2018 Merton London Borough Council election

2018 Merton London Borough Council election

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All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 36 seats, 49.6% 20 seats, 31.6% Seats won 34 17 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 83,890 56,223 Percentage 46.9% 31.5% Swing 2.7% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Merton Park Residents Last election 1 seat, 8.9% 3 seats, 3.7% Seats won 6 3 Seat change 5 Popular vote 26,158 5,898 Percentage 14.6% 3.3% Swing 5.7% 0.4%
Map of the results of the 2018 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white.
Council leader before election Stephen Alambritis Labour Council leader after election Stephen Alambritis Labour

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. ^[1]

Campaign

See also: Merton local elections § 2014-2018

In February 2018, Peter Walker, a former Labour councillor for Figges Marsh who was suspended by the party in October 2017, claimed that the local Labour Party was excluding supporters of the national party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, from becoming councillors. ^[2]

Labour pledged to complete the building of a new leisure centre, bring AFC Wimbledon's home grounds within Merton, consider the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme, establish targets for affordable housing and introduce 20 mph zones. ^[3]

The Conservatives pledged to reintroduce weekly street cleaning, increase mobile CCTV, deliver a masterplan for Wimbledon, regenerate Morden, establish a 24/7 anti-social behaviour hotline, rebuild St Helier Hospital, introduce borough-wide anti-idling measures and reintroduce webcasting of council meetings. ^[4]

The Liberal Democrats pledged to institute a target of 50% affordable housing in large developments, install more public bins and public drinking fountains, increase cycling infrastructure, introduce default 20 mph zones, make Raynes Park and Motspur Park railway stations fully accessible, replace the closed walk-in surgery in Mitcham, introduce a levy on planning developments to pay for local schools, scrap charges for the use of Council-owned parks and playing fields, develop incubator sites for start-ups and establish neighbourhood plans. ^[5]

A key issue during the campaign was the proposed closure of Wimbledon police station by the Labour Mayor of London. The Conservatives proposed to buy the police station, ^[4] while the Liberal Democrats supported a legal action against the closure. ^[6] The legal action was brought by Paul Kohler, one of the successful Liberal Democrat candidates for Trinity in the election. ^[7]

Demolition of Merton Hall

A key issue during the campaign was the partial demolition of the historic Merton Hall in South Wimbledon, which was given planning permission by the council in September 2017. ^[8] Under the plans, the Elim Pentecostal Church would assume tenancy of Merton Hall after the year-long works, under the condition that the site could still be hired as a community space by local residents. ^[9] Elim Church's current High Path site would then become a Harris Federation school hosting 1,200 students from September 2020. ^[8]

A petition opposing the plans and calling on Historic England to list Merton Hall attracted over 4,000 signatures. ^[10] The plans attracted national attention in March 2018 over concerns that Elim Church could seek to prevent LGBT groups from hiring Merton Hall. ^[11] The Conservatives opposed the demolition plans and pledged to end the demolition works immediately if elected; they also alleged that the demolition broke pre-election purdah rules, given that it was using public money on a contentious issue. ^[12] The Merton Park Ward Residents Association also expressed their regret over the council's plans; their councillors suggested alternative sites for the secondary school and questioned the extent of the demolition required. ^[13]

The demolition works began in April 2018. ^[10] In the election, the ward of Abbey, in which Merton Hall is situated, returned one Conservative councillor. ^[14] After the election, responding to criticism of the plans, council leader Stephen Alambritis claimed that the council is building a brand new hall and not demolishing the existing one. Alambritis confirmed that two investigations were underway, one by the Local Government Ombudsman and another by Ernst and Young. ^[15]

Results

Labour retained its control of Merton Council, its majority reduced to four seats. The Conservatives gained two seats from Labour (one each in the wards of Cannon Hill and Abbey) and the Liberal Democrats gained five seats from the Conservatives (two in West Barnes, two in Dundonald and one in Trinity). The Merton Park Ward Residents Association maintained its three councillors in Merton Park. ^[1] By seat count, this was the best ever election result for the Liberal Democrats in the borough, and the first time they had held council positions outside the West Barnes ward.

