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2022 Sutton London Borough Council election

The 2022 Sutton London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Sutton London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Sutton Council election
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All 55 council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ruth Dombey Tom Drummond
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 33 seats, 38.8% 18 seats, 36.3%
Seats won 29 20
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 65,942 60,217
Percentage 39.6% 36.2%
Swing Increase 0.8% Decrease 0.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sheldon Vestey Tim Foster
Party Labour Independent
Last election 0 seats, 17.8% 3 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0
Popular vote 28,170 6,069
Percentage 16.9% 3.6%
Swing Decrease 0.9% Increase 1.3%
Leader before election

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

In the previous election in 2018, the Liberal Democrats maintained their longstanding control of the council, winning 33 out of the 54 seats with the Conservative Party forming the principal opposition with eighteen of the remaining 21 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55.

Background

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History

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Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.[1]

After its formation, Sutton was under Conservative control until 1986. After a brief period of no overall control, the Liberal Democrats gained a majority on the council and have maintained overall control since. In the most recent council election in 2018, the Liberal Democrats won 33 seats with 38.8% of the vote while the Conservatives won 18 seats with 36.3% of the vote across the borough. The remaining three seats were won by independent candidates.[2] One of the independents was a former Liberal Democrat opposed to plans to build an incinerator.[3]

Council term

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A Conservative councillor for Belmont ward, Patrick McManus, resigned in September 2018.[4] The by-election in October 2018 was held for the Conservatives by Neil Garratt, a former councillor and deputy leader of the Conservative group who had lost his seat in the May 2018 council election. The Liberal Democrats came second, reducing the Conservative majority compared to May.[5] Joyce Melican, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Wallington North, resigned in February 2019 for health reasons. She had served as a councillor since 2010.[6] The Liberal Democrat candidate Barry Lewis won the seat in the 29 March 2019 by-election with a reduced majority against the Conservatives.[7]

As with most London boroughs, Sutton were electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors rose from 54 to 55 and the commission produced new boundaries following a period of consultation, with fifteen three-member wards and five two-member wards.[8]

Electoral process

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Sutton, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The 2022 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 live 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.[9] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[9]

Council composition

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    Council composition after the 2018 election
  •  
    Council composition ahead of the 2022 election
After 2018 election Before 2022 election After 2022 election[10]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 33 Liberal Democrats 33 Liberal Democrats 29
Conservative 18 Conservative 18 Conservative 20
Independent 3 Independent 3 Independent 3
Labour 0 Labour 0 Labour 3

Results summary

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2022 Sutton London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 29 2 1   4 52.7 39.6 65,942 +0.8
  Conservative 20 1 2   2 36.4 36.2 60,217 -0.1
  Labour 3 0 0   3 5.5 16.9 28,170 -0.9
  Independent 3 0 0   5.5 3.6 6,069 +1.3
  Green 0 0 0   0.0 3.6 5,984 +1.1
  CPA 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 132 +0.1
  SDP 0 0 0   0.0 0.0 33 New

Ward Results

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Beddington

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Beddington (3)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nicholas Mattey* 1,231 39.7
Independent Tim Foster* 1,162 37.5
Independent Jillian Green* 1,150 37.1
Liberal Democrats Kuhan Nathan 706 22.8
Conservative Heather Howell 686 22.1
Conservative Julia Russell 619 20.0
Conservative Alison Huneke 608 19.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Thompson 599 19.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Badham 598 19.3
Labour Margaret Hughes 589 19.3
Labour John Keys 516 16.6
Labour Patricia McCarthy 488 15.7
Green Michael Boulton 352 11.3
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Belmont

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Belmont (3)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hicks* 1,537 46.5
Conservative Neil Garratt* 1,531 46.3
Conservative Jane Pascoe* 1,414 42.8
Liberal Democrats Samantha Bourne 1,244 37.6
Liberal Democrats Dean Juster 1,182 35.7
Liberal Democrats Samuel Weatherlake* 1,005 30.4
Labour Gale Blears 586 17.7
Labour Alan Aylward 535 16.2
Labour Marian Wingrove 474 14.3
Green Duncan Lambe 411 12.4
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Carshalton Central

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Carshalton Central (3)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Carvalho Araujo 2,031 52.4
Liberal Democrats Jake Short* 1,906 49.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jenner 1,688 43.5
Green Verity Thomson 1,294 33.4
Conservative Melissa Pearce 1,141 29.4
Conservative Ethan Smith 1,088 28.0
Conservative Gillian Sparks 1,083 27.9
Labour Marilynne Burbage 491 12.7
Labour Anthony Thorpe 474 12.2
Labour Peter Turner 310 8.0
CPA Ashley Dickenson 132 3.4
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Carshalton South & Clockhouse

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Carshalton South & Clockhouse (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moira Butt* 1,698 47.8
Conservative Timothy Crowley* 1,669 47.0
Liberal Democrats Amy Haldane* 1,617 45.6
Conservative Lynne Fletcher 1,544 43.5
Liberal Democrats Brendan Hudson 1,523 42.9
Liberal Democrats Noormahamod Sumun 1,317 37.1
Green Hannah Smith 387 10.9
Labour John Clay 329 9.3
Labour Michael McLoughlin 286 8.1
Labour Roberta Lambert 279 7.9
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cheam

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Cheam (3)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Allen* 1,747 51.7
Conservative Tony Shields 1,680 49.7
Conservative Vanessa Udall 1,635 48.4
Liberal Democrats Alex Chui 1,213 35.9
Liberal Democrats Ben Devlin 1,168 34.6
Liberal Democrats Harry Legge 1,002 29.7
Labour Sarah McGuinness 486 14.4
Green John Triggs 466 13.8
Labour Simon Muir 373 11.0
Labour George Richards 364 10.8
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hackbridge

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Hackbridge (2)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Tchilingirian 1,029 55.1
Labour Sheldon Vestey 951 50.9
Liberal Democrats Joanna Sherman 543 29.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Vicente-Machado 494 26.5
Conservative David Ruthven-Murray 365 19.5
Conservative Emma Scully 353 18.9
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

North Cheam

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North Cheam (3)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Dwyer 1,640 47.7
Conservative James McDermott-Hill* 1,628 47.4
Conservative Paramalingham Vivehanandha 1,600 46.6
Liberal Democrats Laura Cooney 1,237 36.0
Liberal Democrats Jason Stone 1,167 34.0
Liberal Democrats Carl Nichols 1,134 33.0
Labour Jane Davies 549 16.0
Labour David Owen 453 13.2
Labour Raymond Eveleigh 446 13.0
Green Christopher Beard 347 10.1
Independent Renos Costi 105 3.1
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Beddington & Roundshaw

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South Beddington & Roundshaw (3)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Pearce 1,232 42.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Joyce* 1,201 40.9
Conservative Patrick Magnus 1,188 40.5
Conservative Ryan Stoneman* 1,183 40.3
Liberal Democrats Drew Heffernan* 1,166 39.8
Liberal Democrats Srividhya Koteeswaran 1,101 37.5
Labour Jacqueline McLoughlin 434 14.8
Labour David Towler 377 12.9
Labour Kiran Nawaz 372 12.7
Green Helene McDonagh 192 6.5
Independent Hannah Hamilton 147 5.0
Independent Katie Bickel 103 3.5
Independent Joseph Prowse 70 2.4
SDP Steven Kelleher 33 1.1
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Helier East

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St Helier East (2)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Cole 643 41.6
Liberal Democrats Gemma Munday 631 40.8
Labour Sarah Gwynn 499 32.3
Labour Grace Platt 439 28.4
Conservative Matthew Drew 386 25.0
Conservative Ann Page 370 24.0
Green Nicola Williams 121 7.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Helier West

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St Helier West (3)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Berry 848 35.5
Conservative Steven Alvarez 823 34.5
Conservative Wendy Clark 808 33.8
Labour Nicholas Diamantis 780 32.7
Labour Paul McCarthy 776 32.5
Conservative Ethan Windsor 751 31.5
Liberal Democrats Omavally Narayana Pillay 729 30.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Chubb 703 29.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Crossby* 702 29.4
Green Peter Mead 243 10.2
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stonecot

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Stonecot (2)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Beck 996 44.7
Liberal Democrats Muttucumaru Sahathevan 936 42.0
Conservative Paul Campbell 852 38.2
Conservative William Townsend 795 35.7
Labour Victoria Richer 440 19.7
Labour Victoria Wright 302 13.5
Green Karin Andrews Jashapara 137 6.1
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Sutton Central

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Sutton Central (3)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Bartolucci* 1,228 44.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Parsley 1,102 40.1
Liberal Democrats Cryss Mennaceur 1,038 37.8
Labour John McGeachy 858 31.2
Labour Kerrie Peak 834 30.3
Labour Natalie Wright 816 29.7
Conservative Barry Russell 722 26.3
Conservative Terence Woods 657 23.9
Conservative Venu Sood 643 23.4
Green Peter Friel 351 12.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton North

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Sutton North (3)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Dombey* 1,343 41.5
Liberal Democrats Sam Cumber 1,342 41.5
Conservative Bryony Lindsay-Charlton 1,308 40.4
Conservative Aamir Haroon 1,263 39.0
Conservative Ramachandran Mathanmohan 1,241 38.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hawton 1,189 36.8
Labour Gregory Charles 590 18.2
Labour Teresa O'Brien 538 16.6
Labour Lyndon Edwards 509 15.7
Green Phoebe Connell 380 11.7
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sutton South

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Sutton South (3)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Clifton* 1,718 49.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Fivey* 1,691 48.6
Liberal Democrats Louise Phelan 1,521 43.7
Conservative Chandra Alapati 1,434 41.2
Conservative Victoria Shields 1,302 37.4
Conservative Arif Syed 1,179 33.9
Labour Tessa Cornell 579 16.6
Labour Stephen Blears 550 15.8
Labour Graham Terrell 461 13.3
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Sutton West & East Cheam

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Sutton West & East Cheam (3)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Luke Taylor 1,572 47.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Woolmer 1,519 45.6
Liberal Democrats Qasim Esak 1,505 45.2
Conservative Lily Bande* 1,369 41.1
Conservative Catherine Gray* 1,331 40.0
Conservative Mukesh Rao 1,266 38.0
Labour Nicholas Carter 552 16.6
Labour Chibweka Kavindele 452 13.6
Labour Carlos Thibaut 427 12.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Wrythe

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The Wrythe (3)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bobby Dean 1,492 47.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Stears* 1,337 43.0
Liberal Democrats Patrick Ogbonna 1,225 39.4
Conservative Edward Dwight* 1,175 37.8
Conservative Robert Okpuru 1,138 36.6
Conservative Daisy Pearce 1,084 34.8
Labour David Grant 534 17.2
Labour Margaret Thomas 488 15.7
Labour Cecil Tate 468 15.0
Green Faye Burnett 394 12.7
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Wallington North

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Wallington North (3)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sunita Gordon* 1,502 45.3
Liberal Democrats Marian James* 1,451 43.8
Liberal Democrats Barry Lewis* 1,332 40.2
Conservative Joel Freeman 785 23.7
Conservative Alexander Dabysing 773 23.3
Conservative Christopher Wortley 716 21.6
Independent Kingsley Hamilton 592 17.9
Independent Pamela Marsh 581 17.5
Independent Katie Travers 560 16.9
Labour Mary Towler 522 15.8
Labour Marcia Turner 388 11.7
Labour Ahmad Wattoo 375 11.3
Green Christopher Donnelly 361 10.9
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Wallington South

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Wallington South (3)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jayne McCoy* 1,830 56.0
Liberal Democrats Samuel Martin 1,728 52.9
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Sadiq* 1,585 48.5
Conservative Malcolm Brown 916 28.0
Conservative Martin Simms 838 25.7
Conservative Hilary Wortley 804 24.6
Labour Eliot Carroll 584 17.9
Labour Kausar Kamran 444 13.6
Labour Maximillian Whelton 389 11.9
Green Maeve Tomlinson 314 9.6
Independent Daryl Gardner 188 5.8
Independent Geoffrey Stone 97 3.0
Independent David Wightwick 83 2.5
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Worcester Park North

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Worcester Park North (2)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Drummond* 1,233 47.0
Conservative Joe Quick 1,086 41.4
Liberal Democrats Jenny Batt* 919 35.0
Liberal Democrats James Appleby 877 33.4
Labour Elizabeth Martin 515 19.6
Labour Mehdi Kabash 380 14.5
Green Virginia Boyd 234 8.9
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Worcester Park South

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Worcester Park South (2)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martina Allen* 1,191 51.4
Conservative Peter Geiringer* 1,109 47.8
Liberal Democrats Lauren Fivey 831 35.8
Liberal Democrats Barry Reed 764 33.0
Labour John Flowers 372 16.0
Labour Ann Morrison 370 16.0
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

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St Helier West

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St Helier West by-election, 2 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Gray 1,342 35.4
Liberal Democrats Noor Sumun 1,336 35.3
Labour Margaret Thomas 682 18.0
Independent Activist Kingsley Hamilton 367 9.7 N/A
Independent Renos Costi 62 1.6 N/A
Majority 6 0.1
Turnout 3,825
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

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