2022 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

The 2022 Wandsworth London Borough Council elections took place on 5 May 2022.

2022 Wandsworth Council election
5 May 2022
All 58 council seats
 
Leader Simon Hogg Ravi Govindia Malcolm Grimston
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 26 seats, 44.8% 33 seats, 56.9% 1 seat, 1.7%
Incumbent council control


Conservative


All 58 members of Wandsworth London Borough Council were elected. The elections took 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 Conservative Party maintained their longstanding control of the council, winning 33 out of the 60 seats with the Labour Party forming the principal opposition with 26 of the remaining 27 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 58. Labour won control for the first time since 1978.

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]

Wandsworth was alternately under Labour and Conservative control in the elections after its creation, and subsequently has been under Conservative control since the 1978 election. In the most recent election in 2018, the council was considered a key target for Labour in London.[2][3] The Conservatives held the council, winning 33 seats with 38.3% of the vote, while Labour won 26 seats with 38.7% of the vote. The independent candidate Malcolm Grimston was also elected.[4][5]

Council term

Candida Jones, a Labour councillor for Furzedown, resigned in 2019 due to taking a politically restricted job. Graham Loveland held the seat for Labour in the subsequent by-election, with the Liberal Democrats increasing their share of the vote to come in second place.[6] A Labour councillor for Bedford ward, Fleur Anderson, resigned in April 2021 having been elected as MP for Putney in the 2019 general election.[7] A by-election to fill the seat was held on 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election, which was won by the Labour candidate Hannah Stanislaus.[8] In August 2021, Stanislaus resigned from the Labour Party to sit as independent, saying that they had "been bullied out" and that the party whip had made a personal attack against them in a report.[9] They later resigned as a councillor, with a by-election held on 25 November. The Labour candidate Sheila Boswell held it for the party with a majority of a single vote over the Conservative candidate.[10]

Along with most London boroughs, Wandsworth will be electing councillors under new ward boundaries in 2022.[11] Following local consultation, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries reducing the number of councillors from 60 to 58 across fourteen three-councillor wards and eight two-seat wards.[12]

Campaign

The Conservative peer Robert Hayward said that his party was "almost certain" to lose control of the borough in the wake of the partygate scandal.[13] as of the 2019 general election, all of the constituencies that cover the borough are all represented by Labour MPs.[14] Nick Bowes, the chief executive of the Centre for London, highlighted that the mayor of London Sadiq Khan had won a majority of wards in the borough in the 2021 London mayoral election.[15]

Extinction Rebellion campaigners disrupted the launch of the Conservative campaign at a luxury car dealership.[16] The Labour Party promised to build a thousand "new council homes on council land" if they won.[17] The Labour councillor Peter Carpenter was suspended and blocked from standing for re-election by his party in March 2022 for posting on Twitter that the Conservative chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak should "go back to India".[18]

Electoral process

Wandsworth, as with all other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken 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.[19] 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.[19]

Council composition
  • Councillors after the 2018 election
  • Councillors ahead of the 2022 election
After 2018 election Before 2022 election After 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 33 Conservative 33 Labour 26
Labour 26 Labour 26 Conservative 22
Independent 1 Independent 1 Independent 1

Results

Balham
Balham (3)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynsey Hedges 2,284 N/A
Conservative Daniel Hamilton 2,250 N/A
Labour Jo Rigby 2,214 N/A
Conservative Azhar Chaudhry 2,188 N/A
Labour Douglas Oddy 1,963 N/A
Labour Richard Taylor 1,913 N/A
Green Alexa Crow 659 N/A
Green Ben Burt 528 N/A'
Green John Low 514 N/A
Liberal Democrats Provence Maydew 405 N/A
Liberal Democrats Shanaz Casoojee 353 N/A
Liberal Democrats Raaid Casoojee 294 N/A
Turnout 60 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Battersea Park
Battersea Park (3)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Juliana Annan 1,991
Labour Tony Belton 1,975
Labour Maurice McLeod 1,760
Conservative Rory Manley 1,404
Conservative Sami Abouzahra 1,355
Conservative Mariette Miemietz 1,280
Green Isabel Losada 689
Green Emma Buckley 557
Liberal Democrats Teresa Norman 396
Liberal Democrats Petri Vitiello 240
Independent Shaun O'Mara 106
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Putney
East Putney (3)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fianna Ayres
Green Graham Cooper
Conservative George Crivelli
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Doody
Labour Eileen Flanagan
Conservative Ravi Govindia
Liberal Democrats Mark Lejman
Labour Susan Olech
Green Clive Price
Conservative Michael Stephens
Liberal Democrats John Williams
Turnout

Falconbrook
Falconbrook (2)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Stock 1,607
Labour Simon Hogg 1,603
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 607
Conservative Jasmine Rahman 557
TUSC Kim Hendry 120
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Furzedown
Furzedown (3)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bracken
Conservative Robert Broadhurst
Green Shaun Collins
Labour Leonie Cooper
Labour Katrina Ffrench
Labour Judi Gasser
Conservative Jonathan Iliff
Conservative Thomas Mathers
Liberal Democrats Clare Murray
Liberal Democrats Sudi Piggot
Turnout