Paul Kohler, who achieved significant recognition after leading a legal campaign against the proposed closure of Wimbledon police station, ^{[16] [17]} was elected for the Liberal Democrats in Trinity. ^[18] Two months after the election, his legal action resulted in a judgment that the decision to close the police station was unlawful. ^[7]

Merton Local Election Result 2018 ^[19]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34	0	2	2	56.7	46.9	83,890	2.5%
	Conservative	17	2	5	3	28.3	31.5	56,223	0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	6	5	0	5	10.0	14.6	26,158	5.7%
	Merton Park Residents	3	0	0	0	5.0	3.3	5,898	0.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	4,970	1.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	836	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	459	3.3%
	Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	151	New
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	77	0.1%
	Duma Polska	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	33	New

On 11 May 2018, it was announced that the council's cabinet would be reshuffled. ^[20] Mary Curtin, a Labour councillor for Lower Morden, was voted in as the council's new mayor at the Annual Council Meeting on 23 May 2018. ^[21]

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Leslie Stringer	1,476	42.8	-5.1
	Conservative	Nigel Charles Benbow	1,446	41.9	+7.1
	Labour	Ben Butler	1,409	40.7	-7.1
	Conservative	Emma-Louise Vetriano	1,399	40.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Sivas Ranjan	1,383	40.1	+10.2
	Labour	Dave Treanor	1,323	38.4	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew William Payne	547	15.9	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Smith	464	13.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Panos Topalis	419	12.1	+7.1
	TUSC	Piero Miloro	77	2.2	N/A
Turnout			3,458	45
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cannon Hill

Following the resignation of Mark Kenny, a by-election was held on 20 June 2019 with the Liberal Democrats gaining the seat.

Cannon Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Martin McLean	1,644	45.2	+10.1
	Labour	Pauline Una Cowper*	1,642	45.1	-2.4
	Labour	Mark Kenny	1,636	44.9	-3.3
	Conservative	Michael Charles Joseph Paterson	1,562	42.9	+9.9
	Labour	Muhammod Motiur Rahman	1,445	39.7	-4.8
	Conservative	Harry Joseph Todd	1,406	38.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Cooper	411	11.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Klaar Dresselaers	313	8.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cosette Malik	303	8.3	+4.6
	UKIP	Andrew Thomas Mills	141	3.9	-10.3
Turnout			3,649	50
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Colliers Wood

Colliers Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laxmi Attawar*	1,908	63.1	+8.4
	Labour	Caroline M Cooper-Marbiah*	1,824	60.4	+3.8
	Labour	Dave Ward	1,812	60.0	+0.5
	Conservative	Max Daniel Austin	465	18.7	-3.9
	Conservative	Sally Patricia Hammond	434	14.4	-7.3
	Conservative	Krystal Louise Miller	424	14.0	-6.5
	Green	Kenneth Green	413	13.7	-4.6
	Green	Harriet Edwards	389	12.9	N/A
	Green	Charles Barraball	285	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Jane Robertson	232	7.7	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brigid Elizabeth Finlayson	206	6.8	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shipra Gupta	204	6.8	N/A
Turnout			3,028	38
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cricket Green

Cricket Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Aisha Lanning	2,054	71.6	+2.3
	Labour	Owen Pritchard	2,004	69.9	+3.6
	Labour	Russell John Makin*	1,994	69.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Gary Clive Watkinson	422	14.7	±0.0
	Conservative	Linda Joan Taylor [n 1]	407	14.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Cesar Augusto Sepulveda	368	12.8	+1.0
	Green	Christopher Adrian Stanton	249	8.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Louise Bolt	215	7.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Guilliana Victoria Castle	189	6.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent James William Bolt	159	5.5	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Kay Evans	151	5.3	N/A
Turnout			2,881	34
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dundonald

