Greenwich London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Greenwich from 2002 until 2022

Greenwich London Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55 councillors have been elected from 23 wards. ^[1]

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1964, ahead of the new system coming into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties: ^[2]

Election	Overall Control		Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	SDP
1964		Labour	49	11	-	-
1968		Conservative	22	38	-	-
1971		Labour	55	5	-	-
1974		Labour	52	8	-	-
1978		Labour	45	17	-	-
1982		Labour	43	16	3	-
1986		Labour	44	12	6	-
1990		Labour	44	12	2	4
1994		Labour	47	8	3	4
1998		Labour	52	8	2	-
2002		Labour	38	9	4	-
2006		Labour	36	13	2	-
2010		Labour	40	11	-	-
2014		Labour	43	8	-	-
2018		Labour	42	9	-	-
2022		Labour	52	3	-	-

Council elections

• 1964 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1968 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1971 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1974 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1978 Greenwich London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by two) ^[3]
• 1982 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1986 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1990 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 1994 Greenwich London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 1] [n 2] [n 3]}
• 1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 2002 Greenwich London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eleven) ^{[4] [5]}
• 2006 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 2010 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 2014 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 2018 Greenwich London Borough Council election
• 2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four) ^[6]

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. ^[7]

1968-1971

Kidbrooke by-election, 12 February 1970 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. N. Smith	1076
	Conservative	D. C. Hammond	548
	Fellowship	R. S. Mallone	124
	Liberal	J. R. Hassall	59
Turnout				26.5%

Marsh by-election, 12 March 1970 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. G. Burton	894
	Conservative	J. T. E. Tate	493
	Liberal	Miss L. M. Gregg	198
Turnout				44.2%

West by-election, 27 August 1970 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Austin-Walker	962
	Conservative	Cdr. H. Hook	263
	National Front	R. S. Pritchard	82
	Liberal	R. S. Warwicker	40
Turnout				21.9%

1971-1974

Eastcombe by-election, 20 July 1972 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. T. Cooper	921
	Conservative	S. P. Bertram	329
Turnout				29.2%

Shooters Hill by-election, 28 September 1972 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. G. Wayment	982
	Labour	Mrs I. E. Porter	468
	Liberal	J. R. Hassall	167
Turnout				30.4%

Slade by-election, 23 November 1972 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Upson	953
	Conservative	R. W. Bartlett	462
	Independent	H. H. Wright	36
Turnout				25.8%

1974-1978

Abbey Road by-election, 8 May 1975 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Woodrow L. Clachar	1,547
	Conservative	Stephanie H. Read	783
	Liberal	Michael L. Taylor	286
	National Front	Philip S. Hanman	178
Turnout				31.1

Eynsham by-election, 8 May 1975 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Brooks	1,115
	Conservative	Christopher J. Cook	214
	National Front	Alan D. Webb	93
	Liberal	Robert H. Smith	90
Turnout				25.4

St Mary's by-election, 8 May 1975 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine B. Jeffrey	1,493
	Conservative	Christopher P. Mead	712
	Liberal	Brian J. Woodcraft	173
	National Front	Ruth M. Robinson	75
Turnout				30.7

St Margaret's by-election, 14 August 1975 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie H. Read	1,198
	Labour	Ramanlal D. Naik	1,013
	Liberal	Anny Knight	178
Turnout				30.4

West by-election, 28 October 1976 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William H. White	697
	Conservative	James S. Foreman-Peck	475
	National Front	Helena M. Steven	142
	National Party	David McCalden	123
	Liberal	Geoffrey Jerrom	109
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	13
Turnout				28.4

Kidbrooke by-election, 17 February 1977 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin J. Coulson-Thomas	1,111
	Labour	Allan J. H. D. MacCarthy	1,019
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	320
	National Front	Robert Holden	216
	National Party	David McCalden	104
Turnout				35.1

1978-1982

Blackheath by-election, 20 September 1979 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick J. P. Jiggins	1005	16.1
	Labour	Glyn Williams	577	37.0
	Fellowship	Ronald D. Mallone	163	46.9
	United Democrat	Jonathan D. Savage	15	46.9
Turnout			1760	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Resignation of James S. Foreman-Peck (CON)

Glyndon by-election, 25 September 1980 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Williams	957	85.5
	Conservative	Walter J. Cox	86	7.5
	Liberal	Maureen F. K. Hall	80	7.0
Turnout			1141	26.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of Joseph Stanyer (LAB)

