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

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Golborne
Community
Hundred		 Council control
after election
1964[2] 46 14 0 — Conservative
1968[3] 57 3 0 Conservative
1971[4] 39 21 0 Conservative
1974[b] 45 16 0 Conservative
1978[c] 39 13 0 2 Conservative
1982[7] 39 15 0 — Conservative
1986[8] 39 15 0 Conservative
1990 39 15 0 Conservative
1994[d] 39 15 0 Conservative
1998[e] 39 15 0 Conservative
2002[f] 42 12 0 Conservative
2006 45 9 0 Conservative
2010 43 9 2 Conservative
2014[g] 37 12 1 Conservative
2018 36 13 1 Conservative
2022 35 13 2 Conservative
2026[12] 34 13 3 Conservative

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964–1968

There were no by-elections.[13]

1968–1971

Redcliffe by-election, 1 May 1969[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. H. C. Gresty 1697
Labour C. Bradley 195
Turnout 11.9%
South Stanley by-election, 19 March 1970[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 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[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. H. Lewis 1,499
Conservative E. P. Tomlin 494
Liberal I. Watson 149
Communist H. B. Collins 55
Turnout 17.2%
Norland by-election, 7 June 1973[5]
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. T. Finch 1,450
Conservative S. A. O'Callaghan 416
Liberal F. Walker 344
Turnout 17.9%

1974–1978

Golborne by-election, 11 July 1974[6]
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[6]
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[6]
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[15]
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 Younge.

Golborne by-election, 18 June 1992[15]
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 Bond.

Avondale by-election, 17 September 1992[15]
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 Bousquet.

1994–1998

South Stanley by-election, 4 May 1995[16]
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 Weems.

Queen's Gate by-election, 2 May 1996[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary 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 Russell.

1998–2002

Earls Court by-election, 4 May 2000[10]
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 Tannock.

2002–2006

There were no by-elections.[17]

2006–2010

Brompton by-election, 1 May 2008[18]
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 James.

Colville by-election, 22 July 2009[19][20]
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[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rock Feilding-Mellen 649 75.0 +17.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Wilson 146 16.9 −4.8
UKIP Bruce Machan 70 8.1 N/A
Majority 503 58.2
Turnout 865 14.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Joan Hanham.

Cremorne by-election, 16 September 2010[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves 602 41.2 −10.2
Labour Mabel McKeown 583 39.9 +15.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta 180 12.3 −10.8
Green Julia Stephenson 51 3.5 N/A
UKIP David Coburn 49 3.1 −2.1
Majority 19 1.3
Turnout 1,462 24.9
Conservative hold Swing

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

Earls Court by-election, 16 September 2010[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade 703 44.8 +24.1
Conservative Malcolm Spalding 594 37.8 −12.5
Labour Joel Bishop 151 9.6 −11.5
Independent Elizabeth Arbuthnot 49 3.1 N/A
Independent Jack Bovill 29 1.8 N/A
Green Michael Enright 26 1.7 −8.5
UKIP Richard Bridgeman 20 1.1 N/A
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[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louis Mosley 1,975 91.9 +26.1
Labour Mark D. Sautter 89 4.1 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Mary T. L. Harris 86 4.0 −15.2
Majority 1,886 87.8
Turnout 2,150
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Iain Hanham.

Queen's Gate by-election, 9 June 2011[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Mackover 663 71.7 +5.7
Liberal Democrats John Blamey 100 10.8 −6.2
Labour Keith Stirling 82 8.9 −1.9
UKIP David Coburn 80 8.6 N/A
Majority 563 60.9
Turnout 925
Conservative hold Swing

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

Norland by-election, 6 October 2011[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Faulks 675 43.8 −10.9
Labour Beinazir Lasharie 438 28.4 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta 358 23.2 +2.2
UKIP Peter Stringfellow 70 4.5 N/A
Majority 237 15.4
Turnout 1,540 24
Conservative hold Swing

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

Brompton by-election, 28 June 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Abbas Barkhordar 650 70.3 +3.7
Labour Mark Sautter 103 11.1 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Moya Denman 101 10.9 −8.3
UKIP Raheem Kassam 71 7.7 N/A
Majority 547 59.2
Turnout 925
Conservative hold Swing

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

2014–2018

Stanley by-election, 7 May 2015[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kim Taylor-Smith 2,349 69.4
Labour Isabel Grace 693 20.5
Independent Ian Henderson 343 10.1
Majority 1,656 48.9
Turnout 3,385 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)[26]
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
Majority 1,075
Turnout 46.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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

2018–2022

Dalgarno by-election, 21 March 2019[27]
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 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 [28][29]
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. ↑ Liberal Party, 1964–1978; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1982–1986
  2. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.[5]
  3. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven.[6]
  4. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[n 1][n 2]
  5. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[n 3]
  6. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[9][10]
  7. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by four.[11]

References

  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
  1. ↑ "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964" (PDF). London County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Residuary Body. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kensington & Chelsea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  10. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Kensington & Chelsea election result - Local Elections 2026". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  16. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election result for Brompton Ward". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
  19. ↑ "Lib Dems win their first K&C council seat". London Informer. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009. [dead link]
  20. ↑ "Colville By-election result". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  21. ↑ "Holland Ward - local election results". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ "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.
  24. ↑ Heseltine, Emma (10 October 2011). "Conservatives hold Norland seat but majority is slashed". Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  25. ↑ "Stanley Ward By-election May 2015". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abingdon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  27. ↑ "Dalgarno Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  28. ↑ "Election results for Norland 2nd May 2024". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  29. ↑ "Norland Ward — Kensington and Chelsea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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