Ealing London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Ealing from 2002- 2022 (new boundaries came into force in 2022)

Ealing Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Ealing. It is elected every four years.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority before the new system came into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:

Election	Overall Control		Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	Ind./Res.
1964		Labour	34	26	-	-
1968		Conservative	5	53	-	2
1971		Labour	40	20	-	-
1974		Labour	36	24	-	-
1978		Conservative	28	41	-	1
1982		Conservative	30	37	3	-
1986		Labour	47	20	3	-
1990		Conservative	20	40	-	-
1994		Labour	48	20	3	-
1998		Labour	53	15	3	-
2002		Labour	48	17	4	-
2006		Conservative	29	37	3	-
2010		Labour	40	24	5	-
2014		Labour	53	12	4	-
2018		Labour	57	8	4	-
2022		Labour	59	5	6	-

Council elections

• 1964 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1968 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1971 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1974 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1978 Ealing London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by ten) ^[1]
• 1982 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1986 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1990 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 1994 Ealing London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one) ^{[2] [n 1] [n 2] [n 3]}
• 1998 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 2002 Ealing London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two) ^[3]
• 2006 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 2010 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 2014 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 2018 Ealing London Borough Council election
• 2022 Ealing London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one) ^[4]

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2022 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections. ^[5]

1968-1971

Central by-election, 27 June 1968 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. L. Kettle	1771
	Labour	I. A. Williams	344
	Liberal	Mrs J. Martin-Kaye	213
Turnout				19.1%

Walpole by-election, 27 June 1968 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. E. T. Spencer	1609
	Labour	P. Downham	467
	Liberal	F. F. P. Moore	142
	National Front	B. E. Holbrook	63
Turnout				21.2%

Hanger Hill by-election, 27 March 1969 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. A. V. M. Fenner	2143
	Labour	P. C. Eckles	684
	Liberal	N. J. Reed	224
Turnout				34.0%

Dormers Wells by-election, 19 March 1970 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. F. Jennings	1846
	Conservative	D. R. Lewis	1813
	Labour	T. Cheesman	1249
	Labour	P. W. Sennett	1211
	National Front	D. C. Pooley	343
	National Front	J. Shaw	329
Turnout				31.4%

1971-1974

Glebe by-election, 27 April 1972 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs O. Barlow	1,456
	Conservative	Mrs G. Goold	724
	Liberal	C. L. Joseph	144
Turnout				25.8%

Mandeville by-election, 27 April 1972 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. F. Durkin	2,088
	Conservative	D. J. Hart	1,428
Turnout				38.8%

1974-1978

Northfields by-election, 25 March 1976 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian P. Parke	2,027
	Labour	Malam Atkins	1,113
	Liberal	Peter C. D. Hankinson	490
Turnout				38.8

Walpole by-election, 25 March 1976 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vladimir Kopecky	1,550
	Labour	William Morgan	1,191
	Liberal	Graham D. Smith	452
Turnout				31.9

Glebe by-election, 8 April 1976 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rabindara N. S. Pathak	1,585
	Conservative	Peter J. Jenkins	899
	Liberal	Kenneth R. Stevens	483
Turnout				30.3

Southfield by-election, 8 April 1976 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor C. Withers	1,939
	Labour	Valerie O. Eckles	1,758
	Liberal	Christopher D. Hallawell	274
Turnout				42.2

1990-1994

Northfield by-election, 13 December 1990 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Millican	1,665	51.3
	Labour	Stephen A. Sears	1,204	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Hurst	271	8.3
	Green	Christina L. Meiklejohn	107	3.3
Turnout				33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Robert Hetherington.

Dormers Wells by-election, 14 November 1991 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward N. Riley	1,591	57.1
	Conservative	Brij M. Gupta	655	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rusi K. Dalal	443	15.9
	Green	Jacqueline M. Goodwin	95	3.4
Turnout				34.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Honor J. Graham.

Argyle by-election, 6 February 1992 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gibb	1,841	48.6
	Labour Co-op	Anthony Oliver	1,394	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen McKay	515	13.6
	Green	Astra Seibe	40	1.1
Turnout				42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Henry H. Allen.

Victoria by-election, 1 October 1992 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith D. M. Fraser	1,070	54.4
	Conservative	Christine R. Magnowska	715	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie A. Rowe	183	9.3
Turnout				39.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony C. John.

1994-1998

Argyle by-election, 29 September 1994 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Richardson	1,330
	Conservative	David Millican	1,229
	Liberal Democrats	John B. Maycock	399
	National Front	Michael C. H. Moore	77
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John I. Wood.

Northcote by-election, 20 April 1995 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manjit S. Mahal	1,820
	Labour	Gurdip S. Sahota	1,781
	Liberal Democrats	John B. Maycock	753
	Liberal Democrats	John W. Mitchell	757
	Conservative	David S. Gold	744
	Conservative	Michael Pack	702
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Chanan S. Lachhar and the resignation of Cllr. Tara S. Dyal.

Mount Pleasant by-election, 6 June 1996 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ranjit L. Dheer	1,704	82.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola F. Thomson	360	17.4
Majority			1,344	65.2
Turnout			2,064	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jasbinder K. Birt.

