	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Wainwright	78	2.0
Turnout				39.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eltham Page

Eltham Page (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jane Merrill*	1,152	58.0	+0.1
	Labour	Miranda Williams*	1,030	51.8	−3.1
	Conservative	Phil Russel	544	27.4
	Conservative	Angie Begollari	541	27.2
	Green	Matt Stratford	265	13.3
	Britain First	Nicholas Scanlon	255	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Huntbach	187	9.4
Turnout				31.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eltham Park and Progress

Eltham Park and Progress (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bird*	1,959	53.1
	Labour	Simon Peirce	1,662	45.1
	Conservative	Charlie Davis*	1,479	40.1
	Conservative	Spencer Drury*	1,470	39.9
	Green	Luke Hawkins	480	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mills	228	6.2
	Reform UK	Wendy Beaumont	98	2.7
Turnout				48.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eltham Town and Avery Hill

Eltham Town and Avery Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lauren Dingsdale	1,921	48.5
	Labour	Sammy Backon	1,870	47.2
	Conservative	Pat Greenwell*	1,763	44.5
	Conservative	Nigel Fletcher*	1,740	43.9
	Labour	Raja Zeeshan	1,678	42.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Reid	1,528	38.6
	Green	Mark Williams	573	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martha Parkhurst	340	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chuter	312	7.9
	Reform UK	Tom Bright	164	4.1
Turnout				38.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Greenwich Creekside

Greenwich Creekside (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Majella Anning	1,463	66.8
	Labour	Calum O'Byrne Mulligan	1,224	55.9
	Green	Sem Longhurst	449	20.5
	Conservative	Ben Crompton	356	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Kathleen Harris	333	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Austin	302	13.8
	Conservative	Christopher Swift	254	11.6
Turnout				31.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Greenwich Park

Greenwich Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Slattery*	1,441	50.5
	Labour	Aidan Smith*	1,379	48.3
	Green	Hayley Jeffery	1,000	35.0
	Green	Mike Sixsmith	650	22.8
	Conservative	Daniel Smith	363	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rhian O'Connor	335	11.7
	Conservative	Ariadna Vilalta	328	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Charles Smith	216	7.6
Turnout				39.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Greenwich Peninsula

Greenwich Peninsula (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Scott-McDonald*	1,080	54.6
	Labour	David Gardner*	1,047	52.9
	Labour	Nick Williams	959	48.4
	Green	Laura Sessions	371	18.7
	Green	Roger Bailey	323	16.3
	Conservative	James Cowling	321	16.2
	Conservative	Godwin Amaefula	321	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ulysse Abbate	312	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Mulligan	301	15.2
	Conservative	Anthonia Ugo	295	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Chamberlain	290	14.6
	Green	John Holmes	271	13.7
	Reform UK	Terry Wheeler	48	2.4
Turnout				28.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kidbrooke Park

Kidbrooke Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Odette McGahey*	1,284	62.2
	Labour	John Fahy*	1,270	61.5
	Conservative	Aileen Davis	571	27.7
	Conservative	Kerrymarie West	487	23.6
	Green	Alexander Pemberton	390	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Reid	218	10.6
	Reform UK	Sharon Kent	127	6.2
Turnout				31.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kidbrooke Village and Sutcliffe

Kidbrooke Village and Sutcliffe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Bauer*	865	70.5
	Labour	Dave Sullivan	655	53.4
	Green	Fiona Moore	290	23.6
	Conservative	Kate Drury	266	21.7
	Conservative	Lola Ojomola	209	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Milne	169	13.8
Turnout				32.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Middle Park and Horn Park

Middle Park and Horn Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris May	1,302	66.2
	Labour	Rachel Taggart-Ryan	1,242	63.1
	Conservative	David Banks	521	26.5
	Conservative	Rob Sayers	449	22.8
	Green	Pierre Davies	236	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pattenden	184	9.4
Turnout				31.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham

Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathy Dowse	1,916	49.9
	Conservative	Matt Hartley*	1,894	49.3
	Conservative	John Hills*	1,846	48.1
	Labour	Donald Austen	1,836	47.8
	Conservative	Roger Tester*	1,748	45.5
	Labour	Edward Jones	1,734	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graeme Gentry	399	10.4
	Reform UK	Mark Simpson	149	3.9
Turnout				38.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plumstead Common

Plumstead Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Issy Cooke	2,194	67.7
	Labour	Nas Asghar	2,091	64.5
	Labour	Matt Morrow*	2,083	64.3
	Green	Leonie Barron	691	21.3
	Conservative	Ashley Foord	631	19.5
	Conservative	Jim Davis	617	19.0
	Conservative	Dave Robinson	581	17.9
	Green	Anji Petersen	493	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shiel	338	10.4
Turnout				32.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Plumstead and Glyndon

