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2022 Merton London Borough Council election

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 5 May 2022 to elect all 57 members of Merton London Borough Council in England. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Merton London Borough Council election
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All 57 council seats on Merton London Borough Council
  First party Second party
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Leader Mark Allison Anthony Fairclough
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Wandle
(defeated) 		Wimbledon Town & Dundonald
Last election 34 seats, 46.9% 6 seats, 14.6%
Seats won 31 17
Seat change Decrease3 Increase11
Popular vote 70,423 41,655
Percentage 42.3% 25.0%
Swing Decrease4.6% Increase10.4%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Nick McLean Edward Foley
Party Conservative Merton Park Residents
Leader's seat Cannon Hill Merton Park
Last election 17 seats, 31.5% 3 seats, 3.3%
Seats won 7 2
Seat change Decrease10 Decrease1
Popular vote 43,382 3,576
Percentage 26.1% 2.1%
Swing Decrease5.4% Decrease1.2%
Map of the results of the 2022 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white.
Council leader before election

Mark Allison
Labour

Council leader after
election

Ross Garrod
Labour

The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors from 60 to 57. Labour remained the largest party following the election, winning 31 seats. For the first time in the council's history, the Liberal Democrats became the largest opposition party, winning 17 seats. The Conservatives, previously the largest opposition party, won seven seats.

Background

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See also: Merton London Borough Council § History

Since its formation, Merton has variously been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. In the previous council election in 2018, Labour and the Conservatives lost seats to the Liberal Democrats. Labour won 34 seats with 46.9% of the vote across the borough, while the Conservatives won 17 seats with 31.5% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats rose to six seats with 14.6% of the vote and the Merton Park Ward Independent Residents continued to hold three seats with 3.3% of the vote across the borough.[1][2]

Council term

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See also: Merton local elections § 2018-2022

In May 2019, Mark Kenny, a Labour councillor for Cannon Hill, resigned citing health reasons.[3] A by-election to fill the seat was held in June 2019, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Jenifer Gould.[4] One of the Liberal Democrat councillors for West Barnes, Carl Quilliam who had previously lost the contest to become the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Wimbledon in 2019, defected to the Labour Party in June 2020 citing the national leadership of Keir Starmer.[5] In March 2021, Kelly Braund, a Labour councillor for St Helier, resigned because she was moving to Scotland.[6] At the subsequent by-election, the seat was held for Labour by Helen Dollimore.[7]

The Labour councillor Mark Allison succeeded Stephen Alambritis as leader of the council in November 2020.[8]

Along with most other London boroughs, Merton was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should have 57 seats, falling from the previous 60 seats, and produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation.[9]

Electoral process

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Merton, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[10] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[10]

Results

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2022 Merton London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 31   3 54.4 42.3 70,423 -4.6
  Liberal Democrats 17   11 29.8 25.0 41,655 +10.4
  Conservative 7   10 12.3 26.1 43,382 -5.4
  Merton Park Residents 2   1 3.5 2.1 3,576 -1.2
  Green 0 0 0   0.0 4.3 7,161 +1.5
  TUSC 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 154 +0.1

Due to the boundary changes, which reduced the number of seats from 60 to 57, reporting the gains/losses by party is not straightforward. The BBC used a calculation which takes into account the changes relative to the expected previous result under the new boundaries. These give: Labour -4, Liberal Democrats +12, Conservatives -8, Merton Park Independents: no change.[11]

Council composition

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    Council composition after the 2018 election and before the 2022 election
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    Council composition after the 2022 election
After 2018 election Before 2022 election After 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 34 Labour 34 Labour 31
Conservative 17 Conservative 17 Liberal Democrats 17
Liberal Democrats 6 Liberal Democrats 6 Conservative 7
Merton Park Residents 3 Merton Park Residents 3 Merton Park Residents 2

Ward results

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Abbey

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Abbey (3)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Braithwaite 1,294 37.6 N/A
Labour Mike Brunt 1,169 34.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Klaar Dresselaers 1,160 33.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Barry Smith 1,151 33.5 N/A
Labour Karen Peck 1,133 32.9 N/A
Labour Zak Dada 1,089 31.7 N/A
Conservative Nigel Benbow* 927 27.0 N/A
Conservative Hayley Ormrod* 858 24.9 N/A
Conservative Sivas Ranjan 796 23.1 N/A
Green Peter Garrett 391 11.4 N/A
Turnout 3,439 46.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Cannon Hill

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Cannon Hill (3)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gould* 1,329 36.7 N/A
Conservative Nicholas McLean* 1,263 34.9 N/A
Conservative Michael Paterson 1,193 32.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Asif Ashraf 1,168 32.3 N/A
Conservative Frank Pocock 1,140 31.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Poole 1,129 31.2 N/A
Labour Dave Barnes 1,049 29.0 N/A
Labour Pauline Cowper 984 27.2 N/A
Labour Ryan Barnett 977 27.0 N/A
Green Jae Henderson 299 8.3 N/A
Turnout 3,621 49.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Colliers Wood