Vale by-election, 26 September 1996 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Scahill	828	56.8
	Conservative	Mary C. Cook	522	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ayjay Gupta	98	6.7
Majority			306	21.0
Turnout			1,448	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roderick G. Baptie.

1998-2002

Springfield by-election, 4 June 1998 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Delaney	1,276
	Labour	Stephen Donnelly	1,254
	Labour	Margaret Payne	1,207
	Conservative	Ellen Delaney	806
	Conservative	Glenn Murphy	770
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	741
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Bailey	254
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Grabowski	236
	Liberal Democrats	Donal O'Connell	199
Turnout			6,743	26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Mandeville by-election, 30 September 1999 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glenn M. Murphy	964	54.8	+19.1
	Labour	Paul J. Woodgate	685	38.9	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Francesco Fruzza	110	6.6	+0.6
Majority			279	15.9
Turnout			1,759	22.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian R. Reeves.

Walpole by-election, 11 November 1999 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin R. Beecroft	1,043	52.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Daniel R. Kawczynski	725	36.4	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	John W. Mitchell	123	6.2	−8.1
	Socialist Labour	David E. Morgan	57	2.9	+2.9
	Independent Green	Astra L. Seibe	45	2.3	−9.1
Majority			318	15.9
Turnout			1,993	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Hilary J. Benn.

Vale by-election, 27 April 2000 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul J. Woodgate	600	47.5	−10.9
	Conservative	Paul William Hill	561	44.5	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Malcolm	101	8.0	−7.1
Majority			39	3.0
Turnout			1,262	24.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Judith E. Field.

2002-2006

Northolt West End by-election, 5 May 2005 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bassam Mahfouz	2,545	51.6	−8.5
	Conservative	Ruth Goldsborough	1,566	31.8	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Judith E. Ducker	820	16.6	+5.1
Majority			979	19.8
Turnout			4,931
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sophie E. Hosking.

Northolt Mandeville by-election, 30 June 2005 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen V. Harris	1,017	42.1	−7.4
	Labour	Timothy J. Murtagh	848	35.1	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony H. J. Miller	497	20.6	+12.0
	Green	Brian A. Outten	52	2.2	+2.2
Majority			169	7.0
Turnout			2,414	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Downham.

2006-2010

Cleveland by-election, 19 July 2007 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Stafford	1,519	43.3	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Francesco Fruzza	1,288	36.7	+1.5
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	539	15.3	−2.9
	Green	John Doyle	165	4.7	−4.3
Majority			231	6.6
Turnout			3,511
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Brian H. Castle.

Greenford Broadway by-election, 1 May 2008 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Crosby	1,790	43.8	+0.6
	Labour	Tim Murtagh	1,770	43.3	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John B. Maycock	529	12.9	−1.0
Majority			20	0.5
Turnout			4,089	38.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sonika Nirwal.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections. ^[12]

2014-2018

Northfield by-election 7 May 2015 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fabio Conti	2,750	39.5	−0.8
	Labour	Anita Macdonald	2,630	37.8	+7.0
	Green	Bruni de la Motte	751	10.8	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Louise Dugdale	570	8.2	+0.1
	UKIP	Bob Little	262	3.8	−2.6
Majority			120	1.7
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Mark Reen.

2018-2022

Dormers Wells by-election 8 November 2018 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohinda Kaur Midha	1,868	72.1	+2.9
	Conservative	Amandeep Singh Gill	429	16.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bakhai	188	7.3	+2.7
	Green	Meena Hans	106	4.1	−3.2
Majority			1,439	55.5
Turnout			2,591
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Councillor Tej Ram Bagha.

Ealing Broadway by-election 6 May 2021 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Gallant	2,076	38.0	−2.6
	Labour	Claire Tighe	1,601	29.3	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wyatt	977	17.9	+2.7
	Green	Meena Hans	716	13.1	−0.1
	Workers Party	Daniel Cosby	58	1.1	+1.1
	TUSC	Helen Pattison	32	0.6	+0.6
Majority			475	8.7
Turnout			5,460
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Alexander Stafford MP.

Hanger Hill by-election 6 May 2021 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fabio Conti	1,762	35.9	−7.1
	Labour	Grace Quansah	1,397	28.5	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Athena Zissimos	1,100	22.4	+11.2
	Green	Kate Crossland	611	12.5	+0.6
	TUSC	David Hofman	33	0.7	+0.7
Majority			365	7.4
Turnout			4,903
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Joy Morrissey MP.

Hobbayne by-election 6 May 2021 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Brett	2,345	48.3	−2.7
	Conservative	David Castle	1,477	30.4	+10.6
	Green	Emily Grassi	609	12.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Mitton	366	7.5	+0.7
	TUSC	Tony Gill	56	1.2	+1.2
Majority			868	17.9
Turnout			4,853
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Councillor Anna Tomlinson.

Hobbayne by-election 16 September 2021 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Tighe	1,617	52.2	+1.2
	Conservative	David Castle	865	27.9	+8.1
	Green	Alan Anderson	362	11.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Mitton	207	6.7	−0.1
	TUSC	Tony Gill	48	1.5	+1.5
Majority			752	24.3
Turnout			3,099
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Lewis Cox.

External links

• Ealing Council

1. The Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
2. The Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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