Plumstead and Glyndon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Thomas	2,440	72.1
	Labour	Adel Khaireh*	2,415	71.4
	Labour	Jit Ranabhat	2,319	68.5
	Conservative	Michael Dowd	527	15.6
	Conservative	Alistair Green	482	14.2
	Green	Benjamin Oram	479	14.2
	Green	Duncan Platt	453	13.4
	Conservative	Kristian Turner	442	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Millie Brown	364	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Smith	229	6.8
Turnout				29.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shooters Hill

Shooters Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Thorpe*	1,878	70.5
	Labour	Ivis Williams*	1,757	66.0
	Green	Tamasin Rhymes	475	17.8
	Conservative	Paul Butler	440	16.5
	Conservative	Christopher Anoty	413	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie Shedden	275	10.3
	Reform UK	Ruth Handyside	89	3.3
Turnout				35.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thamesmead Moorings

Thamesmead Moorings (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olu Babatola*	1,323	77.3
	Labour	Averil Lekau*	1,242	72.5
	Conservative	Paul Drake	359	21.0
	Conservative	Peter Nutting	311	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Spence	190	11.1
Turnout				23.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thamesmead

West Thamesmead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Lloyd*	1,085	74.0
	Labour	Lade Olugbemi	967	66.0
	Green	Julie Adams	263	17.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Morris	259	17.7
	Conservative	Colin Podmore	210	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Miller	148	10.1
Turnout				23.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Woolwich Arsenal

Woolwich Arsenal (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joshua Ayodele	1,571	69.3
	Labour	Sam Littlewood	1,540	67.9
	Labour	Jackie Smith*	1,538	67.8
	Green	Lindsay Evernden	606	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ramesh Perera-Delacourt	393	17.3
	Conservative	Pat Hills	339	15.0
	Conservative	Tania Wilkinson-Bewick	319	14.1
	Conservative	Marcelo Neves	304	13.4
	Independent	Philip Onwuachi	118	5.2
	Reform UK	Jimmy Wu	74	3.3
Turnout				29.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Ige	1,486	79.3
	Labour	Anthony Okereke*	1,350	72.0
	Conservative	Elaine Pooke	326	17.4
	Conservative	Mike Rafferty	299	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Glinsman	288	15.4
Turnout				24.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolwich Dockyard

Woolwich Dockyard (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Mbang*	1,495	72.7
	Labour	Asli Mohammed	1,422	69.1
	Conservative	Simon Gallie	373	18.1
	Conservative	David Chunu	331	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Martin	261	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Rose	231	11.2
Turnout				29.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Changes 2023-2027

By-elections

Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham

Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham: 13 June 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Tester	1,359	47.1	+3.6
	Labour	Nikki Thurlow	1,101	38.2	–5.8
	Reform UK	Mark Simpson	232	8.0	+4.6
	Green	Matt Stratford	101	3.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ulysse Abbate	90	3.1	–6.1
Majority			258	8.9	N/A
Turnout			2,888	27.3	–4.2
Registered electors			10,564
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Eltham Town & Avery Hill

Eltham Town & Avery Hill: 18 October 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Davis	1,522	48.8	+12.1
	Labour	Chris McGurk	981	31.5	–9.1
	Reform UK	Ruth Handyside	290	9.3	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Edwards	132	4.2	−2.9
	Green	Mark Williams	123	3.9	–8.1
	Independent	Arnold Tarling	69	2.2	N/A
Majority			541	17.3	N/A
Turnout			3,121	28.0	–10.1
Registered electors			11,166
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	10.6

Shooters Hill

Shooters Hill: 14 November 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raja Zeeshan	1,043	57.9	−1.6
	Conservative	Ezra Aydin	237	13.2	–0.8
	Green	Tamasin Rhymes	185	10.3	−4.8
	Reform UK	Alan Cecil	179	9.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kristie Shedden	158	8.8	+0.1
Majority			806	44.5	N/A
Turnout			1,811	22.5	–13.2
Registered electors			8,045
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

West Thamesmead

West Thamesmead: 19 December 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jahdia Spencer	464	45.1	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Day	336	32.7	+24.2
	Reform UK	Ruth Handyside	92	8.9	N/A
	Conservative	Siama Gulnar Qadar	82	8.0	−6.8
	Green	Anji Melanie Petersen	55	3.9	−9.6
Majority			128	12.4	N/A
Turnout			1,032	14.9	–8.9
Registered electors			6,557
	Labour hold		Swing	20.5

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