Bromley London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Bromley. The council is elected every four years.
The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority before the new system came into full effect the following year. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:
Election | Overall Control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | UKIP | Ind/Localist | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Conservative | 28 | 15 | 7 | - | - | |
1968 | Conservative | 52 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
1971 | Conservative | 41 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
1974 | Conservative | 44 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
1978 | Conservative | 48 | 12 | - | - | - | |
1982 | Conservative | 52 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
1986 | Conservative | 44 | 10 | 6 | - | - | |
1990 | Conservative | 43 | 11 | 6 | - | - | |
1994 | Conservative | 32 | 7 | 21 | - | - | |
1998 | No overall control | 28 | 7 | 25 | - | - | |
2002 | Conservative | 41 | 6 | 13 | - | - | |
2006 | Conservative | 49 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
2010 | Conservative | 53 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
2014 | Conservative | 51 | 7 | - | 2 | - | |
2018 | Conservative | 50 | 8 | - | - | 2 | |
2022 | Conservative | 36 | 12 | 5 | - | 5 |
The leaders of the council since 1967 have been:[1][2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Neubert[3] | Conservative | 1967 | 1971 | |
Horace Walter Haden | Conservative | 1971 | 1972 | |
Dennis Barkway | Conservative | 1972 | 1976 | |
Simon Randall | Conservative | 1976 | 1981 | |
Dennis Barkway | Conservative | 1981 | 1996 | |
Frank Cooke | Conservative | 1996 | 1997 | |
Michael Tickner | Conservative | 1997 | 1998 | |
Chris Maines (Liberal Democrat) and Sue Polydorou (Labour) (joint leaders) | No overall control | 1998 | 1999 | |
Chris Maines (Liberal Democrat) and John Holbrook (Labour) (joint leaders) | No overall control | 1999 | 2001 | |
Michael Tickner | Conservative | 2001 | 2003 | |
Russell Mellor | Conservative | 2003 | 2004 | |
Stephen Carr[4] | Conservative | 2004 | 15 Sep 2017 | |
Colin Smith | Conservative | 25 Sep 2017 |
There were no by-elections.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Smith | 1,977 | |||
Liberal | W. R. Edwards | 250 | |||
Labour | Mrs E. Leys | 183 | |||
Turnout | 22.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. J. Harding | 3,165 | |||
Liberal | K. H. Lock | 2,010 | |||
Labour | J. R. Constable | 188 | |||
Turnout | 41.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bernard E. G. Davis | 1,130 | |||
Liberal | J. Bratt | 150 | |||
Labour | Christopher Richard Gaster | 130 | |||
Turnout | 17.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs Jean Tatham | 1,634 | |||
Liberal | S. D. Ellingworth | 1,579 | |||
Labour | G. Fielding | 109 | |||
Turnout | 49.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roy Edey | 1,292 | |||
Conservative | Miss S. M. N. Gready | 869 | |||
Labour | S. T. Lack | 371 | |||
Turnout | 49.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. E. Swatton | 1,185 | |||
Liberal | I. Phillips | 382 | |||
Labour | Christopher Richard Gaster | 186 | |||
Turnout | 29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. C. H. Smith | 1,367 | |||
Conservative | A. E. Stayte | 665 | |||
Liberal | Miss J. Fudonger | 283 | |||
Turnout | 20.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. W. Edwards | 1,511 | |||
Conservative | A. E. Stayte | 507 | |||
Liberal | J. J. Hart | 166 | |||
Turnout | 17.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Spellar | 1,180 | |||
Liberal | M. Edwardes-Evans | 988 | |||
Conservative | G. S. Edwards | 618 | |||
Turnout | 28.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. J. Mansfield | 1,156 | |||
Conservative | R. C. Carter | 504 | |||
Liberal | William Huckin | 488 | |||
Turnout | 27.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. L. Wilson | 1,809 | |||
Conservative | A. E. Stayte | 417 | |||
Liberal | Mrs A. M. Parfitt | 249 | |||
Turnout | 19.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. Sellers | 1,597 | |||
Labour | Mrs J. Wood | 535 | |||
Liberal | Paul D.A. Nash | 188 | |||
Turnout | 20.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. E. Johnson | 1,400 | |||
Liberal | Mrs F. B. Kirby | 1,369 | |||
Labour | Miss M. J. E. Healy | 220 | |||
Turnout | 38.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter J. Tozer | 2,473 | |||
Conservative | J. A. Collins | 1,013 | |||
Liberal | Mrs Kathleen E.C. Tarbolton | 820 | |||
Turnout | 38.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. S. Reid | 1,020 | |||
Labour | Gordon Thomas Yates | 799 | |||
Liberal | Mrs M. M. Coulson | 682 | |||
Turnout | 24.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. C. Read | 1,052 | |||
Liberal | Peter A. Dodsworth | 956 | |||
Labour | R. Armstrong | 140 | |||
Turnout | 28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. G. Cope | 1,218 | |||
Liberal | J. V. Cope | 635 | |||
Labour | John R. Holbrook | 317 | |||
Turnout | 27.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer M. Hillier | 2,067 | |||
Liberal | Keith A. M. Challis | 949 | |||
Labour | Philip R. Edwards | 368 | |||
Turnout | 27.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan S. Cornish | 2,272 | |||
Liberal | Edward Babbs | 1,555 | |||
Labour | Antoni M. Ziolkowski | 392 | |||
Turnout | 36.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip G. Jones | 1,898 | |||
Liberal | Brian H. Taylor | 1,713 | |||
Labour | Peter W. Rance | 377 | |||
Turnout | 35.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John A. M. Lewis | 894 | |||
Labour | Janet I. Ambrose | 741 | |||
Liberal | Adrian G. Chapman | 298 | |||
Turnout | 31.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John A. Stewart | 1,830 | |||
Liberal | Ian Phillips | 291 | |||
Labour | Jan Pollert | 81 | |||
Turnout | 26.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael J. Hughes | 1,307 | |||
Liberal | George H. Dunk | 596 | |||
Labour | Roy E. Hodsdon | 529 | |||
Turnout | 35.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion A. R. Roe | 828 | |||
Liberal | Derek J. Goldsmith | 551 | |||
Labour | Keith A. Galley | 93 | |||
Turnout | 52.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek A. Wood | 1,886 | |||
Conservative | Albert E. Stayte | 773 | |||
Liberal | Nicholas J. Rowden | 373 | |||
Turnout | 24.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter G. Nash | 2,823 | |||
Liberal | Keith A. M. Challis | 1,804 | |||
Labour | Philip R. Edwards | 392 | |||
