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 2014, 50 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 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 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)^[2]
• 1978 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven)^[3]
• 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 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2]}
• 1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 3]}
• 2002 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4][5]
• 2006 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
• 2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
• 2014 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four)^[6]
• 2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
• 2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

Borough result maps

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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

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[7]

1968-1971

Redcliffe by-election, 1 May 1969^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. H. C. Gresty	1697
	Labour	C. Bradley	195
Turnout				11.9%

South Stanley by-election, 19 March 1970^[8]

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^[8]

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^[2]

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^[2]

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^[2]

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^[3]

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^[3]

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^[3]

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

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

Golborne by-election, 20 June 1991^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Mason	946	76.5
	Conservative	Paul J. Jones	164	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	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^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah C. Bonner	657	70.0
	Conservative	Rupert L. A. Cecil	172	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	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^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allah Y. M. Lasharie	471	55.2
	Conservative	Richard J. Mayson	311	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	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^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair G. T. Wood	917
	Conservative	Edwin Lloyd	459
	Independent	George P. Oliver	86
	Liberal Democrats	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^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Stephen Mond	848
	Liberal Democrats	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^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence M. Buxton	885	43.1	+3.6
	Labour	Caroline Ellis	530	25.8	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	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.^[11]

2006-2010

Brompton by-election, 1 May 2008^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quentin N. J. Marshall	1,748	76.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	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^[13]^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marianne Alapini.

2010-2014

Holland by-election, 22 July 2010^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rock Feilding-Mellen	649	75.0	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wilson	146	16.9	−3.2
	UKIP	Bruce Machan	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^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard Hargreaves	602	41.2	−9.0
	Labour	Mabel McKeown	583	39.9	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kosta	180	12.3	−9.6
	Green	Julia Stephenson	51	3.5	+3.5
	UKIP	David Coburn	49	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^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	Richard Bridgeman	20	1.1	+1.1
Majority			109	6.9
Turnout			1,570	24.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barry Phelps.

Brompton by-election, 9 June 2011^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Mosley	1,975
	Labour	Mark D. Sautter	89
	Liberal Democrats	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^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Mackover	663
	Liberal Democrats	John Blamey	100
	Labour	Keith Stirling	82
	UKIP	David Coburn	80
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Andrew S. Dalton.

Norland by-election, 6 October 2011^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Faulks	675	43.8	−11.6
	Labour	Beinazir Lasharie	438	28.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kosta	358	23.2	+2.0
	UKIP	Peter Stringfellow	70	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^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abbas Barkhordar	650
	Labour	Mark Sautter	103
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. Moya Denman	101
	UKIP	Raheem Kassam	71
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Shireen O. Ritchie.

2014-2018

Stanley by-election, 7 May 2015^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Taylor-Smith	2,349	69.4
	Labour	Isabel Grace	693	20.5
	Independent	Ian Henderson	343	10.1
Majority			1656	48.9
Turnout			3385	52.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Merrick Cockell.

Abingdon by-election, 5 May 2016 (2 seats)^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Addenbrooke	1,716
	Conservative	Anne Cyron	1,470
	Labour	Benjamin Fernando	395
	Labour	Nigel Wilkins	298
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Good	220
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Owen	210
	UKIP	Richard Braine	85
	UKIP	Jack Bovill	76
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Victoria Borwick MP and Cllr. Joanna Gardner.

2018-2022

Dalgarno by-election, 21 March 2019^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kasim Ali	719	55.4	−15.0
	Conservative	Samia Bentayeb	306	23.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Tatton-Brown	145	11.2	+3.5
	UKIP	Callum Dorrington Hutton	68	5.2	+5.2
	Green	Angela Georgievski	61	4.7	+4.7
Majority			413	31.8
Turnout			1,299
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Thompson.

2022-2026

Norland by-election, 2 May 2024 ^[22]^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stéphanie Petit	902	51.0
	Labour	Monica Press	514	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Finlay Dargan	229	13.0
	Green	Heloise Hunter	123	7.0
Majority			388	22.0
Turnout			1,768	46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stuart Graham.

Footnotes

1. The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
2. The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1995

References

1. "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
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3. "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
4. "Kensington & Chelsea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
5. "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
6. "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
7. "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
8. "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
9. "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
10. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
11. "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
12. "Election result for Brompton Ward". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
13. "Lib Dems win their first K&C council seat". London Informer. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009. ^{[dead link]}
14. "Colville By-election result". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
15. "Holland Ward - local election results". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
16. "Cremorne Ward - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
17. "Earl's Court - local election results September 2010". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
18. Heseltine, Emma (10 October 2011). "Conservatives hold Norland seat but majority is slashed". Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
19. "Stanley Ward By-election May 2015". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
20. "Local Elections Archive Project — Abingdon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
21. "Dalgarno Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
22. "Election results for Norland 2nd May 2024". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
23. "Norland Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

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