2018 local election in England, UK
The 2018 Kingston upon Thames Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Overall results
The Liberal Democrats gained control from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats won 39 seats (+21), the Conservatives won 9 seats (-19) and Labour lost its only seats in Norbiton (-2).
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election[1] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 39 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 81.3 | 51.7 | 83,172 | +21.2 |
| Conservative | 9 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 18.8 | 30.6 | 49,226 | -8.5 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 11.9 | 19,079 | -5.6 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5,235 | -3.5 |
| KIRG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3,748 | New |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 267 | -5.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 109 | ±0.0 |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 82 | New |
Results by ward
Alexandra
Alexandra Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Beynon | 2,005 | 56.4 | +25.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Foulder-Hughes | 1,992 | 56.0 | +27.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sharron Sumner [2] | 1,787 | 50.3 | +22.7 |
| Conservative | Richard Hudson* | 1,217 | 34.2 | −4.9 |
| Conservative | Christopher John Leslie Hayes* | 1,117 | 31.4 | −5.4 |
| Conservative | Thomas Robert Puddy | 1,038 | 29.2 | −9.4 |
| Labour | Kris Srisaravanapavaan | 423 | 11.9 | −3.3 |
| Labour | Stephen Laurence Kearney | 346 | 9.7 | −5.3 |
| Labour | Robin McKellar Marsden | 321 | 9.0 | −4.6 |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Berrylands
Berrylands Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sushila Abraham* | 2,057 | 56.2 | +17.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Sweeney | 2,030 | 55.4 | +19.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Margaret Schaper | 2,005 | 54.8 | +23.6 |
| Conservative | Claire Antoni Harding | 1,032 | 28.2 | −8.9 |
| Conservative | Michael Richard Head* | 1,014 | 27.7 | −10.5 |
| Conservative | Nicholas James Rogers | 946 | 25.8 | −8.7 |
| Labour | Sarah-Jane Brownlie | 345 | 9.4 | −3.4 |
| Labour | Rob Brownlie | 326 | 8.9 | −3.8 |
| Labour | Nannette Herbert | 285 | 7.8 | −2.5 |
| KIRG | Oliver Marcus Eakin | 210 | 5.7 | N/A |
| Green | Kate Whitmarsh | 180 | 4.9 | −7.9 |
| Green | Marley Robinson | 168 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Green | Pete Whitworth | 96 | 2.6 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Beverley
Beverley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Anne Heap | 1,986 | 50.4 | +24.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark James Durrant | 1,957 | 49.7 | +26.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ha Jaesung | 1,787 | 45.4 | +22.6 |
| Conservative | Paul Ashworth Bedforth* | 1,040 | 26.4 | −12.1 |
| Conservative | Terry Paton* | 1,026 | 26.1 | −13.1 |
| Conservative | Raju Pandya* | 870 | 22.1 | −8.6 |
| Labour | Pat Dobson | 513 | 13.0 | −11.6 |
| Labour | Michelle Honor Gordon | 498 | 12.6 | −8.4 |
| Labour | David Gibson Nelson | 459 | 11.7 | −7.2 |
| KIRG | Mary Clark** | 407 | 10.3 | N/A |
| KIRG | Frederick Raymond Corbett | 240 | 6.1 | N/A |
| KIRG | Richard Hebborn | 236 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Green | Chris Walker | 179 | 4.5 | −11.7 |
| Green | Alex Cotton | 164 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Green | Tariq Shabbeer | 130 | 3.3 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Mary Clark was a sitting councillor, but for Old Malden ward.
