Hounslow London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Hounslow from 2002 to 2022

Hounslow Council in London, England is elected every four years. 60 councillors are elected from 20 wards, with by-elections held to fill any vacancies between elections. ^[1]

Political control

Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: ^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1964–1968
	Conservative	1968–1971
	Labour	1971–2006
	No overall control	2006–2010
	Labour	2010–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: ^{[3] [4]}

Councillor	Party		From	To
Alf King		Labour	1965	1968
Dyas Usher		Conservative	1968	1969
George Henniker [5]		Conservative	1969	1971
Alf King		Labour	1971	1986
John Grigg		Labour	1986	1987
David Wetzel		Labour	1987	1991
John Chatt		Labour	1991	1999
John Connelly		Labour	1999	2002
John Chatt		Labour	2002	18 May 2004
Colin Ellar		Labour	18 May 2004	7 May 2006
Peter Thompson		Conservative	23 May 2006	25 May 2010
Jagdish Sharma		Labour	25 May 2010	10 Jun 2014
Steve Curran		Labour	10 Jun 2014	31 May 2022
Shantanu Rajawat		Labour	31 May 2022

Council elections

• 1964 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1968 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1971 Hounslow London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[6]
• 1974 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1978 Hounslow London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[7]
• 1982 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1986 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1990 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 1994 Hounslow London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 1] [n 2] [n 3] [n 4]}
• 1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 2002 Hounslow London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[8] [9]}
• 2006 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 2010 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 2014 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 2018 Hounslow London Borough Council election
• 2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by two) ^[10]

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 several by-elections in 1964 arising from elected Councillors being appointed as Aldermen. Details required

1968-1971

Heston East by-election, 20 June 1968 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. G. Venn	1100
	Labour	M. J. Nicholls	413
	Liberal	E. G. Charrington	234
Turnout				21.8%

Spring Grove by-election, 20 June 1968 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. E. Butler	1641
	Labour	K. J. Baldry	146
Turnout				23.7%

Isleworth South by-election, 24 October 1968 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. McKay	1207
	Conservative	G. D. Taylor	956
	Communist	B. E. DomsalIa	47
Turnout				35.8%

1971-1974

Clifden by-election, 1 July 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. C. Scott	1,826
	Conservative	Mrs M. C. Downes	670
Turnout				33.2%

East Bedfont by-election, 1 July 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Duffy	1,577
	Labour	H. T. Brown	1,560
	Conservative	J. C. Potter	555
	Conservative	T. Perkins	550
	Liberal	J. A. Quinn	116
	Liberal	Mrs J. I. Quinn	114
Turnout				26.4%

Heston West by-election, 1 July 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wallis	1,517
	Conservative	V. E. Hopkins	667
Turnout				28.5%

Spring Grove by-election, 6 July 1972 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. E. Henniker	1,724
	Labour	Mrs K. Butler	605
Turnout				28.8%

Riverside by-election, 15 March 1973 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. E. Bearne	1,516
	Conservative	T. H. D. Russell	1,505
Turnout				38.6%

1974-1978

Heston West by-election, 6 February 1975 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey H. Padley	1,357
	Conservative	Bramwell J. E. Ballard	1,282
	Liberal	Michael A. Simmons	183
Turnout				37.0

Cranford by-election, 11 December 1975 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry A. North	887
	Conservative	Bramwell J. E. Ballard	791
	National Front	James F. Wood	122
Turnout				22.1

Feltham South by-election, 11 December 1975 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry Butler	962
	Conservative	Wendy V. Rogers	880
	National Front	Malcolm R. Hutton	68
	Communist	David Howell	59
Turnout				28.4

Hounslow Central by-election, 25 March 1976 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael J. Parker	1,400
	Conservative	David W. Hannay	1,299
	Ratepayers	Douglas A. Evans	486
	National Front	Josephine M. Reid	161
	Liberal	Michael A. Simmons	147
	National Party	Thomas Carnie	34
Turnout				51.5

Heston West by-election, 29 April 1976 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffery Spence	1,395
	Conservative	Bramwell J. E. Ballard	1,234
	Heston Ratepayers Association	Nicholas J. Guyatt	687
	Liberal	Charles W. Baily	193
	National Party	Malcolm R. Hutton	181
Turnout				49.3

Clifden by-election, 7 October 1976 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert E. Stratton	1,238
	Labour	Roy B. Hall	1,062
	Liberal	Audrey J. J. Maclean	619
	National Front	Peter J. Attridge	346
Turnout				46.6

Heston East by-election, 24 November 1977 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bramwell J. E. Ballard	1,562
	Heston Ratepayers Association	Roger J. Owen	769
	Labour	Paul M. Maynard	769
	National Front	Josephine M. Reid	163
Turnout				33.9

1990-1994

Cranford by-election, 20 September 1990 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harbakhsh S. Khangura	1,270	54.4
	Conservative	Jack H. Austin	771	33.0
	Green	Brett Stacey	204	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad A. Rahman	88	3.8
Turnout				32.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Henry A. North.

