Harrow London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Harrow between 2002 and 2022.

Harrow London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55 councillors are elected from 22 wards.

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 1965 has been held by the following parties: ^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1965–1971
	No overall control (Labour minority) [ citation needed ]	1971–1974
	Conservative	1974–1994
	No overall control (Liberal Democrats minority)	1994–1998
	Labour	1998–2002
	No overall control (Labour minority)	2002–2006
	Conservative	2006–2010
	Labour	2010–2013
	No overall control (Conservative minority) [2]	2013–2014
	Labour	2014–2022
	Conservative	2022–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: ^{[3] [4]}

Councillor	Party		From	To
Charles Jordan		Conservative	1965	1968
Edward Buckle		Conservative	1968	1971
Cyril Harrison		Labour	1971	1974
Harold Mote		Conservative	1974	May 1977
Edward Buckle		Conservative	19 May 1977	May 1979
Brian Clark		Conservative	17 May 1979	May 1984
Donald Abbott		Conservative	17 May 1984	12 May 1987
Ron Grant		Conservative	12 May 1987	21 Oct 1991
Donald Abbott		Conservative	21 Oct 1991	1994
Chris Noyce		Liberal Democrats	1994	27 Apr 1995
Andrew Wiseman		Liberal Democrats	27 Apr 1995	25 Apr 1996
Chris Noyce		Liberal Democrats	25 Apr 1996	May 1998
Bob Shannon		Labour	20 May 1998	28 Feb 2002
Archie Foulds		Labour	28 Feb 2002	13 Oct 2004
Navin Shah		Labour	21 Oct 2004	May 2006
Chris Mote		Conservative	25 May 2006	8 May 2008
David Ashton		Conservative	8 May 2008	May 2010
Bill Stephenson		Labour	25 May 2010	8 Nov 2012
Thaya Idaikkadar		Labour	8 Nov 2012	16 Sep 2013
Susan Hall		Conservative	16 Sep 2013	May 2014
David Perry		Labour	12 Jun 2014	19 May 2016
Sachin Shah		Labour	19 May 2016	24 May 2018
Graham Henson		Labour	24 May 2018	May 2022
Paul Osborn		Conservative	26 May 2022

Council elections

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [lower-alpha 1]	Residents' associations	Independent	Council control after election
1964	36	20	0	—	—		Conservative
1968	56	0	0	0			Conservative
1971	26	27	2	1			No overall control
1974	39	14	0	3			Conservative
1978 [lower-alpha 2]	46	12	1	4	0		Conservative
1982	41	6	13	3	—		Conservative
1986	32	9	18	4	0		Conservative
1990	36	13	11	3	0		Conservative
1994	17	14	29	3	0		No overall control
1998	20	32	9	2	—		Labour
2002 [lower-alpha 3] [6]	29	31	3	—			No overall control
2006 [7]	38	24	1		0		Conservative
2010 [1] [8]	27	34	1		1		Labour
2014 [9]	26	34	1		2		Labour
2018 [10] [11]	28	35	0		0		Labour
2022 [lower-alpha 4] [12] [13]	31	24	0		0		Conservative

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•   Conservative
•   Labour
•   Liberal Democrats ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   RAs
•   Independent

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 a total of 12 by-elections, including eight on 24 June 1964 caused by aldermanic elections. ^[14]

1968-1971

Wealdstone South by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. O. Edis	946
	Liberal	J. E. H. Davies	532
	Labour	A. H. Elderton	454
	Union Movement	R. H. F. Smyth	45
	Communist	Mrs. M. I. Robinson	24
Turnout				26.1%

Stanmore North by-election, 4 November 1968 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. D. E. Wells	1467
	Liberal	Dr. J. H. Paterson	514
	Labour	B. B. Myers	425
	Communist	R. A. Ward	59
	Union Movement	F. E. Lee	25
Turnout				19.1%

Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill by-election, 3 July 1969 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. J. R. Keen	799
	Liberal	R. S. Montgomerie	445
	Labour	A. J. Lovell	294
Turnout				20.5%

Pinner South by-election, 8 October 1969 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. A. Murphy	1865
	Liberal	W. R. Westaway	591
	Labour	B. C. Perigoe	267
	Union Movement	K. M. Thompson	76
Turnout				22.0%

Kenton by-election, 5 February 1970 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Campbell	1402
	Liberal	J. E. H. Davies	773
	Labour	D. J. R. Howard	350
Turnout				27.3%

Headstone by-election, 8 October 1970 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. M. Buckland	1187
	Liberal	G. O. Abbott	1118
	Labour	D. J. R. Howard	305
Turnout				31.7%

1971-1974

Wealdstone North by-election, 8 July 1971 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. H. Tidmarsh	2,615
	Conservative	Miss C. A. Bednell	740
	Liberal	J. S. W. Branch	188
	Union Movement	D. J. Wilson	53
Turnout				33.9%