Herbert by-election, 25 September 1980 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis E. Smith	1307	85.5
	Conservative	Roy H. Mapes	584	7.5
	Liberal	Peter J. Churchill	241	7.0
Turnout			2132	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of John Dunbar (LAB)

Avery Hill by-election, 26 March 1981 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James P. B. Coughlan	667	47.3
	Liberal	Edward J. Randall	395	28.0
	Conservative	Dingle Clark	348	24.7
Turnout			1410	50.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of Anthony J. Newman (LAB)

West by-election, 7 May 1981 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ephron B. T. Williams	1474	76.2
	Conservative	Michael J. Niblock	460	23.8
Turnout			1934	38.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of William H. White (LAB)

1982-1986

Herbert by-election, 3 March 1983 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julius T. B. D. Evaristo	974	38.3
	SDP	Terence A. J. Malone	821	32.3
	Conservative	Margaret Mendez	715	28.1
	United Democrat	Daniel Hussey	31	1.2
Turnout			2541	46.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of Francis E. Smith (LAB)

Ferrier by-election, 20 September 1984 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Serena M. V. Lovelace	824	47.8
	Alliance	Timothy G. Ford	503	29.2
	Conservative	John G. C. Antcliffe	396	23.0
Turnout			1723	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of David Crowther (LAB)

Blackheath by-election, 28 February 1985 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John G. C. Antcliffe	1105	7.5
	Alliance	Vivienne W. Stone	855	29.2
	Labour	Annette F. Barratt	636	85.5
	Ecology	Kim Castle	66	7.0
Turnout			2662	50.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Resignation of Raymond G. Hatter (CON)

1986-1990

Woolwich Common by-election, 2 April 1987 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Michael V. Slavin	997	46.9
	Labour	Carol A. Hibberd	785	37.0
	Conservative	Anthony R. Salter	342	16.1
Turnout			2124	24.77
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Resignation of Smith, Nicholas (LAB)

Sherard by-election, 10 September 1987 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert J. C. Callow	1268	58.6
	Conservative	Gerard P. Fergus	582	26.9
	Alliance	Myrtle E. Bibby	313	14.5
Turnout			2163	37.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of Jeffrey, Mervyn A. (LAB)

Glyndon by-election, 28 January 1988 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	David Hadden	1066	14.5
	Labour	Nicholas C. McShee	760	58.6
	Conservative	Christopher J. Wagstaff	114	26.9
Turnout			1940	34.28
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing

Resignation of Morgan, Steven J. (LAB)

1990-1994

Kidbrooke by-election, 25 June 1992 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh R. Harris	956	44.7
	Labour	Keith J. Scott	756	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael W. Smart	235	11.0
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	193	9.0
Turnout				45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Giles J. Brennand.

Eltham Park by-election, 21 January 1993 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dermot D. Poston	1,239	47.1
	Labour	Michael Yates	770	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hagyard	483	18.4
	Independent	Eileen W. Guthrie	140	5.3
Turnout				50.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Kenneth L. Kear.

Trafalgar by-election, 9 December 1993 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marian O. Moseley	844	60.4
	Conservative	John H. Vickery	284	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart J. Davis	269	19.3
Turnout				27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Taylor.

1994-1998

Lakedale by-election, 29 June 1995 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Junior C. Boothe	884	77.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas J. A. Headon	149	13.0
	Conservative	Frances C. A. Stephens	110	9.6
Turnout			1143
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Adele Gordon-Peiniger.

St Nicholas by-election, 2 May 1996 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair T. Macrae	972	63.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas J. Headon	343	22.5
	Conservative	Stephen G. Tough	207	13.6
Turnout			1522
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Annette F. Barratt.

Kidbrooke by-election, 6 February 1997 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. Cove	775	45.2
	Conservative	Raymond Maisey	614	35.8
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	157	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony C. H. Durham	137	8.0
	Socialist Labour	Peter N. Pierce	33	1.9
Turnout			1716
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sabiha Shahzad.

Thamesmead Moorings by-election, 16 October 1997 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter J. Brooks	611	85.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bonnie C. Soanes	102	14.3
Turnout			713
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Claude D. Ramsey.

1998-2002

New Eltham by-election, 23 March 2000 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert J. Hills	930
	Labour	Peter R. May	760
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Lewis	115
	Green	James K. Otter	40
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sidney T. Nicholson.

