2018 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

The 2018 Kingston upon Thames Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Kingston upon Thames Borough Council election

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All 48 seats to Kingston upon Thames Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 18 seats, 30.5% 28 seats, 39.1% Seats won 39 9 Seat change 21 19 Popular vote 83,172 49,226 Percentage 51.7% 30.6% Swing 21.2% 8.5%
Results of the 2018 Kingston upon Thames council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Liberal Democrats

Overall results

The Liberal Democrats gained control from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats won 39 seats (+21), the Conservatives won 9 seats (-19) and Labour lost its only seats in Norbiton (-2).

Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election 2018^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	39	21	0	+21	81.3	51.7	83,172	+21.2
	Conservative	9	0	19	-19	18.8	30.6	49,226	-8.5
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0.0	11.9	19,079	-5.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.3	5,235	-3.5
	KIRG	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	3,748	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	267	-5.3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	109	±0.0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	82	New

Results by ward

Alexandra

Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Beynon	2,005	56.4	+25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Foulder-Hughes	1,992	56.0	+27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron Sumner [2]	1,787	50.3	+22.7
	Conservative	Richard Hudson*	1,217	34.2	−4.9
	Conservative	Christopher John Leslie Hayes*	1,117	31.4	−5.4
	Conservative	Thomas Robert Puddy	1,038	29.2	−9.4
	Labour	Kris Srisaravanapavaan	423	11.9	−3.3
	Labour	Stephen Laurence Kearney	346	9.7	−5.3
	Labour	Robin McKellar Marsden	321	9.0	−4.6
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Berrylands

Berrylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sushila Abraham*	2,057	56.2	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Sweeney	2,030	55.4	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Margaret Schaper	2,005	54.8	+23.6
	Conservative	Claire Antoni Harding	1,032	28.2	−8.9
	Conservative	Michael Richard Head*	1,014	27.7	−10.5
	Conservative	Nicholas James Rogers	946	25.8	−8.7
	Labour	Sarah-Jane Brownlie	345	9.4	−3.4
	Labour	Rob Brownlie	326	8.9	−3.8
	Labour	Nannette Herbert	285	7.8	−2.5
	KIRG	Oliver Marcus Eakin	210	5.7	N/A
	Green	Kate Whitmarsh	180	4.9	−7.9
	Green	Marley Robinson	168	4.6	N/A
	Green	Pete Whitworth	96	2.6	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Beverley

Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Anne Heap	1,986	50.4	+24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark James Durrant	1,957	49.7	+26.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ha Jaesung	1,787	45.4	+22.6
	Conservative	Paul Ashworth Bedforth*	1,040	26.4	−12.1
	Conservative	Terry Paton*	1,026	26.1	−13.1
	Conservative	Raju Pandya*	870	22.1	−8.6
	Labour	Pat Dobson	513	13.0	−11.6
	Labour	Michelle Honor Gordon	498	12.6	−8.4
	Labour	David Gibson Nelson	459	11.7	−7.2
	KIRG	Mary Clark**	407	10.3	N/A
	KIRG	Frederick Raymond Corbett	240	6.1	N/A
	KIRG	Richard Hebborn	236	6.0	N/A
	Green	Chris Walker	179	4.5	−11.7
	Green	Alex Cotton	164	4.2	N/A
	Green	Tariq Shabbeer	130	3.3	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Mary Clark was a sitting councillor, but for Old Malden ward.

Canbury

Canbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Olivia Boult	2,224	48.6	+25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zain Abbas	2,145	46.9	+25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Kerr	2,121	46.4	+25.5
	Conservative	Andrea Louise Craig*	1,643	35.9	−0.8
	Conservative	Khadija Umbarin Rahman	1,270	27.8	−7.4
	Conservative	Samuel Shethran	1,248	27.3	−4.8
	Labour	Clair Siobhan Keogh	482	10.5	−5.2
	Labour	Chris Priest	429	9.4	−3.0
	Labour	Jean Haizal Saleh Sarhadar	395	8.6	−2.6
	KIRG	Caroline Shah Scott	391	8.5	N/A
	Green	Joe Holder	331	7.2	−15.9
	Green	Mark Greaves	325	7.1	−14.6
	Green	Karen Lacey	291	6.4	−8.6
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chessington North & Hook

Chessington North & Hook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steph Archer	1,709	55.7	+23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Anne Thompson*	1,706	55.6	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Lisa Young	1,536	50.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Andrew Day*	984	32.1	−1.1
	Conservative	Phil Doyle**	838	27.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Verster du Plessis	784	25.6	−0.1
	Labour	Dave Cooper	291	9.5	−4.5
	Labour	Tom Prestwich	291	9.5	−2.5
	Labour	Lawrence Roy Green	247	8.1	−2.7
	Green	Simon Jakeman	197	6.4	−5.1
	Green	Kate Worley	88	2.9	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Chinners Chinnery	82	2.7	N/A
	Green	Des Kay	78	2.5	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Phil Doyle was a sitting councillor, but for Grove ward.

