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]
Since the first elections to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1964–present |
The leaders of the council since 1965 have been:[3][4]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ernest Anslow-Wilson | Conservative | 1965 | 1968 | |
Malby Crofton | Conservative | 1968 | 1977 | |
Nicholas Freeman | Conservative | 1977 | 1989 | |
Joan Hanham | Conservative | 1989 | 12 Apr 2000 | |
Merrick Cockell | Conservative | 12 Apr 2000 | 22 May 2013 | |
Nicholas Paget-Brown | Conservative | 22 May 2013 | 30 Jun 2017 | |
Elizabeth Campbell | Conservative | 19 Jul 2017 |
There were no by-elections.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. H. C. Gresty | 1697 | |||
Labour | C. Bradley | 195 | |||
Turnout | 11.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs E. L. P. Seers | 792 | |||
Conservative | A. J. A. D. Fitzgerald | 630 | |||
Independent Ratepayers & Tenants | J. A. Dutch | 414 | |||
Turnout | 34.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs J. B. Hanham | 1545 | |||
Liberal | L. Spicer | 472 | |||
Labour | G. A. Colerick | 194 | |||
Turnout | 13.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. H. Lewis | 1,499 | |||
Conservative | E. P. Tomlin | 494 | |||
Liberal | Miss I. Watson | 149 | |||
Communist | H. B. Collins | 55 | |||
Turnout | 17.2% |
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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. T. Finch | 1,450 | |||
Conservative | Miss S. A. O'Callaghan | 416 | |||
Liberal | F. Walker | 344 | |||
Turnout | 17.9% |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 A. Younge.
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 E. Bond.
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 T. Bousquet.
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 A. Weems.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Stephen 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 A. Russell.
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 C. A. Tannock.
There were no by-elections.[14]
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 C. James.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rock Feilding-Mellen | 649 | 75.0 | +19.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wilson | 146 | 16.9 | -3.2 | |
UKIP | Bruce Machan | 70 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 503 | 58.2 | |||
Turnout | 865 | 14.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Joan B. Hanham.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Hargreaves | 602 | 41.2 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Mabel McKeown | 583 | 39.9 | +16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Kosta | 180 | 12.3 | -9.6 | |
Green | Julia Stephenson | 51 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | David Coburn | 49 | 3.1 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 19 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,462 | 24.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mark P. Daley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Wade | 703 | 44.8 | +24.2 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Spalding | 594 | 37.8 | -7.1 | |
Labour | Joel Bishop | 151 | 9.6 | -9.2 | |
Independent | Elizabeth Mary Arbuthnot | 49 | 3.1 | -2.7 | |
Independent | Jack Bovill | 29 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Green | Michael Enright | 26 | 1.7 | -8.3 | |
UKIP | Richard Bridgeman | 20 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Mosley | 1,975 | |||
Labour | Mark D. Sautter | 89 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ms. Mary T. L. Harris | 86 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Iain W. F. Hanham.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sam Mackover | 663 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Blamey | 100 | |||
Labour | Keith Stirling | 82 | |||
UKIP | David Coburn | 80 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Andrew S. Dalton.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Catherine Faulks | 675 | 43.8 | -11.6 | |
Labour | Beinazir Lasharie | 438 | 28.4 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Kosta | 358 | 23.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Stringfellow | 70 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 237 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,540 | 24 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew F. Lamont.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abbas Barkhordar | 650 | |||
Labour | Mark Sautter | 103 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ms. Moya Denman | 101 | |||
UKIP | Raheem Kassam | 71 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Shireen O. Ritchie.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kim Taylor-Smith | 2,349 | 69.4 | ||
Labour | Isabel Grace | 693 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | Ian Henderson | 343 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 1656 | 48.9 | |||
Turnout | 3385 | 52.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Merrick Cockell.
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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignations of Victoria Borwick MP and Cllr. Joanna Gardner.
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 Dorrington 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.