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All 54 seats toRichmond upon Thames London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2018 Richmond upon Thames Borough council election.Liberal Democrats in yellow,Conservatives in blue,Green Party in green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members ofRichmond upon Thames London Borough Council in England,[1] on the same day as otherlocal elections. The previous time the seats were up for election was22 May 2014.
TheLiberal Democrats regained control of the council, winning 39 out of the 54 seats, with theConservative Party forming the principal opposition with eleven of the remaining fifteen seats.

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 39 | +24 | 0 | +24 | 72.2 | 46.7 | 97,496 | +14.9 | |
| Conservative | 11 | 0 | -28 | -28 | 20.4 | 37.6 | 78,431 | -7.4 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 21,723 | -2.1 | |
| Green | 4 | +4 | 0 | +4 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 9,392 | -1.5 | |
| Women's Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 741 | New | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 547 | -0.6 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 452 | -3.7 | |
| Socialist (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 452 | New | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aphra Brandreth | 2,017 | 54.26 | −3.73 | |
| Conservative | Paul Hodgins* | 1,919 | 51.63 | −6.49 | |
| Conservative | Rita Palmer* | 1,895 | 50.98 | −7.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Merlene Emerson | 1,539 | 41.40 | +20.79 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne McKee | 1,486 | 39.98 | +20.53 | |
| Green | Nicola Albon | 1,058 | 28.46 | +13.21 | |
| Labour | Judith Enright | 234 | 6.30 | −6.50 | |
| Labour | Sachin Patel | 185 | 4.98 | −6.78 | |
| Labour | Alec Lever | 153 | 4.12 | −5.81 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Adam Buick | 28 | 0.75 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,725 | 50.15 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Anthony Marcel* | 2,026 | 48.25 | −10.45 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mona Adams | 1,982 | 47.20 | +25.41 | |
| Conservative | Seamus Joyce | 1,979 | 47.13 | −12.43 | |
| Conservative | Robert Thompson* | 1,928 | 45.92 | −9.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Cambridge | 1,927 | 45.89 | +25.89 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Heath | 1,724 | 41.06 | +24.89 | |
| Labour | Deborah Genders | 276 | 6.57 | −4.74 | |
| Labour | Giles Oakley | 244 | 5.81 | −5.33 | |
| Labour | Rowan Woodward | 176 | 4.19 | −6.65 | |
| Turnout | 4,204 | 55.24 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Cardy* | 2,497 | 62.50 | +23.66 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Hull | 2,368 | 59.27 | +21.77 | |
| Green | Monica Saunders | 1,923 | 48.14 | +31.91 | |
| Conservative | Mark Boyle* | 1,267 | 31.71 | −5.14 | |
| Conservative | Joe Broughton | 1,194 | 29.89 | −4.36 | |
| Conservative | Saba Shaukat | 1,002 | 25.08 | −7.65 | |
| Labour | Catherine Pickering | 405 | 10.14 | −2.70 | |
| Labour | Jane Butters | 363 | 9.09 | −2.11 | |
| Labour | Adam Gladstone | 272 | 6.81 | −3.89 | |
| Turnout | 4,002 | 50.61 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Penny Frost* | 2,344 | 58.79 | +21.53 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Richards | 2,038 | 51.12 | +15.03 | |
| Green | Andrée Frieze | 1,917 | 48.08 | +36.41 | |
| Conservative | Jean Loveland* | 1,485 | 37.25 | +0.60 | |
| Conservative | Sara Gezdari | 1,286 | 32.25 | −4.32 | |
| Conservative | Radomir Tylecote | 1,204 | 30.20 | −3.36 | |
| Labour | Jed Baxter | 313 | 7.85 | −1.21 | |
| Labour | Sandra Keen | 306 | 7.67 | −3.47 | |
| Labour | Danny Moran | 267 | 6.70 | −1.19 | |
| Turnout | 3,994 | 53.97 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Roberts* | 2,464 | 58.03 | +15.42 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suzette Nicholson* | 2,442 | 57.51 | +15.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geraint Thomason | 2,107 | 49.62 | +16.11 | |
| Conservative | Tim Rosser | 1,513 | 35.63 | +2.04 | |
| Conservative | Petra Sale* | 1,511 | 35.59 | −0.52 | |
| Conservative | Jon Slinn | 1,421 | 33.47 | +2.23 | |
| Labour | Bob Bollen | 316 | 7.44 | −3.01 | |
| Labour | Margaret Mills | 258 | 6.08 | −4.56 | |
| Labour | Christopher Fawcett | 218 | 5.13 | −3.48 | |
| Turnout | 4,253 | 53.78 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Avril Coelho | 1,373 | 42.89 | +20.83 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Samuel* | 1,372 | 42.86 | −1.83 | |
