2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

2022 Richmond upon Thames Council election
	5 May 2022
All 54 council seats
Incumbent council control; ; Liberal Democrats	; ;

The 2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Liberal Democrats regained control of the council, winning 39 out of the 54 seats with the Conservative Party forming the principal opposition with eleven of the remaining fifteen seats. The 2022 election will take place under new election boundaries, with the number of councillors remaining the same.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.[1]

Sinces its formation, Richmond upon Thames has been under Conservative control, Liberal Democrat control, SDP–Liberal Alliance control and no overall control. The Liberal Democrats regained control from the Conservatives in the most recent election in 2018. They won 39 seats with 46.7% of the vote across the borough while the Conservatives won 11 seats with 37.6% of the vote and the Greens won 4.5% of the vote. The Labour Party won 10.4% of the vote but did not win any seats.[2][3] The leader of the LIberal Democrat group, Gareth Roberts, became council leader following the election.[4]

Council term

In 2019, Mona Adams, the Liberal Democrat councillor for East Sheen, died.[5] A by-election was held to fill her seat on 19 July 2019, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Julia Cambridge.[6] Cambridge was a designer who had unsuccessfully contested the seat alongside Adams in the 2018 election.[7] In July 2020, Dylan Bexendale, the Green Party councillor for Hampton Wick, resigned citing personal reasons.[8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a by-election to fill his seat could not be held until 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election. The election was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Petra Fleming.[9]

As with most London boroughs, Richmond upon Thames will be electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consulation. The number of councillors will remain at 54, but the commission produced new boundaries following a period of consulation, with eighteen three-member wards.[10]

Electoral process

Richmond upon Thames, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[11] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[11]

Previous council composition

Council composition after the 2018 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	39		Liberal Democrats	40
	Conservative	11		Conservative	11
	Green	4		Green	3

Candidates

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Councillors seeking re-election for a different ward are marked with a cross (†).

Barnes

Barnes
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Ayar Ata
	Conservative	Aphra Brandreth*
	Conservative	Helen Edward
	Conservative	Sara Gezdari
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Hale
	Labour	Alec Lever
	Liberal Democrats	Marjory Millum
	Labour	Sujata Patel
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Sacks
Turnout

East Sheen

East Sheen
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Cambridge*
	Labour	Alexandra Cox
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dane
	Labour	Frederick Hepworth
	Conservative	Paul Hodgins
	Conservative	Seamus Joyce*
	Labour	David Littlemore
	Conservative	Brian Marcel*
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Mcleod
Turnout

Fulwell & Hampton Hill

Fulwell & Hampton Hill
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Mark Boyle
	Conservative	Joe Broughton
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cardy*
	Labour	John Edmonds
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hull*
	Labour	Julian Reindorp
	Labour	Eva Tutchell
	Conservative	Kelly-Marie Tuthill
	Green	Caroline Wren
Turnout

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Monica Ayliffe
	Conservative	Gemma Curran†
	Green	Andrée Frieze*
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Frost*
	Conservative	Manuel Holden-Ayala
	Labour	Dmitri Jaouen-Strutt
	Conservative	Alexander Kartun-Giles
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Richards*
	Labour	Angela Smith
Turnout

Hampton

Hampton
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Dalton
	Labour	Derek Gadd
	Labour	Roisin Gadd
	Labour	Stephen Guichard
	Liberal Democrats	Suzette Nicholson*
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Roberts*
	Conservative	Petra Sale
	Conservative	Jon Slinn
	Conservative	Nina Watson
Turnout

Hampton North

Hampton North
Party		Candidate
	Green	Kallon Basham
	Independent	Avril Coehlo*
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Davis
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Gant
	Conservative	Kate Howard*
	Labour	James Johnson
	Conservative	Nupur Majumdar
	Labour	Elliot Mitchell
	Conservative	Geoffrey Samuel*
	Labour	Louisa Spawls
Turnout

Hampton Wick & South Teddington

Hampton Wick & South Teddington
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Brown*
	Conservative	Hilary Dance
	Liberal Democrats	Petra Fleming*
	Labour	Katharine Haynes
	Conservative	Grant Healy
	Conservative	Jon Hollis
	Labour	Christopher Johnson
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Millard*
	Labour	Gerard Ward
Turnout

Heathfield

Heathfield
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	John Coombs*
	Labour	Nick Dexter
	Conservative	George Dryja
	Conservative	Marc Hope
	Conservative	Jonathan Lebosquet
	Labour	Manju Paul
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Pollesche*
	Labour	Ranjeev Walia
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilson*
Turnout

Kew

Kew
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Bridges-Westcott†
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Craigie*
	Conservative	Samuel Ennis
	Conservative	Sophia Fearon
	Labour	Nicholas Hampson
	Labour	Barnaby Marder
	Conservative	Roger Metcalfe
	Women's Equality	Eliana Reyes
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Vollum
	Labour	Marion White
Turnout

