Barnet London Borough Council elections

Barnet London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Election	Overall Control		Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem
1964		Conservative	37	13	6
1968		Conservative	56	3	1
1971		Conservative	43	17	-
1974		Conservative	42	17	-
1978		Conservative	49	10	-
1982		Conservative	48	12	-
1986		Conservative	39	18	3
1990		Conservative	39	18	3
1994		No overall control	29	25	6
1998		No overall control	28	26	6
2002		Conservative	33	24	6
2006		Conservative	37	20	6
2010		Conservative	39	21	2
2014		Conservative	32	30	1
2018		Conservative	38	25	-
2022		Labour	22	41	-

Council elections

• 1964 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1968 Barnet London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four)^[3]
• 1971 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1974 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1978 Barnet London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1982 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1986 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1990 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 1994 Barnet London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2][n 3][n 4]}
• 1998 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 2002 Barnet London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by three)^[5][6]
• 2006 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 2010 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 2014 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 2018 Barnet London Borough Council election
• 2022 Barnet London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[7][8]

Borough result maps

• 
  1978 results map
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  1982 results map
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  1986 results map
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  1990 results map
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  1994 results map
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  1998 results map
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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2022 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Colindale by-election	7 May 1970				Labour
Friern Barnet by-election	10 June 1970				Conservative
Hadley by-election	10 June 1970				Conservative
Childs Hill by-election	25 September 1970				Conservative
East Finchley by-election	27 July 1972				Labour
Brunswick Park by-election	23 January 1975				Conservative
Woodhouse by-election	28 October 1976				Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election	14 April 1977				Labour
East Barnet by-election	29 September 1977				Conservative
Hadley by-election	22 November 1979		Conservative		Conservative
St Paul's by-election	27 October 1983		Conservative		Labour
Hadley by-election	20 November 1986		Conservative		Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election	27 November 1986		Conservative		Conservative
Arkley by-election	10 November 1988		Conservative		Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election	10 November 1988		Conservative		Conservative
Arkley by-election	9 March 1989		Conservative		Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election	6 June 1991		Labour		Labour
Mill Hill by-election	26 September 1991		Conservative		Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election	6 May 1993		Conservative		Conservative
West Hendon by-election	2 December 1993		Labour		Labour
Colindale by-election	14 March 1996		Labour		Labour
Colindale by-election	14 November 1996		Labour		Labour
Edgware by-election	14 November 1996		Conservative		Conservative
Hendon by-election	14 November 1996		Conservative		Conservative
Woodhouse by-election	10 December 1998		Labour		Labour
Garden Suburb by-election	23 November 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Hadley by-election	23 November 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Mill Hill by-election	23 November 2000		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Finchley by-election	15 March 2001		Conservative		Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election	19 June 2003		Labour		Labour
Hale by-election	5 February 2004		Labour		Labour
Colindale by-election	7 April 2005		Labour		Labour
Garden Suburb by-election	5 May 2005		Conservative		Conservative
High Barnet by-election	15 December 2005		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
East Barnet by-election	8 February 2007		Conservative		Conservative
Hale by-election	1 May 2008		Conservative		Conservative
Edgware by-election	4 June 2009		Conservative		Conservative
Totteridge by-election	4 June 2009		Conservative		Conservative
East Finchley by-election	12 April 2012		Labour		Labour
Brunswick Park by-election	31 May 2012		Conservative		Labour
Underhill by-election	5 May 2016		Labour		Labour
East Barnet by-election	6 May 2021		Labour		Conservative
Edgware by-election	6 May 2021		Conservative		Conservative
Golders Green by-election	16 February 2023		Conservative		Conservative
Barnet Vale by-election	4 July 2024		Labour		Labour
Burnt Oak by-election	13 February 2025		Labour		Labour
Finchley Church End by-election	6 March 2025		Conservative		Conservative

Notes

1. The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992
2. The Barnet, Camden and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
4. The North London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993