Trafalgar by-election, 4 May 2000 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mills	936
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher D. G. Le Breton	654
	Conservative	Douglas B. Ellison	274
	Independent	Richard A. Newton	92
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Marian O. Moseley.

Burrage by-election, 7 June 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harpinder Singh	787
	Conservative	Michael I. O’Loan	185
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas J. A. Headon	172
	Socialist Alliance	Paul W. Richardson	60
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leonard L. Duvall.

2002-2006

Plumstead by-election, 18 December 2003 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kanta M. Patel	744
	Liberal Democrats	Steven T. Toole	365
	Conservative	Jagvinder S. Mahil	201
	Independent	Susan Mitchell	136
	Green	James K. Otter	103
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alistair T. Macrae.

Shooters Hill by-election, 29 July 2004 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny L. Thorpe	968
	Conservative	Nigel M. Fletcher	589
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Ottery	483
	UKIP	Arnold E. Tarling	142
	CPA	Stephen C. Hammond	62
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael A. Hayes.

Eltham North by-election, 10 February 2005 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel M. Fletcher	1,326
	Labour	Janice M. Marnham	1,252
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard G. Tostevin	289
	UKIP	Jeremy C. Elms	193
	CPA	Stephen C. Hammond	20
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Douglas B. Ellison.

2006-2010

Plumstead by-election, 25 September 2008 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Morrow	1318
	Conservative	Adetokunbo Bailey	542
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. Leonie K. Barron	195
	Green	Ms. Jessica Currie	175
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Kantabai M. Patel.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections. ^[17]

2014-2018

Greenwich West by-election, 7 May 2015 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mehboob Khan	3,430	39.3	12.0
	Conservative	Thomas Turrell	2,466	28.2	10.4
	Green	Robin Scott	1,452	16.6	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Dunlop	756	8.6	1.3
	UKIP	Paul Butler	422	4.8	4.8
	BNP	Christina Charles	138	1.6	1.6
	TUSC	Sara Kasab	80	0.9	0.9
Turnout			3,717	64.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.

Glyndon by-election, 5 May 2016 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tonia Ashikodi	2,583	57.1	0.0
	Conservative	Matt Browne	561	12.4	0.4
	Green	Robin Scott	402	8.9	5.8
	UKIP	Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton	380	8.4	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Christie	376	8.3	2.2
	Independent	Ebru Ogun	157	3.5	3.5
	All People's Party	Abiola Olaore	64	1.4	1.4
Majority			2,022	44.7
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party. ^[20]

Eltham North by-election, 10 November 2016 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Davis	1,335	42.2	10.6
	Labour	Simon Peirce	1,297	40.4	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Macaulay	279	8.8	5.5
	UKIP	Barbara Ray	160	5.1	14.5
	Green	Matt Browne	110	3.5	6.0
Majority			38	1.8
Turnout			3,186	31.33
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.

2018-2022

Glyndon by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Bauer	2,520	59.4	0.4
	Conservative	Naveed Mughal	687	16.2	4.7
	Green	Leonie Barron	546	12.9	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Christie	402	9.5	5.3
	TUSC	Lizzy Hedderly	87	2.1	2.1
Majority			1,833	43.2
Turnout			4,242
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Tonia Ashikodi.

Greenwich West by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Slattery	3,203	47.1	2.5
	Conservative	Ben Crompton	1,228	18.1	3.5
	Green	Matt Browne	1,135	16.7	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rhian O'Connor	1,121	16.5	7.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Trevor Allman	110	1.6	1.6
Majority			1,975	29.1
Turnout			6,797
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Mehboob Khan.

Kidbrooke with Hornfair by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Odette McGahey	1,928	42.3	9.6
	Conservative	Andrea Borbely	1,519	33.4	11.9
	Green	Carol O'Toole	621	13.6	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pierce Chalmers	261	5.7	3.1
	Independent	Sharon Kent	225	4.9	4.9
Majority			409	9.0
Turnout			4,554
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Christine Grice.

Shooters Hill by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Burke-McDonald	2,479	54.2	0.3
	Conservative	Daniel McGinley	1,286	28.1	11.6
	Green	Tamasin Rhymes	548	12.0	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ulysse Abbate	262	5.7	1.2
Majority			1,193	26.1
Turnout			4,575
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Chris Kirby.

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2. The Bromley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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External links

• Greenwich Council