2018 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
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![]() Results of the 2018 Kingston upon Thames council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Kingston upon Thames Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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).
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 | 11.9 | 19,079 | -5.6 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5,235 | -3.5 | |
Kingston Independent Residents Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3,748 | New | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 267 | -5.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 109 | ±0.0 | |
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 82 | New |
Results by ward[]
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[]
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 | |
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[]
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 | |
Mary Clark** | 407 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Frederick Raymond Corbett | 240 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
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[]
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 | |
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[]
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[]
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[]
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 | |
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[]
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 | |
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[]
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 | |
Bob Tyler | 187 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Green | Alison Hood | 181 | 5.3 | -7.9 | |
Green | Fiona Johnson | 177 | 5.2 | N/A | |
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[]
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 | |
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[]
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 | |
David Fraser* | 343 | 10.8 | -37.6 | ||
Mark Andrew Jenkins | 201 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Valerie Jenner | 174 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Total votes | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 | |
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[]
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[]
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[]
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 | |
Mike Briggs | 193 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Total votes | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
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[]
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.
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 | |
Kingston Independent Residents Group | 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 |
References[]
- ^ "Kingston Council election results, May 2018". Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Rutter, Calum (25 February 2019). "'We're facing a climate catastrophe' says Kingston councillor". MyLondon.
- ^ Lib Dems announce Andrew Mackinlay as Chessington South By-Election Candidate
- ^ @Official_MRLP (11 April 2021). "@Matt_Severn @ElectionMapsUK Agreed, having a former Labour MP standing for the Lib Dems and the son of the former…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Andrew MacKinlay elected to Kingston Council after Chessington South by-election".
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