Turnout | 40.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie G. Whitman | 1,664 | |||
Liberal | Alan G. Sewell | 538 | |||
Labour | Richard J. Cox | 303 | |||
Turnout | 31.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian R. Reading | 2,462 | |||
Liberal | Phillip F. Khan-Panni | 292 | |||
Labour | Pauline M. Jones | 212 | |||
Turnout | 34.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole M. Hubbard | 1,810 | 56.7 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer M. Fitch | 1,156 | 36.2 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Susan O'Dwyer | 154 | 4.8 | -9.4 | |
SDP | Richard J. Cox | 48 | 1.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Carmel Martin | 23 | 0.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 654 | 20.5 | -23.7 | ||
Turnout | 45.3 | -3.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.8 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Montague I. Blazey.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graem Peters | 3,931 | 69.2 | +29.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony N. Youd | 1,291 | 22.7 | -26.9 | |
Labour | Charles W. Hailes | 370 | 6.5 | -4.6 | |
Green | Nicola C. Ellingham | 88 | 1.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,640 | 46.5 | 56.8 | ||
Turnout | 48.3 | -6.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +28.4 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Reginald G. Adams.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roderick A. Reed | 1,544 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Hilary Whitaker | 910 | |||
Labour | Deborah Russell | 330 | |||
Independent | Colin C. Cole | 55 | |||
Liberal | George L. Whitehorn | 15 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen R. Oxenbridge.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon William Jenkins | 2,263 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Malcolm Dear | 1,929 | |||
Labour | Kelly J. Galvin | 549 | |||
Liberal | Ian Richmond | 80 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David M. Dear.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John G. Gallop | 1,828 | 57.4 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Gambell | 1,110 | 34.9 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Alfred E. Parish | 181 | 5.7 | -10.6 | |
National Front | Kevin Lowne | 40 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth A. Steele | 25 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 718 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,184 | 30.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sheila A. Humphreys.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen L. Carr | 1,754 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lennard D. Woods | 1,683 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | George F. Johnstone | 195 | 5.2 | ||
Independent | Gary Badgett | 81 | 2.2 | ||
Green | Adrian G. Appley | 49 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 71 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,762 | 31.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul J. H. Booth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy C. Stevens | 1,460 | 51.9 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert J. Evans | 1,195 | 42.4 | +22.5 | |
Labour | Christopher J. Price | 81 | 2.9 | -7.5 | |
UKIP | Robert M. Bryant | 43 | 1.5 | -7.8 | |
Green | Ann C. Garrett | 37 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 265 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,816 | 39.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Eric N. Goodman.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian P. G. Grainger | 2,480 | 52.9 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Oldman | 2,122 | 45.2 | -3.3 | |
Labour | Peter J. Lisle | 88 | 1.9 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 358 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,690 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Graem Peters.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles J. Rideout | 746 | 49.2 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Elizabeth R. Johnstone | 689 | 45.5 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Gambell | 80 | 5.3 | -7.1 | |
Majority | 57 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,515 | 24.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert J. Yeldham.
There were no by-elections.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tom Papworth | 1,051 | 49.7 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Kevin C. Brooks | 537 | 25.4 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Jason M. Hadden | 398 | 18.8 | +3.5 | |
Green | Karen A. Moran | 129 | 6.1 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 514 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,115 | 24.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Christopher R. Gaster.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Jefferys | 1,480 | 59.4 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anuja Prashar | 490 | 19.6 | -8.1 | |
Labour | Gareth Wyn Davies | 256 | 10.2 | -2.6 | |
UKIP | Emmett Jenner | 153 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Green | Anna Martin | 75 | 3.0 | N/A | |
BNP | Michael Lionel Payne | 35 | 1.4 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 990 | ||||
Turnout | 2,489 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George R. Taylor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ms. Nicky Dykes | 2484 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sam Webber | 1137 | |||
Labour | Ms. Angela Stack | 1051 | |||
Green | Ms. Ann C. Garrett | 404 | |||
UKIP | Owen Brolly | 397 | |||
Turnout | 42.8% | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Diana L. Macmull.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Harris | 1626 | 45.2 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Marie Bardsley | 1046 | 29.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Ireland | 633 | 17.6 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Graham Reakes | 219 | 6.1 | +2.4 | |
Green | Paul Enock | 73 | 2.0 | -7.6 | |
Turnout | 3597 | 29.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dave Wibberley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ryan David Thomson | 2235 | 53.1 | ||
Green | Maria Costas Psaras | 820 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Tom Capon | 783 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Suraj Rajesh Gandecha | 370 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 4208 | 42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marina Ahmad