Dundonald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony John Fairclough	1,576	44.9	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon McGrath	1,389	39.6	+13.8
	Conservative	David Thomas Dean*	1,361	38.8	-6.8
	Conservative	Michael Martin Bull*	1,301	37.1	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Tippett-Cooper	1,299	37.0	+11.7
	Conservative	Suzanne Ellen Grocott*	1,284	36.6	-6.4
	Labour	Wayne Busbridge	594	16.9	-4.1
	Labour	Daniel Stefan Johnston	549	15.6	-9.0
	Labour	Bupe Ngoy	517	14.7	-6.8
	Green	David Clive Wood	332	9.4	N/A
Turnout			3,515	51
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Figge’s Marsh

Figge's Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agatha Akyigyina*	2,457	80.7	-0.3
	Labour	Geraldine Patricia Stanford*	2,361	77.6	-0.2
	Labour	Mike Brunt	2,313	76.0	+4.2
	Conservative	Charlie Gregory	380	12.5	-1.8
	Conservative	Hamish Alexander Badenoch	378	12.4	-0.3
	Conservative	Marina Hardwick	369	12.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Busby-Cartwright-Owen	187	6.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eliane Patton	125	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Giorga Gamba	115	3.8	N/A
Turnout			3,058	36
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Graveney

Graveney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Christine Kirby*	2,181	80.5	+4.3
	Labour	John Dehaney*	2,139	79.0	+0.6
	Labour	Tobin Byers	2,080	76.8	+9.3
	Conservative	Maureen Kyalya	324	12.0	-3.0
	Conservative	Charlie Chirico	319	11.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Thomas Sebastian George Moulton	304	11.2	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Alexander Taylor	246	9.1	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Weber	179	6.6	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Quresh Shehab Mukadam	149	5.5	N/A
Turnout			2,723	37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hillside

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Tyrie Williams*	1,427	55.4	+4.7
	Conservative	Daniel Sean Holden*	1,425	55.3	+5.1
	Conservative	David Ward Simpson*	1,391	54.0	+2.2
	Labour	Joseph Day Archer	614	23.8	-1.3
	Labour	David William Barnes	593	23.0	-0.9
	Labour	Philip Mervyn Jones	567	22.0	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha MacArthur	565	21.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gerald Williams	491	19.1	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas James Sanders	435	16.9	+3.6
Turnout			2,583	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lavender Fields

Lavender Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark G Allison*	1,711	72.5	+4.6
	Labour Co-op	Edith Joan Macauley*	1,664	70.5	+7.1
	Labour Co-op	Billy Christie	1,637	69.4	+3.5
	Conservative	Alice Sophie Jane Hammond	308	13.1	-0.8
	Conservative	Jay Crush	295	12.5	+0.9
	Green	Stephen McKeever	287	12.2	N/A
	Conservative	David James Sawer	257	12.8	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jean Barker	206	10.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary-Jane Jeanes [n 2]	165	7.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Adam Oxford	127	5.4	N/A
Turnout			2,365	30
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Longthornton

Longthornton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Lorraine Fraser*	2,048	77.1	+4.7
	Labour	David Anthony Chung*	1,981	74.6	+2.3
	Labour	Marsie Vanesser Skeete*	1,914	72.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Peter Charles Thomas Borthwick	447	16.8	-5.0
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Bosley McAlister	441	14.8	-5.1
	Conservative	John Burke Telford	393	12.1	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Thomas Ellis Norbrook	129	4.9	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kaweh Beheshtizadeh	126	4.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Isambard Statham Fletcher	111	4.2	N/A
Turnout			2,668	33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Morden