| Conservative | Kate Howard* | 1,337 | 41.77 | −0.45 | |
| Conservative | Martin Seymour* | 1,326 | 41.42 | +0.26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jerry Elloy | 1,237 | 38.64 | +14.33 | |
| Liberal Democrats | York Membery | 1,125 | 35.15 | +12.64 | |
| Labour | Cathy Driscoll | 467 | 14.59 | +2.40 | |
| Labour | Harpreet Gill | 429 | 13.40 | +1.44 | |
| Labour | Philip Moshi | 356 | 11.12 | +0.38 | |
| UKIP | Paul Rodwell | 107 | 3.34 | −9.39 | |
| Turnout | 3,206 | 44.35 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Brown | 2,636 | 61.75 | +41.59 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Millard | 2,439 | 57.13 | +37.84 | |
| Green | Dylan Baxendale | 1,738 | 40.71 | +19.96 | |
| Conservative | Tony Arbour* | 1,642 | 38.46 | −17.29 | |
| Conservative | Suzy Webb | 1,280 | 29.98 | −20.94 | |
| Conservative | Chris Harrison | 1,275 | 29.87 | −17.42 | |
| Labour | Eva Tutchell | 415 | 9.72 | −4.41 | |
| Labour | Caroline Loewenstein | 307 | 7.19 | −8.37 | |
| Labour | Gerard Ward | 258 | 6.04 | −9.46 | |
| Turnout | 4,277 | 52.22 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Coombs* | 1,763 | 44.72 | +11.30 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Pollesche | 1,560 | 39.57 | +9.88 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson | 1,507 | 38.23 | +10.99 | |
| Labour | Sergio Cortes Allsopp | 1,093 | 27.73 | +5.53 | |
| Labour | Jan Kilsby | 1,044 | 26.48 | +5.59 | |
| Conservative | Alan Butler* | 1,040 | 26.38 | −6.43 | |
| Conservative | George Dryja | 1,032 | 26.18 | −5.52 | |
| Labour | Ranjeev Walia | 1,025 | 26.00 | +8.26 | |
| Conservative | Buddhi Weerasinghe | 947 | 24.02 | −3.17 | |
| UKIP | Peter Dul | 159 | 4.03 | −15.00 | |
| Turnout | 3,948 | 50.31 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | J-F Burford | 2,503 | 54.56 | +16.88 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lotte Campanale | 2,467 | 53.77 | +20.73 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Craigie | 2,308 | 50.31 | +21.53 | |
| Conservative | David Linnette* | 1,870 | 40.76 | −5.91 | |
| Conservative | Monica Horner* | 1,852 | 40.37 | −4.39 | |
| Conservative | Roger Metcalfe | 1,713 | 37.34 | −12.11 | |
| Labour | Barnaby Marder | 252 | 5.49 | −2.70 | |
| Labour | Duska Rosenberg | 238 | 5.19 | −2.76 | |
| Labour | René Smit | 202 | 4.40 | −3.53 | |
| Turnout | 4,594 | 53.75 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Avon* | 1,986 | 49.34 | +0.36 | |
| Conservative | Gemma Curran* | 1,901 | 47.23 | −2.70 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alice Bridges-Westcott | 1,758 | 43.68 | +20.50 | |
| Conservative | Tim Mack | 1,757 | 43.65 | −0.49 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Catchpole | 1,722 | 42.78 | +24.77 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Dingemans | 1,665 | 41.37 | +16.81 | |
| Labour | Christina Atchison | 379 | 9.42 | −1.03 | |
| Labour | Edward Jones | 282 | 7.01 | −3.36 | |
| Labour | Maureen Metzger | 282 | 7.01 | −1.82 | |
| Turnout | 4,033 | 49.29 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nancy Baldwin | 1,920 | 45.66 | +16.25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Pyne | 1,725 | 41.02 | +12.40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Warren | 1,714 | 40.76 | +11.52 | |
| Conservative | Jane Keep | 1,687 | 40.12 | −5.09 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Speak* | 1,671 | 39.74 | −1.28 | |
| Conservative | Jason Hilder | 1,654 | 39.33 | −4.80 | |
| Labour | Fiona O'Farrell | 655 | 15.58 | +5.13 | |
| Labour | Thomas Absolon | 601 | 14.29 | +3.92 | |
| Labour | Maxwell Smith | 540 | 12.84 | +2.55 | |
| Turnout | 4,214 | 50.66 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pamela Fleming* | 1,921 | 48.52 | −6.38 | |
| Conservative | Peter Buckwell* | 1,849 | 46.70 | −6.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Newton Dunn | 1,749 | 44.18 | +21.00 | |
| Conservative | Thomas O'Malley* | 1,743 | 44.03 | −4.95 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paulina Vassileva | 1,708 | 43.14 | +23.02 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Nash | 1,208 | 30.51 | +13.92 | |
| Labour | Deborah Huggett | 338 | 8.54 | −3.46 | |
| Labour | Edwin Makurah | 290 | 7.33 | −4.44 | |
| Labour | Michael Freedman | 268 | 6.77 | −2.67 | |
| UKIP | Robert Leon | 81 | 2.05 | −6.28 | |
| Turnout | 3,960 | 48.70 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Katie Mansfield | 2,326 | 58.41 | +31.18 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Butlin | 2,200 | 55.25 | +28.14 | |