Chessington South

Chessington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Bamford*	1,937	55.9	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andreas Kirsch	1,825	52.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Elizabeth Stuart	1,784	51.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Andy Johnson-Creek	1,138	32.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Sue Towner	1,133	32.7	+8.9
	Conservative	Simon Richard George Illsley	1,032	29.8	+6.0
	Labour	Anna Florence Cunnyngham	314	9.1	−2.8
	Labour	David Michael Griffin	273	7.9	−4.6
	Labour	Tony Kearns	265	7.6	−3.2
	UKIP	Roger Edmund Glencross	158	4.6	−20.3
	Independent	Michael John Basman	109	3.1	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowena Ann Cordelia Bass*	1,456	52.7	−3.8
	Conservative	Ian David George**	1,423	51.5	−2.1
	Conservative	Ed Fram	1,361	49.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Saleem Javeed Arif	723	26.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lubna Maktari	677	24.5	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Moore	626	22.7	+11.1
	Labour	Sally Richardson	427	15.5	−1.3
	Labour	Frank William Wingate	337	12.2	−4.5
	Labour	Paddy Vishani	336	12.2	−2.1
	KIRG	Helen Hinton	299	10.8	N/A
	Green	Charlie Redman	237	8.6	−4.1
Total votes
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ian George was a sitting councillor, but for Alexandra ward.

Coombe Vale

Coombe Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Natasha Bailey	1,795	46.9	+26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Munir Ravalia	1,586	41.4	+27.0
	Conservative	Roy Sanjeev Arora*	1,511	39.5	−9.1
	Conservative	Julie Ann Pickering*	1,508	39.4	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Kent	1,497	39.1	+25.9
	Conservative	Cathy Roberts*	1,468	38.3	−10.2
	Labour	Ian Alexander Parker	393	10.3	−7.8
	Labour	Rory Daniel Coley	379	9.9	−6.0
	Green	John Grant	324	8.5	−1.5
	KIRG	Patrick Wylde	324	8.5	N/A
	Labour	Gareth Brian Thomas	318	8.3	−6.0
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grove

Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Russell Boult	2,005	59.2	+30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rebekah Jane Moll*	1,904	56.2	+23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Tolley*	1,886	55.7	+21.6
	Conservative	Catherine Harding	737	21.8	−9.6
	Conservative	Phil Nuthall	716	21.2	−10.2
	Conservative	Jamila Bibi-Sarwar	603	17.8	−11.9
	Labour	Emma Keeley-Francis	441	13.0	−9.9
	Labour	Laurie South	433	12.8	−6.1
	Labour	Simon Bevis Ayre	411	12.1	−4.2
	KIRG	Bob Tyler	187	5.5	N/A
	Green	Alison Hood	181	5.3	−7.9
	Green	Fiona Johnson	177	5.2	N/A
	KIRG	Deepa Veneik	143	4.2	N/A
	Green	Brian Mulley	97	2.9	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Norbiton

Norbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Jane Davey	1,904	58.8	+27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Ryder-Mills	1,703	52.6	+25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Olly Wehring	1,661	51.3	+22.0
	Labour	Linsey Cottington*	859	26.5	−10.7
	Labour	Phil Bevin	787	24.3	−12.0
	Labour	Liz Meerabeau	741	22.9	−8.1
	Conservative	Allrik Thomas Birch	422	13.0	−5.1
	Conservative	Penny Jane Hughes	415	12.8	−3.5
	Conservative	Graeme Tweedy Ferrero	392	12.1	−4.1
	Green	Chris Amies	173	5.3	−N/A
	Green	Julia Stewart	169	5.2	N/A
	Green	Martin Hall	109	3.4	−9.9
	KIRG	Kerry Giles	69	2.1	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Old Malden

Old Malden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Davis*	1,390	43.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Nicola Mia Sheppard	1,363	43.0	−5.4
	Conservative	Jason Robert Hughes	1,272	40.1	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Richard McDonald	1,140	36.0	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ghazala Hayata	1,101	34.7	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Falchikov	1,058	33.4	+14.3
	Labour	David Sinclair Hill	429	13.5	−2.4
	Labour	George Edwin Pearson	405	12.8	−1.3
	Labour	Karen Deborah Templeton	359	11.3	−3.0
	KIRG	David Fraser*	343	10.8	−37.6
	KIRG	Mark Andrew Jenkins	201	6.3	N/A
	KIRG	Valerie Jenner	174	5.5	N/A
Total votes
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James