Canbury
Canbury Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Olivia Boult | 2,224 | 48.6 | +25.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Zain Abbas | 2,145 | 46.9 | +25.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kerr | 2,121 | 46.4 | +25.5 |
| Conservative | Andrea Louise Craig* | 1,643 | 35.9 | −0.8 |
| Conservative | Khadija Umbarin Rahman | 1,270 | 27.8 | −7.4 |
| Conservative | Samuel Shethran | 1,248 | 27.3 | −4.8 |
| Labour | Clair Siobhan Keogh | 482 | 10.5 | −5.2 |
| Labour | Chris Priest | 429 | 9.4 | −3.0 |
| Labour | Jean Haizal Saleh Sarhadar | 395 | 8.6 | −2.6 |
| KIRG | Caroline Shah Scott | 391 | 8.5 | N/A |
| Green | Joe Holder | 331 | 7.2 | −15.9 |
| Green | Mark Greaves | 325 | 7.1 | −14.6 |
| Green | Karen Lacey | 291 | 6.4 | −8.6 |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Chessington North & Hook
Chessington North & Hook Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Steph Archer | 1,709 | 55.7 | +23.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Anne Thompson* | 1,706 | 55.6 | +19.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Lisa Young | 1,536 | 50.1 | +20.1 |
| Conservative | Andrew Day* | 984 | 32.1 | −1.1 |
| Conservative | Phil Doyle** | 838 | 27.3 | +0.1 |
| Conservative | Verster du Plessis | 784 | 25.6 | −0.1 |
| Labour | Dave Cooper | 291 | 9.5 | −4.5 |
| Labour | Tom Prestwich | 291 | 9.5 | −2.5 |
| Labour | Lawrence Roy Green | 247 | 8.1 | −2.7 |
| Green | Simon Jakeman | 197 | 6.4 | −5.1 |
| Green | Kate Worley | 88 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Monster Raving Loony | Chinners Chinnery | 82 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Green | Des Kay | 78 | 2.5 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Phil Doyle was a sitting councillor, but for Grove ward.
Chessington South
Chessington South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Bamford* | 1,937 | 55.9 | +18.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andreas Kirsch | 1,825 | 52.7 | +18.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Elizabeth Stuart | 1,784 | 51.5 | +18.1 |
| Conservative | Andy Johnson-Creek | 1,138 | 32.8 | +5.9 |
| Conservative | Sue Towner | 1,133 | 32.7 | +8.9 |
| Conservative | Simon Richard George Illsley | 1,032 | 29.8 | +6.0 |
| Labour | Anna Florence Cunnyngham | 314 | 9.1 | −2.8 |
| Labour | David Michael Griffin | 273 | 7.9 | −4.6 |
| Labour | Tony Kearns | 265 | 7.6 | −3.2 |
| UKIP | Roger Edmund Glencross | 158 | 4.6 | −20.3 |
| Independent | Michael John Basman | 109 | 3.1 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coombe Hill
Coombe Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Rowena Ann Cordelia Bass* | 1,456 | 52.7 | −3.8 |
| Conservative | Ian David George** | 1,423 | 51.5 | −2.1 |
| Conservative | Ed Fram | 1,361 | 49.3 | −0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Saleem Javeed Arif | 723 | 26.2 | +11.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lubna Maktari | 677 | 24.5 | +12.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Moore | 626 | 22.7 | +11.1 |
| Labour | Sally Richardson | 427 | 15.5 | −1.3 |
| Labour | Frank William Wingate | 337 | 12.2 | −4.5 |
| Labour | Paddy Vishani | 336 | 12.2 | −2.1 |
| KIRG | Helen Hinton | 299 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Green | Charlie Redman | 237 | 8.6 | −4.1 |
Total votes | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ian George was a sitting councillor, but for Alexandra ward.
