2018 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

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.

2018 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

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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 8 7 Popular vote 42,002 42,401 Percentage 38.3% 38.7% Swing 1.5% 6.5%
Results of the 2018 Wandsworth London Borough council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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), while 1 seat was won by an independent, Malcolm Grimston.^[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	7	-7	55.0	38.3	42,002	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.5	9,339	+0.8
	Green	0	0	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	1	-1	0.0	2.3	2,474	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	660	-5.1
	Duma Polska	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	96	New
	Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	26	New

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	44.2
	Labour	Sue Watson	1,976	37.8
	Labour	Alex Wolfers	1,863	35.7
	Labour	Ben McGowan	1,802	34.5
	Renew	Chris Coghlan	568	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Green	501	9.6
	Green	Dan Rad	465	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Carey	455	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	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	54.8
	Labour	Clare Fraser	2,719	52.6
	Labour	Hector Wakefield	2,376	46.0
	Conservative	Pippa Smith	1,955	37.8
	Conservative	Thom Norman	1,889	36.5
	Conservative	Shaun Wright	1,794	34.7
	Green	Albert Vickery	525	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Lane	354	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Robinson	317	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Woodward	295	5.7
Turnout			5,169	46.09
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Earlsfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Rigby	2,664	45.8
	Labour	Graeme Henderson	2,642	45.4
	Conservative	Angela Graham	2,595	44.6
	Labour	Alan McDonald	2,585	44.4
	Conservative	Lewis Preston	2,314	39.8
	Conservative	James Jeffreys	2,309	39.7
	Green	Glyn Goodwin	470	8.1
	Green	Vanessa Mieville	385	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edgeworth	335	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Chapireau	309	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Henley	273	4.7
Turnout			5,821	49.30
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Putney (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Binder	2,627	53.6
	Conservative	George Crivelli	2,503	51.1
	Conservative	Ravi Govindia	2,418	49.4
	Labour	Finna Ayres	1,296	26.5
	Labour	Eileen Flanagan	1,232	25.2
	Labour	Hugh Samuel	1,098	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jose Rodriguez Andres	795	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	743	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Williams	633	12.9
	Green	Anita Gray	389	7.9
	Green	Jonathan Croall	324	6.6
	Green	Richard Morris	240	4.9
Turnout			4,897	41.06
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers McCausland	2,235	50.9
	Conservative	William Sweet	2,172	49.5
	Conservative	Rory O'Broin	2,154	49.1
	Labour	Juliana Annan	1,430	32.6
	Labour	Lynne Jackson	1,414	32.2
	Labour	Ian Jewesbury	1,351	30.8
	Green	David Carlyon	533	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Patterson	443	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Warren	355	8.1
	Renew	George Hilton	321	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Scaping	316	7.2
Turnout			4,387	39.74
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Furzedown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonie Cooper	3,488	68.7
	Labour	Judith Gasser	3,371	66.4
	Labour	Candida Jones	3,254	64.1
	Conservative	Claire Clay	1,174	23.1
	Conservative	Robert Broadhurst	1,167	23.0
	Conservative	Nabi Toktas	982	19.4
	Green	Gerard Harrison	526	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raaid Casoojee	292	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	197	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Wilson	190	3.7
Turnout			5,074	45.40
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Graveney (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kemi Akinola	3,025	68.1
	Labour	Kate Forbes	2,982	67.1
	Labour	Andrew Gibbons	2,894	65.2
	Conservative	Miles Bassett	950	21.4
	Conservative	Antonia Dunn	939	21.1
	Conservative	Toby Williams	938	21.1
	Green	Esther Obiri-Darko	491	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bieniek	188	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Giles Derrington	184	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hamilton-Williams	126	2.8
	Duma Polska	Dorota Zalewska-Kinash	96	2.2
Turnout			4,442	40.00
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Latchmere (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Belton	2,587	62.5
	Labour	Kate Stock	2,519	60.9
	Labour	Simon Hogg	2,442	59.0
	Conservative	Robert Carington	994	24.0
	Conservative	Alex Stewart-Clark	913	22.1
	Conservative	Joseph Ridout	890	21.5
	Green	Sheaian Lee	349	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Alexander	257	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Bennett	231	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Walder	218	5.3
	Independent	Alex McHugh	148	3.6
	Renew	Caroline Poeschl	99	2.4
	UKIP	Eugene Power	71	1.7
	UKIP	Charles Skeffington	71	1.7
	Democrats and Veterans	Ruth Price	26	0.6
Turnout			4,136	37.03
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Nightingale (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah McDermott	2,535	44.9
	Conservative	Richard Field	2,461	43.6
	Conservative	Ian Hart	2,383	42.2
	Labour	Rebecca Wilson	2,321	41.1
	Labour	Henry Fowler	2,186	38.7
	Labour	Colm O'Flynn	2,158	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	Olly Glover	607	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sabrina-Provence Maydew	560	9.9
	Green	Patrick Ellen	499	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Irwin	477	8.4
	Renew	James Blair	134	2.4
	UKIP	Strachan McDonald	47	0.8
Turnout			5,645	49.33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northcote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Dawson	2,516	56.6
	Conservative	Louise Nathanson	2,389	53.7
	Conservative	Aled Richards-Jones	2,323	52.2
	Labour	Amy Merrigan	1,168	26.3
	Labour	Chloe Ingram	1,097	24.7
	Labour	Tom Hymas	982	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Linden	880	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Cronin	588	13.2
	Green	Caroline Austin	545	12.3
	Renew	Jane Hilton	458	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jayson	417	9.4
Turnout			4,448	42.74
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queenstown (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aydin Dikerdem	2,637	53.0
	Labour	Paula Walker	2,425	48.8
	Labour	Maurice McLeod	2,366	47.6
	Conservative	Matthew Corner	1,734	34.9
	Conservative	Marie Hanson	1,712	34.4
	Conservative	Justin Taylor	1,699	34.2
	Green	Stella Baker	384
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Mele	365	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gitsham	335	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jordi Lage	293	5.9
	Green	Frankleroy Stuart	246	4.9
	Renew	Daria Hass	134	2.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Roehampton & Putney Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Ambache	1,806	51.4
	Labour	Sue McKinney	1,797	51.1
	Labour	Claire Gilbert	1,724	49.0
	Conservative	Mohammad Masood	1,249	35.5
	Conservative	Kyle Knight	1,231	35.0
	Conservative	Dan Lynch	1,197	34.1
	Green	Fergal McEntee	319	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Speedy	250	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Brown	226	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Speedy	208	5.9
Turnout			3,515	36.10
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shaftesbury (3)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr Hugh Byrne	2,131	46.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Cook	2,085	45.2
	Conservative	John Senior	1,934	41.9
	Labour	Samantha Heath	1,899	41.1
	Labour	Sara Linton	1,892	41.0
	Labour	Mohammad Zaheer	1,565	33.9
	Renew	James Cousins	499	10.8
	Green	James Frew	460	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Davis	410	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Harlow	277	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Shields	267	5.8
Turnout			4,616	42.51
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Renew		Swing

