Bexley London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Bexley in London, England. The council is elected every four years.
The first elections to the council were held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new system came into effect the following year. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:
Election | Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | Ind. | UKIP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Labour | 17 | 39 | - | - | - | |
1968 | Conservative | 55 | - | - | 1 | - | |
1971 | Labour | 24 | 32 | - | - | - | |
1974 | Conservative | 37 | 22 | - | - | - | |
1978 | Conservative | 43 | 18 | - | 1 | - | |
1982 | Conservative | 41 | 14 | 7 | - | - | |
1986 | Conservative | 36 | 15 | 11 | - | - | |
1990 | Conservative | 35 | 18 | 9 | - | - | |
1994 | No Overall Control | 24 | 24 | 14 | - | - | |
1998 | Conservative | 32 | 24 | 6 | - | - | |
2002 | Labour | 30 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
2006 | Conservative | 54 | 9 | - | - | - | |
2010 | Conservative | 52 | 11 | - | - | - | |
2014 | Conservative | 45 | 15 | - | - | 3 | |
2018 | Conservative | 34 | 11 | - | - | - | |
2022 | Conservative | 33 | 12 | - | - | - |
There were no by-elections. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. J. Illsley | 1,603 | ||
Labour | S. J. Cooper | 1,121 | ||
Turnout | 34.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. S. Newton | 1,365 | ||
Labour | J. R. Beach | 467 | ||
Liberal | Mrs A. Newman | 356 | ||
Turnout | 36.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. C. Bale | 1,866 | ||
Labour | E. Handy | 1,177 | ||
Turnout | 38.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. H. Williams | 1,306 | ||
Labour | C. F. Hargrave | 480 | ||
Liberal | L. W. Rogers | 473 | ||
Turnout | 31.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. H. S. Mead | 1,029 | ||
Labour | K. J. Smith | 470 | ||
Liberal | Mrs A. Newman | 199 | ||
National Front | C. Lane | 99 | ||
Turnout | 32.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss S. E. Gadsdon | 1,185 | ||
Conservative | D. J. Hague | 1,094 | ||
National Front | J. D. Turner | 156 | ||
Turnout | 25.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs A. L. O. Jamieson-Harvey | 1,358 | ||
Labour | D. C. Lebar | 573 | ||
National Front | J. D. Turner | 66 | ||
Turnout | 24.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. S. Maxwell | 2,317 | ||
Conservative | R. D. P. Green | 1,148 | ||
National Front | C. Lane | 90 | ||
Turnout | 34.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Connors | 1,356 | ||
Labour | V. A. M. Morgan | 905 | ||
Turnout | 40.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. A. Condom | 1,334 | ||
Conservative | J. Holden | 1,221 | ||
National Front | J. D. Turner | 89 | ||
Communist | W. E. Turner | 54 | ||
Turnout | 32.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | C. E. Wright | 1,107 | ||
Conservative | G. A. Griffin | 973 | ||
Labour | Mrs P. M. Cooper | 897 | ||
Independent | R. R. Tregunno | 334 | ||
Turnout | 42.7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald J. Passey | 1,475 | ||
Labour | Laurence D. Earney | 1,276 | ||
Liberal | David I. Browne | 588 | ||
National Front | Owen Hawke | 144 | ||
Turnout | 34.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony S. West | 838 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Walden-Kaye | 279 | ||
National Front | Barry Draper | 157 | ||
Turnout | 20.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen G. Gasche | 1,434 | ||
Labour | Alan Scutt | 736 | ||
Liberal | Keith A. Lepla | 338 | ||
National Party | James D. Turner | 227 | ||
National Front | Patricia Whitefield | 213 | ||
Independent | William E. Turner | 65 | ||
Independent | Harry J. Wilson | 26 | ||
Turnout | 37.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara R. Brooks | 1,135 | ||
Labour | Brian W. Oliver | 419 | ||
Liberal | Benjamin M. Hepworth | 411 | ||
National Front | Owen Hawke | 172 | ||
National Party | Carl Lane | 149 | ||
Turnout | 29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David R. Crowson | 999 | ||
Labour | Alan Scutt | 753 | ||
Liberal | Bruce A. Taylor | 324 | ||
National Front | Patricia Whitefield | 181 | ||
Against Higher Prices, Rates, Interest Charges | William E. Turner | 62 | ||
Turnout | 28.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald W. Onley | 1,096 | 42.68 | |
Labour | Ronald E. Brierly | 1,073 | 41.78 | |
Liberal | Paul D. Robson | 296 | 11.53 | |
Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist | William E. Turner | 53 | 2.06 | |
National Front | Owen Hawke | 50 | 1.95 | |
Registered electors | 8,114 | |||
Turnout | 2,568 | 31.65 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen G. Gasche.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold K. Davis | 1,431 | 41.74 | |
Conservative | Donald A. Stephens | 1,017 | 29.67 | |
Liberal | Thomas Brady | 880 | 25.67 | |
NNF | Peter A. Skelton | 57 | 1.66 | |
Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist | William E. Turner | 43 | 1.25 | |
Registered electors | 7,935 | |||
Turnout | 3,428 | 43.20 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James Smerdon.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John D. Shepheard | 1,571 | 65.79 | |