Lower Morden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Isabel Kenny*	1,634	51.3	+0.4
	Labour	Stan C Anderson*	1,632	51.3	+1.4
	Labour	Mary Anne Curtin*	1,588	49.9	+2.9
	Conservative	Maurice Groves	1,294	40.7	+7.1
	Conservative	Geraldine Veronica Mary Kirby	1,248	39.2	+9.6
	Conservative	Hamna Humayun Qureshi	1,098	34.5	+7.7
	Green	Alban Godfrey Thurston	191	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Ashraf	188	5.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Babington Blanchard	169	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gabriel Luck	141	4.4	N/A
Turnout			3,186	45
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Merton Park

Merton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Merton Park Residents	Peter William Southgate*	2,034	57.6	-4.0
	Merton Park Residents	Edward William Foley*	1,981	56.1	-5.3
	Merton Park Residents	Dickie Wilkinson	1,883	53.3	-10.4
	Labour	Mervin Eubanks	644	18.2	+1.6
	Labour	Liz Sherwood	622	17.6	+2.7
	Labour	Michael Mannion	613	17.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Andrew Harry Walton Cunningham	574	16.2	-0.8
	Conservative	Alastair James Gunn	547	15.5	-0.1
	Conservative	Asher Raphael Ross	511	14.5	-1.0
	Green	Rachel Brooks	360	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Matthew Braithwaite	269	7.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kenneth Harbron	186	5.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Ling	172	4.9	+1.4
Turnout			3,543	50
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing

Pollards Hill

Pollards Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Henry*	2,214	80.6	+8.1
	Labour	Aidan Michael Mundy	2,140	77.9	+7.0
	Labour	Martin James Whelton*	2,119	77.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Beth Mitchell	382	13.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Rachel Georgina Prior	346	12.6	±0.0
	Conservative	Michael Ormrod	344	12.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Maddison	122	4.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan John Burch	118	4.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Reiss	76	2.8	N/A
Turnout			2,761	34
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ravensbury

Ravensbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Alambritis*	1,892	67.7	+1.7
	Labour	Natasha Dawn Irons	1,793	64.2	+4.9
	Labour	Peter Joseph McCabe*	1,742	62.4	+7.7
	Conservative	Anton Gjeta	354	12.7	+1.5
	Conservative	Henry Richard Lennox Nelless	353	12.6	-1.5
	Conservative	Daniel Jon Page	328	11.7	+0.8
	Independent	Mark Gale	303	10.8	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Michael Holt	279	10.0	N/A
	Independent	Tracy Wilson	254	9.1	N/A
	Green	Thomas Killick	187	6.7	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Somayeh Aghnia	148	5.3	-1.6
	UKIP	Terry Sullivan	143	5.1	-16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jane Harvey	137	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Arthur Shillito	107	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,797	37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Raynes Park

Raynes Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Paul Crowe*	1,486	48.5	+2.2
	Conservative	Adam Bush*	1,470	47.9	+1.5
	Conservative	Omar Bush	1,351	44.0	-2.6
	Labour	Clare Gardner	897	29.2	+2.6
	Labour	Clare Antenen	799	26.1	+2.6
	Labour	Peter McGinity	695	22.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Edward Lewis	583	19.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Edward Tourle	553	18.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Vella	542	17.7	+3.1
	Green	Sonja Nadine Timpson	475	15.5	N/A
Turnout			3,074	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helier

