Barnet London Borough Council elections

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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]

Party in control Years
Conservative 1964 - 1994
No overall control 1994 - 2002
Conservative 2002 - present

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.[3]

1968-1971

Colindale by-election, 7 May 1970[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. E. McCormack 1515
Conservative L. J. Pym 1106
Liberal B. A. Wrigley 320
Turnout 39.7%
Friern Barnet by-election, 10 June 1970[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. C. Tiplady 1616
Liberal S. C. Winter 277
Labour M. A. N. Goddard 263
Turnout 18.6%
Hadley by-election, 10 June 1970[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs R. W. Middleton 1907
Labour R. H. Potter 726
Liberal B. A. Standing 616
Independent A. J. Freake 506
Turnout 28.3%
Childs Hill by-election, 25 September 1970[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. A. Jarman 1192
Liberal M. E. Palmer 874
Labour L. W. Cole 628
Turnout 21.9%

1971-1974

East Finchley by-election, 27 July 1972[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. A. Cohen 1,546
Conservative C. W. Wilds 903
Liberal L. W. Watkins 726
Turnout 29.9%

1974-1978

Brunswick Park by-election, 23 January 1975[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony M. Rawle 1,603
Liberal David J. Terwey 892
Labour Andrew P. Harris 746
Turnout 30.8
Woodhouse by-election, 28 October 1976[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip H. Williams 1,616
Labour Geoffrey N. Cooke 942
National Front John E. Warner 410
Liberal Robert J. Eccles 351
Turnout 26.7
Burnt Oak by-election, 14 April 1977[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick J. Collisson 1,633
Conservative Brian C. Gordon 816
National Front Bernard F. Franklin 517
Liberal Hugh J. Ogus 130
Turnout 32.8
East Barnet by-election, 29 September 1977[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard J. Peters 1,504
Labour Olga G. Deaner 728
Liberal Britton T. J. Goudie 390
National Front Philip A. Ruddock 204
Turnout 25.3

1978-1982

Hadley by-election, 22 November 1979[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald E. Baker 1.344
Residents Eric W. Spalding 1,053
Liberal Peter J. Morley 501
Labour Jean M. Feldman 418
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.

1982-1986

St Paul's by-election, 27 October 1983[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael L. Freeman 1,414
Conservative lan S. Balcombe 1,069
SDP–Liberal Alliance Krishaan D. Saggar 471
Independent Conservative John P. Fitzgibbon 334
Ecology Maureen T. Colmans 59
Turnout 29.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William G. Hart.

1986-1990

Hadley by-election, 20 November 1986[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gillian M. Bull 2,006
SDP–Liberal Alliance Rosemary M. Watkins 1,224
Labour Keith E. Livingstone 662
Independent Conservative John P. Fitzgibbon 97
Turnout 30.07
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Lane, Beverley G. (CON)

Garden Suburb by-election, 27 November 1986[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Coral Sebag-Montefiore 1,415
SDP–Liberal Alliance Peter D. Falk 1,243
Labour Rita Brent 327
Turnout 27.97
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon.

Arkley by-election, 10 November 1988[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur A. Beck 1,462
Labour Kevin W. Smith 1,075
Liberal Democrat Michael A. Cleal 833
Independent Philip W. Groves 214
Green Simon A. Clarke 166
Turnout 29.66
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz.

Garden Suburb by-election, 10 November 1988[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Veronica C. Soskin 1,503
Liberal Democrat Michael S. Pickering 1,258
Labour Penelope Grant 306
Turnout 28.94
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Coral Sebag-Montefiore.

Arkley by-election, 9 March 1989[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip H. Williams 1,468
Labour Keith E. Livingstone 1,094
Lib Dem Focus Team Michael A. CIeal 809
Independent Philip W. Groves 207
Turnout 29.12
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman.

1990-1994

Burnt Oak by-election, 6 June 1991[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan J. Turner 2,108 64.5
Conservative Oliver L. Stone 618 18.9
Liberal Democrat Joanne L. Cross 432 13.2
Green Dorothy I. Lewis 112 3.4
Turnout 34.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Malcolm G. Sargeant.

