2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election
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The 2022 Greenwich London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Greenwich 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 Labour Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, winning 42 out of the 51 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 9 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55.
Background
[edit]History
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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]
Since its formation, Greenwich has been continuously under Labour control except for the period from 1968 to 1971 when it was under Conservative control. Councillors have been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats and the Social Democratic Party. The Liberal Democrats lost their most recent seats in the 2010 election with all seats since being won by Labour or the Conservatives. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour won 42 seats with 55.9% of the vote and the Conservatives won 9 seats with 23.6% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 8.6% of the vote and the Green Party received 7.7% of the vote, but neither party won any seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Danny Thorpe, who has held that position since 2018.[2]
Council term
[edit]A Labour councillor for Glyndon, Tonia Ashikodi, was given a suspended sentence for property fraud in March 2020. She resigned on the same day.[3] She had declared she had no other property when she became a council tenant in 2008 and repeated the claim in 2012, while owning three rental homes.[4] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was not possible to hold a by-election until May 2021.
In April 2020, a Labour councillor for Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Christine Grice, died. She had served on the council since 2014 and had been elected as deputy leader shortly before her death.[5] The council's finance cabinet member and a Labour councillor for Shooters Hill, Chris Kirby, announced his resignation in January 2021. He was moving with his family to the Peak District.[6] A Labour councillor for Greenwich West, Mehboob Khan, announced his resignation in February 2021 due to taking a politically restricted job working for Redbridge London Borough Council. He had previously been the leader of Kirklees Council in Yorkshire, remaining a councillor there for some time after moving to Greenwich [7] and had served on Greenwich council since 2015 [8]
By-elections to fill all vacancies were held in May 2021 alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election. Labour held all four seats, with Sandra Bauer winning in Glyndon, Odette McGahey winning in Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Clare Burke-McDonald winning in Shooters Hill and Pat Slattery winning in Greenwich West [9]
Along with most other London boroughs, Greenwich was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should have 55 seats, an increase of four, and produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation. The new scheme consists of nine three-councillor wards and fourteen two-councillor wards.[10]
Electoral process
[edit]Greenwich, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had 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 were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[11] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[11]
Previous council composition
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Council composition after the 2018 election
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Council composition ahead of the 2022 election
After 2018 election | Before 2022 election | ||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
Labour | 42 | Labour | 42 | ||
Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 9 |
Results summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 52 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
94.5 | 57.9 | 88,610 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
5.5 | 23.1 | 35,337 | -0.5 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 12.0 | 18,425 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.1 | 9,401 | -2.5 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 749 | New | |
Britain First | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 255 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 125 | ±0.0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 118 | -0.6 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 79 | New |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Baker | 1,980 | 66.8 | ||
Labour | Ann-Marie Cousins* | 1,964 | 66.2 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Denise Hyland* | 1,929 | 65.1 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | David Brinson | 569 | 19.2 | ||
Green | James Brandon | 526 | 17.7 | ||
Conservative | Brenda Lobo | 506 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Brian Weller | 499 | 16.8 | ||
Green | Roberto Mirabella | 374 | 12.6 | ||
Green | Aruhan Galieva | 338 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Durham | 211 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 28.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mariam Lolavar* | 2,467 | 49.0 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Leo Fletcher* | 2,372 | 47.1 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Christine St Matthew-Daniel | 2,170 | 43.1 | ||