Conservative | Helga Connors | 671 | 28.10 | |
Ecology | Bernard P. Morris | 94 | 3.94 | |
NNF | Peter A. Skelton | 52 | 2.18 | |
Registered electors | 7,770 | |||
Turnout | 2,388 | 30.73 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian A. Kemp.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David N. Ives | 1,920 | 79.40 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Cox | 327 | 13.52 | |
Ecology | Derek I. Davison | 108 | 4.47 | |
NNF | Owen Hawke | 62 | 2.56 | |
Registered electors | 7,869 | |||
Turnout | 2,418 | 30.72 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Smith.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald C. O'Donnell | 870 | 41.75 | |
Conservative | Alan J. Godsave | 705 | 33.83 | |
Liberal | William J. Boyd | 483 | 23.18 | |
NFCM | Alan J. Wilkens | 26 | 1.25 | |
Registered electors | 5,231 | |||
Turnout | 2,084 | 39.84 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Stanley P. James
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal FT | Thomas Brady | 1,778 | 55.37 | |
Labour | Ronald E. Brierly | 724 | 22.55 | |
Conservative | Donald A. Stephens | 638 | 19.87 | |
Centre Party | Donald A. Price | 41 | 1.28 | |
Nationalist Party | Owen Hawke | 23 | 0.72 | |
Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist | William E. Turner | 7 | 0.22 | |
Registered electors | 8,164 | |||
Turnout | 3,211 | 39.33 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Redmond Dill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael W. Rees | 975 | 40.81 | |
Alliance | Thomas W. Johnson | 726 | 30.39 | |
Conservative | Brenda V.J. Hunt | 688 | 28.80 | |
Registered electors | 7,826 | |||
Turnout | 2,389 | 30.53 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Antony S. West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Keith A. Lepla | 1,592 | 56.52 | |
Alliance | Colin E. Wright | 1,548 | ||
Labour | Raymond J. Morley | 608 | 21.38 | |
Conservative | Stephen H. O'Brien | 589 | 21.02 | |
Labour | Eileen J. Donovan | 580 | ||
Conservative | Eileen J. Donovan | 578 | ||
Marxist Leninist Maoist for Wealth Equality | William E. Turner | 30 | 1.08 | |
Registered electors | 8,598 | |||
Turnout | 33.4 | |||
Alliance gain from Conservative | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative |
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. James Holden and Cllr. Rita S. Holden.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Ketley | 1,303 | 54.27 | |
Alliance | Raymond H. White | 595 | 24.78 | |
Labour | David A. Hinds | 467 | 19.45 | |
British Alliance | Arthur L.E. Allen | 36 | 1.50 | |
Registered electors | 7,956 | |||
Turnout | 2,401 | 30.18 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald C. Goodall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sean H.D. Cassidy | 1,419 | 47.97 | |
Alliance | Stephen J. Matthews | 1,133 | 38.30 | |
Labour | Vera Laker | 406 | 13.73 | |
Registered electors | 7,680 | |||
Turnout | 2,958 | 38.52 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stanley F. Marchant
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred H. Charlton | 1,440 | 43.24 | |
Alliance | Thomas W. Johnson | 1,199 | 36.01 | |
Labour Co-op | Shirley E. Gadson | 691 | 20.75 | |
Registered electors | 7,707 | |||
Turnout | 3,330 | 43.21 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Laurence H. Mason
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Alliance FT | Edward J. Shrimpton | 1,299 | 49.73 | |
Conservative | Richard M. Gillespie | 886 | 33.92 | |
Labour | Margaret M. Mythen | 427 | 16.35 | |
Registered electors | 7,616 | |||
Turnout | 2,612 | 34.30 | ||
Liberal Alliance FT hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony D. Greville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Howard | 704 | 41.79 | |
Conservative | Margaret Passey | 696 | ||
Alliance | Stephen J. Matthews | 671 | 39.34 | |
Alliance | Michael R. Jaques | 646 | ||
Labour | Robert W. Grant | 319 | 18.87 | |
Labour | Geoffrey S. Dixon | 312 | ||
Registered electors | 5,422 | |||
Turnout | 31.83 | |||
Conservative gain from Alliance | ||||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. William J. Boyd and Cllr. Malcom F. Rose
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John P. Wilkinson | 1,184 | 63.42 | |
Labour | John H. Barnshaw | 373 | 19.98 | |
Alliance | Gordon L. Roberts | 310 | 16.60 | |
Registered electors | 7,699 | |||
Turnout | 1,867 | 24.25 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Dennis C. Bale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Warbey | 1,587 | 64.04 | |
Labour | Caron Richardson | 499 | 20.14 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Burnham | 392 | 15.82 | |
Registered electors | 7,725 | |||
Turnout | 2,478 | 32.08 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean H.D. Cassidy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rita Sams | 1,548 | 57.80 | |
Labour | John Barnshaw | 725 | 27.07 | |
SDP | Gordon Roberts | 405 | 15.12 | |
Registered electors | 7,725 | |||
Turnout | 2,678 | 34.67 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leo W. Belcham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June McKay | 1,457 | 45.77 | |
Conservative | Daisy Clement | 1,081 | 33.96 | |
SDP | David Smith | 645 | 20.26 | |
Registered electors | 9,050 | |||