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Colliers Wood (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Cooper-Marbiah* 1,907 61.9 N/A
Labour Laxmi Attawar* 1,809 58.7 N/A
Labour Stuart Neaverson 1,563 50.7 N/A
Green Philip Geraghty 855 27.7 N/A
Green Thomas Walsh 696 22.6 N/A
Conservative Harry Todd 400 13.0 N/A
Conservative Dylan White 369 12.0 N/A
Conservative Katarzyna Markham 359 11.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Emily Robertson 276 9.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Shipra Gupta 265 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Kenny 230 7.5 N/A
Turnout 3,083 37.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Cricket Green

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Cricket Green (3)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Manly 1,816 70.7 N/A
Labour Michael Butcher 1,788 69.6 N/A
Labour Usaama Kaweesa 1,774 69.0 N/A
Conservative Barbara Mansfield 433 16.8 N/A
Conservative Gary Watkinson 351 13.7 N/A
Conservative Peter Ludvigsen 348 13.5 N/A
Green Christopher Stanton 274 10.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Vincent Bolt 196 7.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gail Morrison 182 7.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Woodward 121 4.7 N/A
TUSC Alex Forbes 80 3.1 N/A
Turnout 2,570 31.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Figge's Marsh

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Figge's Marsh (3)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Agatha Akyigyina* 1,962 78.6 N/A
Labour Natasha Irons (politician)* 1,882 75.4 N/A
Labour Daniel Johnston 1,753 70.2 N/A
Conservative Linda Taylor 293 11.7 N/A
Conservative Alice Hammond 267 10.7 N/A
Conservative Tim Williamson 257 10.3 N/A
Green Sally Pannifex 221 8.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Eloise Bailey* 152 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Raymond 115 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Thomas 103 4.1 N/A
TUSC April Ashley 84 3.4 N/A
Turnout 2,496 32.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Graveney

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Graveney (3)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Kirby* 2,182 75.4 N/A
Labour Sheri Ann Bhim 2,097 72.5 N/A
Labour Billy Hayes 2,009 69.5 N/A
Green Rupert Stevens 422 14.6 N/A
Conservative Louis Altman 385 13.3 N/A
Conservative Sally Hammond 363 12.6 N/A
Conservative Ricky Osei 323 11.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Peace 199 6.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Yue Hang Ho 166 5.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Quresh Mukadam 142 4.9 N/A
Turnout 2,892 35.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hillside

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Hillside (2)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Hicks 1,105 42.4 N/A
Conservative Dan Holden* 1,059 40.6 N/A
Conservative Rob Cossins 1,015 38.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ursula Faulkner 1,005 38.5 N/A
Labour Rebecca Bottriell 515 19.7 N/A
Labour Steven Hirsch 464 17.8 N/A
Turnout 2,608 43.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Lavender Fields

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Lavender Fields (3)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edith Macauley* 1,608 67.8 N/A
Labour Billy Christie* 1,580 66.6 N/A
Labour Slawek Szczepanski 1,390 58.6 N/A
Conservative Rathy Alagaratnam 420 17.7 N/A
Conservative Angela Cahill 395 16.7 N/A
Green George Burridge 365 15.4 N/A
Conservative Fred Rushton 322 13.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Barker 271 11.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon Parritt 166 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Benedict Fletcher 117 4.9 N/A
Turnout 2,371 29.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Longthornton

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Longthornton (3)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Fraser* 1,869 72.2 N/A
Labour Ross Garrod 1,662 64.2 N/A
Labour Marsie Skeete* 1,584 61.2 N/A
Conservative Brian Lewis-Lavender 453 17.5 N/A
Conservative Delvalee Willie 425 16.4 N/A
Conservative Michael Ormrod 417 16.1 N/A
Green Leila Boyd 332 12.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon Jones 217 8.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Harris 198 7.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kaweh Beheshtizadeh 191 7.4 N/A
Turnout 2,590 32.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lower Morden

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Lower Morden (3)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Kenny* 1,778 49.1 N/A
Labour James Williscroft 1,599 44.1 N/A
Conservative Eleanor Cox 1,536 42.4 N/A
Labour Miran Hassan 1,531 42.3 N/A
Conservative Andrew Cunningham 1,490 41.1 N/A
Conservative James Bogle 1,469 40.5 N/A
Green Martin Astrand 384 10.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Luck 271 7.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Miles 216 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jean-Bernard Tanqueray 187 5.2 N/A
Turnout 3,623 43.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Merton Park

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Merton Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Merton Park Residents Edward Foley* 1,853 61.1 N/A
Merton Park Residents Stephen Mercer 1,723 56.8 N/A
Labour Deborah Chadwick 575 19.0 N/A
Labour Alex Harris 498 16.4 N/A
Conservative Abdul Latif 346 11.4 N/A
Conservative Najeeb Latif* 333 11.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Emma Maddison 293 9.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Oxford 177 5.8 N/A
Green Keiren O'Brien 173 5.7 N/A
Turnout 3,031 50.2
Merton Park Residents hold
Merton Park Residents hold

