2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

The 2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in England,^[1] on the same day as other local elections. The previous time the seats were up for election was 22 May 2014.

2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election

← 2014 3 May 2018 2022 →
All 54 seats to Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.4%
First party Second party Third party   Con Grn Leader Gareth Roberts Paul Hodgins Richard Bennett Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green Leader's seat Hampton Barnes South Twickenham Last election 15 seats, 31.8% 39 seats, 45.0% 0 seats, 6.0% Seats won 39 11 4 Seat change 24 28 4 Popular vote 146,198 78,431 9,392 Percentage 46.7% 37.6% 4.5% Swing 14.9% 7.3% 1.5%
Map of the results of the 2018 Richmond upon Thames Borough council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Green Party in green.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Liberal Democrats

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.

Summary of results

Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council Composition 2018

Richmond upon Thames Council election result 2018^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	39	+24	0	+24	72.2	46.7	97,496	+14.9
	Conservative	11	0	-28	-28	20.4	37.6	78,431	-7.4
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	10.4	21,723	-2.1
	Green	4	+4	0	+4	7.4	4.5	9,392	-1.5
	Women's Equality	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	741	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	547	-0.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	452	-3.7
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	452	New

Ward results

Barnes

Barnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aphra Brandreth	2,017	54.26	−3.73
	Conservative	Paul Hodgins*	1,919	51.63	−6.49
	Conservative	Rita Palmer*	1,895	50.98	−7.39
	Liberal Democrats	Merlene Emerson	1,539	41.40	+20.79
	Liberal Democrats	Anne McKee	1,486	39.98	+20.53
	Green	Nicola Albon	1,058	28.46	+13.21
	Labour	Judith Enright	234	6.30	−6.50
	Labour	Sachin Patel	185	4.98	−6.78
	Labour	Alec Lever	153	4.12	−5.81
	Socialist (GB)	Adam Buick	28	0.75	N/A
Turnout			3,725	50.15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Sheen

East Sheen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Anthony Marcel*	2,026	48.25	−10.45
	Liberal Democrats	Mona Adams	1,982	47.20	+25.41
	Conservative	Seamus Joyce	1,979	47.13	−12.43
	Conservative	Robert Thompson*	1,928	45.92	−9.11
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Cambridge	1,927	45.89	+25.89
	Liberal Democrats	James Heath	1,724	41.06	+24.89
	Labour	Deborah Genders	276	6.57	−4.74
	Labour	Giles Oakley	244	5.81	−5.33
	Labour	Rowan Woodward	176	4.19	−6.65
Turnout			4,204	55.24
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fulwell & Hampton Hill

Fulwell & Hampton Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cardy*	2,497	62.50	+23.66
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hull	2,368	59.27	+21.77
	Green	Monica Saunders	1,923	48.14	+31.91
	Conservative	Mark Boyle*	1,267	31.71	−5.14
	Conservative	Joe Broughton	1,194	29.89	−4.36
	Conservative	Saba Shaukat	1,002	25.08	−7.65
	Labour	Catherine Pickering	405	10.14	−2.70
	Labour	Jane Butters	363	9.09	−2.11
	Labour	Adam Gladstone	272	6.81	−3.89
Turnout			4,002	50.61
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Frost*	2,344	58.79	+21.53
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Richards	2,038	51.12	+15.03
	Green	Andrée Frieze	1,917	48.08	+36.41
	Conservative	Jean Loveland*	1,485	37.25	+0.60
	Conservative	Sara Gezdari	1,286	32.25	−4.32
	Conservative	Radomir Tylecote	1,204	30.20	−3.36
	Labour	Jed Baxter	313	7.85	−1.21
	Labour	Sandra Keen	306	7.67	−3.47
	Labour	Danny Moran	267	6.70	−1.19
Turnout			3,994	53.97
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Hampton

Hampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Roberts*	2,464	58.03	+15.42
	Liberal Democrats	Suzette Nicholson*	2,442	57.51	+15.11
	Liberal Democrats	Geraint Thomason	2,107	49.62	+16.11
	Conservative	Tim Rosser	1,513	35.63	+2.04
	Conservative	Petra Sale*	1,511	35.59	−0.52
	Conservative	Jon Slinn	1,421	33.47	+2.23
	Labour	Bob Bollen	316	7.44	−3.01
	Labour	Margaret Mills	258	6.08	−4.56
	Labour	Christopher Fawcett	218	5.13	−3.48
Turnout			4,253	53.78
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hampton North