Conservative | Geoff Brighty* | 1,621 | 32.2 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel McGinley | 1,245 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Naveed Mughal | 1,166 | 23.2 | ||
Green | Victoria Rance | 876 | 17.4 | +8.3 | |
Green | Christopher Edgar | 672 | 13.4 | ||
Green | Philip Malivoire | 629 | 12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lee Coppack | 618 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pierce Chalmers | 578 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Spence | 477 | 9.5 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Trevor Allman | 125 | 2.5 | +0.2 | |
Communist | Stewart McGill | 79 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 46.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare Burke-McDonald | 1,744 | 66.2 | ||
Labour | Lakshan Saldin | 1,528 | 58.0 | ||
Green | Ann Brown | 547 | 20.8 | ||
Conservative | Rupert Fiennes | 486 | 18.4 | ||
Conservative | Alan O'Kelly | 453 | 17.2 | ||
Green | Cole Pemberton | 272 | 10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sam Burridge | 241 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 34.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gary Dillon* | 1,491 | 68.4 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Jo van den Broek | 1,346 | 61.7 | ||
Green | Clare Loops | 427 | 19.6 | −1.1 | |
Green | Philip Connolly | 355 | 16.3 | ||
Conservative | Lucy Woodruff | 303 | 13.9 | ||
Conservative | James Worron | 258 | 11.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Watkin | 182 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 33.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maisie Richards Cottell | 1,844 | 48.2 | ||
Labour | Rowshan Hannan | 1,825 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Majid Rahman | 1,700 | 44.5 | ||
Green | Stacy Smith | 1,632 | 42.7 | ||
Green | Matt Browne | 1,557 | 40.7 | ||
Green | Karin Tearle | 1,462 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | Andrea Borbely | 495 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Bell | 483 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | Elliot Whittingham | 396 | 10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Wainwright | 78 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 39.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah-Jane Merrill* | 1,152 | 58.0 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Miranda Williams* | 1,030 | 51.8 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Phil Russel | 544 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative | Angie Begollari | 541 | 27.2 | ||
Green | Matt Stratford | 265 | 13.3 | ||
Britain First | Nicholas Scanlon | 255 | 12.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Huntbach | 187 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Bird* | 1,959 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | Simon Peirce | 1,662 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | Charlie Davis* | 1,479 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | Spencer Drury* | 1,470 | 39.9 | ||
Green | Luke Hawkins | 480 | 13.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Mills | 228 | 6.2 | ||
Reform UK | Wendy Beaumont | 98 | 2.7 | ||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lauren Dingsdale | 1,921 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Sammy Backon | 1,870 | 47.2 | ||
Conservative | Pat Greenwell* | 1,763 | 44.5 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Fletcher* | 1,740 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | Raja Zeeshan | 1,678 | 42.3 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Reid | 1,528 | 38.6 | ||
Green | Mark Williams | 573 | 14.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martha Parkhurst | 340 | 8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Chuter | 312 | 7.9 | ||
Reform UK | Tom Bright | 164 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 38.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Majella Anning | 1,463 | 66.8 | ||
Labour | Calum O'Byrne Mulligan | 1,224 | 55.9 | ||
Green | Sem Longhurst | 449 | 20.5 | ||
Conservative | Ben Crompton | 356 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Kathleen Harris | 333 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Austin | 302 | 13.8 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Swift | 254 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 31.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Slattery* | 1,441 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Aidan Smith* | 1,379 | 48.3 | ||
Green | Hayley Jeffery | 1,000 | 35.0 | ||
Green | Mike Sixsmith | 650 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Smith | 363 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rhian O'Connor | 335 | 11.7 | ||
Conservative | Ariadna Vilalta | 328 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Smith | 216 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 39.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Scott-McDonald* | 1,080 | 54.6 | ||
Labour | David Gardner* | 1,047 | 52.9 | ||
Labour | Nick Williams | 959 | 48.4 | ||
Green | Laura Sessions | 371 | 18.7 | ||
Green | Roger Bailey | 323 | 16.3 | ||
Conservative | James Cowling | 321 | 16.2 | ||
Conservative | Godwin Amaefula | 321 | 16.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ulysse Abbate | 312 | 15.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Greg Mulligan | 301 | 15.2 | ||
Conservative | Anthonia Ugo | 295 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Chamberlain | 290 | 14.6 | ||
Green | John Holmes | 271 | 13.7 | ||
