Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council elections

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England. The council is elected every four years.

A map showing the wards of Hammersmith and Fulham since 2002

Political control

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Structure
Seats	46 councillors
Political groups	Majority Party (35)   Labour (35) Opposition (11)   Conservative (11)

Since the first elections to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1][2]

Party in control		Years	Lab	Con	Oth
	Labour	1964–1968	53	7	0
	Conservative	1968–1971	6	54	0
	Labour	1971–1974	58	2	0
	Labour	1974–1978	48	10	2
	No overall control	1978–1982	24	24	2
	No overall control	1982–1986	25	23	2
	Labour	1986–1990	40	9	1
	Labour	1990–1994	28	22	0
	Labour	1994–1998	33	15	2
	Labour	1998–2002	36	14	0
	Labour	2002–2006	28	18	0
	Conservative	2006–2010	13	33	0
	Conservative	2010–2014	15	31	0
	Labour	2014–2018	26	20	0
	Labour	2018–2022	35	11	0
	Labour	2022–	40	10	0

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been:^[3][4]

Councillor	Party		From	To
John Heaks		Labour	1965	1966
Anthony Chapman		Labour	1966	1968
William Smith		Conservative	1968	1971
Alfred Little		Labour	1971	1973
Barry Stead		Labour	1973	1978
Stuart Leishman		Conservative	1978	1979
Kim Howe		Conservative	1979	1985
John Putnam		Conservative	1985	1986
Gordon Prentice		Labour	1986	1988
Mike Goodman		Labour	1988	1991
Iain Coleman		Labour	1991	1996
Andy Slaughter		Labour	1996	25 May 2005
Stephen Burke		Labour	25 May 2005	7 May 2006
Stephen Greenhalgh		Conservative	24 May 2006	30 May 2012
Nick Botterill		Conservative	30 May 2012	22 May 2014
Stephen Cowan		Labour	22 May 2014

Council elections

• 1964 Hammersmith London Borough Council election
• 1968 Hammersmith London Borough Council election
• 1971 Hammersmith London Borough Council election
• 1974 Hammersmith London Borough Council election
• 1978 Hammersmith London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by ten)^[5]
• 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 1986 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 1990 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 1994 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1]}
• 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 2]}
• 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four)^[6][7]
• 2006 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 2010 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 2014 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
• 2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four)^[8][9]

Borough result maps

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  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

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[10]

1968-1971

Starch Green by-election, 27 June 1968^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. C. Dessimone	1018
	Labour	Mrs R. Johnson	651
Turnout				26.5%

White City by-election, 7 November 1968^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs C. J. Liardet	908
	Conservative	G. W. Brierley	350
	Liberal	Mrs V. E. K. Coombes	258
	Independent	A. A. Ingram	72
	Communist	J. Gould	54
Turnout				26.3%

St Stephens by-election, 6 February 1969^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Wearmouth	698
	Labour	L. S. A. Jones	558
Turnout				25.3%

1971-1974

There were no by-elections.^[12]

1974-1978

Colehill by-election, 12 September 1974^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William J. Stephens	963
	Conservative	Desmond J. Colling	573
	Liberal	George K. Williams	264
Turnout				45.6

Sandford by-election, 2 October 1975^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph U. Feely	945
	Conservative	Reginald D. Lapham	622
	Liberal	Helen I. Bird	179
Turnout				28.4

Wormholt by-election, 20 November 1975^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary S. Best	735
	Conservative	John Barnes	608
	Liberal	Margaret A. Connaughton	530
Turnout				34.4

Addison by-election, 1 April 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward D. Cunningham	999
	Conservative	Frances E. Belsham	969
	Conservative	Christopher G. Thorne	920
	Labour	John H. Gorter	915
	Liberal	Robert C. Bowles	192
	Liberal	Angela T. Rooney	148
Turnout				41.0

Town by-election, 13 May 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona A. McGregor	1,550
	Labour	Rosemary A. Radcliffe	1,054
	Liberal	Anthony Hulse	110
Turnout				52.4

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

Eel Brook by-election, 9 April 1992^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander P. Karmel	1,387	48.6
	Labour	Valerie A. E. Barker	944	33.1
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Alexandra E. Sugden	426	14.9
	Green	Gervase J. Thorpe	95	3.3
Turnout				77.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Andrew Robathan.

Broadway by-election, 16 July 1992^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth M. Cartwright	668	42.4
	Conservative	Toby N. Vintcent	558	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew G. Dickson	332	21.1
	Green	Cherry A. Puddicombe	19	1.2
Turnout				43.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Kenneth Burlton.

Palace by-election, 27 August 1992^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew P. Ground	1,280	79.7
	Labour	David J. Dunwoody	215	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	David L. Jacques	111	6.9
Turnout				41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Rosemary Belhaven.

Addison by-election, 24 September 1992^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hackworth-Young	1,014	56.9
	Conservative	Roderick J. Corrie	659	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Angus J. McIntosh	78	4.4
	Green	Roger S. Crosskey	30	1.7
Turnout				40.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Bridget Prentice.

Grove by-election, 3 December 1992^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane E. Morris	906	60.2
	Conservative	Paul J. Jones	493	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas M. Hopkins	106	7.0
Turnout				36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Vivienne Lukey.

Town by-election, 28 January 1993^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony C. Glover	904	61.3
	Labour	Lisa F. Homan	468	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul G. Kennedy	103	7.0
Turnout				35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Terence McGrath.

College Park & Old Oak by-election, 8 July 1993^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia M. Migdal	1,035	72.7
	Conservative	Timothy D. Davie	290	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Terence M. Frisby	98	6.9
Turnout				26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Hilda McCafferty.

1994-1998

Town by-election, 25 January 1996^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen J. Greenhalgh	670	53.0	-2.1
	Labour	Christopher M. Allan	435	34.4	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nathaniel J. Green	160	12.6	-1.0
Majority			235	18.6
Turnout				29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Antony Glover.

Crabtree by-election, 27 June 1996^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie L. Smallman	832	49.0
	Conservative	Alexander P. Karmel	766	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gallagher	98	5.8
Majority			66	3.8
Turnout			1,696	41.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Guy Mortimer.

Sulivan by-election, 25 July 1996^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas B. Botterill	806	51.5
	Labour	Ronald Burns	609	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Patterson	121	7.7
	UKIP	Gerald Roberts	29	1.8
Majority			197	12.6
Turnout			1,565	37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Jonathan Maiden.

Gibbs Green by-election, 10 July 1997^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles W. Treloggan	768	74.4	+19.2
	Conservative	James W. Browne	208	20.2	-11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Dragadze	56	5.4	-8.1
Majority			560	54.2
Turnout			1,032	20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Iain Coleman.

1998-2002

Crabtree by-election, 10 June 1999^[7][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda J. Lloyd-Harris	884	47.6	+2.7
	Labour	Rory J. Vaughan	872	47.0	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Burden	99	5.4	-1.3
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout			1,855	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Mark Simonds.

2002-2006

Sands End by-election, 12 September 2002^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Pavelin	1,021	45.1	-2.9
	Conservative	Stephen Hamilton	1,017	44.9	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dugald MacInnes	225	9.9	+2.9
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			2,263	33.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Stephen Hamilton.

Ravenscourt Park by-election, 28 July 2005^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy V. Ivimy	1,069	44.3	+8.3
	Labour	Anthony R. McMahon	757	31.4	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel R. Le Rougetel	585	24.3	-2.3
Majority			312	12.9
Turnout			2,411	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Caroline Donald.

2006-2010

Sands End by-election, 1 May 2008^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ali De Lisle	2,257	57.5	+0.3
	Labour	John B. Bird	1,147	29.2	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dugald MacInnes	518	13.2	+4.9
Majority			1,110	28.3
Turnout			3,922
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Jeanette Bentley.

Town by-election, 15 October 2009^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Craig	970	63.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy	289	18.9	+2.8
	Labour	Andrew Jones	271	17.7	-3.6
Majority			681	44.5
Turnout			1,530	20.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Antony Lillis.

2010-2014

Town by-election, 12 July 2012^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew R. Brown	768
	Labour	Ben Coleman	416
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy	331
	UKIP	Andrew Elston	39
Turnout				20.5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Stephen Greenhalgh.

Wormholt & White City by-election, 7 February 2013^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Max Schmid	1,419	66.90
	Conservative	James McKittrick	251	11.83
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Whittaker	209	9.85
	UKIP	Andrew Elston	122	5.75
	no party label	Jeffrey Boateng	75	3.53
	BNP	Andrew Timothy Donald	45	2.12
Majority			1,168	55.06
Turnout			2,121	24.77
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Jean Campbell.

2014-2018

Avonmore & Brook Green ward by-election, 8 June 2017^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Morton	2,795	52.77
	Conservative	William Marshall	1,849	34.91
	Liberal Democrats	Irina von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau	653	8.37
Majority			946	17.86
Turnout			5,297	63.07
	Labour hold		Swing

Sands End ward by-election, 8 June 2017^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Borland	2,845	48.67
	Labour	Ann Rosenberg	2,669	45.66
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Burnet	331	3.74%
Majority			176	3.01
Turnout			5,845	63.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018-2022

Fulham Broadway ward by-election, 19 September 2019^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Ruth Rowbottom	1,097	44.2	-11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Venegas	755	30.4	+21.6
	Conservative	Aliya Afzal Khan	628	25.3	-10.4
Majority			342	13.8	-6.0
Turnout			2,498	31.7	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.5

The by-election was called following the resignation of Alan de'Ath, after taking up a politically sensitive job.

Wormholt and White City ward by-election, 23 September 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Umeh	1,462	70.0	-8.0
	Conservative	Constance Campbell	431	20.6	+6.2
	Green	Naranee Ruthra-Rajan	110	5.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Illingworth	86	4.1	-2.4
Majority			1,031	49.4
Turnout			2,089	22.6	-12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Colin Aherne.

References

1. The Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
2. The Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1995

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• By-election results 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Hammersmith and Fulham Council