Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]
Political control
Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Council elections
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1964
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1968
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1971
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1974 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)[3]
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven)[4]
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1982
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1986
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1990
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 1][n 2]
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1998 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 3]
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5][6]
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 2006
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 2010
- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 2014 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four)[7]
Borough result maps
By-election results
1964-1968
There were no by-elections.[8]
1968-1971
South Stanley by-election, 19 March 1970[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mrs E. L. P. Seers |
792 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
A. J. A. D. Fitzgerald |
630 |
|
|
|
Independent Ratepayers & Tenants |
J. A. Dutch |
414 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
34.9% |
|
1971-1974
1974-1978
Golborne by-election, 11 July 1974[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Patricia M. L. Webster |
668 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David P. H. Amory |
184 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Richard G. Pierce |
66 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Edouard P. D'Aubreys |
33 |
|
|
|
Independent Labour |
Edgar Rennie |
19 |
|
|
|
Save London Action Group |
Derek A. A. Kersey |
10 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
16.0 |
|
Abingdon by-election, 30 October 1975[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Antony M. Carr-Gomm |
873 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Jennifer M. Ware |
373 |
|
|
|
Save London Action Group |
Patrick B. Horsley |
137 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Gillian Ryall |
96 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
25.9 |
|
Golborne by-election, 30 October 1975[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Arthur J. Thomas |
713 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul S. Serfaty |
236 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Edouard P. D'Aubreys |
78 |
|
|
|
Save London Action Group |
Eizabeth J. Dallas-Ross |
12 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
17.5 |
|
1990-1994
Golborne by-election, 20 June 1991[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Patrick Mason |
946 |
76.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Paul J. Jones |
164 |
13.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Adam J. Weitzman |
127 |
10.3 |
|
Turnout |
|
27.7 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patrick A. Younge.
Golborne by-election, 18 June 1992[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sarah C. Bonner |
657 |
70.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Rupert L. A. Cecil |
172 |
18.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Adam J. Weitzman |
78 |
8.3 |
|
|
Green |
Ajay Burlingham-Johnson |
32 |
3.4 |
|
Turnout |
|
20.8 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ann E. Bond.
Avondale by-election, 17 September 1992[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Allah Y. M. Lasharie |
471 |
55.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Richard J. Mayson |
311 |
36.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert C. H. Boddington |
72 |
8.4 |
|
Turnout |
|
18.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Benjamin T. Bousquet.
1994-1998
South Stanley by-election, 4 May 1995[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Alastair G. T. Wood |
917 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Edwin Lloyd |
459 |
|
|
|
Independent |
George P. Oliver |
86 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mary England |
78 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Weems.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Elizabeth A. Russell.
1998-2002
Earls Court by-election, 4 May 2000[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Terence M. Buxton |
885 |
43.1 |
+3.6 |
|
Labour |
Caroline Ellis |
530 |
25.8 |
-3.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John G. Drake |
460 |
22.4 |
+0.9 |
|
Independent |
Malcolm D. Spalding |
177 |
8.6 |
-1.6 |
Majority |
355 |
17.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,052 |
28.7 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Timothy C. A. Tannock.
2002-2006
There were no by-elections.[12]
2006-2010
Brompton by-election, 1 May 2008[13] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Quentin N. J. Marshall |
1,748 |
76.4 |
-0.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Kingsley |
326 |
14.3 |
+2.3 |
|
Labour |
Christabel B. Gurney |
213 |
9.3 |
-1.3 |
Majority |
1,422 |
62.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,287 |
39.8 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margot C. James.
Colville by-election, 22 July 2009[14][15] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carol Caruana |
634 |
46.9 |
+16.8 |
|
Conservative |
Samia Betayeb |
330 |
24.4 |
+3.2 |
|
Labour |
Amir Akhrif |
300 |
22.2 |
-19.2 |
|
Green |
Melan Ebrahimi-Fardouee |
77 |
5.7 |
-1.5 |
|
Independent |
Elsa Chagas |
10 |
0.7 |
+0.7 |
Majority |
304 |
22.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,351 |
24.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marianne Alapini.
2010-2014
Holland by-election, 22 July 2010[16] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Rock Feilding-Mellen |
649 |
75.0 |
+19.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Wilson |
146 |
16.9 |
-3.2 |
|
Independent |
Jack Bovill |
70 |
8.1 |
+8.1 |
Majority |
503 |
58.2 |
|
Turnout |
865 |
14.0 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Joan B. Hanham.
Cremorne by-election, 16 September 2010[17] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Gerard Hargreaves |
602 |
41.2 |
-9.0 |
|
Labour |
Mabel McKeown |
583 |
39.9 |
+16.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Kosta |
180 |
12.3 |
-9.6 |
|
Green |
Julia Stephenson |
51 |
3.5 |
+3.5 |
|
UKIP |
David Coburn |
46 |
3.1 |
-1.7 |
Majority |
19 |
1.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,462 |
24.9 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mark P. Daley.
Earls Court by-election, 16 September 2010[18] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Linda Wade |
703 |
44.8 |
+24.2 |
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Spalding |
594 |
37.8 |
-7.1 |
|
Labour |
Joel Bishop |
151 |
9.6 |
-9.2 |
|
Independent |
Elizabeth Mary Arbuthnot |
49 |
3.1 |
-2.7 |
|
Independent |
Jack Bovill |
29 |
1.8 |
+1.8 |
|
Green |
Michael Enright |
26 |
1.7 |
-8.3 |
|
UKIP |
Antony Little |
18 |
1.1 |
+1.1 |
Majority |
109 |
6.9 |
|
Turnout |
1,570 |
24.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barry Phelps.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Iain W. F. Hanham.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Andrew S. Dalton.
Norland by-election, 6 October 2011[19] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Catherine Faulks |
675 |
43.8 |
-11.6 |
|
Labour |
Beinazir Lasharie |
438 |
28.4 |
+5.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Kosta |
358 |
23.2 |
+2.0 |
|
UKIP |
David Coburn |
69 |
4.5 |
+4.5 |
Majority |
237 |
15.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,540 |
24 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew F. Lamont.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Shireen O. Ritchie.
2014-2018
There have been no by-elections so far.
References
- ↑ The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
- ↑ The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
- ↑ The Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1995
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