St Helier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Marie Braund*	1,809	68.9	+1.9
	Labour	Dennis Pearce*	1,724	65.7	+1.8
	Labour	Nicholas Gregory Draper	1,671	63.6	+7.8
	Conservative	Sandy Gretton	479	18.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Raymond Walter Hutchings	456	17.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Nick Kwilecki	414	15.8	+1.8
	Green	Philippa Zielfa Maslin	245	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Graham Lowing	194	7.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Paul Harris	178	6.8	N/A
	UKIP	Bob Grahame	145	5.5	-16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon William Parritt	107	4.1	-2.7
Turnout			2,632	33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kohler	1,279	35.8	+23.1
	Conservative	James Holmes*	1,199	33.6	-11.1
	Conservative	Hayley Ormrod	1,196	33.5	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Kohler	1,156	32.4	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Drake Hackforth-Jones	1,117	31.3	+21.5
	Conservative	Abdul Latif*	1,116	31.2	-7.7
	Labour	Becky Hooper	1,023	28.6	-4.1
	Labour	Ryan Barnett	935	26.2	-2.1
	Labour	Billy Hayes	852	23.9	-2.6
	Green	Elizabeth Matthews	358	10.0	-8.9
	Duma Polska	Marcia Moraczewski	33	0.9	N/A
	UKIP	Rod Scott	30	0.8	-8.3
Turnout			3,579	48
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas James Barlow	2,206	75.2	+2.4
	Conservative	Andrew Geoffrey Eliot Howard	2,160	73.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Amer Najeeb Latif*	2,094	71.4	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bucknall	407	13.9	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Bradman	404	13.8	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo James Forshaw	341	11.6	+5.8
	Green	Lisa Florence Wood	292	10.0	+0.6
	Labour	Maria Pamela Bentley-Dingwall	287	9.8	-3.8
	Labour	Teresa Ocansey	221	7.5	-3.1
	Labour	Charles Kwabena Francis Ocansey	203	6.9	-2.0
Turnout			2,934	47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Barnes

On 12 June 2020, Quilliam left the Liberal Democrats and joined the Labour Party. ^[26]

West Barnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eloise Bailey	1,624	40.2	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hina Bokhari	1,534	38.0	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Oliver John Quilliam	1,454	36.0	+10.1
	Conservative	Gilli Lewis-Lavender*	1,419	35.1	-5.8
	Conservative	Brian Ernest Lewis-Lavender*	1,380	34.1	-1.9
	Conservative	Logie Lohendran	1,292	32.0	+4.2
	Labour	Caroline Monica Charles	976	24.1	+7.4
	Labour	Rebecca Antoinette Ann Moses	935	23.1	+6.5
	Labour	Abdul Aziz Atcha	880	21.8	+6.9
	Green	Conal Edward Cunningham	304	7.5	-5.6
Turnout			4,054	54
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wimbledon Park

Wimbledon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oonagh Jane Moulton*	1,822	50.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Janice Mary Elizabeth Howard*	1,792	50.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Ed Gretton	1,748	48.7	+6.1
	Labour	Hugh Darcy Page Constant	1,021	28.5	+0.4
	Labour	Pam Treanor	996	27.8	+4.5
	Labour	Terry Daniels	886	24.7	+1.5
	Green	Juliet Dorothy Boyd	603	16.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Napier Goodchild	536	14.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Jane Watt	525	14.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	JB Tanqueray	509	14.2	+4.9
Turnout			3,592	43
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Cannon Hill by-election, 20 June 2019 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenifer Gould	1,060	35.0	+23.7
	Labour	Ryan Barnett	876	28.9	-16.0
	Conservative	Michael Paterson	867	28.6	-14.3
	Green	Susie O'Connor	158	5.2	New
	UKIP	Andrew Mills	68	2.2	-1.7
Majority			184	6.1	N/A
Turnout			2,030	41.8	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Mark Kenny of the Labour Party.

St Helier by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helena Dollimore	1,859	54.4	-14.5
	Conservative	Isaac Frimpong	907	26.6	+8.4
	Green	Pippa Maslin	409	12.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Jones	241	7.1	-0.3
Majority			952	27.8	-22.9
Turnout			3,495	42.4	+9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kelly Braund of the Labour Party.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Linda Taylor had previously served as a Conservative councillor for the ward of Wimbledon Park between 2012 and 2018. ^{[22] [23]}
2. Mary-Jane Jeanes had previously served as a Liberal Democrat councillor for the ward of West Barnes between 2010 and 2018. ^{[24] [25]}

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