Reform UK | Terry Wheeler | 48 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 28.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Odette McGahey* | 1,284 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | John Fahy* | 1,270 | 61.5 | ||
Conservative | Aileen Davis | 571 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | Kerrymarie West | 487 | 23.6 | ||
Green | Alexander Pemberton | 390 | 18.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Reid | 218 | 10.6 | ||
Reform UK | Sharon Kent | 127 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 31.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Bauer* | 865 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Dave Sullivan | 655 | 53.4 | ||
Green | Fiona Moore | 290 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | Kate Drury | 266 | 21.7 | ||
Conservative | Lola Ojomola | 209 | 17.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Milne | 169 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 32.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris May | 1,302 | 66.2 | ||
Labour | Rachel Taggart-Ryan | 1,242 | 63.1 | ||
Conservative | David Banks | 521 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Rob Sayers | 449 | 22.8 | ||
Green | Pierre Davies | 236 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Pattenden | 184 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 31.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cathy Dowse | 1,916 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Matt Hartley* | 1,894 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | John Hills* | 1,846 | 48.1 | ||
Labour | Donald Austen | 1,836 | 47.8 | ||
Conservative | Roger Tester* | 1,748 | 45.5 | ||
Labour | Edward Jones | 1,734 | 45.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Graeme Gentry | 399 | 10.4 | ||
Reform UK | Mark Simpson | 149 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Issy Cooke | 2,194 | 67.7 | ||
Labour | Nas Asghar | 2,091 | 64.5 | ||
Labour | Matt Morrow* | 2,083 | 64.3 | ||
Green | Leonie Barron | 691 | 21.3 | ||
Conservative | Ashley Foord | 631 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Jim Davis | 617 | 19.0 | ||
Conservative | Dave Robinson | 581 | 17.9 | ||
Green | Anji Petersen | 493 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Shiel | 338 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 32.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sandra Thomas | 2,440 | 72.1 | ||
Labour | Adel Khaireh* | 2,415 | 71.4 | ||
Labour | Jit Ranabhat | 2,319 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | Michael Dowd | 527 | 15.6 | ||
Conservative | Alistair Green | 482 | 14.2 | ||
Green | Benjamin Oram | 479 | 14.2 | ||
Green | Duncan Platt | 453 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Kristian Turner | 442 | 13.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Millie Brown | 364 | 10.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Smith | 229 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Danny Thorpe* | 1,878 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Ivis Williams* | 1,757 | 66.0 | ||
Green | Tamasin Rhymes | 475 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | Paul Butler | 440 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Anoty | 413 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kirstie Shedden | 275 | 10.3 | ||
Reform UK | Ruth Handyside | 89 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 35.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Olu Babatola* | 1,323 | 77.3 | ||
Labour | Averil Lekau* | 1,242 | 72.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Drake | 359 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | Peter Nutting | 311 | 18.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judy Spence | 190 | 11.1 | ||
Turnout | 23.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Lloyd* | 1,085 | 74.0 | ||
Labour | Lade Olugbemi | 967 | 66.0 | ||
Green | Julie Adams | 263 | 17.9 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Morris | 259 | 17.7 | ||
Conservative | Colin Podmore | 210 | 14.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Miller | 148 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 23.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joshua Ayodele | 1,571 | 69.3 | ||
Labour | Sam Littlewood | 1,540 | 67.9 | ||
Labour | Jackie Smith* | 1,538 | 67.8 | ||
Green | Lindsay Evernden | 606 | 26.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ramesh Perera-Delacourt | 393 | 17.3 | ||
Conservative | Pat Hills | 339 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | Tania Wilkinson-Bewick | 319 | 14.1 | ||
Conservative | Marcelo Neves | 304 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Philip Onwuachi | 118 | 5.2 | ||
Reform UK | Jimmy Wu | 74 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 29.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Ige | 1,486 | 79.3 | ||
Labour | Anthony Okereke* | 1,350 | 72.0 | ||
Conservative | Elaine Pooke | 326 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | Mike Rafferty | 299 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Glinsman | 288 | 15.4 | ||
Turnout | 24.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dominic Mbang* | 1,495 | 72.7 | ||
Labour | Asli Mohammed | 1,422 | 69.1 | ||
Conservative | Simon Gallie | 373 | 18.1 | ||
Conservative | David Chunu | 331 | 16.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nichola Martin | 261 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Rose | 231 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 29.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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