Mortlake & Barnes Common

Mortlake & Barnes Common
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Paul Avon*
	Labour	Francine Bates
	Green	Niki Crookdale
	Independent	Simon Danciger
	Labour	Deborah Genders
	Liberal Democrats	Anton McNulty-Howard
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Paterson
	Conservative	Jennifer Powers
	Conservative	Sarah-Jane Sewell
	Labour	Matthew Woolston
Turnout

North Richmond

North Richmond
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Thomas Absolon
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Baldwin*
	Labour	Sam Cullen
	Conservative	Thomas Longley
	Labour	Fiona O'Farrell
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pyne*
	Conservative	Daniel Rosenschein
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Warren*
	Conservative	Suzy Webb
Turnout

South Richmond

South Richmond
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Christina Atchison
	Conservative	Pamela Fleming*
	Labour	Michael Freedman
	Labour	Edwin Makurah
	Conservative	Thomas O'Malley
	Conservative	Phillip Taylor
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Varley
	Liberal Democrats	Paulina Vassileva
	Green	Chas Warlow
Turnout

South Twickenham

South Twickenham
Party		Candidate
	Green	Richard Bennett*
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Butlin*
	Labour	Christopher Fawcett
	Labour	Alexander Kingston
	Liberal Democrats	Rhi Lee
	Conservative	David Marlow
	Conservative	Helen Marlow
	Conservative	Paul Nacmanson
	Labour	Laura Rollin
Turnout

St Margarets & North Twickenham

St Margarets & North Twickenham
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Gordon Alexander
	Labour	Penelope Banaji
	Conservative	Paul Cavin
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Ehmann*
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Khosa*
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Mansfield†
	Labour	Philip Moshi
	Conservative	Keith Newman
	Conservative	Ruth Porter
	Women's Equality	Trixie Rawlinson
Turnout

Teddington

Teddington
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Neil Browning
	Conservative	Philip Eastment
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Elengorn*
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Engel
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Giesler
	Conservative	Brian Jarvis
	Labour	Sampson Low
	Labour	Elizabeth Mackenzie
	Conservative	Janet Pell
Turnout

Twickenham Riverside

Twickenham Riverside
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Alexander Bielstein
	Conservative	Susan Chappell
	Liberal Democrats	James Chard*
	Labour	Adam Gladstone
	Labour	Caroline Loewenstein
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Neden-Watts*
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen O'Shea
	Conservative	Douge Orchard
	Women's Equality	Caroline Rayfield
	Labour	Daisy Rushton
Turnout

West Twickenham

West Twickenham
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Allen*
	Conservative	Peter Finch
	Conservative	Jonny Fryer
	Labour	Christina Green
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Juriansz*
	Liberal Democrats	Laura O'Brien
	Conservative	Lily-Naomi Sale
	Labour	Paul Tanto
	Labour	Will Tillotson
Turnout

Whitton

Whitton
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Jennifer Hull
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Humphreys*
	Liberal Democrats	Rob O'Carroll*
	Labour	Howard Roberts
	Labour	Sandra Roberts
	Liberal Democrats	Kuldev Sehdra
	Conservative	Saba Shaukat
	Conservative	Sheba Sogol
	Labour	Ciarin Tomlin
Turnout

References

"The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
Blunden, Mark (4 May 2018). "Lib Dems seize Richmond from the Conservatives". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
Holder, Josh. "Local council elections 2018 – results in full". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
"Election results: Leader of Liberal Democrats promises fresh start for borough". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
Adams, Bernard (18 September 2019). "Mona Adams obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
"East Sheen Ward by-election 2019". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
"Meet the East Sheen by-election hopefuls who want to represent the area". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
Reporter, Sian Bayley, Local Democracy. "Green Party councillor resigns but cannot be replaced until May 2021". richmond.nub.news. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
"Lewis Baston: Swings to Tories but comfort for Labour in 'Super Thursday' borough by-elections". OnLondon. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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[1] "The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[2] Blunden, Mark (4 May 2018). "Lib Dems seize Richmond from the Conservatives". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[3] Holder, Josh. "Local council elections 2018 – results in full". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[4] "Election results: Leader of Liberal Democrats promises fresh start for borough". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[5] Adams, Bernard (18 September 2019). "Mona Adams obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[6] "East Sheen Ward by-election 2019". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[7] "Meet the East Sheen by-election hopefuls who want to represent the area". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[8] Reporter, Sian Bayley, Local Democracy. "Green Party councillor resigns but cannot be replaced until May 2021". richmond.nub.news. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[9] "Lewis Baston: Swings to Tories but comfort for Labour in 'Super Thursday' borough by-elections". OnLondon. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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[:1-11] "How the elections work | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes