Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council elections

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Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2014, 50 councillors have been elected from 18 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections. [7]

1968-1971

Redcliffe by-election, 1 May 1969 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. H. C. Gresty1697
Labour C. Bradley195
Turnout 11.9%
South Stanley by-election, 19 March 1970 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs E. L. P. Seers792
Conservative A. J. A. D. Fitzgerald630
Independent Ratepayers & TenantsJ. A. Dutch414
Turnout 34.9%
Holland by-election, 24 September 1970 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs J. B. Hanham1545
Liberal L. Spicer472
Labour G. A. Colerick194
Turnout 13.8%

1971-1974

St Charles by-election, 8 July 1971 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. H. Lewis1,499
Conservative E. P. Tomlin494
Liberal Miss I. Watson149
Communist H. B. Collins55
Turnout 17.2%
Norland by-election, 7 June 1973 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. J. Scott1,350
Conservative M. A. K. Cocks962
Liberal P. Russell Scott383
Communist M. B. Baxter53
Turnout 31.4%
St Charles by-election, 7 June 1973 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. T. Finch1,450
Conservative Miss S. A. O'Callaghan416
Liberal F. Walker344
Turnout 17.9%

1974-1978

Golborne by-election, 11 July 1974 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia M. L. Webster668
Conservative David P. H. Amory184
Liberal Richard G. Pierce66
Independent Edouard P. D'Aubreys33
Independent Labour Edgar Rennie19
Save London Action GroupDerek A. A. Kersey10
Turnout 16.0
Abingdon by-election, 30 October 1975 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony M. Carr-Gomm873
Liberal Jennifer M. Ware373
Save London Action GroupPatrick B. Horsley137
Labour Gillian Ryall96
Turnout 25.9
Golborne by-election, 30 October 1975 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur J. Thomas713
Conservative Paul S. Serfaty236
Independent Edouard P. D'Aubreys78
Save London Action GroupEizabeth J. Dallas-Ross12
Turnout 17.5

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

Golborne by-election, 20 June 1991 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Mason94676.5
Conservative Paul J. Jones16413.3
Liberal Democrats Adam J. Weitzman12710.3
Turnout 27.7
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patrick A. Younge.

Golborne by-election, 18 June 1992 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah C. Bonner65770.0
Conservative Rupert L. A. Cecil17218.3
Liberal Democrats Adam J. Weitzman788.3
Green Ajay Burlingham-Johnson323.4
Turnout 20.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ann E. Bond.

Avondale by-election, 17 September 1992 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allah Y. M. Lasharie47155.2
Conservative Richard J. Mayson31136.4
Liberal Democrats Robert C. H. Boddington728.4
Turnout 18.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Benjamin T. Bousquet.

1994-1998

South Stanley by-election, 4 May 1995 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alastair G. T. Wood917
Conservative Edwin Lloyd459
Independent George P. Oliver86
Liberal Democrats Mary England78
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Weems.

Queen's Gate by-election, 2 May 1996 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Stephen Mond848
Liberal Democrats Alexandra D. Jones302
Labour Jane Armstrong197
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Elizabeth A. Russell.

1998-2002

Earls Court by-election, 4 May 2000 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence M. Buxton88543.1+3.6
Labour Caroline Ellis53025.8−3.0
Liberal Democrats John G. Drake46022.4+0.9
Independent Malcolm D. Spalding1778.6−1.6
Majority 35517.3
Turnout 2,05228.7
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Timothy C. A. Tannock.

2002-2006

There were no by-elections. [11]

2006-2010

Brompton by-election, 1 May 2008 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Quentin N. J. Marshall1,74876.4−0.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kingsley32614.3+2.3
Labour Christabel B. Gurney2139.3−1.3
Majority 1,42262.1
Turnout 2,28739.8
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margot C. James.

Colville by-election, 22 July 2009 [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Caruana63446.9+16.8
Conservative Samia Betayeb33024.4+3.2
Labour Amir Akhrif30022.2−19.2
Green Melan Ebrahimi-Fardouee775.7−1.5
Independent Elsa Chagas100.7+0.7
Majority 30422.5
Turnout 1,35124.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marianne Alapini.