Hounslow South by-election, 9 July 1992 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Fairfield	1,193
	Conservative	Wojciech Klamut	1,109
	Labour	Christine Hay	894
	Labour	Balbhadar Jain	884
	Liberal Democrats	Laurance Mann	166
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Berti	157
	Green	Martin Friend	123
	Green	John Bradley	122
Turnout				36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Valerie D. Marks and William H. Martin.

Hounslow South by-election, 22 April 1993 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter J. Hill	1,250	44.0
	Labour	Christine Hay	1,217	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Iven K. S. Berti	262	9.2
	Independent	William R. Chatterton	110	3.9
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter E. Leggett.

Isleworth South by-election, 8 July 1993 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Lamey	831	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence N. Mann	713	29.6
	Conservative	Gregory F. Pugsley	482	20.0
	Independent Labour	William Raymond	198	8.2
	Independent	Thomas Reader	182	7.6
Turnout				31.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Caldwell.

Feltham South by-election, 11 November 1993 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Royston S. Haines	984	38.1
	Labour	Lynda F. Walmsley	969	37.5
	Conservative	Anthony C. Gurrin	367	14.2
	National Front	Raymond J. O'Connor	261	10.1
Turnout				39.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Edward J. Pauling.

1994-1998

Hanworth by-election, 31 August 1995 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Bawn	1,315
	Liberal Democrats	Ann-Marie Mallon	993
	Conservative	John P. Bolding	208
	BNP	Warren B. Glass	119
	Green	Stephen P. Smith	46
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael F. Hoban.

Isleworth North by-election, 17 July 1997 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet E. Tindall	940	46.6	-9.9
	Conservative	Adrian H. Lee	555	27.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth G. Hartwell	393	19.5	+6.6
	Community Group	Caroline J. Andrews	131	6.5	+6.5
Majority			385	19.1
Turnout			2,019	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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

1998-2002

Gunnersbury by-election, 12 November 1998 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tristan St. J. Brunnell	750	46.0	-12.2
	Conservative	Justin H. Reynolds	523	32.1	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul R. Rustad	231	14.2	+0.1
	Independent	Donald Golding	125	7.7	+7.7
Majority			227	13.9
Turnout			1,629	21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter D. Nathan.

East Bedfont by-election, 19 October 2000 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Howliston	573	42.0	+17.4
	Labour	Caroline A. Imrie	372	27.3	-11.7
	Conservative	John P. Bolding	283	20.8	+0.7
	Independent	Brian Green	135	9.9	-6.4
Majority			201	14.7
Turnout			1,363	15.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Brian W. Price.

Hounslow Central by-election, 19 October 2000 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert J. Whatley	802	59.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Ronald Baker	304	22.5	+3.9
	Independent	Genevieve M. Hibbs	135	10.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad A. Rahman	112	8.3	-3.7
Majority			498	36.8
Turnout			1,353	17.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pamela Wharfe.

Chiswick Riverside by-election, 8 March 2001 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Felicity Barwood	939	44.5	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rustad	607	28.8	-4.2
	Labour	Valerie Yates	565	26.8	-2.6
Majority			332	15.7
Turnout			2,111	26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Josephine C. F. Langton.

2002-2006

Hounslow South by-election, 3 October 2002 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pritam Grewal	866	38.0	+3.0
	Community Group	Paul A. Fisher	657	28.8	+15.6
	Conservative	John R. Davies	594	26.0	-9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael L. Wilson	156	7.2	-4.2
Majority			209	9.2
Turnout			2,282	27.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Walter J. Hill.

Heston West by-election, 30 September 2004 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth P. Hughes	596	40.7	-19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Satnam K. Khalsa	461	31.5	+31.5
	Conservative	Bhupindar K. Lakhanpaul	406	27.8	+5.2
Majority			135	9.2
Turnout			1,463	17.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John S. Gray.

