Abbey | |
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Electoral ward for the Merton London Borough Council | |
![]() Abbey ward boundaries since 2022 | |
Borough | Merton |
County | Greater London |
Population | 10,534 (2021)[a] |
Electorate | 7,396 (2022) |
Area | 1.376 square kilometres (0.531 sq mi) |
Current electoral ward | |
Created | 1978 |
Abbey is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Merton. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns councillors to Merton London Borough Council.
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2022.
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Braithwaite | 1,294 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Mike Brunt | 1,169 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Klaar Dresselaers | 1,160 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 1,151 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Karen Peck | 1,133 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Zak Dada | 1,089 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nigel Benbow | 927 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hayley Ormrod* | 858 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 796 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Garrett | 391 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,439 | 46.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2002.
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eleanor Leslie Stringer | 1,476 | 42.8 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Nigel Charles Benbow | 1,446 | 41.9 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Ben Butler | 1,409 | 40.7 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Emma-Louise Vetriano | 1,399 | 40.6 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 1,383 | 40.1 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Dave Treanor | 1,323 | 38.4 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew William Payne | 547 | 15.9 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 464 | 13.5 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Panos Topalis | 419 | 12.1 | +7.1 | |
TUSC | Piero Miloro | 77 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abigail Jones | 1,563 | 47.9 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,560 | 47.8 | +11.5 | |
Labour | Katy Neep | 1,519 | 46.5 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,136 | 34.8 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 1,104 | 33.8 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Cesar Sepulveda | 975 | 29.9 | −4.3 | |
Green | David Wood | 425 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 284 | 8.7 | −17.0 | |
UKIP | Rathy Alagaratnam | 259 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Heinrich | 202 | 6.2 | −16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Tippett-Cooper | 162 | 5.0 | −17.4 | |
Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,888 | 39.6 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,758 | 36.8 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,733 | 36.3 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Abdul Latif | 1,634 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
Labour | Pauline Cowper | 1,542 | 32.3 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Emma Nye | 1,484 | 31.1 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Towner | 1,229 | 25.7 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Karim | 1,103 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Warne | 1,068 | 22.4 | +9.3 | |
Turnout | 4,773 | 66.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,297 | 41.2 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Marc Hanson | 1,282 | 40.7 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,214 | 38.5 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,147 | 36.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Michael Brunt | 1,087 | 34.5 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Laxmi Attawar | 1,074 | 34.1 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 566 | 18.0 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Houilihan | 470 | 14.9 | −0.8 | |
Green | Benjamin Walsh | 443 | 14.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 412 | 13.1 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | 3,150 | 44.1 | +16.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Su Assinen | 766 | 39.9 | ||
Labour | Pauline Abrams | 765 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Mick Fitzgerald | 710 | 37.0 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft | 644 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Anne Bottell | 613 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Raymond | 538 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Brown | 320 | 16.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John O'Boyle | 301 | 15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Lee | 260 | 13.5 | ||
Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 233 | 12.1 | ||
Green | John Barrow | 180 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Conal Cunningham | 166 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,927 | 27.4 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
The election took place on 7 May 1998.[7]
The election took place on 5 May 1994.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Dingwall | 1,717 | 44.37 | ![]() | |
Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,643 | |||
Labour | Adrian Holt | 1,582 | |||
Conservative | Anne Bottell | 820 | 21.34 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Margaret Connon | 795 | |||
Conservative | Philip Thorley | 761 | |||
Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 589 | 15.87 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker | 382 | 8.70 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Moss | 331 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julian Rudd | 257 | |||
Independent | Monowara Ahmad | 108 | 2.91 | New | |
Independent | Grace Giddins | 97 | 2.61 | ![]() | |
Independent | Muhammad Rahman | 80 | 2.16 | New | |
Independent | Abdul Kalam | 76 | 2.05 | New | |
Registered electors | 6,944 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,267 | 47.05 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
The election took place on 3 May 1990.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marie-Louise de Villiers | 1,769 | 46.92 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Martin | 1,665 | ||
Labour | Ian Scott | 1,620 | ||
Conservative | Diana Harris | 1,216 | 32.75 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Butt | 1,195 | ||
Conservative | Philip Thorley | 1,116 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 391 | 9.39 | |
Green | Wendy Flood | 320 | 8.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Harvey | 315 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Spencer-Phillips | 304 | ||
Independent | Grace Giddins | 73 | 2.03 | |
Registered electors | 6,914 | |||
Turnout | 3,556 | 51.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
The election took place on 8 May 1986.[10]
The election took place on 6 May 1982.[11]
The election took place on 4 May 1978.[12]