St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Edwards	1,721	52.0	+27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Cobbett	1,663	50.3	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Wookey	1,493	45.1	+22.0
	Conservative	Jack Cheetham*	1,102	33.3	−7.8
	Conservative	Ken Smith*	985	29.8	−9.6
	Conservative	Caroline Ewha Kim	956	28.9	−6.9
	Labour	Gerry Jones	384	11.6	−8.2
	Labour	Sarah Kathleen O'Flynn	350	10.6	−5.8
	KIRG	Yvonne Tracey	331	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Alex Scales	307	9.3	−6.8
	UKIP	Linda Winnifred Holligan	109	3.3	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Green*	1,933	60.0	+19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Diane White*	1,837	57.1	+18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Yogan Yoganathan*	1,783	55.4	+18.6
	Conservative	Ian Alistair Wilson	704	21.9	−13.6
	Conservative	Calum John Paton	640	19.9	−14.5
	Conservative	John Michael Peters	636	19.8	−12.2
	Labour	Kezia Elizabeth Coleman	499	15.5	+1.5
	Labour	Phil Austin	491	15.3	+4.3
	Labour	Caoilte Niam Declan O'Connor	404	12.6	+2.3
	Green	Kate Jones	179	5.6	−6.2
	Green	Patrick Goodacre	160	5.0	−6.1
	Green	Patrick Bernard	144	4.5	−4.8
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Surbiton Hill

Surbiton Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Holt	2,286	64.0	+23.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Gander*	2,285	64.0	+23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Self*	2,102	58.8	+21.7
	Conservative	Lucky Kumpeson	862	24.1	−12.4
	Conservative	Mimi Claire Parsons Small	833	23.3	−11.1
	Conservative	Colin Anthony Suckling	796	22.3	−9.9
	Labour	Johnnie Byrne	348	9.7	−2.2
	Green	Michael Firth	294	8.2	−3.3
	Labour	David Cottington	280	7.8	−3.5
	Labour	Max Freedman	248	6.9	−4.4
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tolworth & Hook Rise

Tolworth & Hook Rise

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Dunstone*	2,084	64.6	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thay Thayalan*	2,012	62.3	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Graham Goodship	2,011	62.3	+10.8
	Conservative	Sue Hudson	653	20.2	−7.4
	Conservative	Jay Ganesh	564	17.5	−8.2
	Conservative	Adriana Petkova Sakelarova	542	16.8	−3.2
	Labour	Tony Banks	473	14.7	−6.9
	Labour	Judith Christine Cowley	412	12.8	−6.2
	Labour	Greta Lynne Farian	392	12.1	−5.0
	KIRG	Mike Briggs	193	6.0	N/A
Total votes
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Henry Cunningham*	1,587	44.8	−4.9
	Conservative	Maria Netley*	1,494	42.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Mary Lidbetter	1,480	41.8	+20.2
	Conservative	Hugh Scantlebury*	1,465	41.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Kerr-Lindsay	1,336	37.7	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pim Piers	1,287	36.3	+19.3
	Green	Natalie Morgans	366	10.3	−9.0
	Labour	Jude Hurtado	328	9.3	−6.4
	Labour	Oscar Charles Thorpe	323	9.1	−4.9
	Labour	Gareth Bob Smy	282	8.0	−9.3
	Green	Carl Myhill	213	6.0	N/A
	Green	Sri Viswanatha	185	5.2	N/A
Total votes
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2018-2022 by-elections

2021 Chessington South by-election

The Liberal Democrats selected former Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay as their candidate.^[3] Labour selected Charles Bamford, whose mother was a former Liberal Democrat councillor.^[4] Noticeably, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party stood thirteen candidates.

Chessington South by-election, 6 May 2021 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mackinlay	1,387	37.2	−18.7
	Conservative	Sue Towner	1,278	34.2	+1.5
	Labour	Charles Bamford	451	12.0	+2.9
	KIRG	Michelle Akintoye	378	10.1	New
	Green	Adrian Lulham	139	3.7	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Undertaking Director Brunskill	16	0.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Colonel Cramps	14	0.3	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Captain Coily	13	0.3	New
	Monster Raving Loony	A.Gent Chinners	12	0.3	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron Von Achenbach	8	0.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Duke Diddy Dodd	8	0.2	New
	TUSC	Marco Savastio	7	0.1	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Casual Count of Corinthian	6	0.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Kingstonian Newt	6	0.1	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Landlord Rover	3	0.08	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Landlady Lucky	2	0.05	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Lady Dave Pither	2	0.05	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Sam Joshua Squatch	1	0.03	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Rev. Robbie The Radical Recyclist	1	0.03	N/A
Total votes			3,732
Majority			109	3.0
Turnout			3,732
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing