Wandsworth London Borough Council elections

Wandsworth London Borough Council, England, is elected every four years. From 2002 to 2018, 60 councillors were elected from 20 wards.^[1] Following ward boundary changes, in 2022 58 councillors were elected in 22 wards returning either 2 or 3 councillors each.^[2]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority before the new system came into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:^[3]

Election	Overall Control		Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Ind.
1964		Labour	13	47	-	-
1968		Conservative	48	12	-	-
1971		Labour	7	54	-	-
1974		Labour	12	48	-	-
1978		Conservative	36	25	-	-
1982		Conservative	33	27	1	-
1986		Conservative	31	30	-	-
1990		Conservative	48	13	-	-
1994		Conservative	45	16	-	-
1998		Conservative	50	11	-	-
2002		Conservative	50	10	-	-
2006		Conservative	51	9	-	-
2010		Conservative	47	13	-	-
2014		Conservative	41	19	-	-
2018		Conservative	33	26	-	1
2022		Labour	22	35	-	1

Council elections

• 1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1968 Wandsworth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1971 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1974 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1978 Wandsworth London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)^[5]
• 1982 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1986 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1990 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 1994 Wandsworth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2]}
• 1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one)^[1][6]
• 2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 2010 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 2014 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 2018 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
• 2022 Wandsworth London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two) ^[7]

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2022 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[4]

1968-1971

Nightingale by-election, 27 June 1968^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Roberts	1,648
	Conservative	N. F. Clark-Lawrence	1,623
	Labour	A. J. Hill	320
	Labour	M. F. Spade	314
Turnout				17.6%

Putney by-election, 27 June 1968^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. W. H. Peters	2,252
	Conservative	G. M. Wolfson	2,243
	Labour	E. M. Jenkins	476
	Labour	F. C. Wells	469
Turnout				19.2%

Putney by-election, 29 August 1968^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. C. M. Warren-Evans	Unopposed

St John by-election, 6 March 1969^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. F. Sporle	1,085
	Conservative	I. Trapp	797
	National Front	T. Lamb	253
	Liberal	D. G. Patterson	151
Turnout				24.8%

1971-1974

Balham by-election, 23 March 1972^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. K. Bovey	1,394
	Conservative	A. E. Cawsey	1,314
	National Front	J. M. Clifton	154
	Communist	A. F. Barr	48
	Union Movement	M. P. Winn	17
Turnout				29.7%

Graveney by-election, 23 March 1972^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. A. R. Helm	2,130
	Conservative	M. M. Newman	693
	National Front	T. Lamb	158
	Communist	D. Ellwand	80
	Union Movement	D. R. Gerlach	7
Turnout				27.6%

Nightingale by-election, 26 October 1972^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. A. S. Heaster	1,364
	Labour	D. R. Hill	1,016
	National Front	J. M. Clifton	446
Turnout				24.6%

Tooting by-election, 18 April 1973^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. C. Luthers	1,170
	Conservative	E. D. M. Tod	494
	Independent Liberal	E. D. Larkin	99
Turnout				17.7%

1974-1978

Southfield by-election, 6 March 1975^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward J. Lister	1,943
	Labour	John A. Tidball	1,520
	Liberal	John Horrocks	484
Turnout				37.2

Graveney by-election, 22 January 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Solly	1,245
	Conservative	Francis A. Staff	971
	Liberal	Richard F. J. Heron	428
	Independent Labour	Edward D. Larkin	94
	Communist	Denis Ellward	48
Turnout				26.6

Southfield by-election, 10 June 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Merry-Price	2,061
	Labour	Vera Thompson	1,270
	National Front	Diane M. Dawson	480
	Liberal	Colin H. Smith	270
Turnout				38.8

Furzedown by-election, 4 November 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian N. C. Prichard	1,716
	Labour	George F. Rowe	1,260
	National Front	Christopher J. Lewis	333
	Liberal	Michael P. Sullivan	240
	Communist	Michael Taylor	54
Turnout				31.4

Putney by-election, 9 December 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret E. Calcott-James	2,658
	Labour	Donald J. Roy	753
	Liberal	Peter K. Gerhold	620
	National Front	Diane M. Dawson	212
	Communist	David J. Welsh	78
Turnout				29.2

1978-1982

1982-1986

Earslfield by-election, 13 October 1983^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	David Patterson	1,263
	Labour	Patrick Roche	1,058
	Conservative	Angela Graham	658
	Independent Liberal	Edward Larkin	50
	Ecology (Green)	Elizabeth Shaw	30

1986-1990

1990-1994

West Putney by-election, 12 December 1991^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Maccabee	1,761	56.3
	Labour	Francis H. Jones	1,155	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	John D. Martyn	214	6.8
Turnout				32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Eric J. Somerville-Jones.

1994-1998

There were no by-elections.^[12]

1998-2002

West Putney by-election, 2 July 1998^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan A. F. Burn	1,561
	Labour	Paul A. Baverstock	755
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Shocket	193
	Green	Tracey Thorn	45
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William F. D. Hawkins.

Balham by-election, 1 July 1999^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard D. Longmore	1,136
	Labour	Martin C. Tupper	596
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew G. Green	125
	Green	John M. Rattray	109
	Independent	Edward D. Larkin	10
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rev. Andrew P. B. White.

2002-2006

There were no by-elections.^[13]

2006-2010

There were no by-elections.^[14]

2010-2014

Thamesfield by-election, 30 June 2011^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ryder	1,497
	Labour	Christian Klapp	1022
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Smart	545
	Green	Marian Hoffman	202
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. U. Lister.

Southfields by-election, 29 March 2012^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Caddy	1,841
	Labour	Josh Kaile	1511
	Liberal Democrats	John Munro	220
	Green	Bruce Mackenzie	100
	UKIP	Strachan McDonald	40
	Independent	Mohammed Abid	38
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Lucy Allan.

2014-2018

Earlsfield by-election 7 May 2015^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Graham	4,418
	Labour	Paul White	2,879
	Green	Liam Morgan	514
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Bailey	387
	UKIP	Thomas Blackwell	374
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Adrian Knowles of the Conservative Party. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2015 general election.

Tooting by-election 18 August 2016^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul White	1,467
	Conservative	Thom Norman	944
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Riley Arms	267
	Green	Albert Vickery	116
	SDP	Alexander Ali Balkan	75
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Ben Johnson of the Labour Party, following his appointment as an adviser to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.^[18]

Queenstown by-election 10th November 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aydin Dikerdem	1,551
	Conservative	Rhodri Morgan	987
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Adam-Davis	249
	Green	Stella Baker	122

This by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Sally-Ann Ephson of the Labour Party.

2018–2022

Furzedown by-election 21 June 2019^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Loveland	1,811	49.0	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Irwin	887	24.0	18.7
	Conservative	Nabi Toktas	681	18.4	3.0
	Green	Gerard Harrison	318	8.6	1.0
Majority			924	25.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford by-election 6 May 2021^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Stanislaus	2,714	48.3
	Conservative	Tom Mytton	1,778	31.7
	Green	David Carlyon	815	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Reeten Banerji	318	5.5
Majority
Turnout				51.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford by-election 25 November 2021^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Boswell	906	40.2	9.8
	Conservative	Tom Mytton	905	40.2	5.7
	Green	Roy Vickery	306	13.6	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tibbles	135	6.0	0.2
Majority			1	0.0
Turnout			2252	21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Hannah Stanislaus of the Labour Party

2022-2026

Tooting Broadway by-election 14 July 2022^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rex Osborn	1,429	62.2	1.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Iliff	491	21.4	2.8
	Green	Lisa Osborne	285	12.4	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Haren Thillainathan	94	4.1	2.0
Majority			938	40.8
Turnout			2,299	19.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Andy Gibbons of the Labour Party.

Tooting Broadway by-election 18 January 2024^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Lawless	1,888	67.3	6.8
	Conservative	Otto Jacobsson	542	19.3	0.8
	Green	Nick Humberstone	261	9.3	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thillainathan Haren	113	4.0	2.0
Majority			1,346	48.0
Turnout			2,804	24.10
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Kate Forbes of the Labour Party.

West Putney by-election 2 May 2024^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Austin	2,839	45.3	4.7
	Labour	Jane Briginshaw	2,350	37.5	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lejman	635	10.1	1.9
	Green	Fergal McEntee	438	7.0	1.4
Majority			489	7.8
Turnout			6,262
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Claire Gilbert of the Labour Party.