Belmont by-election, 13 July 1972 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. J. Simmonds	1,192
	Labour	G. W. Temple	888
	Independent	R. S. Sullivan	681
	Liberal	A. T. Ketteringham	383
	National Front	R. Franklin	216
	Harrow Youth Movement	R. N. S. Keidan	67
	Ind. Conservative	E. J. O. Hixon	22
Turnout				41.5%

Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill by-election, 12 July 1973 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Cervantes-Watson	976
	Labour	A. K. Toms	777
	Liberal	Mrs M. E. Wakefield	364
	Action Party	K. M. Thompson	203
Turnout				29.9%

Kenton by-election, 12 July 1973 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. B. C. Turner	1,351
	Labour	S. L. Soskin	1,044
	Liberal	R. S. Montgomerie	804
	National Front	C. A. Byrne	360
	Independent	R. S. Sullivan	270
Turnout				41.2%

Stanmore South by-election, 6 December 1973 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bradshaw	1,270
	Conservative	Mrs M. R. Crick	520
	Liberal	P. N. P. Williams	364
	National Front	C. A. Byrne	259
Turnout				31.0%

1974-1978

Stanmore South by-election, 10 December 1975 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William J. Short	853
	Conservative	William D. Harris	769
	Liberal	Peter N. P. Williams	598
	National Front	Peter Orsmond	225
Turnout				31.2

Headstone by-election, 31 March 1977 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank E. Weare	1,850
	Liberal	Clifford S. Thomas	999
	Labour	Alexander J. Bruce	595
	National Front	Geoffrey W. Spratt	215
Turnout				44.6

1990-1994

Wemborough by-election, 7 November 1991 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence J. Cox	1,351	46.7
	Conservative	Robert E. Goodman	1,176	40.7
	Labour	Jack Gilbert	363	12.6
Turnout				40.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard J. Denney.

Pinner West by-election, 21 January 1993 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark A. Mallon	1,421	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham D. Finch	1,202	38.2
	Labour	Susan C. Thomason	467	14.9
	Liberal	Donald O. Bruce	53	1.7
Turnout				45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Charles D. Green.

Canons by-election, 24 June 1993 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry C. Leon	1,049	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald D. Warshaw	962	42.0
	Labour	Charles E. Blake	279	12.2
Turnout				37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald P. Grant.

Harrow Weald by-election, 24 June 1993 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian G. T. Williams	1,916	65.0
	Conservative	Thomas G. Brown	562	19.1
	Labour	Archie T. Foulds	470	15.9
Turnout				40.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Howard C. Cooper.

Greenhill by-election, 13 October 1993 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Maureen De Beer	1,092	45.6
	Labour	Jeffrey A. Anderson	747	31.2
	Conservative	Anthony H. Seymour	555	23.2
Turnout				41.7
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leslie Nixon.

1994-1998

Headstone South by-election, 16 February 1995 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford S. Thomas	1,282
	Labour	Archie T. Foulds	1,009
	Conservative	John B. Rennie	268
	Independent	Roy Edey	36
	Independent	Colin R. P. Manton	37
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Derek R. Wiseman.

Harrow Weald by-election, 13 July 1995 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert L. Pinkus	1,444
	Labour	Colin S. Crouch	719
	Conservative	Thomas G. Brown	562
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian G. T. Williams.

Ridgeway by-election, 11 January 1996 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrien P. Smith	1,071
	Conservative	Leonard G. C. Harsant	808
	Labour	Brian E. Gate	682
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Norah B. Murphy.

Wealdstone by-election, 17 July 1997 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril B. Harrison	1,036
	Conservative	Jeremy S. Zeid	335
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Sheinwald	229
	Green	David P. P. Edler	54
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gareth R. Thomas.

Ridgeway by-election, 11 September 1997 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian E. Gate	827
	Liberal Democrats	Edward P. Tiley	694
	Conservative	Leonard G. C. Harsant	690
	Independent	Marjorie S. Warwick	44
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew D. Wiseman.

Roxeth by-election, 11 September 1997 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy J. Miles	1,045
	Independent Resident	Charles E. M. Cox	1,024
	Conservative	Mohammad A. Kaiseriman	165
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent Resident		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alan W. Hamlin.

Stanmore South by-election, 9 October 1997 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Burchell	1,476
	Conservative	Henry S. Venour	360
	Liberal Democrats	Jaydeep K. Patel	295
	Socialist Labour	Jack Gilbert	112
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tony J. McNulty.

