Bexley London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Bexley since 2002

Bexley London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Bexley in London, England. The council is elected every four years.

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new system came into effect the following year. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:

Election	Overall control		Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Ind.	UKIP
1964		Labour	17	39	-	-	-
1968		Conservative	55	-	-	1	-
1971		Labour	24	32	-	-	-
1974		Conservative	37	22	-	-	-
1978		Conservative	43	18	-	1	-
1982		Conservative	41	14	7	-	-
1986		Conservative	36	15	11	-	-
1990		Conservative	35	18	9	-	-
1994		No Overall Control	24	24	14	-	-
1998		Conservative	32	24	6	-	-
2002		Labour	30	32	1	-	-
2006		Conservative	54	9	-	-	-
2010		Conservative	52	11	-	-	-
2014		Conservative	45	15	-	-	3
2018		Conservative	34	11	-	-	-
2022		Conservative	33	12	-	-	-

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: ^{[1] [2]}

Councillor	Party		From	To
Jim Wellbeloved		Labour	1965	1966
Peter Maxwell		Labour	1966	1968
Frederick Brearley		Conservative	1968	1971
Peter Maxwell		Labour	1971	1974
Julian Tremayne		Conservative	1974	1977
Len Newton [3]		Conservative	1977	1994
Donna Briant		Labour	1994	1996
Kathryn Smith		Labour	1996	1998
Mike Slaughter		Conservative	1998	27 May 2002
Chris Ball		Labour	27 May 2002	24 May 2006
Ian Clement [4]		Conservative	24 May 2006	5 May 2008
Teresa O'Neill		Conservative	14 May 2008

Council elections

• 1964 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1968 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1971 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1974 Bexley London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by three) ^[5]
• 1978 Bexley London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by three) ^[6]
• 1982 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1986 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1990 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 1994 Bexley London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 1] [n 2] [n 3]}
• 1998 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 2002 Bexley London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one) ^{[7] [8]}
• 2006 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 2010 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 2014 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 2018 Bexley London Borough Council election
• 2022 Bexley London Borough Council election

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
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  2022 results map

By-election results

1964–1968

There were no by-elections. ^[9]

1968–1971

Danson by-election, 3 October 1968 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. J. Illsley	1,603
	Labour	S. J. Cooper	1,121
Turnout				34.3%

Upton by-election, 24 April 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. S. Newton	1,365
	Labour	J. R. Beach	467
	Liberal	Mrs A. Newman	356
Turnout				36.3%

Northumberland Heath by-election, 12 June 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. C. Bale	1,866
	Labour	E. Handy	1,177
Turnout				38.9%

Sidcup West by-election, 2 October 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. H. Williams	1,306
	Labour	C. F. Hargrave	480
	Liberal	L. W. Rogers	473
Turnout				31.9%

Crayford West by-election, 4 December 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. H. S. Mead	1,029
	Labour	K. J. Smith	470
	Liberal	Mrs A. Newman	199
	National Front	C. Lane	99
Turnout				32.6%

Belvedere by-election, 5 March 1970 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miss S. E. Gadsdon	1,185
	Conservative	D. J. Hague	1,094
	National Front	J. D. Turner	156
Turnout				25.5%

Christchurch by-election, 23 July 1970 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs A. L. O. Jamieson-Harvey	1,358
	Labour	D. C. Lebar	573
	National Front	J. D. Turner	66
Turnout				24.6%

Crayford North by-election, 23 July 1970 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. S. Maxwell	2,317
	Conservative	R. D. P. Green	1,148
	National Front	C. Lane	90
Turnout				34.3%

1971–1974

Crayford West by-election, 4 May 1972 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Connors	1,356
	Labour	V. A. M. Morgan	905
Turnout				40.2%

East Wickham by-election, 20 July 1972 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. A. Condom	1,334
	Conservative	J. Holden	1,221
	National Front	J. D. Turner	89
	Communist	W. E. Turner	54
Turnout				32.6%

