2022 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

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2022 Kingston upon Thames Council election
  2018 5 May 20222026 

All 48 council seats
 
LeaderAndreas KirschRowena BassJames Giles
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative KIRG
Leader sinceOctober 2021May 2022May 2022
Leader's seatChessington South and Malden RushettCoombe HillGreen Lane and St James
Last election39 seats, 51.7%9 seats, 30.6%0 seats
Current seats4431

Incumbent council control


Liberal Democrats



The 2022 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect all 48 members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

Contents

The Liberal Democrats retained overall majority control of the council, the fifth time in the last six elections that the party has won overall control.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election Kingston upon Thames London UK local election 2018 map.svg
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, Kingston upon Thames has been under Liberal Democrat control, Conservative control and no overall control. The Liberal Democrats have controlled the council since 2002, apart from the period between 2014 and 2018 when the Conservatives had an overall majority. The Liberal Democrats regained control in the most recent election in 2018, where they won 39 seats with 51.7% of the vote and the Conservatives won the remaining nine seats with 30.6% of the vote. The Labour Party lost both seats they were defending and received 11.9% of the vote across the borough. [2]

Council term

A Liberal Democrat councillor, Sharon Falchikov-Sumner, left her party in 2018 after the council voted to close their last residential care home. She joined the Green Party in February 2019. [3] In March 2020, the council leader Liz Green was successfully challenged by Caroline Kerr, a Liberal Democrat councillor who was first elected in 2018. [4] A Liberal Democrat councillor for Chessington South, Tricia Bamford, resigned in December 2020 due to a change in her family circumstances. [5] A by-election to replace her was not held until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The by-election, which was contested by thirteen Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidates, was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Andrew MacKinlay. [6] Mackinlay had previously served as the Labour MP for Thurrock. [7] In September 2021, the Liberal Democrat councillor Jon Tolley left his party due to policy disagreements with the council executive. [8] He announced that he wouldn't contest the next election, saying "I think we were lying to the public" about the demolition of aleisure centre in his ward. [9] Kerr announced her resignation as council leader in October 2021. [10]

As with most London boroughs, Kingston upon Thames was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors remained at 48, but the commission produced new boundaries following a period of consultation, with ten three-member wards and nine two-member wards. [11]

Electoral process

Kingston upon Thames, 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 will have 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. [12] 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. [12]

Previous council composition

After 2018 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Liberal Democrats 39 Liberal Democrats 37
Conservative 9 Conservative 8
Green 1
Independent 2

Results summary

2022 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 44Increase2.svg 591.147.960,732-3.8
  Conservative 3Decrease2.svg 66.725.432,179-5.2
  KIRG 1Increase2.svg 12.25.77,221+3.4
  Labour 000Steady2.svg0.012.716,123+0.8
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.07.69,622+4.3
  Monster Raving Loony 000Steady2.svg0.00.4474+0.3
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.00.2213+0.1
  Women's Equality 000Steady2.svg0.00.2212New
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg0.00.197New

Ward Results

Since elections were fought on new boundaries, vote share can't be directly compared with the 2018 results. Candidates marked * were sitting councillors at the time of election.

Alexandra

Alexandra (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Maurice Herlinger 991 44.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Manders 976 43.5
Conservative Andy Rowe75433.6
Conservative Simon Richard George Illsley73532.8
Labour Lizzie Hensman25511.4
Green Kate Worley23110.3
Green Des Kay2139.5
Labour Alexander James Lock1958.7
Total votes4,350
Turnout 2,24450.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Berrylands

Berrylands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Davies 1,340 51.4
Liberal Democrats Anita Margaret Schaper * 1,232 47.3
Conservative Claire Harding75228.9
Conservative Jagie Rai67926.1
Labour Johnnie Byrne27910.7
Green Philip Smith27110.4
Labour Lawrence Roy Green2459.4
Green Peter Anthony Whitworth1887.2
Liberal Carole Ann973.7
Total votes5,083
Turnout 2,60654.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Canbury Gardens

Canbury Gardens (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats James Noel Manthel 1,191 46.8
Liberal Democrats Noel Walter Hadjimichael 1,173 46.1
Conservative Maria Jane Netley*76730.1
Conservative Martin Pike69227.2
Green Fiona Campbell39515.5
Green Linda Sawyer26210.3
Labour Chris Priest2439.6
Labour Bilal Ashraf Chohan2369.3
Total votes4,959
Turnout 2,54446.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chessington South & Malden Rushett