1998-2002

Stanmore South by-election, 18 February 1999 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret A. Davine	1,425	56.8	-3.8
	Conservative	Gary S. Hughes	696	27.7	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	David B. Sandford	388	15.5	+0.4
Majority			729	29.1
Turnout			2,509	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Wealdstone by-election, 23 May 2000 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan G. Blann	988	55.8	-10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brian K. Campbell	440	24.8	+10.3
	Conservative	Nisam S. Butt	343	19.4	+2.9
Majority			548	31.0
Turnout			1,771	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ann L. Swaine.

Pinner by-election, 12 July 2001 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul S. Osborn	1,062	57.7	-4.3
	Labour	Joseph T. Lilley	478	26.0	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica M. Chamberlain	250	13.6	-0.5
	Independent	Herbert W. Crossman	51	2.8	+2.8
Majority			584	31.7
Turnout			1,841	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Antony C. Cocksedge.

2002-2006

There were no by-elections. ^[21]

2006-2010

Harrow Weald by-election, 24 August 2006 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul E. Scott	1,288	46.9	+12.0
	Conservative	Brian R. Jones	1,088	39.6	-6.1
	Labour	Howard S. Bluston	295	10.7	-8.7
	Green	Sarah A. Kersey	74	2.7	+2.7
Majority			200	7.3
Turnout			2,745	33.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John B. Anderson.

Canons by-election, 13 December 2007 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Musarrat H. Akhtar	1,208	56.7	-11.1
	Labour	Richard Harrod	389	18.3	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne D. Diamond	296	13.9	+0.1
	Independent	Marcello Borgese	182	8.5	+8.5
	BNP	Howard J. Studley	56	2.6	+2.6
Majority			819	38.4
Turnout			2,131	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Janet R. Cowan.

Marlborough by-election, 13 March 2008 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krishna James	972	41.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter D. J. Budden	628	26.7	+3.1
	Conservative	Kamaljit S. Chana	507	21.6	-11.3
	BNP	Howard J. Studley	97	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Herbert W. Crossman	74	3.2	+3.2
	Green	Antony F. Rablen	71	3.0	+3.0
Majority			344	14.4
Turnout			2,349	29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Dhirajlal Lavingia.

2010-2014

Canons by-election, 2 June 2011 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amir Moshenson	1495
	Labour	Nitin Parekh	774
	Liberal Democrats	Darren S. Diamond	236
Turnout				26.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Stanmore Park by-election, 28 July 2011 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. Marilyn J. Ashton	1395
	Labour	Niraj Dattani	509
	Independent	Eric Silver	299
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. Sylvia Warshaw	98
	Green	Ms. Linda C. Robinson	53
	UKIP	Herbert Crossman	48
Turnout				27.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mark A. Versallion.

West Harrow by-election, 21 February 2013 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Robson	1,042	47.6	+7.2
	Conservative	Julia Merison	761	34.7	-1.3
	UKIP	Jeremy Zeid	171	7.8	+6.0
	Green	Rowan Langley	96	4.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash Nandhra	68	3.1	-16.0
	Independent	Herbert Crossman	53	2.4	+2.4
Majority			281	12.8	+8.8
Turnout			2,191	28.5	-40.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3%

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian E. Gate.

Harrow-on-the-Hill by-election, 7 November 2013 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glen Hearnden	991	38.9	+2.1
	Conservative	Stephen Lewis	836	32.8	-2.4
	Independent	Eileen Kinnear	308	12.1	+5.0
	Harrow First	Gajan Idaikkadar	173	6.8	+6.8
	UKIP	Jeremy Zeid	168	6.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gaye Branch	70	2.7	-10.2
Majority			155	6.1	+4.5
Turnout			2,546	29.2	-31.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3%

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Ann Gate.

2014-2018

Roxbourne by-election, 9 March 2017 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maxine Henson	1,554	62.7	13.5
	Conservative	Annabel Singh	533	21.5	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marshel Amutharasan	240	9.6	0.4
	UKIP	Herbert Crossman	148	6.0	6.0
Turnout			2,475	26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Cllr Bob Currie

Kenton East by-election, 20 April 2017 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nitesh Hirani	1,585	52.3	19.5
	Labour	Nishit Patel	1,328	43.8	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Croft	65	2.1	2.1
	UKIP	Herbert Crossman	54	1.8	9.6
Turnout			3,032	36.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Cllr Mitzi Green

2018-2022

Pinner South by-election, 14 October 2021 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hitesh Karia	1,392	60.5	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sanjay Karia	390	16.9	2.1
	Labour	Brahma Mohanty	331	14.4	11.9
	Green	Alexander Lee	188	8.2	8.2
Majority			1,002	43.5
Turnout			2,301
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Cllr Chris Mote

Notes

1. Liberal Party, 1964–1978; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1982–1986
2. Boundary changes increased the number of seats by seven.
3. Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. ^[5]
4. Boundary changes decreased the number of seats by eight.

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• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Harrow Council