Bexley local elections
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Bexley Council in London, England is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour | 1964 - 1968 |
| Conservative | 1968 - 1971 |
| Labour | 1971 - 1974 |
| Conservative | 1974 - 1994 |
| No overall control | 1994 - 1998 |
| Conservative | 1998 - 2002 |
| Labour | 2002 - 2006 |
| Conservative | 2006 - present |
[edit] Council elections
Bexley Council election, 2002 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)[1]
[edit] By-election results
[edit] 1994-1998
| Northumberland Heath By-Election 20 April 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Lucas | 1,853 | 63.2 | ||
| Conservative | Joyce Dianne | 547 | 18.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Wayne | 468 | 16.0 | ||
| Independent | Ian Gray | 63 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,306 | 44.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,931 | 38.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Thamesmead East By-Election 7 December 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christopher Ball | 825 | 67.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Cotton | 253 | 20.6 | ||
| Conservative | Juliet F. Mankerty | 151 | 12.3 | ||
| Majority | 572 | 46.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,229 | 13.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Erith By-Election 5 December 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elizabeth M.A. French | 1,087 | 64.5 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Wilkinson | 340 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | Derek J. Holden | 157 | 9.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Mary Cooke | 102 | 6.0 | ||
| Majority | 747 | 44.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,686 | 20.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Sidcup East By-Election 13 March 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Flint | 1,326 | 40.7 | ||
| Labour | Sean M. Reed | 1,288 | 39.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher W. Eady | 333 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | Jean M. Gee | 296 | 9.0 | ||
| Natural Law | Robert T. Stephens | 14 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 38 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,257 | 37.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 1998-2002
Blendon & Penhill, 25 June 1998, was not a by-election, but a postponed election from May 1998 due to the death of a nominated candidate.
| North End By-Election 6 July 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Deadman | 772 | 44.4 | -20.5 | |
| BNP | Colin Smith | 456 | 26.2 | +26.2 | |
| Conservative | Philip N. Chant | 413 | 23.7 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher W. Eady | 99 | 5.7 | -3.8 | |
| Majority | 316 | 18.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,740 | 19.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Belvedere By-Election 28 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Daniel Francis | 1,033 | 55.0 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Philip Brooks | 672 | 35.8 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anthony A. Pickett | 174 | 9.3 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 361 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,879 | 20.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 2002-2006
There were no by-elections in Bexley between 2002 and 2006.
[edit] 2006-2010
| Christchurch By-Election 3 July 2008[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Spencer | 1,192 | 47.8 | -16.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Oliver Brooks | 459 | 18.4 | +3.5 | |
| BNP | Michael Barnbrook | 431 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
| Labour | Ursula Ayliffe | 411 | 16.5 | -4.8 | |
| Majority | 733 | 29.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,493 | 29.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| East Wickham By-Election 22 January 2009[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Steven Frederick Hall | 798 | 26.8 | -5.2 | |
| BNP | Michael Barnbrook | 790 | 26.5 | +12.4 | |
| Labour | Patricia Rose Ball | 700 | 23.5 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Grace Goodlad | 564 | 18.9 | +2.9 | |
| English Democrats | Laurence Williams | 128 | 4.3 | -4.9 | |
| Majority | 8 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,890 | 36.9 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Bexley". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/11.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
- ^ "Election Results 3 July 2008". Bexley Council. Archived from the original on 2008-07-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080711151006/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/elections/christchurchward/index.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
- ^ http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/elections/eastwickhamward/index.html Bexley Council press release. "East Wickham Ward By-Election Results," (January 22nd, 2009).
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