| Abbey | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Merton London Borough Council | |
 Abbey ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Merton |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 10,534 (2021) [lower-alpha 1] |
| Electorate | 7,396 (2022) |
| Area | 1.376 square kilometres (0.531 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 1978 |
Abbey is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Merton. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns councillors to Merton London Borough Council.
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2022.
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Braithwaite | 1,294 | 37.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mike Brunt | 1,169 | 34.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Klaar Dresselaers | 1,160 | 33.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 1,151 | 33.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Karen Peck | 1,133 | 32.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Zak Dada | 1,089 | 31.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nigel Benbow | 927 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Hayley Ormrod* | 858 | 24.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 796 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Peter Garrett | 391 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,439 | 46.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2002.
The election took place on 3 May 2018. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eleanor Leslie Stringer | 1,476 | 42.8 | -5.1 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Charles Benbow | 1,446 | 41.9 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Ben Butler | 1,409 | 40.7 | -7.1 | |
| Conservative | Emma-Louise Vetriano | 1,399 | 40.6 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 1,383 | 40.1 | +10.2 | |
| Labour | Dave Treanor | 1,323 | 38.4 | -8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew William Payne | 547 | 15.9 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 464 | 13.5 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Panos Topalis | 419 | 12.1 | +7.1 | |
| TUSC | Piero Miloro | 77 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 22 May 2014. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abigail Jones | 1,563 | 47.9 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,560 | 47.8 | +11.5 | |
| Labour | Katy Neep | 1,519 | 46.5 | +15.4 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,136 | 34.8 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Smith | 1,104 | 33.8 | -5.8 | |
| Conservative | Cesar Sepulveda | 975 | 29.9 | -4.3 | |
| Green | David Wood | 425 | 13.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 284 | 8.7 | -17.0 | |
| UKIP | Rathy Alagaratnam | 259 | 7.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Heinrich | 202 | 6.2 | -16.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Tippett-Cooper | 162 | 5.0 | -17.4 | |
| Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,888 | 39.6 | -1.6 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,758 | 36.8 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,733 | 36.3 | -0.1 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Latif | 1,634 | 34.2 | -6.5 | |
| Labour | Pauline Cowper | 1,542 | 32.3 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | Emma Nye | 1,484 | 31.1 | -3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Towner | 1,229 | 25.7 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Karim | 1,103 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Warne | 1,068 | 22.4 | +9.3 | |
| Turnout | 4,773 | 66.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 4 May 2006. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,297 | 41.2 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Marc Hanson | 1,282 | 40.7 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,214 | 38.5 | +10.5 | |
| Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,147 | 36.4 | -3.5 | |
| Labour | Michael Brunt | 1,087 | 34.5 | -5.3 | |
| Labour | Laxmi Attawar | 1,074 | 34.1 | -2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 566 | 18.0 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Houilihan | 470 | 14.9 | -0.8 | |
| Green | Benjamin Walsh | 443 | 14.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 412 | 13.1 | -0.4 | |
| Turnout | 3,150 | 44.1 | +16.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 2 May 2002. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Su Assinen | 766 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Abrams | 765 | 39.8 | ||
| Labour | Mick Fitzgerald | 710 | 37.0 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft | 644 | 33.5 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Bottell | 613 | 31.9 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Raymond | 538 | 28.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Brown | 320 | 16.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John O'Boyle | 301 | 15.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Celia Lee | 260 | 13.5 | ||
| Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 233 | 12.1 | ||
| Green | John Barrow | 180 | 9.3 | ||
| Green | Conal Cunningham | 166 | 8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,927 | 27.4 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
The election took place on 7 May 1998. [7]
The election took place on 5 May 1994. [8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maria Dingwall | 1,717 | 44.37 |  2.55 | |
| Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,643 | |||
| Labour | Adrian Holt | 1,582 | |||
| Conservative | Anne Bottell | 820 | 21.34 |  11.41 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Connon | 795 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Thorley | 761 | |||
| Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 589 | 15.87 | 5.96 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker | 382 | 8.70 | 0.69 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gail Moss | 331 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Rudd | 257 | |||
| Independent | Monowara Ahmad | 108 | 2.91 | New | |
| Independent | Grace Giddins | 97 | 2.61 | 0.58 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Rahman | 80 | 2.16 | New | |
| Independent | Abdul Kalam | 76 | 2.05 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,944 | 30 | |||
| Turnout | 3,267 | 47.05 | 4.38 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | 0.02 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
The election took place on 3 May 1990. [9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Marie-Louise de Villiers | 1,769 | 46.92 | |
| Labour | Geoffrey Martin | 1,665 | ||
| Labour | Ian Scott | 1,620 | ||
| Conservative | Diana Harris | 1,216 | 32.75 | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Butt | 1,195 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Thorley | 1,116 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 391 | 9.39 | |
| Green | Wendy Flood | 320 | 8.91 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Leonard Harvey | 315 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Spencer-Phillips | 304 | ||
| Independent | Grace Giddins | 73 | 2.03 | |
| Registered electors | 6,914 | |||
| Turnout | 3,556 | 51.43 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
The election took place on 8 May 1986. [10]
The election took place on 6 May 1982. [11]
The election took place on 4 May 1978. [12]
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