Chessington South and Malden Rushett (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Andreas Kirsch * 1,453 49.6
Liberal Democrats Sharukh Mirza 1,353 46.1
Liberal Democrats Griseldis Kirsch 1,335 45.5
Conservative Sue Towner1,08737.1
Conservative Harry James Woods99734.0
Conservative Bushra Tariq Aziz86929.6
Labour Clare Siobhan Keogh34911.9
Labour Mawell Oliver Freedman33911.6
Labour Alexander Stuart Nelson29210.0
Monster Raving Loony Director of Undertaking Brunskill903.1
Monster Raving Loony Joe Lucky Guv652.2
Monster Raving Loony A.Gent Chinners612.1
Monster Raving Loony Captain Coiley471.6
Total votes8,337
Turnout 2,93240.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rowena Bass * 960 48.4
Conservative Ian George * 875 44.1
Liberal Democrats Kim Natasha Bailey *67834.2
Liberal Democrats Jason James Pethers58729.6
Labour Dave Cooper24012.1
Labour Anthony Michael Murray19910.0
KIRG Kerry Giles1547.8
KIRG Adrian King1397.0
Total votes3,832
Turnout 1,98438.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Coombe Vale

Coombe Vale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Crawford Bolton 1,624 44.1
Liberal Democrats Kamala Kugan 1,612 43.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sillett 1,475 40.0
Conservative Cathy Adams1,21332.9
Conservative Roy Sanjeev Arora *1,16331.6
Conservative Itret Latif95525.9
Green John Grant67518.3
Labour Liz Meerabeau53214.4
KIRG David James Giles50413.7
Labour Ian Alexander Parker43111.7
Labour Gareth Brian Thomas37910.3
Total votes10,563
Turnout 3,68650.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Green Lane & St James

Green Lane and St James (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Tim Cobbett * 888 39.8
KIRG James Giles 853 38.2
Liberal Democrats Simon John May Edwards *84537.8
KIRG Yvonne Tracey75733.9
Conservative David Ian Condry28812.9
Labour Gerry Jones25311.3
Conservative Suniya Qureshi24010.7
Labour Gary Alan See2169.7
Total votes4,340
Turnout 223348.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
KIRG win (new seat)

Hook & Chessington North

Hook and Chessington North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Steph Archer * 1,750 54.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Ansari 1,627 50.4
Liberal Democrats Afy Afilaka 1,566 48.5
Conservative Adam Paul Stannard90928.1
Conservative Gia Borg-Darcy90828.1
Conservative Romana Chohan87427.1
Labour Christine Wynne Thompson47214.6
Labour Paul Robert John Mitchell44713.8
Labour Clive Simmons42313.2
Monster Raving Loony Lady Dave1213.7
Monster Raving Loony Colonel Cramps902.8
Total votes9,187
Turnout 3,23041.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

King George's & Sunray

King George's and Sunray (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mark Beynon * 813 48.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Rachel Grocott 784 46.6
Conservative Mihaela McKendrick56633.7
Conservative Stephen John Cherry53631.9
Labour Nicholas Gregory Draper27216.2
Labour Claire Johns-Perring26916.0
Total votes3,240
Turnout 1,68240.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kingston Gate

Kingston Gate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Anne Owen 1,614 45.6
Liberal Democrats Sabah Hamed 1,504 42.5
Liberal Democrats Farshid Sadr-Hashemi 1,315 37.1
Conservative Andy Bickerstaff77121.8
Conservative George William Callaghan72320.4
Conservative Jamila Bibi65018.4
Green Jennifer Child60617.1
KIRG Helen Hinton59616.8
KIRG Deepa Veneik44212.5
Labour Sally Richardson41211.6
Labour James Dominic Leather38110.8
Green Alison Gomez-Russell37310.5
Green Paul Wright3098.7
Labour Ashley Zhang-Borges2908.2
Independent Caroline Shah2136.0
Total votes10,199
Turnout 3,54247.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kingston Town

Kingston Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Roger Mark Hayes 1,243 43.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Nardelli 1,243 43.6
Liberal Democrats John Nicholas Sweeney * 1,104 38.7
Labour Kezia Elizabeth Coleman62521.9
Labour Charles St John Bamford55619.5
Conservative Steve Kent50117.6
Conservative Richard John Paton48517.0
Labour Martin Christopher Ellis48016.8
Conservative Colin Anthony Terence Suckling43615.3
Green Fiona Johnson37013.0
KIRG Georgina Lydia Anne Hinton29410.3
Green Jamie Brilley29310.3
KIRG Bob Tyler28410.0
KIRG Phil Doyle2819.8
Green John Johnson1856.5
Total votes8,380
Turnout 2,85441.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Motspur Park & Old Malden East

Motspur Park and Old Malden East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Lynn Isabell Henderson 1,132 46.0
Liberal Democrats Richard John Thorpe 1,009 41.0
Conservative Terry Paton90636.8
Conservative Rob Smith82233.4
Labour Alice Catherine Campbell35214.3
Labour Amina Rasool25910.5
Green Stuart James Newton2229.0
Total votes4,702
Turnout 2,46146.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

