Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Kensington and Chelsea from 2002-2014

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]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1964–present

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

2002 results map
2006 results map
2010 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[8]

1968-1971

Redcliffe by-election, 1 May 1969^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. H. C. Gresty	1697
	Labour	C. Bradley	195
Turnout				11.9%

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%

Holland by-election, 24 September 1970^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs J. B. Hanham	1545
	Liberal	L. Spicer	472
	Labour	G. A. Colerick	194
Turnout				13.8%

1971-1974

St Charles by-election, 8 July 1971^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. H. Lewis	1,499
	Conservative	E. P. Tomlin	494
	Liberal	Miss I. Watson	149
	Communist	H. B. Collins	55
Turnout				17.2%

Norland by-election, 7 June 1973^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. J. Scott	1,350
	Conservative	M. A. K. Cocks	962
	Liberal	P. Russell Scott	383
	Communist	M. B. Baxter	53
Turnout				31.4%

St Charles by-election, 7 June 1973^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. T. Finch	1,450
	Conservative	Miss S. A. O'Callaghan	416
	Liberal	F. Walker	344
Turnout				17.9%

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.

Queen's Gate by-election, 2 May 1996^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gary Stephen Mond	848
	Liberal Democrat	Alexandra D. Jones	302
	Labour	Jane Armstrong	197
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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.

Brompton by-election, 9 June 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis Mosley	728
	Labour	Mark D. Sautter	101
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Mary T. L. Harris	86
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Iain W. F. Hanham.

Queen's Gate by-election, 9 June 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sam Mackover	663
	Liberal Democrat	John Blamey	100
	Labour	Keith Stirling	82
	UKIP	David Coburn	54
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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.

Brompton by-election, 28 June 2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Abbas Barkhordar	650
	Labour	Mark Sautter	103
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Moya Denman	101
	UKIP	David Coburn	71
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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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↑ "Cremorne Ward - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
↑ "Earl's Court - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
↑ Heseltine, Emma (10 October 2011). "Conservatives hold Norland seat but majority is slashed". Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

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