Heston East by-election, 25 November 2004 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shivcharn S. Gill	593	42.9	+15.1
	Conservative	Herdeep Singh	432	31.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Syed S. Akhtar	356	25.8	+0.0
Majority			161	11.6
Turnout			1,381	16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Roger M. Clarke.

Chiswick Homefields by-election, 9 December 2004 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald A. R. McGregor	878	58.1	+12.7
	Labour	Valerie Yates	430	28.5	+4.7
	Green	Martin J. Bleach	203	13.4	+4.2
Majority			448	29.6
Turnout			1,511	18.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sally L. Gilson.

Osterley & Spring Grove by-election, 25 August 2005 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila O'Reilly	1,008	52.2	+11.3
	Labour	Bandna Chopra	524	27.1	-2.0
	Community Group	Andrew D. Sibley	223	11.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Naseem Pankhida	175	9.1	-2.0
Majority			484	25.1
Turnout			1,930	22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Premila Bhanderi.

2006-2010

Hanworth Park by-election, 12 July 2007 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Jabbal	1,054	41.1	-3.3
	Labour	Colin Eilar	729	28.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon T. Martin	507	19.8	+4.2
	Independent	Vanessa K. Smith	201	7.8	-5.9
	Green	Anthony W. J. Agius	73	2.8	+2.8
Majority			325	12.7
Turnout			2,564	32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harley F. W. Buckner.

Chiswick Riverside by-election, 13 December 2007 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas S. Hearn	1,207	61.1	+16.1
	Labour	Edward O. Mayne	414	21.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis A. Ballantyne	250	12.7	-7.1
	Green	Martin J. Bleach	103	5.2	-12.2
Majority			793	40.1
Turnout			1,974	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Robert R. F. Kinghorn.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections. ^[17]

2014-2018

Brentford by-election, 9 July 2015 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Lambert	1,292	54.0	+7.9
	Conservative	Patrick Barr	664	27.7	+13.2
	Green	Diane Scott	209	8.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Bourke	116	4.8	-1.4
	UKIP	George Radulski	113	4.7	-7.4
Majority			628	26.2
Turnout			2,394
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Ruth Cadbury MP.

Cranford by-election, 11 February 2016 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Dhaliwal	1,264	54.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Sukhdev Singh Maras	638	27.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hina Malik	265	11.5	+5.3
	UKIP	George Radulski	96	4.2	-9.1
	Green	Nico Fekete	48	2.1	+2.1
Majority			626	27.1
Turnout			2,311
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sohan Sangha.

2018-2022

Feltham North by-election, 12 December 2019 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kuldeep Tak	2,025	43.5	+16.8
	Labour	Adesh Farmahan	1,975	42.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Bourke	351	7.5	-1.0
	Green	Ioana-Simona Voicila	209	4.5	-3.5
	Independent	Nooralhaq Nasimi	91	2.0	+2.0
Majority			50	1.1
Turnout			4,651
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John Chatt.

Heston West by-election, 12 December 2019 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Balraj Sarai	3,440	64.4	-7.2
	Conservative	Haresh Bhalsod	1,312	24.6	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hina Malik	377	7.1	-0.8
	Green	Jon Elkon	212	4.0	-1.2
Majority			2,128	39.8
Turnout			5,341
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Rajinder Bath.

Cranford by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Devina Ram	2,129	52.0	-13.7
	Conservative	Shabnam Nasimi	1,191	29.1	+4.7
	Independent	Gurpal Singh Virdi	355	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Martin Bleach	284	6.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sangam Gul	133	3.3	-2.3
Majority			938	22.9
Turnout			4,092
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Poonam Dhillon.

Hounslow Heath by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeeha Asim	2,179	52.0	-11.1
	Conservative	Nadia Jarche	1,150	27.4	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Billenness	386	9.2	+0.9
	Green	Britta Goodman	322	7.7	-1.4
	TUSC	Sukhmani Kaur Sethi	154	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,029	24.6
Turnout			4,191
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Hina Kiani.

2022-2026

Heston West by-election, 9 March 2023 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Siddhu	1,104	52.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chaitan Shah	470	22.3
	Conservative	Muraad Chaudhry	419	19.9
	Green	Rashid Wahab	65	3.1
	Independent	Bart Kuleba	48	2.3
Majority			634	30.1
Turnout			2,106
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Adriana Gheorghe.

References

1. The Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
2. The Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993
4. The Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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