Sutton London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Sutton from 2002 to 2022

Sutton London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years.

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: ^[1]

Election	Overall Control		Lib Dem	Conservative	Labour	Res./Ind.
1964		Conservative	-	30	17	4
1968		Conservative	-	41	7	3
1971		No overall control	-	25	21	5
1974		Conservative	6	28	13	4
1978		Conservative	2	47	7	-
1982		Conservative	3	46	7	-
1986		No overall control	28	21	7	-
1990		Liberal Democrats	32	18	6	-
1994		Liberal Democrats	47	4	5	-
1998		Liberal Democrats	46	5	5	-
2002		Liberal Democrats	43	8	3	-
2006		Liberal Democrats	32	22	-	-
2010		Liberal Democrats	43	11	-	-
2014		Liberal Democrats	45	9	-	-
2018		Liberal Democrats	33	18	-	3
2022		Liberal Democrats	29	20	3	3

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: ^{[2] [3]}

Councillor	Party		From	To
Tag Taylor		Conservative	1964	1973
John Charles Cox		Conservative	1973	1976
Robin Squire		Conservative	1976	1980
David Trafford		Conservative	1980	1986
Graham Tope		Liberal	1986	1988
		Liberal Democrats	1988	1999
Mike Cooper		Liberal Democrats	1999	16 Oct 2002
Sean Brennan		Liberal Democrats	18 Nov 2002	21 May 2012
Ruth Dombey		Liberal Democrats	21 May 2012

Council elections

• 1964 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1968 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1971 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1974 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1978 Sutton London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by five) ^[4]
• 1982 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1986 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1990 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 1994 Sutton London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 1]}
• 1998 Sutton London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 2] [n 3]}
• 2002 Sutton London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two) ^{[5] [6]}
• 2006 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 2010 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 2014 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 2018 Sutton London Borough Council election
• 2022 Sutton London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one) ^[7]

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

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections. ^[8]

1968-1971

Cheam West by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. A. Bennett	909	97.8
	Labour	A. J. Barker	20	2.2
Turnout				17.5%

Sutton South East by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. C. Squire	522	87.9
	Labour	J. Dowsett	72	12.1
Turnout				14.1%

Cheam South by-election, 22 January 1970 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. A. Rose	1093	97.2
	Labour	Mrs P. M. Brennan	31	2.8
Turnout				21.1%

Sutton East by-election, 28 May 1970 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. J. Kenney	442
	Labour	Mrs E. M. McEwen	428
	Liberal	D. E. Strong	139
Turnout				28.2%

1971-1974

There were no by-elections. ^[10]

1974-1978

Sutton Central by-election, 17 April 1975 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Aubrey Mullin	1,176
	Labour	James K. Rhodes	547
	Conservative	Lesley D. Symonds	445
Turnout				55.0

Sutton South East by-election, 17 June 1976 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter H. Geiringer	1,591
	Liberal	Eva C. Liston	513
	Labour	Ada Pinkney	168
	National Front	Roy E. C. Trethewey	166
Turnout				48.8

1990-1994

Beddington South by-election, 30 July 1992 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Olive D. Edwards	1,108	43.8
	Conservative	Andrew D. Beadle	824	32.5
	Labour	Stephen P. Lloyd	464	18.3
	Green	John K. W. Cornford	91	3.6
	Raving Loony Green Giant Party	Danny J. B. Bamford	45	1.8
Turnout				38.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan R. Chewter.

1994-1998

Carshalton North by-election, 20 October 1994 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pattison	880
	Labour	Margaret Smart	560
	Conservative	Eric S. Pillinger	258
	Monster Raving Loony	John Major	30
	Green	Peter T. Rudkin	15
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Delphine C. Lock.

St Helier North by-election, 23 March 1995 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John G. Morgan	1,641
	Liberal Democrats	John E. Bull	645
	Conservative	Brian W. M. Keynes	111
	Monster Raving Loony	John Major	33
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Patrick B. Kane.

Carshalton Beeches by-election, 18 May 1995 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy E. Bentley	1,497
	Conservative	Keith J. Martin	816
	Labour	Claire Shearer	651
	Green	John K. W. Cornford	67
	Monster Raving Loony	John Major	31
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Daphne A. Gvozdenovie.

Sutton Common by-election, 7 December 1995 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne N. Gallop	878
	Labour	Mark G. Allison	397
	Conservative	Christopher G. Furey	270
	Ind. Conservative	Gerald Ward	68
	Monster Raving Loony	John Major	16
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard F. Broadbent.

Sutton West by-election, 21 November 1996 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Crowhurst	894	60.6
	Conservative	Roger M. V. Ison	315	21.4
	Labour	Ronald S. Williams	266	18.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Danny Blue	18	1.2
Majority			579	39.2
Turnout			1,493	34.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christine L. B. Headley.

St Helier North by-election, 13 February 1997 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Smith	1,058	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin C. Hall	512	29.3
	Conservative	Brian W. M. Keynes	130	7.4
	Independent St Hellier Party	Donald G. Langridge	40	2.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Danny Blue	10	0.6
Majority			546	31.2
Turnout			1,750	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Donald B. Hopkins.

St Helier South by-election, 21 August 1997 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen P. Lloyd	538	57.1	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M. Andrews	335	35.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Brian W. M. Keynes	57	6.0	-1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Danny Blue	13	1.4	+1.4
Majority			203	21.6
Turnout			943	24.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gary F. Stagg.

1998-2002

Cheam South by-election, 23 September 1999 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Park	962	69.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Keith M. Legg	248	17.8	-10.2
	Independent	Glenn A. Abbassi	84	6.0	+6.0
	Labour	David Jarman	76	5.5	-1.0
	Independent	William Smith	23	1.7	+1.7
Majority			714	51.3
Turnout			1,393	30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah S. Wallace.

Beddington South by-election, 7 June 2001 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ferris Moussa	1,380	39.8	-13.0
	Conservative	Louise Heale	1,081	31.1	+10.5
	Labour	Joseph Magee	1,009	29.1	+3.5
Majority			299	8.7
Turnout			3,470	56.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard S. Aitken.

2002-2006

Carshalton Central by-election, 21 November 2002 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pennington	996	45.2	-7.0
	Conservative	Paul Scully	837	38.0	+6.6
	Labour	Sam J. Towler	268	12.2	+3.1
	Green	Susan E. Riddlestone	103	4.7	-2.7
Majority			159	7.2
Turnout			2,204	29.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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

2006-2010

Cheam by-election, 28 February 2008 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Pritchard	1,541	45.8	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Mathys	1,454	43.3	+3.9
	UKIP	Francis Day	260	7.7	+7.7
	Labour	Kathleen Allen	106	3.2	+0.5
Majority			87	2.5
Turnout			3,361	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Eleanor D. Pinfold.

Nonsuch by-election, 2 July 2009 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Jerome	1,665	50.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Georg Braun	1,329	40.4	-7.2
	BNP	Peter North	211	6.4	+6.4
	Labour	Marcus Papadopoulus	88	2.7	-3.3
Majority			336	10.2
Turnout			3,293	41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Christopher P. Dunlop.

2010-2014

Worcester Park by-election, 16 February 2012 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger D. C. Roberts	1367
	Conservative	Simon Densley	977
	Labour	Ms. Hilary C. Hosking	315
	UKIP	David Pickles	190
	Green	George Dow	46
Turnout				33.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Jennifer E. Campbell-Klomps.

Stonecot by-election, 6 December 2012 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Emmerson	1034
	Conservative	Graham Jarvis	402
	Labour	Ms. Bonnie Craven	289
	UKIP	Jeremy Wraith	182
	Green	Ms. Joan Hartfield	32
Turnout				24%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brendan Hudson.

2014-2018

Wallington South by-election, 11 June 2015 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Cook	1,251	44.1	6.9
	Conservative	Jim Simms	936	33.0	13.7
	Labour	Sarah Gwynn	181	6.4	2.4
	Independent	Duncan Mattey	180	6.4	6.4
	UKIP	Andy Beadle	164	5.8	10.5
	Green	Rosa Rajendran	122	4.3	2.7
Majority			315	11.1
Turnout			2,835	35.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Colin Hall, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader.

Carshalton Central by-election, 28 July 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Williams	1,250	43.4	5.1
	Conservative	Melissa Pearce	1,061	36.9	11.6
	Green	Ross Hemingway	211	7.3	0.3
	Labour	Sarah Gwynn	176	6.1	3.1
	UKIP	Bill Main-Ian	150	5.2	10.5
	CPA	Ashley Dickenson	29	1.0	1.1
Turnout			2,881	27.04%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Alan Salter

2018-2022

Belmont by-election, 25 October 2018 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Garratt	1,328	46.7	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Juster	1,069	37.6	10.7
	Labour	Marian Wingrove	303	10.7	6.1
	Green	Claire Jackson-Prior	63	2.2	2.2
	UKIP	John Bannon	50	1.8	1.8
	CPA	Ashley Dickenson	30	1.1	1.1
Majority			259	9.1
Turnout			2,843
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Patrick McManus.

Wallington North by-election, 28 March 2019 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Lewis	1,039	38.2	7.8
	Conservative	Charlotte Leonard	709	26.1	0.5
	Independent	Gervais Sawyer	381	14.0	14.0
	Labour	Sheila Berry	301	11.1	5.6
	Green	Verity Thomson	166	6.1	2.3
	UKIP	John Bannon	104	3.8	0.5
	CPA	Ashley Dickenson	17	0.6	0.6
Majority			330	12.1
Turnout			2,717
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Joyce Melican.

References

1. The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 3) Order 1993
2. The Croydon, Merton and Sutton (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1994

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External links

• Sutton Council