Eltham Town and Avery Hill (ward)

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Eltham Town and Avery Hill
Electoral ward
for the Greenwich London Borough Council
Eltham Town and Avery Hill (ward)
Eltham Town and Avery Hill ward boundaries since 2022
Borough Greenwich
County Greater London
Population15,535 (2021) [lower-alpha 1]
Electorate10,904 (2022)
Area5.012 square kilometres (1.935 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2022
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Lauren Dingsdale
  •   Pat Greenwell
  •   Charlie Davis
Created fromEltham North, Eltham South
GSS code E05014079

Eltham Town and Avery Hill is an electoral ward in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections. It returns three councillors to Greenwich London Borough Council.

Contents

List of councillors

TermCouncillorParty
2022–presentLauren Dingsdale Labour
2022–2024Sammy Backon Labour
2022–presentPat Greenwell Conservative
2024–presentCharlie Davis Conservative

Greenwich council elections

2024 by-election

The by-election took place on 17 October 2024, following the resignation of Sammy Backon. [1]

2024 Eltham Town and Avery Hill by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlie Davis 1,522
Labour Chris McGurk981
Reform UK Ruth Handyside290
Liberal Democrats Kieran Edwards132
Green Mark Williams123
Independent Arnold Tarling70
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [2]

2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election: Eltham Town and Avery Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lauren Dingsdale 1,921 48.5
Labour Sammy Backon 1,870 47.2
Conservative Pat Greenwell 1,763 44.5
Conservative Nigel Fletcher1,74043.9
Labour Raja Zeeshan1,67842.3
Conservative Malcolm Reid1,52838.6
Green Mark Williams57314.5
Liberal Democrats Martha Parkhurst3408.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Chuter3127.9
Reform UK Tom Bright1644.1
Turnout 38.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

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References

  1. Chamberlain, Darryl (13 September 2024). "Greenwich Labour face tough by-election after Eltham councillor quits". The Greenwich Wire. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 14 September 2023.