Southfields (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Caddy	2,981	47.2
	Conservative	Guy Humphries	2,912	46.1
	Conservative	Terry Walsh	2,888	45.7
	Labour	Sheila Boswell	2,338	37.0
	Labour	Guy Griffith	2,155	34.1
	Labour	Sam Nicholas	2,137	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Wixley	716	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Durai-Bates	696	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Lyons	643	10.2
	Green	Ben Fletcher	462	7.3
	Green	Lauren Harris	402	6.4
	Renew	Nicky Frost	94	1.5
	UKIP	Patricia Ward	80	1.3
Turnout			6,315	48.89
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Hampton	2,602	45.3
	Conservative	Rhodri Morgan	2,498	43.5
	Labour	Emily Wintle	2,495	43.5
	Conservative	Charles Pitt	2,484	43.3
	Labour	Matt Valentine	2,468	43.0
	Labour	Steve Worrall	2,162	37.7
	Green	Lois Davis	561	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Hughes Kroon	380	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Anderson	314	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Leitch	308	5.4
	Renew	David Britten	267	4.7
Turnout			5,740	43.62
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Thamesfield (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Torrington	2,697	51.6
	Conservative	John Ryder	2,618	50.1
	Conservative	John Locker	2,492	47.7
	Labour	Sally Warren	1,103	21.1
	Labour	Stephen Gibbons	1,019	19.5
	Labour	Chris Locke	1,011	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Benton	975	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Mercer	929	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Keep	887	17.0
	Green	Diana McAnn	739	14.1
	Green	Richard Carter	468	9.0
	Green	Ann Pasola	430	8.2
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tooting (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annamarie Critchard	3,106	68.1
	Labour	James Daly	2,917	64.6
	Labour	Paul White	2,694	59.1
	Conservative	Louise Mason-Rutherford	1,150	25.2
	Conservative	Ed Gibbs	1,118	24.5
	Conservative	Andrew Zwain	1,017	22.3
	Green	Liam Bailey-Morgan	511	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vijay Thumar	256	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Lee	232	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Morse	202	4.4
Turnout			4,560	39.12
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wandsworth Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Birchall	3,124	64.4
	Conservative	Peter Graham	2,932	60.4
	Conservative	Adrian Flook	2,903	59.8
	Labour	Peter Blowes	1,206	24.8
	Labour	Marium Irfan	1,206	24.8
	Labour	Matty Tong	1,074	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Arms	491	10.1
	Green	Simon Hudd	457	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Ogden	409	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Sharich	268	5.5
Turnout			4,854	47.61
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Grimston	4,002	66.7
	Labour	Angela Ireland	1,850	30.8
	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 Democrats	Mary Doody	264	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hinton	250	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