Pollards Hill

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Pollards Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Henry* 1,930 78.1 N/A
Labour Martin Whelton* 1,786 72.2 N/A
Labour Aidan Mundy* 1,785 72.2 N/A
Conservative Daniel Amona 366 14.8 N/A
Conservative Anthony Cole 351 14.2 N/A
Conservative Beth Mitchell 343 13.9 N/A
Green Margaret Rogers 174 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Toni Borrow 125 5.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mary-Jane Jeanes 122 4.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Payne 89 3.6 N/A
Turnout 2,472 30.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ravensbury

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Ravensbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Charles 1,504 68.4 N/A
Labour Stephen Alambritis* 1,497 68.1 N/A
Labour Peter McCabe* 1,346 61.2 N/A
Conservative Sarah Holmes 385 17.5 N/A
Conservative Rory Holdt 355 16.1 N/A
Conservative Thomas Moulton 337 15.3 N/A
Green Karen Ohara 294 13.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Weber 192 8.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Harbron 173 7.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hamish Norbrook 153 7.0 N/A
Turnout 2,199 32.8
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Raynes Park

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Raynes Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Wilson 1,819 44.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chessie Flack 1,796 44.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Willis 1,753 43.2 N/A
Conservative David Dean* 1,287 31.7 N/A
Conservative Adam Bush* 1,264 31.2 N/A
Conservative Omar Bush* 1,223 30.2 N/A
Labour Becky Hooper 767 18.9 N/A
Labour Wayne Busbridge 707 17.4 N/A
Labour Harry Platts 662 16.3 N/A
Green Peter Gay 421 10.4 N/A
Turnout 4,054 46.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

St Helier

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St Helier (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helena Dollimore* 1,393 60.8 N/A
Labour Andrew Judge 1,262 55.1 N/A
Labour Dennis Pearce* 1,258 54.9 N/A
Conservative Olivia Barlow 475 20.7 N/A
Conservative Stephen Crowe* 415 18.1 N/A
Green Pippa Maslin 386 16.8 N/A
Conservative Inam Bokth 380 16.6 N/A
Green Rachel Brooks 340 14.8 N/A
Green James Rae 227 9.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Vivian Vella 151 6.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Shillito 149 6.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Guy Weston 117 5.1 N/A
Turnout 2,291 30.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Village

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Village (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Barlow* 1,931 50.6 N/A
Conservative Max Austin 1,909 50.0 N/A
Conservative Andrew Howard* 1,850 48.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Fergus Kirman 1,254 32.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alexander Gallagher 1,223 32.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tom Williams 1,166 30.6 N/A
Labour Shirley Pritchard 495 13.0 N/A
Labour Franca Ofeimu 465 12.2 N/A
Labour Geoffrey Thomas 445 11.7 N/A
Green Sonja Timpson 433 11.3 N/A
Turnout 3,815 44.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wandle

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Wandle (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Galea 755 34.5 N/A
Labour Eleanor Stringer* 740 33.8 N/A
Labour Mark Allison* 727 33.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Ling 673 30.7 N/A
Conservative Guy Lockwood 513 23.4 N/A
Conservative Calum McGrath 472 21.6 N/A
Green Mehmood Naqshbandi 253 11.6 N/A
Green Benjamin Smith 166 7.6 N/A
Turnout 2,189 46.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Barnes

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West Barnes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hina Bokhari* 1,655 46.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Oliver 1,612 45.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Page 1,348 37.7 N/A
Conservative Gilli Lewis-Lavender 1,114 31.1 N/A
Conservative Lily Alimi 1,038 29.0 N/A
Conservative Joseph Hackett 1,034 28.9 N/A
Labour Tessa Tyler Todd 711 19.9 N/A
Labour Rob Newbery 701 19.6 N/A
Labour Ben Butler* 691 19.3 N/A
Green John Barraball 441 12.3 N/A
Turnout 3,580 47.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Wimbledon Park

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Wimbledon Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jil Hall 1,451 42.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Samantha MacArthur 1,377 39.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tony Reiss 1,358 39.4 N/A
Conservative Ed Gretton* 1,056 30.6 N/A
Conservative Oonagh Moulton* 1,053 30.5 N/A
Conservative Janice Howard* 988 28.6 N/A
Labour Hugh Constant 783 22.7 N/A
Labour Pam Treanor 711 20.6 N/A
Labour Motiur Rahman 621 18.0 N/A
Green Juliet Boyd 593 17.2 N/A
Turnout 3,449 44.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Wimbledon Town & Dundonald

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Wimbledon Town & Dundonald (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Kohler* 2,637 58.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Anthony Fairclough* 2,463 54.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon McGrath* 2,252 50.2 N/A
Conservative Suzanne Grocott 1,144 25.5 N/A
Conservative James Holmes* 1,053 23.5 N/A
Conservative Michael Bull 1,041 23.2 N/A
Labour Abigail Jones 704 15.7 N/A
Labour Terry Daniels 583 13.0 N/A
Green Laura Collins 572 12.8 N/A
Labour Devina Paul 553 12.3 N/A
Turnout 4,485 51.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

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