2022 Richmond upon Thames Council election

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All 54 seats onRichmond Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Grn Con Leader Gareth Roberts Richard Bennett Paul Hodgins Party Liberal Democrats Green Conservative Last election 39 seats, 46.7% 4 seats, 4.5% 11 seats, 37.6% Seats won 48 5 1 Seat change 9 1 10 Popular vote 107,493 10,218 50,571 Percentage 56.5% 5.4% 26.6% Swing 9.8% 0.9% 11.0%
Map of the results of the 2022 Richmond upon Thames Borough council election.Liberal Democrats in yellow,Conservatives in blue,Green Party in green.
council control before election Liberal Democrats Subsequent council control Liberal Democrats

The2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members ofRichmond upon Thames London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongsidelocal elections in the other London boroughs andelections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, with the number of councillors remaining the same. TheLiberal Democrats had controlled the council since theprevious election in 2018, and increased their majority, ending on 48 seats, with all Liberal Democrat candidates being elected.^[a] TheGreen Party formed the largest opposition group on five seats, with theConservative Party dropping from 11 seats to 1 seat; they would subsequently lose their final seat in a 2024 by-election.

The thirty-twoLondon boroughs were established in 1965 by theLondon Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with theGreater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[1]

Since its formation, Richmond upon Thames has been underConservative control,Liberal Democrat control,SDP–Liberal Alliance control andno overall control. The Liberal Democrats regained control from the Conservatives in themost recent election in 2018. They won 39 seats with 46.7% of the vote across the borough while the Conservatives won 11 seats with 37.6% of the vote and theGreens won 4.5% of the vote. TheLabour Party won 10.4% of the vote but did not win any seats.^[2][3] The leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Gareth Roberts, became council leader following the election.^[4]

In 2019, Mona Adams, the Liberal Democrat councillor forEast Sheen, died.^[5] A by-election was held to fill her seat on 19 July 2019, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Julia Cambridge.^[6] Cambridge was a designer who had unsuccessfully contested the seat alongside Adams in the 2018 election.^[7] In July 2020, Dylan Bexendale, the Green Party councillor for Hampton Wick, resigned citing personal reasons.^[8] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, a by-election to fill his seat could not be held until 6 May 2021 alongside the2021 London mayoral election andLondon Assembly election. The election was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Petra Fleming.^[9]

As with most London boroughs, Richmond upon Thames was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by theLocal Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors remained at 54, but the commission produced new boundaries following a period of consultation, with eighteen three-member wards.^[10]

Richmond upon Thames, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place byblock voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

Allregistered electors (British,Irish,Commonwealth andEuropean Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.^[11] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.^[11]

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  Council composition after the 2022 election

2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	48	9	0	9	88.9	56.5	107,493	+9.8
	Green	5	2	1	1	9.3	5.4	10,218	+0.9
	Conservative	1	0	10	10	1.9	26.6	50,571	-11.0
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	11.1	21,070	+0.7
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	1,419	+0.4
	Women's Equality	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	1,361	+0.3

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Councillors seeking re-election for a different ward are marked with a cross (†).

Hampton North: 18 January 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carey Bishop	1,177	53.2	6.4
	Conservative	Nupur Majumdar	771	34.8	0.5
	Labour	Sam Cullen	159	7.2	5.2
	Green	Danielle Coleman	106	4.6	26.7
Majority			406	18.4	+8.7
Turnout			2,213	30.9	−14.6
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	+4.3

Teddington: 18 January 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Baker	1,716	64.3	2.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Foster	561	21.0	0.8
	Green	Chantal Kerr-Shepherd	184	6.9	New
	Labour	James Thomson	163	6.1	5.4
	Independent	Dominic Stockford	46	1.7	New
Majority			1,155	43.3	−1.9
Turnout			2,670	33.8	−15.5
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	-0.9

• Council elections in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• 2022 London Borough council elections

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