| The Wrythe | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Sutton London Borough Council | |
The Wrythe ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Sutton |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 10,938 (2021) [a] |
| Electorate | 7,890 (2022) |
| Major settlements | The Wrythe |
| Area | 1.420 square kilometres (0.548 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| GSS code |
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The Wrythe is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Sutton. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Sutton London Borough Council.
| Term | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2014 | Susan Stears | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2002–2006 | Sheila Siggins | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2002–2014 | Roger Thistle | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2006–present | Colin Stears | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2014–2018 | Callum Morton | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2014–2022 | Nali Patel | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2018–2022 | Sam Weatherlake | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2022–present | Bobby Dean | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2022–present | Patrick Ogbonna | Liberal Democrats | |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Sutton in 2022.
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bobby Dean | 1,492 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,337 | 43.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Ogbonna | 1,225 | 39.4 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Dwight | 1,175 | 37.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Okpuru | 1,138 | 36.6 | ||
| Conservative | Daisy Pearce | 1,084 | 34.8 | ||
| Labour | David Grant | 534 | 17.2 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Thomas | 488 | 15.7 | ||
| Labour | Cecil Tate | 468 | 15.0 | ||
| Green | Faye Burnett | 394 | 12.7 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
The election took place on 3 May 2018. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,324 | 46.8 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Weatherlake | 1,249 | 44.2 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nali Patel | 1,224 | 43.3 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Will Curley | 760 | 26.9 | +9.4 | |
| Conservative | Millie Shields | 747 | 26.4 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | Sebastian Wopinski | 659 | 23.3 | +10.4 | |
| Labour | Sheila Berry | 533 | 18.9 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | Carlos De Sousa | 498 | 17.6 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Paul McCarthy | 476 | 16.8 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Penelope Mouncey | 204 | 7.2 | −3.1 | |
| UKIP | John Bannon | 196 | 6.9 | −18.8 | |
| Green | Michael Boulton | 187 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Bill Main-Ian | 177 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Gino Marotta | 129 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Phillip Mouncey | 121 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 2 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,829 | 34.09 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 22 May 2014. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Morton | 1,341 | 45.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,337 | 45.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nali Patel | 1,199 | 40.8 | ||
| UKIP | Chris Howe | 754 | 25.7 | ||
| Conservative | Benjamin Scully | 513 | 17.5 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Manton | 487 | 16.6 | ||
| Labour | Deirdre Barry | 455 | 15.5 | ||
| Labour | Alex Milligan | 415 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Marion Williams | 378 | 12.9 | ||
| Labour | Tony Thorpe | 365 | 12.4 | ||
| Green | Derek Coleman | 303 | 10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,936 | 40.1 | −26.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 2,566 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 2,491 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 2,229 | |||
| Conservative | Samantha Drew | 1,511 | |||
| Conservative | Terry Faulds | 1,432 | |||
| Conservative | Jim Simms | 1,329 | |||
| Labour | Pat Simons | 585 | |||
| Labour | Sean Hayward | 570 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Theobald | 562 | |||
| BNP | Sarah Bristow | 451 | |||
| Green | Andrew Lindsay | 377 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 4 May 2006. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 1,436 | 54.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,405 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 1,370 | |||
| Conservative | Derek Lockhart | 867 | 32.8 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Wortley | 834 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen Odunton | 791 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Collier | 343 | 13.0 | ||
| Labour | Catherine Magee | 337 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Hughes | 335 | |||
| Turnout | 36.6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 2 May 2002. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 1,176 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Siggins | 1,142 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 1,103 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Creece | 544 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Wortley | 540 | |||
| Conservative | Marion Williams | 536 | |||
| Labour | Richard Collier | 377 | |||
| Labour | Anthony Thorpe | 365 | |||
| Labour | Bodipala Wijeyesinghe | 354 | |||
| Green | Karin Andrews | 118 | |||
| Green | William Fuller | 99 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||