Coombe Vale
Coombe Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Natasha Bailey | 1,795 | 46.9 | +26.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Munir Ravalia | 1,586 | 41.4 | +27.0 |
| Conservative | Roy Sanjeev Arora* | 1,511 | 39.5 | −9.1 |
| Conservative | Julie Ann Pickering* | 1,508 | 39.4 | −11.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jimmy Kent | 1,497 | 39.1 | +25.9 |
| Conservative | Cathy Roberts* | 1,468 | 38.3 | −10.2 |
| Labour | Ian Alexander Parker | 393 | 10.3 | −7.8 |
| Labour | Rory Daniel Coley | 379 | 9.9 | −6.0 |
| Green | John Grant | 324 | 8.5 | −1.5 |
| KIRG | Patrick Wylde | 324 | 8.5 | N/A |
| Labour | Gareth Brian Thomas | 318 | 8.3 | −6.0 |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Grove
Grove Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Russell Boult | 2,005 | 59.2 | +30.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebekah Jane Moll* | 1,904 | 56.2 | +23.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Tolley* | 1,886 | 55.7 | +21.6 |
| Conservative | Catherine Harding | 737 | 21.8 | −9.6 |
| Conservative | Phil Nuthall | 716 | 21.2 | −10.2 |
| Conservative | Jamila Bibi-Sarwar | 603 | 17.8 | −11.9 |
| Labour | Emma Keeley-Francis | 441 | 13.0 | −9.9 |
| Labour | Laurie South | 433 | 12.8 | −6.1 |
| Labour | Simon Bevis Ayre | 411 | 12.1 | −4.2 |
| KIRG | Bob Tyler | 187 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Green | Alison Hood | 181 | 5.3 | −7.9 |
| Green | Fiona Johnson | 177 | 5.2 | N/A |
| KIRG | Deepa Veneik | 143 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Green | Brian Mulley | 97 | 2.9 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Norbiton
Norbiton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Jane Davey | 1,904 | 58.8 | +27.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Ryder-Mills | 1,703 | 52.6 | +25.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Olly Wehring | 1,661 | 51.3 | +22.0 |
| Labour | Linsey Cottington* | 859 | 26.5 | −10.7 |
| Labour | Phil Bevin | 787 | 24.3 | −12.0 |
| Labour | Liz Meerabeau | 741 | 22.9 | −8.1 |
| Conservative | Allrik Thomas Birch | 422 | 13.0 | −5.1 |
| Conservative | Penny Jane Hughes | 415 | 12.8 | −3.5 |
| Conservative | Graeme Tweedy Ferrero | 392 | 12.1 | −4.1 |
| Green | Chris Amies | 173 | 5.3 | −N/A |
| Green | Julia Stewart | 169 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Green | Martin Hall | 109 | 3.4 | −9.9 |
| KIRG | Kerry Giles | 69 | 2.1 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Old Malden
Old Malden Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Kevin Davis* | 1,390 | 43.9 | +3.0 |
| Conservative | Nicola Mia Sheppard | 1,363 | 43.0 | −5.4 |
| Conservative | Jason Robert Hughes | 1,272 | 40.1 | −4.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Richard McDonald | 1,140 | 36.0 | +13.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ghazala Hayata | 1,101 | 34.7 | +14.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Falchikov | 1,058 | 33.4 | +14.3 |
| Labour | David Sinclair Hill | 429 | 13.5 | −2.4 |
| Labour | George Edwin Pearson | 405 | 12.8 | −1.3 |
| Labour | Karen Deborah Templeton | 359 | 11.3 | −3.0 |
| KIRG | David Fraser* | 343 | 10.8 | −37.6 |
| KIRG | Mark Andrew Jenkins | 201 | 6.3 | N/A |
| KIRG | Valerie Jenner | 174 | 5.5 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St James
St James Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Edwards | 1,721 | 52.0 | +27.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Cobbett | 1,663 | 50.3 | +26.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Wookey | 1,493 | 45.1 | +22.0 |
| Conservative | Jack Cheetham* | 1,102 | 33.3 | −7.8 |
| Conservative | Ken Smith* | 985 | 29.8 | −9.6 |
| Conservative | Caroline Ewha Kim | 956 | 28.9 | −6.9 |
| Labour | Gerry Jones | 384 | 11.6 | −8.2 |
| Labour | Sarah Kathleen O'Flynn | 350 | 10.6 | −5.8 |
| KIRG | Yvonne Tracey | 331 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Labour | Alex Scales | 307 | 9.3 | −6.8 |