Turnout | 3,183 | 35.18 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roy A. Penton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey S. Dixon | 1,308 | 48.25 | |
Conservative | Daisy E. Clement | 865 | 31.91 | |
SDP | Rosemary A. Gardner | 281 | 10.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond W. Hudson | 257 | 9.48 | |
Registered electors | 9,542 | |||
Turnout | 2,711 | 28.41 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rose A. Camp
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lib Dem Focus Team | Janette D. Codd | 1,371 | 44.0 | |
Labour | Stuart R. Slater | 1,165 | 37.4 | |
Conservative | John Waters | 583 | 18.7 | |
Turnout | 36.9 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Keith A. Le Pia.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sylvia Malt | 1,376 | 39.2 | |
Conservative | William Flint | 1,271 | 36.2 | |
Lib Dem Focus Team | Stuart A. White | 867 | 24.7 | |
Turnout | 44.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Brian A. Sams.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Lucas | 1,853 | 63.2 | |
Conservative | Joyce Dianne | 547 | 18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wayne | 468 | 16.0 | |
Independent | Ian Gray | 63 | 2.1 | |
Majority | 1,306 | 44.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,931 | 38.4 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ann F. Wheelock.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Ball | 825 | 67.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Cotton | 253 | 20.6 | |
Conservative | Juliet F. Mankerty | 151 | 12.3 | |
Majority | 572 | 46.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,229 | 13.4 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Frank J. Barratt.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth M. A. French | 1,087 | 64.5 | |
Conservative | Carol Wilkinson | 340 | 20.2 | |
Independent | Derek J. Holden | 157 | 9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Cooke | 102 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 747 | 44.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,686 | 20.6 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Valentine A. M. Morgan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Flint | 1,326 | 40.7 | |
Labour | Sean M. Reed | 1,288 | 39.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher W. Eady | 333 | 10.2 | |
Independent | Jean M. Gee | 296 | 9.0 | |
Natural Law | Robert T. Stephens | 14 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,257 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret E. Flint.
Blendon & Penhill, 25 June 1998, was not a by-election, but a postponed election from May 1998 due to the death of a nominated candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Deadman | 772 | 44.4 | |
BNP | Colin Smith | 456 | 26.2 | |
Conservative | Philip N. Chant | 413 | 23.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher W. Eady | 99 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 316 | 18.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,740 | 19.3 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. David N. Ives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Francis | 1,033 | 55.0 | |
Conservative | Philip Brooks | 672 | 35.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony A. Pickett | 174 | 9.3 | |
Majority | 361 | 19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,879 | 20.1 | ||
Labour hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Doreen A. Cameron.
There were no by-elections. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Spencer | 1,192 | 47.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Brooks | 459 | 18.4 | |
BNP | Michael Barnbrook | 431 | 17.3 | |
Labour | Ursula Ayliffe | 411 | 16.5 | |
Majority | 733 | 29.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,493 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian S. Clement.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Frederick Hall | 798 | 26.8 | |
BNP | Michael Barnbrook | 790 | 26.5 | |
Labour | Patricia Rose Ball | 700 | 23.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Grace Goodlad | 564 | 18.9 | |
English Democrat | Laurence Williams | 128 | 4.3 | |
Majority | 8 | |||
Turnout | 2,890 | 36.9 | ||
Conservative hold |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alfred W. Catterall.
There were no by-elections. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Sams | 939 | 37.4 | |
Labour | Sam Marchant | 840 | 33.5 | |
UKIP | Keith Forster | 456 | 18.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simone Reynolds | 117 | 4.7 | |
BNP | Michael Jones | 105 | 4.2 | |
Green | Derek John Moran | 54 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 99 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 30.3 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lisa-Jane Moore | 2,467 | 62.1 | |
Labour | David Tingle | 859 | 21.6 | |
Green | Jonathon Rooks | 323 | 8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hurren | 275 | 6.9 | |
Heritage | Linda Purcell | 49 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 1,608 | 40.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,973 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative hold |
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