Danson by-election, 17 May 1973 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	C. E. Wright	1,107
	Conservative	G. A. Griffin	973
	Labour	Mrs P. M. Cooper	897
	Independent	R. R. Tregunno	334
Turnout				42.7%

1974–1978

Lamorbey West by-election, 20 February 1975 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald J. Passey	1,475
	Labour	Laurence D. Earney	1,276
	Liberal	David I. Browne	588
	National Front	Owen Hawke	144
Turnout				34.4

Thamesmead East by-election, 3 July 1975 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony S. West	838
	Conservative	Ralph Walden-Kaye	279
	National Front	Barry Draper	157
Turnout				20.7

Brampton by-election, 28 October 1976 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen G. Gasche	1,434
	Labour	Alan Scutt	736
	Liberal	Keith A. Lepla	338
	National Party	James D. Turner	227
	National Front	Patricia Whitefield	213
	Independent	William E. Turner	65
	Independent	Harry J. Wilson	26
Turnout				37.3

Christchurch by-election, 28 October 1976 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara R. Brooks	1,135
	Labour	Brian W. Oliver	419
	Liberal	Benjamin M. Hepworth	411
	National Front	Owen Hawke	172
	National Party	Carl Lane	149
Turnout				29.0

Brampton by-election, 22 September 1977 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David R. Crowson	999
	Labour	Alan Scutt	753
	Liberal	Bruce A. Taylor	324
	National Front	Patricia Whitefield	181
	Against Higher Prices, Rates, Interest Charges	William E. Turner	62
Turnout				28.5

1978–1982

Brampton by-election, 27 September 1979 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald W. Onley	1,096	42.68
	Labour	Ronald E. Brierly	1,073	41.78
	Liberal	Paul D. Robson	296	11.53
	Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist	William E. Turner	53	2.06
	National Front	Owen Hawke	50	1.95
Registered electors			8,114
Turnout			2,568	31.65
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen G. Gasche.

St Michael's by-election, 27 March 1980 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold K. Davis	1,431	41.74
	Conservative	Donald A. Stephens	1,017	29.67
	Liberal	Thomas Brady	880	25.67
	NNF	Peter A. Skelton	57	1.66
	Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist	William E. Turner	43	1.25
Registered electors			7,935
Turnout			3,428	43.20
	Labour gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James Smerdon.

Crayford by-election, 22 May 1980 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John D. Shepheard	1,571	65.79
	Conservative	Helga Connors	671	28.10
	Ecology	Bernard P. Morris	94	3.94
	NNF	Peter A. Skelton	52	2.18
Registered electors			7,770
Turnout			2,388	30.73
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian A. Kemp.

North End by-election, 26 June 1980 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David N. Ives	1,920	79.40
	Conservative	Dorothy Cox	327	13.52
	Ecology	Derek I. Davison	108	4.47
	NNF	Owen Hawke	62	2.56
Registered electors			7,869
Turnout			2,418	30.72
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Smith.

Blackfen by-election, 22 January 1981 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald C. O'Donnell	870	41.75
	Conservative	Alan J. Godsave	705	33.83
	Liberal	William J. Boyd	483	23.18
	NFCM	Alan J. Wilkens	26	1.25
Registered electors			5,231
Turnout			2,084	39.84
	Labour gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Stanley P. James

St. Michael's by-election, 26 February 1981 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal FT	Thomas Brady	1,778	55.37
	Labour	Ronald E. Brierly	724	22.55
	Conservative	Donald A. Stephens	638	19.87
	Centre Party	Donald A. Price	41	1.28
	Nationalist Party	Owen Hawke	23	0.72
	Against Wealth Extremes Marxist Maoist Leninist	William E. Turner	7	0.22
Registered electors			8,164
Turnout			3,211	39.33