Hampton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Coelho	1,373	42.89	+20.83
	Conservative	Geoffrey Samuel*	1,372	42.86	−1.83
	Conservative	Kate Howard*	1,337	41.77	−0.45
	Conservative	Martin Seymour*	1,326	41.42	+0.26
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Elloy	1,237	38.64	+14.33
	Liberal Democrats	York Membery	1,125	35.15	+12.64
	Labour	Cathy Driscoll	467	14.59	+2.40
	Labour	Harpreet Gill	429	13.40	+1.44
	Labour	Philip Moshi	356	11.12	+0.38
	UKIP	Paul Rodwell	107	3.34	−9.39
Turnout			3,206	44.35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampton Wick

Hampton Wick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Brown	2,636	61.75	+41.59
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Millard	2,439	57.13	+37.84
	Green	Dylan Baxendale	1,738	40.71	+19.96
	Conservative	Tony Arbour*	1,642	38.46	−17.29
	Conservative	Suzy Webb	1,280	29.98	−20.94
	Conservative	Chris Harrison	1,275	29.87	−17.42
	Labour	Eva Tutchell	415	9.72	−4.41
	Labour	Caroline Loewenstein	307	7.19	−8.37
	Labour	Gerard Ward	258	6.04	−9.46
Turnout			4,277	52.22
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Coombs*	1,763	44.72	+11.30
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Pollesche	1,560	39.57	+9.88
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilson	1,507	38.23	+10.99
	Labour	Sergio Cortes Allsopp	1,093	27.73	+5.53
	Labour	Jan Kilsby	1,044	26.48	+5.59
	Conservative	Alan Butler*	1,040	26.38	−6.43
	Conservative	George Dryja	1,032	26.18	−5.52
	Labour	Ranjeev Walia	1,025	26.00	+8.26
	Conservative	Buddhi Weerasinghe	947	24.02	−3.17
	UKIP	Peter Dul	159	4.03	−15.00
Turnout			3,948	50.31
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Kew

Kew

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J-F Burford	2,503	54.56	+16.88
	Liberal Democrats	Lotte Campanale	2,467	53.77	+20.73
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Craigie	2,308	50.31	+21.53
	Conservative	David Linnette*	1,870	40.76	−5.91
	Conservative	Monica Horner*	1,852	40.37	−4.39
	Conservative	Roger Metcalfe	1,713	37.34	−12.11
	Labour	Barnaby Marder	252	5.49	−2.70
	Labour	Duska Rosenberg	238	5.19	−2.76
	Labour	René Smit	202	4.40	−3.53
Turnout			4,594	53.75
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Mortlake & Barnes Common

Mortlake & Barnes Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Avon*	1,986	49.34	+0.36
	Conservative	Gemma Curran*	1,901	47.23	−2.70
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Bridges-Westcott	1,758	43.68	+20.50
	Conservative	Tim Mack	1,757	43.65	−0.49
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Catchpole	1,722	42.78	+24.77
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dingemans	1,665	41.37	+16.81
	Labour	Christina Atchison	379	9.42	−1.03
	Labour	Edward Jones	282	7.01	−3.36
	Labour	Maureen Metzger	282	7.01	−1.82
Turnout			4,033	49.29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

North Richmond

North Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Baldwin	1,920	45.66	+16.25
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pyne	1,725	41.02	+12.40
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Warren	1,714	40.76	+11.52
	Conservative	Jane Keep	1,687	40.12	−5.09
	Conservative	Stephen Speak*	1,671	39.74	−1.28
	Conservative	Jason Hilder	1,654	39.33	−4.80
	Labour	Fiona O'Farrell	655	15.58	+5.13
	Labour	Thomas Absolon	601	14.29	+3.92
	Labour	Maxwell Smith	540	12.84	+2.55
Turnout			4,214	50.66
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

South Richmond

South Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Fleming*	1,921	48.52	−6.38
	Conservative	Peter Buckwell*	1,849	46.70	−6.05
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Newton Dunn	1,749	44.18	+21.00
	Conservative	Thomas O'Malley*	1,743	44.03	−4.95
	Liberal Democrats	Paulina Vassileva	1,708	43.14	+23.02
	Green	Elizabeth Nash	1,208	30.51	+13.92
	Labour	Deborah Huggett	338	8.54	−3.46
	Labour	Edwin Makurah	290	7.33	−4.44
	Labour	Michael Freedman	268	6.77	−2.67
	UKIP	Robert Leon	81	2.05	−6.28
Turnout			3,960	48.70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

