Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council elections are held every four years for all 54 councillor seats in the 18 wards that make up the Borough Council. [1] By-elections are held in individual wards when vacancies arise outside the four-year cycle.
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: [2]
Election | Overall control | Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Green | Ind. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Conservative | 41 | – | 12 | – | 1 | |
1968 | Conservative | 54 | – | – | – | – | |
1971 | Conservative | 36 | 3 | 15 | – | – | |
1974 | Conservative | 36 | 10 | 8 | – | – | |
1978 | Conservative | 34 | 18 | – | – | – | |
1982 | No overall control | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | |
1986 | Alliance | 3 | 49 | – | – | – | |
1990 | Liberal Democrats | 4 | 48 | – | – | – | |
1994 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | 43 | 2 | – | – | |
1998 | Liberal Democrats | 14 | 34 | 4 | – | – | |
2002 | Conservative | 39 | 15 | – | – | – | |
2006 | Liberal Democrats | 18 | 35 | – | – | 1 | |
2010 | Conservative | 30 | 24 | – | – | – | |
2014 | Conservative | 39 | 15 | – | – | – | |
2018 | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 39 | – | 4 | – | |
2022 | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 48 | – | 5 | – |
The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: [3] [4]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Hall | Conservative | 1965 | 1978 | |
John Barker | Conservative | 1978 | 1980 | |
Keith Morell | Conservative | 1980 | 1983 | |
David Williams | Liberal | 1983 | 3 Mar 1988 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 Mar 1988 | 22 May 2001 | ||
Serge Lourie | Liberal Democrats | 22 May 2001 | 13 May 2002 | |
Tony Arbour | Conservative | 13 May 2002 | 16 May 2006 | |
Serge Lourie | Liberal Democrats | 16 May 2006 | 9 May 2010 | |
Nicholas True | Conservative | 25 May 2010 | 4 Jul 2017 | |
Paul Hodgins | Conservative | 4 Jul 2017 | 22 May 2018 | |
Gareth Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 22 May 2018 |
There were no by-elections. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. J. Maitland | 1199 | |||
Independent | M. V. Smith | 618 | |||
Labour | A. G. H. Lawrance [n 5] | 151 | |||
Turnout | 31.7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. K. Baker | 1160 | |||
Liberal | A. D. Reddrop | 615 | |||
Labour | Mrs J. M. Hyam | 262 | |||
Turnout | 24.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs H. M. Abell | 603 | |||
Liberal | Dr S. Rundle | 569 | |||
Independent | A. P. Warren | 248 | |||
Labour | A. B. Hart | 207 | |||
Turnout | 26.7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr S. Rundle | 1676 | |||
Conservative | Miss J. M. Hooper | 1079 | |||
Labour | Miss D. J. Kidger | 323 | |||
Turnout | 35.7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. M. Cooper | 1766 | |||
Liberal | R. D. McArthur | 605 | |||
Labour | Miss J. R. F. Brown | 405 | |||
Turnout | 37.4% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. A. Bligh | 1266 | |||
Labour | P. T. Z. Goldring | 391 | |||
Liberal | Mrs D. O. Collins | 374 | |||
Turnout | 28.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. G. Lockyer | 1065 | |||
Labour | K. L. Elmes | 502 | |||
Liberal | J. E. Twaits | 361 | |||
Turnout | 25.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. M. Russell | 1190 | |||
Liberal | R. W. Marlow | 435 | |||
Labour | E. C. Eldridge | 424 | |||
Turnout | 28.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. J. Attwood | 1081 | |||
Labour | K. L. Elmes | 525 | |||
Liberal | J. E. Twaits | 377 | |||
Turnout | 24.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. E. F. Samuels | 1,530 | |||
Conservative | P. G. Lockyer | 1,196 | |||
Liberal | J. E. Twaits | 160 | |||
Turnout | 35.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. J. Powell | 1,232 | |||
Conservative | R. K. Morland | 1,087 | |||
Liberal | R. W. Marlow | 390 | |||
Turnout | 41.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs J. M. Pardington | 1,109 | |||
Conservative | Miss M. C. Gregory | 1,012 | |||
Liberal | S. J. Nunn | 244 | |||
Ind. Conservative | Mrs A. Woodward | 185 | |||
Turnout | 37.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Waller | 1,301 | |||
Conservative | J. L. Saunders | 937 | |||
Labour | R. G. Marshall-Andrews | 928 | |||
Turnout | 48.1 % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Anthony L. Manners | 1,769 | |||
Conservative | Margery Segar | 1,253 | |||
Labour | John P. Sheppard | 519 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bryan T. B. Lewis | 1,651 | |||
Conservative | John L. Saunders | 1,100 | |||
Labour | Roy F. Piper | 421 | |||
Ratepayers | Joshua P. Kielty | 253 | |||
Turnout | 54.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David C. Cornwell | 1,722 | |||
Conservative | Patrick V. Marshall | 1,718 | |||
Labour | Joy P. Mostyn | 577 | |||
Turnout | 56.3 |
Following the discovery of a series of voting errors, the High Court on 5 August 1976 declared the Liberal candidate in place of the Conservative. The revised votes are recorded here.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marie C. Biddulph | 1,716 | |||
Labour | Roger D. Smith | 1,182 | |||
Conservative | Vera Goodman | 810 | |||
Turnout | 57.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. Temlett | 1,637 | |||
Liberal | Sidney J. Marshall | 1,229 | |||
Labour | John W. Shelton | 558 | |||
National Front | Terence Denville-Faulkner | 57 | |||
Turnout | 50.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Deirdre B. Martineau | 1,668 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Sandy | 826 | |||
Labour | Joy P. Mostyn | 734 | |||
Turnout | 57.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John W. G. Coombs | 896 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | Jennie E. Edwards | 786 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | Michael D. Gold | 457 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Rowland R. Morgan | 54 | 2.4 | ||
National Front | Jeremy Bedford-Turner | 40 | 1.8 | ||
Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony T. Johnson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert D. Parslow | 1,430 | 46.4 | ||
Conservative | Anne Woodward | 1,236 | 40.1 | ||
Labour | Martin P. Cross | 413 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout | 48.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Gavin Alexander.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Frith | 1,377 | |||
Conservative | Peter J. Temlett | 990 | |||
Labour | Christopher J. Boaler | 686 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elaine I. Pippard.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John W. Coombs | 972 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Mary A. Rae | 908 | 33.7 | ||