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Redmond Dill

1982–1986

Thameshead East by-election, 28 April 1983 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael W. Rees	975	40.81
	Alliance	Thomas W. Johnson	726	30.39
	Conservative	Brenda V.J. Hunt	688	28.80
Registered electors			7,826
Turnout			2,389	30.53
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Antony S. West

East Wickham by-election, 21 March 1985 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Keith A. Lepla	1,592	56.52
	Alliance	Colin E. Wright	1,548
	Labour	Raymond J. Morley	608	21.38
	Conservative	Stephen H. O'Brien	589	21.02
	Labour	Eileen J. Donovan	580
	Conservative	Eileen J. Donovan	578
	Marxist Leninist Maoist for Wealth Equality	William E. Turner	30	1.08
Registered electors			8,598
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	33.4
	Alliance gain from Conservative
	Alliance gain from Conservative

The by-election was called followinng the resignations of Cllr. James Holden and Cllr. Rita S. Holden.

Sidcup West by-election, 21 March 1985 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Ketley	1,303	54.27
	Alliance	Raymond H. White	595	24.78
	Labour	David A. Hinds	467	19.45
	British Alliance	Arthur L.E. Allen	36	1.50
Registered electors			7,956
Turnout			2,401	30.18
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald C. Goodall

Blendon and Penhill by-election, 9 May 1985 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sean H.D. Cassidy	1,419	47.97
	Alliance	Stephen J. Matthews	1,133	38.30
	Labour	Vera Laker	406	13.73
Registered electors			7,680
Turnout			2,958	38.52
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stanley F. Marchant

Bostall by-election, 11 July 1985 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred H. Charlton	1,440	43.24
	Alliance	Thomas W. Johnson	1,199	36.01
	Labour Co-op	Shirley E. Gadson	691	20.75
Registered electors			7,707
Turnout			3,330	43.21
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Laurence H. Mason

1986–1990

Danson by-election, 6 November 1986 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Alliance FT	Edward J. Shrimpton	1,299	49.73
	Conservative	Richard M. Gillespie	886	33.92
	Labour	Margaret M. Mythen	427	16.35
Registered electors			7,616
Turnout			2,612	34.30
	Liberal Alliance FT hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony D. Greville

Blackfen by-election, 1 October 1987 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Howard	704	41.79
	Conservative	Margaret Passey	696
	Alliance	Stephen J. Matthews	671	39.34
	Alliance	Michael R. Jaques	646
	Labour	Robert W. Grant	319	18.87
	Labour	Geoffrey S. Dixon	312
Registered electors			5,422
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	31.83
	Conservative gain from Alliance
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. William J. Boyd and Cllr. Malcom F. Rose

Bostall by-election, 1 October 1987 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John P. Wilkinson	1,184	63.42
	Labour	John H. Barnshaw	373	19.98
	Alliance	Gordon L. Roberts	310	16.60
Registered electors			7,699
Turnout			1,867	24.25
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Dennis C. Bale

Blendon and Penhill by-election, 5 May 1988 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Warbey	1,587	64.04
	Labour	Caron Richardson	499	20.14
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Burnham	392	15.82
Registered electors			7,725
Turnout			2,478	32.08
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean H.D. Cassidy

Bostall by-election, 5 May 1988 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rita Sams	1,548	57.80
	Labour	John Barnshaw	725	27.07
	SDP	Gordon Roberts	405	15.12
Registered electors			7,725
Turnout			2,678	34.67
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leo W. Belcham

Crayford by-election, 5 May 1988 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	June McKay	1,457	45.77
	Conservative	Daisy Clement	1,081	33.96
	SDP	David Smith	645	20.26
Registered electors			9,050
Turnout			3,183	35.18
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roy A. Penton

Belvedere by-election, 29 September 1988 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey S. Dixon	1,308	48.25
	Conservative	Daisy E. Clement	865	31.91
	SDP	Rosemary A. Gardner	281	10.37
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond W. Hudson	257	9.48
Registered electors			9,542
Turnout			2,711	28.41
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rose A. Camp

1990–1994

East Wickham by-election, 9 July 1992 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Janette D. Codd	1,371	44.0
	Labour	Stuart R. Slater	1,165	37.4
	Conservative	John Waters	583	18.7
Turnout				36.9
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Keith A. Le Pia.