Mill Hill by-election, 26 September 1991[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane E. Ellison 1,569 53.7
Labour Andrew V. A. Dickie 661 22.6
Liberal Democrat James M. Creighton 591 20.2
Green Patricia A. Duncan 102 3.5
Turnout 26.4
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Denis L. Dippel.

Garden Suburb by-election, 6 May 1993[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed J. Khamisa 1,498 48.4
Liberal Democrat Jonathan M. Davies 1,067 34.5
Labour Olga G. Deaner 527 17.0
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Veronica C. Soskin.

West Hendon by-election, 2 December 1993[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gina E. Marks 1,521 50.5
Independent Timothy J. K. Sims 762 25.3
Conservative Florence H. Kaufmann 630 20.9
Liberal Democrat David H. lve 96 3.2
Turnout 29.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Timothy J. K. Sims.

1994-1998

Colindale by-election, 14 March 1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas A. McKendry 1,962 70.6
Conservative Alan R. Maund 425 15.3
Liberal Democrat Roger L. Axworthy 257 9.2
Green Norman D. Crisp 71 2.6
UKIP Bernard P. Wright 65 2.3
Majority 1,537 55.3
Turnout 2,780
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ellis S. Hillman.

Colindale by-election, 14 November 1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danish Chopra 1,339 71.0 +0.4
Conservative Alan R. Maund 386 20.5 +5.2
Liberal Democrat Roger L. Axworthy 160 8.5 -0.7
Majority 953 50.5 -4.8
Turnout 1,885 16.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas A. McKendry.

Edgware by-election, 14 November 1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony P. Spencer 1,189 48.4
Labour Alan M. Sloam 1,129 46.0
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey A. Jacobs 138 5.6
Majority 60 2.4
Turnout 2,456 21.1
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Julian D. Czarny.

Hendon by-election, 14 November 1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew M. Sherling 970 36.2
Labour Colin S. Francome 885 33.1
Liberal Democrat Susan J. Palin 821 30.7
Majority 85 3.1
Turnout 2,676 22.7
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward P. Bunn.

1998-2002

Woodhouse by-election, 10 December 1998[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul G. Rogers 1,481 49.4 -5.3
Conservative Roy Treeby 1,098 36.6 +9.8
Green Solomon O. Natelson 234 7.8 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Sean J. Hooker 184 6.1 -2.8
Majority 383 12.8
Turnout 2,997 24.6
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stanley J. Cross.

Garden Suburb by-election, 23 November 2000[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanessa R. Gearson 1,162 47.1 -8.7
Liberal Democrat Marjorie A. Harris 811 32.9 +5.3
Labour Alan Schneiderman 427 17.3 +6.1
Green Miranda J. Dunn 67 2.7 -2.7
Majority 351 14.2
Turnout 2,467 24.1
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Skolar.

Hadley by-election, 23 November 2000[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yvonne W. Prentice 1,743 58.5 +12.8
Labour Anthonakis N. Vourou 738 24.7 -9.2
Liberal Democrat David A. G. Nowell 357 12.0 -1.3
Green Edelgard Vaswani 144 2.7 -2.7
Majority 1,005 33.8
Turnout 2,982 21.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Hazel E. Mammatt.

Mill Hill by-election, 23 November 2000[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sean J. Hooker 1,496 54.6 -2.1
Conservative John R. Hart 809 29.5 +4.6
Labour Zakia Zubairi 385 14.1 -0.9
Green Donald E. Lyven 49 1.7 -1.7
Majority 687 25.1
Turnout 2,739 24.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger L. Axworthy.

Finchley by-election, 15 March 2001[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael W. Freer 1,409 54.0 +8.8
Labour Christopher P. Underwood 862 33.0 -1.9
Liberal Democrat Karen S. Hatchett 245 9.4 -2.1
Green Edelgard Vaswani 95 3.7 -4.8
Majority 547 19.0
Turnout 2,611 24.4
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Barbara I. Langstone.

2002-2006

Burnt Oak by-election, 19 June 2003[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Farrier 1,774 76.0 +7.4
Conservative Sachin Rajput 329 14.1 -3.4
Liberal Democrat Diana C. Iwi 178 7.6 +1.7
Green Edelgard Vaswani 53 2.3 -5.7
Majority 1,445 61.9
Turnout 2,334 23.2 -1.1
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.

Hale by-election, 5 February 2004[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mencer 1,329 43.7 +0.8
Conservative Lesley G. Evans 1,175 38.7 -2.4
Liberal Democrat Clive S. M. Cohen 423 13.9 +3.7
Green David G. Williams 113 3.7 -2.1
Majority 154 5.0
Turnout 3,040 26.6 -9.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.

Colindale by-election, 7 April 2005[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zakia Zubairi 1,154 63.4 +2.0
Conservative Alan R. Maund 299 16.4 -1.2
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey A. Jacobs 220 12.1 -1.6
Green David G. Williams 73 4.0 -3.3
UKIP Melvyn Smallman 45 2.5 +2.5
Independent Mirsad Becirovic 29 1.6 +1.6
Majority 855 47.0
Turnout 1,820 20.1 -0.6
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.

Garden Suburb by-election, 5 May 2005[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Harper 3,365 50.7 +0.1
Liberal Democrat Marjorie Harris 1,834 27.6 -2.5
Labour Kenneth Murrell 1,154 17.4 +5.1
Green Miranda Dunn 242 3.6 -3.4
UKIP Primrose Chamberlin 42 0.6 +0.6
Majority 1,531 23.1
Turnout 6,637 66.9 +28.1
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.

High Barnet by-election, 15 December 2005[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Duncan C. McDonald 1,409 44.4 +31.9
Conservative Bridget T. Perry 1,295 40.8 -7.5
Labour Timothy J. K. Roberts 354 11.2 -11.7
Green Audrey Poppy 89 2.8 -7.6
Independent Christopher V. Johnson 26 0.7 -5.2
Majority 114 3.6
Turnout 3,173 30.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel resigned in October 2005.[19] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[20]

2006-2010

East Barnet by-election, 8 February 2007[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanna R. Tambourides 1,666 49.1
Labour Pauline Coakley Webb 1,025 30.2
Liberal Democrat Sean J. Hooker 552 16.2
Green Howard T. C. Javes 147 4.3
Majority 641 18.9
Turnout 3,390 30.5
Conservative hold Swing

Cllr Olwen Evans died on 25 December 2006 after a long battle with cancer. She had served East Barnet Ward as a councillor for 24 years (1978 - 1994 and 1998 - 2006).[22] Turnout was reasonable but lower than usual for this ward due to snowfall on the day of the election, which closed many schools and curtailed refuse collection.[23]

Hale by-election, 1 May 2008[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Davey 2,798 50.1 +4.0
Labour Alex Brodkin 1,882 33.7 -2.5
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Jacobs 487 8.7 -1.8
BNP Stephen Curry 213 3.8 +3.8
Green Andrew Newby 206 3.7 -3.4
Majority 916 16.4
Turnout 5,586
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jane E. Ellison.

Edgware by-election, 4 June 2009[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darrel Yawitch 2,953 63.1 +13.7
Labour Alan Or-Bach 1,036 22.2 -1.9
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Davies 688 14.7 -5.6
Majority 1,917 41.0
Turnout 4,677
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard F. Weider.

Totteridge by-election, 4 June 2009[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Cornelius 2,837 65.5 +20.0
Liberal Democrat Jonty Stern 792 18.3 +5.4
Labour Tim Roberts 699 16.2 +5.0
Majority 2,045 47.3
Turnout 4,328
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Caroline S. Margo.

2010-2014

East Finchley by-election, 12 April 2012[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arjun Mittra 2117 67.8 +24.8
Conservative Anshul Gupta 543 17.4 -8.5
Liberal Democrat Jane Gibson 461 14.8 -7.8
Majority 1574 50.4
Turnout 3141 28
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Andrew McNeil on 22 February. At the previous election, the Green Party candidate had polled 8.5% of votes cast.

Brunswick Park by-election, 31 May 2012[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andreas Ioannidis 1769 51.1
Conservative Shaheen K. Mahmood 1598 46.1
Liberal Democrat Yahaya D. Kiingi 97 2.8
Majority 171 5.0
Turnout 3464
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Councillor Lynne Hillan on 5 April.[28]

2014-2018

There have been no by-elections so far.

References

  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
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  19. Barnet Times 27 October 2005
  20. Barnet Times 16 December 2005
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  22. Barnet Times 5 January 2007
  23. Barnet Times 9 February 2007
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