South Twickenham

South Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Mansfield	2,326	58.41	+31.18
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Butlin	2,200	55.25	+28.14
	Green	Richard Bennett	1,548	38.87	+19.53
	Conservative	Clare Head*	1,483	37.24	−10.85
	Conservative	David Porter*	1,357	34.08	−11.93
	Conservative	David Marlow*	1,309	32.87	−11.03
	Labour	Beatriz Lees	377	9.47	−5.48
	Labour	Sampson Low	330	8.29	−7.27
	Labour	Manju Walia	277	6.96	−7.93
Turnout			3,987	53.78
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

St Margarets & North Twickenham

St Margarets & North Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Acton*	2,718	59.63	+15.43
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Khosa*	2,559	56.14	+16.16
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Ehmann*	2,528	55.46	+17.91
	Conservative	Helen Edward	1,212	26.59	−9.53
	Conservative	Nathaniel Ikeazor	1,128	24.75	−10.63
	Conservative	Phillip Taylor	1,087	23.85	−5.93
	Labour	Rachel Evans	644	14.13	+2.22
	Labour	Gordon Alexander	595	13.05	+2.59
	Labour	Adam Hinton	551	12.09	+4.01
	Independent	Thomas Pangbourne	182	3.99	N/A
Turnout			4,570	52.91
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Teddington

Teddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Baker	2,571	59.92	+17.91
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Elengorn*	2,491	58.05	+17.98
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Woodcock	2,432	56.58	+16.96
	Conservative	Elizabeth Foster	1,379	32.14	−6.16
	Conservative	Simon Lamb	1,303	30.37	−3.93
	Conservative	Richard Fitter	1,280	29.83	−6.06
	Labour	Penny Banaji	361	8.41	−2.84
	Labour	Neil Browning	339	7.90	−3.06
	Labour	Louise Creighton	314	7.32	−2.87
Turnout			4,297	53.16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Twickenham Riverside

Twickenham Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Neden-Watts	2,283	57.52	+23.24
	Liberal Democrats	James Chard	2,243	56.51	+23.53
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Crouch	2,009	50.62	+20.96
	Conservative	Susan Chappell*	1,256	31.65	−11.23
	Conservative	Helen Hill*	1,111	27.99	−8.60
	Conservative	Alexandre Andrews	1,110	27.97	−9.41
	Women's Equality	Caroline Rayfield	741	18.67	N/A
	Labour	Rhonda Evans	339	8.54	−2.38
	Labour	David Harley	250	6.30	−3.95
	Labour	Harvey Woolfe	215	5.42	−5.41
Turnout			3,974	50.79
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

West Twickenham

West Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Allen*	2,043	51.20	+14.69
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lee Parsons*	2,031	50.90	+15.76
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Juriansz	1,916	48.02	+17.85
	Conservative	Jane Boulton*	1,141	28.60	−4.59
	Conservative	Paul Nacmanson	1,057	26.49	−5.88
	Conservative	Sheba Sogol	939	23.53	−4.77
	Labour	Jennifer Churchill	785	19.67	+4.44
	Labour	Paul Tanto	735	18.42	+4.54
	Labour	John Plastow	693	17.37	+4.31
	UKIP	David Sparrow	105	2.63	−9.23
Turnout			3,996	49.54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Whitton

Whitton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Humphreys	1,935	51.79	+25.95
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Jaeger*	1,768	47.32	+15.70
	Liberal Democrats	Rob O'Carroll	1,648	44.11	+21.31
	Conservative	Gareth Elliott*	1,365	36.54	−4.34
	Conservative	Sophie Lister	1,271	34.02	+3.03
	Conservative	Grant Healy*	1,201	32.15	−0.19
	Labour	Jasmin Athwal	448	11.99	−0.18
	Labour	Daniel Hilton	401	10.73	−0.44
	Labour	Mark Hopkins	370	9.90	+0.88
	Independent	Paul Hampartsoumian	365	9.77	−3.66
Turnout			3,742	51.31
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2022

East Sheen

East Sheen By-Election 18 July 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Cambridge	1,809	58.9	11.7
	Conservative	Helen Edward	1,090	35.4	10.4
	Women's Equality	Trixie Rawlinson	90	2.93	New
	Labour	Giles Oakley	82	2.6	3.1
Majority			719	23.4	22.1
Turnout			3,070	40.70	14.54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hampton Wick

Hampton Wick By-Election 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Petra Fleming	2,447	52.4	11.5
	Conservative	Nina Watson	1,232	26.4	0.9
	Green	Chas Warlow	538	11.5	15.5
	Labour	Nick Dexter	446	9.5	3.1
Majority			1,215	26.0	N/A
Turnout			4,663	56.7	4.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing	N/A