Wandsworth London Borough Council election, 2018

Wandsworth London Borough Council election, 2018
3 May 2018
All 60 seats to Wandsworth London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 41 seats, 39.8% 19 seats, 32.2%
Seats won 33 26
Seat change Decrease8 Increase7
Popular vote 42,002 42,401
Percentage 38.3% 38.7%
Swing Decrease1.5% Increase6.5%
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Wandsworth Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Wandsworth Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservative Party retained control of the council with a reduced majority, although the Labour Party made 7 gains and won the popular vote across the borough by a narrow margin.

Overall results

The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 33 seats (down 8). Labour won 26 (up 7) and an independent won 1 seat. [1]

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2018[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 26 7 0 +7 43.3 38.7 42,401 +6.5
  Conservative 33 0 8 -8 55.0 38.3 42,002 -1.5
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 8.5 9,339 +0.8
  Green 0 0 0 0 7.9 8,684 -4.7
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 1.7 3.7 4,002 +2.3
  Renew 0 0 0 0 2.3 2,474 n/a
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.6 660 -5.1
  Duma Polska 0 0 0 0 0.1 96 n/a
  Democrats and Veterans 0 0 0 0 0.0 26 n/a

Ward Results

Balham (3)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lucy Mowatt 2,495 47.8
Conservative Paul Ellis 2,458 47.1
Conservative Clare Salier 2,309 44.3
Labour Sue Watson 1,976 37.9
Labour Alex Wolfers 1,863 35.7
Labour Ben McGowan 1,802 34.5
Renew Chris Coghlan 568 10.9
Liberal Democrat Christine Green 501 9.6
Green Dan Rad 465 8.9
Liberal Democrat Philip Carey 455 8.7
Liberal Democrat Matthew Green 304 5.8
Turnout 5,221 46.27
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bedford (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fleur Anderson 2,835 55.0
Labour Clare Fraser 2,719 52.7
Labour Hector Wakefield 2,376 46.1
Conservative Pippa Smith 1,955 37.9
Conservative Thom Norman 1,889 36.6
Conservative Shaun Wright 1,794 34.8
Green Albert Vickery 525 10.2
Liberal Democrat David Lane 354 6.9
Liberal Democrat Mark Robinson 317 6.1
Liberal Democrat William Woodward 295 5.7
Turnout 5,169 46.09
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Shaftesbury (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Byrne 2,131
Conservative Jonathan Cook 2,085
Conservative John Senior 1,934
Labour Samantha Heath 1,899
Labour Sara Linton 1,892
Labour Mohammad Zaheer 1,565
Green James Frew 460
Liberal Democrat Richard Davis 410
Renew James Cousins 399
Liberal Democrat Alexander Harlow 277
Liberal Democrat Simon Shields 267
Turnout 4,616 42.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Renew Swing
West Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Malcolm Grimston * 4,002 66.8
Labour Angela Ireland 1,850 30.9
Labour Peter Carpenter 1,657 27.6
Conservative Alison Rodwell 1,626 27.1
Labour Nobuco Hara 1,606 26.8
Conservative Salvatore Murtas 1,363 22.7
Conservative Robert Hughes 1,265 21.1
Green Terry Brown 448 7.5
Green Penny Staniaszek 364 6.1
Liberal Democrat Mary Doody 264 4.4
Liberal Democrat Andrew Hinton 250 4.2
Liberal Democrat Maria Joy 249 4.2
Turnout 6,000 51.08
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Council, Wandsworth. "Election results - Wandsworth Council". www.wandsworth.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ Elects, Britain (May 2018). "LE2018 ward-by-ward results: London only [Britain Elects]". Britain Elects. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Balham". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Bedford". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Shaftesbury Ward results". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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