| Green | Richard Bennett | 1,548 | 38.87 | +19.53 | |
| Conservative | Clare Head* | 1,483 | 37.24 | −10.85 | |
| Conservative | David Porter* | 1,357 | 34.08 | −11.93 | |
| Conservative | David Marlow* | 1,309 | 32.87 | −11.03 | |
| Labour | Beatriz Lees | 377 | 9.47 | −5.48 | |
| Labour | Sampson Low | 330 | 8.29 | −7.27 | |
| Labour | Manju Walia | 277 | 6.96 | −7.93 | |
| Turnout | 3,987 | 53.78 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Acton* | 2,718 | 59.63 | +15.43 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Khosa* | 2,559 | 56.14 | +16.16 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Ehmann* | 2,528 | 55.46 | +17.91 | |
| Conservative | Helen Edward | 1,212 | 26.59 | −9.53 | |
| Conservative | Nathaniel Ikeazor | 1,128 | 24.75 | −10.63 | |
| Conservative | Phillip Taylor | 1,087 | 23.85 | −5.93 | |
| Labour | Rachel Evans | 644 | 14.13 | +2.22 | |
| Labour | Gordon Alexander | 595 | 13.05 | +2.59 | |
| Labour | Adam Hinton | 551 | 12.09 | +4.01 | |
| Independent | Thomas Pangbourne | 182 | 3.99 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 4,570 | 52.91 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Baker | 2,571 | 59.92 | +17.91 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Elengorn* | 2,491 | 58.05 | +17.98 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Woodcock | 2,432 | 56.58 | +16.96 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Foster | 1,379 | 32.14 | −6.16 | |
| Conservative | Simon Lamb | 1,303 | 30.37 | −3.93 | |
| Conservative | Richard Fitter | 1,280 | 29.83 | −6.06 | |
| Labour | Penny Banaji | 361 | 8.41 | −2.84 | |
| Labour | Neil Browning | 339 | 7.90 | −3.06 | |
| Labour | Louise Creighton | 314 | 7.32 | −2.87 | |
| Turnout | 4,297 | 53.16 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Neden-Watts | 2,283 | 57.52 | +23.24 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Chard | 2,243 | 56.51 | +23.53 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Crouch | 2,009 | 50.62 | +20.96 | |
| Conservative | Susan Chappell* | 1,256 | 31.65 | −11.23 | |
| Conservative | Helen Hill* | 1,111 | 27.99 | −8.60 | |
| Conservative | Alexandre Andrews | 1,110 | 27.97 | −9.41 | |
| Women's Equality | Caroline Rayfield | 741 | 18.67 | N/A | |
| Labour | Rhonda Evans | 339 | 8.54 | −2.38 | |
| Labour | David Harley | 250 | 6.30 | −3.95 | |
| Labour | Harvey Woolfe | 215 | 5.42 | −5.41 | |
| Turnout | 3,974 | 50.79 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Piers Allen* | 2,043 | 51.20 | +14.69 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Lee Parsons* | 2,031 | 50.90 | +15.76 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Juriansz | 1,916 | 48.02 | +17.85 | |
| Conservative | Jane Boulton* | 1,141 | 28.60 | −4.59 | |
| Conservative | Paul Nacmanson | 1,057 | 26.49 | −5.88 | |
| Conservative | Sheba Sogol | 939 | 23.53 | −4.77 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Churchill | 785 | 19.67 | +4.44 | |
| Labour | Paul Tanto | 735 | 18.42 | +4.54 | |
| Labour | John Plastow | 693 | 17.37 | +4.31 | |
| UKIP | David Sparrow | 105 | 2.63 | −9.23 | |
| Turnout | 3,996 | 49.54 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Humphreys | 1,935 | 51.79 | +25.95 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Jaeger* | 1,768 | 47.32 | +15.70 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob O'Carroll | 1,648 | 44.11 | +21.31 | |
| Conservative | Gareth Elliott* | 1,365 | 36.54 | −4.34 | |
| Conservative | Sophie Lister | 1,271 | 34.02 | +3.03 | |
| Conservative | Grant Healy* | 1,201 | 32.15 | −0.19 | |
| Labour | Jasmin Athwal | 448 | 11.99 | −0.18 | |
| Labour | Daniel Hilton | 401 | 10.73 | −0.44 | |
| Labour | Mark Hopkins | 370 | 9.90 | +0.88 | |
| Independent | Paul Hampartsoumian | 365 | 9.77 | −3.66 | |
| Turnout | 3,742 | 51.31 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Cambridge | 1,809 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | Helen Edward | 1,090 | 35.4 | ||
| Women's Equality | Trixie Rawlinson | 90 | 2.93 | New | |
| Labour | Giles Oakley | 82 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 719 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,070 | 40.70 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Petra Fleming | 2,447 | 52.4 | ||
| Conservative | Nina Watson | 1,232 | 26.4 | ||
| Green | Chas Warlow | 538 | 11.5 | ||
| Labour | Nick Dexter | 446 | 9.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,215 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,663 | 56.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromGreen | Swing | N/A | |||