| UKIP | Linda Winnifred Holligan | 109 | 3.3 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St Mark's
St Mark's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Green* | 1,933 | 60.0 | +19.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane White* | 1,837 | 57.1 | +18.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Yogan Yoganathan* | 1,783 | 55.4 | +18.6 |
| Conservative | Ian Alistair Wilson | 704 | 21.9 | −13.6 |
| Conservative | Calum John Paton | 640 | 19.9 | −14.5 |
| Conservative | John Michael Peters | 636 | 19.8 | −12.2 |
| Labour | Kezia Elizabeth Coleman | 499 | 15.5 | +1.5 |
| Labour | Phil Austin | 491 | 15.3 | +4.3 |
| Labour | Caoilte Niam Declan O'Connor | 404 | 12.6 | +2.3 |
| Green | Kate Jones | 179 | 5.6 | −6.2 |
| Green | Patrick Goodacre | 160 | 5.0 | −6.1 |
| Green | Patrick Bernard | 144 | 4.5 | −4.8 |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Surbiton Hill
Surbiton Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Holt | 2,286 | 64.0 | +23.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Gander* | 2,285 | 64.0 | +23.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Self* | 2,102 | 58.8 | +21.7 |
| Conservative | Lucky Kumpeson | 862 | 24.1 | −12.4 |
| Conservative | Mimi Claire Parsons Small | 833 | 23.3 | −11.1 |
| Conservative | Colin Anthony Suckling | 796 | 22.3 | −9.9 |
| Labour | Johnnie Byrne | 348 | 9.7 | −2.2 |
| Green | Michael Firth | 294 | 8.2 | −3.3 |
| Labour | David Cottington | 280 | 7.8 | −3.5 |
| Labour | Max Freedman | 248 | 6.9 | −4.4 |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Tolworth & Hook Rise
Tolworth & Hook Rise Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Dunstone* | 2,084 | 64.6 | +20.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thay Thayalan* | 2,012 | 62.3 | +20.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Graham Goodship | 2,011 | 62.3 | +10.8 |
| Conservative | Sue Hudson | 653 | 20.2 | −7.4 |
| Conservative | Jay Ganesh | 564 | 17.5 | −8.2 |
| Conservative | Adriana Petkova Sakelarova | 542 | 16.8 | −3.2 |
| Labour | Tony Banks | 473 | 14.7 | −6.9 |
| Labour | Judith Christine Cowley | 412 | 12.8 | −6.2 |
| Labour | Greta Lynne Farian | 392 | 12.1 | −5.0 |
| KIRG | Mike Briggs | 193 | 6.0 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Tudor
Tudor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Henry Cunningham* | 1,587 | 44.8 | −4.9 |
| Conservative | Maria Netley* | 1,494 | 42.2 | −0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Katrina Mary Lidbetter | 1,480 | 41.8 | +20.2 |
| Conservative | Hugh Scantlebury* | 1,465 | 41.4 | −2.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Kerr-Lindsay | 1,336 | 37.7 | +16.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pim Piers | 1,287 | 36.3 | +19.3 |
| Green | Natalie Morgans | 366 | 10.3 | −9.0 |
| Labour | Jude Hurtado | 328 | 9.3 | −6.4 |
| Labour | Oscar Charles Thorpe | 323 | 9.1 | −4.9 |
| Labour | Gareth Bob Smy | 282 | 8.0 | −9.3 |
| Green | Carl Myhill | 213 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Green | Sri Viswanatha | 185 | 5.2 | N/A |
Total votes | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
2018-2022 by-elections
2021 Chessington South by-election
The Liberal Democrats selected former Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay as their candidate.[3] Labour selected Charles Bamford, whose mother was a former Liberal Democrat councillor.[4] Noticeably, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party stood thirteen candidates.
References
- ^ "Kingston Council election results, May 2018". Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Rutter, Calum (25 February 2019). "'We're facing a climate catastrophe' says Kingston councillor". MyLondon.
- ^ Lib Dems announce Andrew Mackinlay as Chessington South By-Election Candidate
- ^ @Official_MRLP (11 April 2021). "@Matt_Severn @ElectionMapsUK Agreed, having a former Labour MP standing for the Lib Dems and the son of the former…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Andrew MacKinlay elected to Kingston Council after Chessington South by-election".