Upton by-election, 6 May 1993 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia Malt	1,376	39.2
	Conservative	William Flint	1,271	36.2
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Stuart A. White	867	24.7
Turnout				44.9
	Labour gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Brian A. Sams.

1994–1998

Northumberland Heath by-election, 20 April 1995 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Lucas	1,853	63.2
	Conservative	Joyce Dianne	547	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wayne	468	16.0
	Independent	Ian Gray	63	2.1
Majority			1,306	44.5
Turnout			2,931	38.4
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ann F. Wheelock.

Thamesmead East by-election, 7 December 1995 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Ball	825	67.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Cotton	253	20.6
	Conservative	Juliet F. Mankerty	151	12.3
Majority			572	46.5
Turnout			1,229	13.4
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Frank J. Barratt.

Erith by-election, 5 December 1996 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth M. A. French	1,087	64.5
	Conservative	Carol Wilkinson	340	20.2
	Independent	Derek J. Holden	157	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Cooke	102	6.0
Majority			747	44.3
Turnout			1,686	20.6
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Valentine A. M. Morgan.

Sidcup East by-election, 13 March 1997 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Flint	1,326	40.7
	Labour	Sean M. Reed	1,288	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher W. Eady	333	10.2
	Independent	Jean M. Gee	296	9.0
	Natural Law	Robert T. Stephens	14	0.4
Majority			38	1.2
Turnout			3,257	37.8
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret E. Flint.

1998–2002

Blendon & Penhill, 25 June 1998, was not a by-election, but a postponed election from May 1998 due to the death of a nominated candidate.

North End by-election, 6 July 2000 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Deadman	772	44.4
	BNP	Colin Smith	456	26.2
	Conservative	Philip N. Chant	413	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher W. Eady	99	5.7
Majority			316	18.2
Turnout			1,740	19.3
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. David N. Ives.

Belvedere by-election, 28 September 2000 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Francis	1,033	55.0
	Conservative	Philip Brooks	672	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony A. Pickett	174	9.3
Majority			361	19.2
Turnout			1,879	20.1
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Doreen A. Cameron.

2002–2006

There were no by-elections. ^[16]

2006–2010

Christchurch by-election, 3 July 2008 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Spencer	1,192	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Brooks	459	18.4
	BNP	Michael Barnbrook	431	17.3
	Labour	Ursula Ayliffe	411	16.5
Majority			733	29.4
Turnout			2,493	29.6
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian S. Clement.

East Wickham by-election, 22 January 2009 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Frederick Hall	798	26.8
	BNP	Michael Barnbrook	790	26.5
	Labour	Patricia Rose Ball	700	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Grace Goodlad	564	18.9
	English Democrat	Laurence Williams	128	4.3
Majority			8
Turnout			2,890	36.9
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alfred W. Catterall.

2010–2014

There were no by-elections. ^[19]

2014–2018

St Michael's by-election, 30 June 2016 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Sams	939	37.4
	Labour	Sam Marchant	840	33.5
	UKIP	Keith Forster	456	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simone Reynolds	117	4.7
	BNP	Michael Jones	105	4.2
	Green	Derek John Moran	54	2.2
Majority			99	3.9
Turnout				30.3
	Conservative hold

2018–2022

Longlands by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa-Jane Moore	2,467	62.1
	Labour	David Tingle	859	21.6
	Green	Jonathon Rooks	323	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hurren	275	6.9
	Heritage	Linda Purcell	49	1.3
Majority			1,608	40.5
Turnout			3,973	51.5
	Conservative hold

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