Lavender
Lavender (2)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Cook 1,495
Conservative Tom Pridham 1,301
Labour Martin Linton 1,298
Labour Rebecca Tate 1,206
Green Cyril Richert 445
Liberal Democrats Jenny Voyce 294
Liberal Democrats Mike Radcliffe 268
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Nine Elms
Nine Elms (2)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Corner 352
Conservative Mark Justin 328
Labour Alexander Christian 261
Labour Maha Younes 250
Liberal Democrats Mark Gitsham 239
Liberal Democrats Sue Wixley 212
Green Joanna Zeenny 41
Green Andrew Macmillan 34
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Northcote
Northcote (2)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emmeline Owens 2,244
Conservative Aled Richards-Jones 2,168
Labour Emily Wintle 1,377
Labour James Toone 1,094
Green Joe Taylor 754
Liberal Democrats Ben Morris 544
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roehampton
Roehampton (3)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Yates 1,909
Labour Matthew Tiller 1,865
Labour Graeme Henderson 1,855
Conservative Jane Cooper 1,247
Conservative Ray Chapman 1,183
Conservative Deen Ossman 1,154
Green Terence Brown 357
Liberal Democrats Henry Compson 351
Liberal Democrats Ben Speedy 312
Green Matthew Palmer 307
TUSC Deji Olayinka 98
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shaftesbury & Queenstown
Shaftesbury & Queenstown (3)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sara Linton 1,966
Labour Aydin Dikerdem 1,879
Labour Stephen Worrall 1,563
Conservative Marie Hanson 1,090
Conservative Jonathan Clamp 1,077
Conservative Keith Kelsall 982
Green Max Ellis 668
Liberal Democrats James Munro 421
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

South Balham
South Balham (2)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Fraser 1,850
Labour Norman Marshall 1,518
Conservative Tom Mytton 1,425
Conservative Nabi Toktas 1,271
Green Roy Vickery 451
Liberal Democrats Arminel Fennelly 230
Liberal Democrats David Lane 175
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Southfields
Southfields (2)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kim Caddy
Liberal Democrats Pat Durai-Bates
Labour Lee Fennell
Conservative Guy Humphries
Labour Pablo John
Green Fergal McEntee
Liberal Democrats Fabio Quaradeghini
Green Ingrid Redcliffe
Turnout

St Mary's
St Mary's (3)[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Byron Brown
Labour Jamie Colclough
Green Lu Curtis
Conservative Caroline de la Soujeole
Conservative Zachary Evans
Labour Jessica Lee
Conservative Rhodri Morgan
Liberal Democrats Tudor Nicholls
Labour Michael Stone
Turnout

Thamesfield
Thamesfield (3)[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Barton-Singer
Liberal Democrats Paul Benton
Conservative Ethan Brooks
Labour Stephen Gibbons
Liberal Democrats Becky Grubb
Conservative James Jeffreys
Green Emma Killick
Labour Chris Locke
Conservative John Locker
Green Diana McCann
Labour Diana Robinson
Green Penny Staniaszek
Turnout

Tooting Bec
Tooting Bec (3)[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Boswell
Labour Annamarie Critchard
Liberal Democrats David Elliott
Liberal Democrats Lara Fiorani
Green Steve Jones
Conservative Mozes Megyesi
Green Lisa Osborne
Conservative Mike Pautsch
Liberal Democrats Maltby Pindar
Conservative Jonathan Styles
Labour Paul White
Turnout

Tooting Broadway
Tooting Broadway (3)[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kemi Akinola
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bieniek
Conservative Gerald Brent
Conservative Neil Caddy
Green Tom Fitzhardinge
Labour Kate Forbes
Labour Andy Gibbons
Conservative James McLoughlin
Liberal Democrats Simon Sharich
Liberal Democrats Catie Tuttle
Turnout

Trinity
Trinity (2)[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Crawford Anderson
Conservative Kirsten Botting
Labour Lizzy Dobres
Liberal Democrats Jon Irwin
Labour Jack Mayorcas
Green Ann Pasola
Liberal Democrats Paul Tibbles
Turnout

Wandle
Wandle (2)[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Paul 1,750
Labour Sarmila Varatharaj 1,668
Conservative Siôn Davies 1,456
Conservative Adrian Flook 1,435
Green Márcia Almeida Goodwin 311
Liberal Democrats Duncan Lyons 215
Green Stephen Midlane 172
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth Common (3)[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Arms
Conservative Rosemary Birchall
Green Glyn Goodwin
Conservative Angela Graham
Conservative Peter Graham
Labour Daniel Hogan
Liberal Democrats Caroline Ogden
Labour Thomas Pollard
Green Pat Sharpe
Green Daniel Strathearn
Liberal Democrats Haren Thillainathan
Labour Rebecca Wilson
Turnout

Wandsworth Town
Wandsworth Town (3)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Couper
Labour Sarah Davies
Conservative Rishi Goenka
Labour Sana Jafri
Conservative Piers McCausland
Green Joyce Moreau
Labour Sam Nicholas
Conservative William Sweet
Liberal Democrats Patrick Warren
Turnout

West Hill
West Hill (3)[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Brown
Liberal Democrats Douglas Downie
Conservative Daniel Ghossain
Independent Malcom Grimston
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hinton
Labour Angela Ireland
Conservative Salvatore Murtas
Labour Flavio Ravara
Labour Daniel Shearer
Conservative Terry Walsh
Green Jason Whiffin
Turnout

West Putney
West Putney (3)[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Ambache 2,676 15.9
Labour Claire Gilbert 2,605 15.5
Conservative Steffi Sutters 2,534 15.1
Conservative Paddy Reid 2519 15.0
Conservative Ian Lewer 2409 14.3
Labour Graham Loveland 2239 13.3
Green Tahira Amini 524 3.1
Liberal Democrats Joanna Chidgey 515 3.1
Green Julie Estelle 473 2.8
Liberal Democrats Cait Hart Dyke 342 2.0
Turnout

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