2010-2014

Holland by-election, 22 July 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rock Feilding-Mellen64975.0+19.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Wilson14616.9−3.2
UKIP Bruce Machan 708.1+8.1
Majority 50358.2
Turnout 86514.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Joan B. Hanham.

Cremorne by-election, 16 September 2010 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves60241.2−9.0
Labour Mabel McKeown58339.9+16.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta18012.3−9.6
Green Julia Stephenson513.5+3.5
UKIP David Coburn 493.1+1.7
Majority 191.3
Turnout 1,46224.9
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mark P. Daley.

Earls Court by-election, 16 September 2010 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade70344.8+24.2
Conservative Malcolm Spalding59437.8−7.1
Labour Joel Bishop1519.6−9.2
Independent Elizabeth Mary Arbuthnot493.1−2.7
Independent Jack Bovill291.8+1.8
Green Michael Enright261.7−8.3
UKIP Richard Bridgeman 201.1+1.1
Majority 1096.9
Turnout 1,57024.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barry Phelps.

Brompton by-election, 9 June 2011 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Mosley1,975
Labour Mark D. Sautter89
Liberal Democrats Ms. Mary T. L. Harris86
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Iain W. F. Hanham.

Queen's Gate by-election, 9 June 2011 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Mackover663
Liberal Democrats John Blamey100
Labour Keith Stirling82
UKIP David Coburn 80
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Andrew S. Dalton.

Norland by-election, 6 October 2011 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Faulks67543.8−11.6
Labour Beinazir Lasharie43828.4+5.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta35823.2+2.0
UKIP Peter Stringfellow 704.5+4.5
Majority 23715.4
Turnout 1,54024
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew F. Lamont.

Brompton by-election, 28 June 2012 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Abbas Barkhordar650
Labour Mark Sautter103
Liberal Democrats Ms. Moya Denman101
UKIP Raheem Kassam 71
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Shireen O. Ritchie.

2014-2018

Stanley by-election, 7 May 2015 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kim Taylor-Smith 2,349 69.4
Labour Isabel Grace69320.5
Independent Ian Henderson34310.1
Majority 165648.9
Turnout 338552.3
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Merrick Cockell.

Abingdon by-election, 5 May 2016 (2 seats) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Addenbrooke 1,716
Conservative Anne Cyron 1,470
Labour Benjamin Fernando395
Labour Nigel Wilkins298
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good220
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Owen210
UKIP Richard Braine 85
UKIP Jack Bovill76
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Victoria Borwick MP and Cllr. Joanna Gardner.

2018-2022

Dalgarno by-election, 21 March 2019 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kasim Ali 719 55.4 −15.0
Conservative Samia Bentayeb30623.6+1.6
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton-Brown14511.2+3.5
UKIP Callum Dorrington Hutton685.2+5.2
Green Angela Georgievski614.7+4.7
Majority 41331.8
Turnout 1,299
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Thompson.

2022-2026

Norland by-election, 2 May 2024 [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stéphanie Petit 902 51.0
Labour Monica Press51429.1
Liberal Democrats Finlay Dargan22913.0
Green Heloise Hunter1237.0
Majority 38822.0
Turnout 1,76846.2
Conservative hold Swing

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  2. ↑ The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  3. ↑ The Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1995

References

  1. ↑ "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kensington & Chelsea". BBC News Online . Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  5. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  10. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election result for Brompton Ward". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Lib Dems win their first K&C council seat". London Informer. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.[ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Colville By-election result". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  15. ↑ "Holland Ward - local election results". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  16. ↑ "Cremorne Ward - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "Earl's Court - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  18. ↑ Heseltine, Emma (10 October 2011). "Conservatives hold Norland seat but majority is slashed". Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  19. ↑ "Stanley Ward By-election May 2015". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abingdon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  21. ↑ "Dalgarno Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  22. ↑ "Election results for Norland 2nd May 2024". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  23. ↑ "Norland Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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