Labour | Graham R. Nixon | 818 | 30.3 | ||
Majority | 64 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,698 | 49.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Philip A. Northey.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor M. Stanier | 908 | 42.9 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm K. McAlister | 615 | 29.0 | ||
Labour | Michelle Thew | 594 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 293 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,120 | 35.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan E. Fenwick.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey J. Samuel | 1,138 | 40.3 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John R. Gossage | 1,096 | 38.8 | -3.0 | |
Labour | Stephen J. Cox | 591 | 20.9 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,825 | 42.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David A. R. Martin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicola Urquhart | 1,496 | 49.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian D. Rudd | 1,215 | 39.9 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Maureen H. Metzger | 333 | 10.9 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 281 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,044 | 48.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Helen Blake.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor M. Stanier | 936 | 44.5 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Jane M. West | 927 | 44.1 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Benjamin R. Rowland | 132 | 6.3 | -23.3 | |
Green | James R. Page | 109 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,104 | 30.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John L. Saunders.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jane A. Arneil | 1,722 | 54.7 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Ewan G. Wallace | 1,235 | 39.3 | -5.8 | |
Green | Sylvia R. Levi | 104 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Labour | John Simon Fowler | 85 | 2.7 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 487 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,146 | 46.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anthony J. Barnett.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzette B. Nicholson | 1,669 | 57.9 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Stuart N. Leamy | 1,111 | 38.6 | -10.4 | |
Labour | Kanbar Hosseinbor | 101 | 3.5 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 558 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,881 | 42.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jean M. Matthews.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Celia J. Hodges | 1,384 | 51.9 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Hodgins | 1,043 | 39.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Barnaby J. L. Marder | 129 | 4.8 | -5.6 | |
Green | Sylvia Wills | 110 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 341 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,666 | 39.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marc L. Cranfield-Adams.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David S. F. Trigg | 2,111 | 45.8 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas J. F. Lait | 1,513 | 32.8 | -9.4 | |
Labour | John Grant | 548 | 11.9 | -5.4 | |
Green | Henry B. L. Gower | 435 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 598 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,607 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Derek Beattie.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rita G. S. Palmer | 1,643 | 56.2 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Westmorland | 1,103 | 37.7 | -5.8 | |
Labour | Ann F. Neimer | 91 | 3.1 | -1.0 | |
Green | James R. Page | 87 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 540 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,924 | 41.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Benedict A. Stanberry.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Speak | 1,733 | 42.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Dodds | 1,587 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | Brian Caton | 364 | 8.9 | ||
Green | James Page | 206 | 5.0 | ||
Independent | Marc Cranfield-Adams | 123 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,084 | 52.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard Montague.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Locke | 1,189 | 43.0 | +25.0 | |
Conservative | Jon Hollis | 1,081 | 39.1 | -10.6 | |
Green | Anthony Breslin | 237 | 8.6 | -9.9 | |
Labour | Paul Tanto | 185 | 6.7 | -7.2 | |
UKIP | Sam Naz | 69 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael John Lloyd | 7 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 108 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,769 | 34.89 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tania Mathias, of the Conservative Party, following her election as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julia Cambridge | 1,809 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Helen Margaret Edward | 1,090 | 35.5 | ||
Women's Equality | Trixie Rawlinson | 90 | 2.8 | ||
Labour | Giles Oakley | 82 | 2.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,071 | 40.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Mona Adams. [23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Petra Fleming | 2,447 | 52.4 | 11.5 | |
Conservative | Nina Watson | 1,232 | 26.4 | 0.9 | |
Green | Chas Warlow | 538 | 11.5 | 15.5 | |
Labour | Nick Dexter | 446 | 9.5 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 1,215 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,663 | 56.7 | 4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Swing | N/A | |||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dylan Baxendale. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carey Bishop | 1,177 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | Nupur Majumdar | 771 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | Sam Cullen | 159 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Danielle Coleman | 106 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 30.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Geoffrey Samuel.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Baker | 1,716 | 64.3 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Foster | 561 | 21.0 | ||
Green | Chantal Kerr-Sheppard | 184 | 6.9 | ||
Labour | James Thomson | 163 | 6.1 | ||
Independent | Dominic Stockford | 46 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,670 | 33.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Martin Elengorn.
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