Malcolm Grimston was elected in 2014 as a Conservative, before becoming an Independent. Changes are shown from the 2014 election.

West Putney (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Cooper	2,684	54.4
	Conservative	Ian Lewer	2,604	52.8
	Conservative	Steffi Sutters	2,584	52.4
	Labour	Yasin Inan	1,419	28.8
	Labour	Jim McKinney	1,405	28.5
	Labour	Susan Olech	1,304	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Compson	580	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gillbe	458	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Davis	419	8.5
	Green	Emma Killick	369	7.5
	Green	Jennifer Pang	342	6.9
	Green	Christopher Poole	266	5.4
Turnout			4,931	43.97
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018–2022 by-elections

Furzedown by-election 21 June 2019^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Loveland	1,811	49.0	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Irwin	887	24.0	18.7
	Conservative	Nabi Toktas	681	18.4	3.0
	Green	Gerard Harrison	318	8.6	1.0
Majority			924	25.0
Turnout			3,697
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford by-election 6 May 2021^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Stanislaus	2,714	48.3	1.7
	Conservative	Tom Mytton	1,778	31.7	2.8
	Green	David Carlyon	815	14.5	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Reeten Banerji	318	5.5	0.7
Majority			936	16.6
Turnout			6,243	51.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford by-election 25 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Boswell	906	40.2	8.1
	Conservative	Tom Mytton	905	40.2	8.5
	Green	Roy Vickery	306	13.6	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tibbles	135	6.0	0.5
Majority			1	0.0
Turnout			2,252	21.7
	Labour hold		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 14 May 2018.
4. "Bedford". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
5. "Shaftesbury Ward results". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
6. Council, Wandsworth. "Tooting ward by-election result - News - Wandsworth Council". www.wandsworth.gov.uk.
7. "Bedford Ward by-election result". Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 10 May 2021.