New Malden Village

Election was postponed due to the death of Mary Jean Clark [13]

New Malden Village (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mark Durrant * 1,217 42.5
Liberal Democrats Dongsung Kim 1,184 41.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Anne Heap * 1,182 41.2
Green Lucy Howard86730.3
KIRG Richard Hebborn72425.3
KIRG Marc Tracey70324.5
Conservative Paul Ashworth Bedforth46716.3
Labour Pat Dobson43615.2
Labour Sean Paul Casey42915.0
Labour Stephen Dunkling37413.0
Conservative Philip Cockle37213.0
Conservative Saad Hindosh32711.4
Total votes
Turnout 2,86642.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Norbiton

Norbiton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Emily Davey * 1,541 51.7
Liberal Democrats Olly Wehring * 1,495 50.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Skipwith 1,258 42.2
Labour Marcela Veronica Benedetti90430.3
Labour Alex Benn-Amir71924.1
Labour Laurie South71223.9
Conservative Charlotte Karis Gray37512.6
Conservative Alexander Williams36612.3
Conservative Sandira Bye Beekoo34811.7
Green Martin Hall2398.0
Green Charlie Redman2257.5
KIRG Valerie Jenner1976.6
Green Tony Mark Robinson1635.5
Total votes8.542
Turnout 2,98343.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Old Malden

Old Malden (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Park 1,162 48.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Massimi 1,093 45.7
Conservative Kevin John Davis *88036.8
Conservative Jason Robert Hughes *80233.6
Labour Grace Victoria Bollins26311.0
Labour Emma Keeley Francis24410.2
Green Pauline Howard1757.3
Total votes4,619
Turnout 2,39048.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Mark's & Seething Wells

St. Mark's and Seething Wells (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shard Green * 1,830 46.2
Liberal Democrats Diane White * 1,726 43.6
Liberal Democrats Yogan Yoganathan * 1,669 42.1
Green Sharron Sumner *1,35134.1
Green Tariq Shabbeer99225.0
Green Hubert Kwisthout92523.3
Conservative Cameron John William Davis52613.3
Conservative Calum John Paton47211.9
Conservative Ian Alistair Wilson46711.8
Labour Naomi Louise Bamford-Hurrell46311.7
Labour Charlie Deacon3609.1
Labour Conor Alexander Bollins3498.8
Women's Equality Deborah Anne Young Olszewski2125.3
KIRG Leslie Ian Jones2105.3
Total votes11,552
Turnout 3,96346.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sharron Sumner was elected in 2018 in Alexandra ward as a Liberal Democrat, but resigned from the council in early 2022.

Surbiton Hill

Surbiton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Alison Holt * 1,810 53.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Reeve 1,629 48.1
Liberal Democrats Amir Ali Khan 1,596 47.1
Conservative Caroline Bowis67920.0
Conservative Andrew Innes64219.0
Conservative Richard John Hudson53515.8
Labour Simon Bevis Ayre38211.3
Green Anna Katherine Burlingsby37010.9
Labour Greta Lynne Farian33810.0
Labour Rebecca Claire Way3339.8
Green Claire Louise Burlingsby3109.4
Green Patrick Lewis Goodacre2918.9
KIRG Glen Colegate2858.7
KIRG Hayley Smithers2256.8
KIRG Mo Rajput1815.5
Total votes9,606
Turnout 3,28742.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tolworth

Tolworth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mariana Goncalves 2,047 59.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Wooldridge 2,002 58.2
Liberal Democrats Thay Thayalan * 1,998 58.1
Conservative Jemima Lucy Katherine60817.7
Labour Anthony John Banks59217.2
Conservative Julian Stewart Harvey Bedale57116.6
Labour Praveen Kumar Kolluguri48414.1
Labour Benjamin Joseph Gillmore Kerkham47913.9
Conservative Amia Akter Tania47513.8
KIRG Kelv Foote39211.4
Total votes9,648
Turnout 3,44044.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tudor

Tudor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Hall 1,321 45.5
Conservative Jamal Chohan 1,167 40.2
Conservative Ben Mallett1,15339.7
Liberal Democrats Jack Smith1,09837.8
Green David Horgan38713.3
Labour Mark Stephen Garland2348.1
Labour Frank William Wingate2067.1
Total votes5,566
Turnout 2,90456.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

2022–2026 by-elections

Green Lane & St James

Green Lane & St James, 10th November 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KIRG Yvonne Tracey 855 46.3 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Mahmood Rafiq64735.1-4.9
Labour Nick Draper26514.4+3.6
Conservative Suniya Qureshi784.2-7.9
Turnout 1,84540.0
KIRG gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 7.0%

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