Wandsworth London Borough Council elections

File:Wandsworth London UK labelled ward map 2002.svg

A map showing the wards of Wandsworth since 2002

Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[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 - 1978
Conservative	1978–present

Council elections

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

Borough result maps

Wandsworth London UK local election 2002 map.svg

2002 results map
Wandsworth London UK local election 2006 map.svg

2006 results map
Wandsworth London UK local election 2010 map.svg

2010 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[3]

1968-1971

Nightingale by-election, 27 June 1968^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Roberts	1648
	Conservative	Miss N. F. Clark-Lawrence	1623
	Labour	A. J. Hill	320
	Labour	Mrs M. F. Spade	314
Turnout				17.6%

Putney by-election, 27 June 1968^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. W. H. Peters	2252
	Conservative	G. M. Wolfson	2243
	Labour	Mrs E. M. Jenkins	476
	Labour	F. C. Wells	469
Turnout				19.2%

Putney by-election, 29 August 1968^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs M. C. M. Warren-Evans	Unopposed

St John by-election, 6 March 1969^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs M. F. Sporle	1085
	Conservative	Mrs I. Trapp	797
	National Front	T. Lamb	253
	Liberal	D. G. Patterson	151
Turnout				24.8%

1971-1974

Balham by-election, 23 March 1972^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miss S. K. Bovey	1,394
	Conservative	Mrs A. E. Cawsey	1,314
	National Front	J. M. Clifton	154
	Communist	A. F. Barr	48
	Union Movement	Miss M. P. Winn	17
Turnout				29.7%

Graveney by-election, 23 March 1972^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. A. R. Helm	2,130
	Conservative	Mrs M. M. Newman	693
	National Front	T. Lamb	158
	Communist	D. Ellwand	80
	Union Movement	D. R. Gerlach	7
Turnout				27.6%

Nightingale by-election, 26 October 1972^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. A. S. Heaster	1,364
	Labour	D. R. Hill	1,016
	National Front	J. M. Clifton	446
Turnout				24.6%

Tooting by-election, 18 April 1973^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. C. Luthers	1,170
	Conservative	E. D. M. Tod	494
	Independent Liberal	E. D. Larkin	99
Turnout				17.7%

1974-1978

Southfield by-election, 6 March 1975^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward J. Lister	1,943
	Labour	John A. Tidball	1,520
	Liberal	John Horrocks	484
Turnout				37.2

Graveney by-election, 22 January 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kenneth Solly	1,245
	Conservative	Francis A. Staff	971
	Liberal	Richard F. J. Heron	428
	Independent Labour	Edward D. Larkin	94
	Communist	Denis Ellward	48
Turnout				26.6

Southfield by-election, 10 June 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Merry-Price	2,061
	Labour	Vera Thompson	1,270
	National Front	Diane M. Dawson	480
	Liberal	Colin H. Smith	270
Turnout				38.8

Furzedown by-election, 4 November 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian N. C. Prichard	1,716
	Labour	George F. Rowe	1,260
	National Front	Christopher J. Lewis	333
	Liberal	Michael P. Sullivan	240
	Communist	Michael Taylor	54
Turnout				31.4

Putney by-election, 9 December 1976^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret E. Calcott-James	2,658
	Labour	Donald J. Roy	753
	Liberal	Peter K. Gerhold	620
	National Front	Diane M. Dawson	212
	Communist	David J. Welsh	78
Turnout				29.2

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

West Putney by-election, 12 December 1991^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Maccabee	1,761	56.3
	Labour	Francis H. Jones	1,155	36.9
	Liberal Democrat	John D. Martyn	214	6.8
Turnout				32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Eric J. Somerville-Jones.

1994-1998

There were no by-elections.^[9]

1998-2002

West Putney by-election, 2 July 1998^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bryan A. F. Burn	1,561
	Labour	Paul A. Baverstock	755
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Shocket	193
	Green	Tracey Thorn	45
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William F. D. Hawkins.

Balham by-election, 1 July 1999^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard D. Longmore	1,136
	Labour	Martin C. Tupper	596
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew G. Green	125
	Green	John M. Rattray	109
	Independent	Edward D. Larkin	10
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rev. Andrew P. B. White.

2002-2006

There were no by-elections.^[10]

2006-2010

There were no by-elections.^[11]

2010-2014

Thamesfield by-election, 30 June 2011^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Ryder	1497
	Labour	Christian Klapp	1022
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Lisa Smart	545
	Green	Ms. Marian Hoffman	202
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. U. Lister.

Southfields by-election, 29 March 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ms. Kim Caddy	1841
	Labour	Josh Kaile	1511
	Liberal Democrat	John Munro	220
	Green	Bruce Mackenzie	100
	UKIP	Strachan McDonald	40
	Independent	Mohammed Abid	38
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Lucy E. Allan.

2014-2018

There have been no by-elections so far.

References

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v t e Council elections in Greater London
Barking and Dagenham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Barnet	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bexley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Brent	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bromley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Camden	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
City of London	2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022
Croydon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Ealing	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Enfield	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greenwich	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hackney	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hammersmith and Fulham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Haringey	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Harrow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Havering	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hillingdon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hounslow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Islington	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kensington and Chelsea	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kingston upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lambeth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lewisham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Merton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Newham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Redbridge	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Richmond upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Southwark	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Sutton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tower Hamlets	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Waltham Forest	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Wandsworth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Westminster	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greater London	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981
See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes

Wandsworth London Borough Council elections

Contents

Political control

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

1968-1971

1971-1974

1974-1978

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

References

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