2022 Bromley London Borough Council election

2022 Bromley London Borough Council election

5 May 2022
All 58 seats to Bromley London Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Colin Smith Simon Jeal Julie Ireland Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 50 seats, 44.1% 8 seats, 24.3% 0 seats, 14.7% Seats won 36 12 5 Seat change 14 4 5 Percentage 41.6% 32.0% 18.2% Swing 2.5% 7.7% 3.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mark Smith Party Chislehurst Matters Independent Last election New Party 2 seats, 3.0% Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 Percentage 3.3% 1.6% Swing 3.3% 1.4%
Map of the results of the 2022 Bromley London Borough Council election. Chislehurst Matters in dark grey, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independents in grey.
council control before election 2018 Conservative Subsequent council control 2022 Conservative

The 2022 Bromley London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 58 members of Bromley London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Conservative Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, winning 50 out of the 60 seats with the Labour Party forming the primary opposition with eight of the remaining seats. Independent candidates won the other two. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 58.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London 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 the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.

Since its formation, Bromley has been controlled by the Conservative Party except for a period of no overall control between 1998 and 2001 which saw the council controlled by coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Labour. Local elections in the borough have seen Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, UK Independence Party and independent councillors elected. In the previous election in 2018, the Conservatives maintained their longstanding majority on the council with 50 of the 60 seats up for election and 44.1% of the vote. Labour won eight with 24.3% of the vote and independent candidates won two seats with 3.0% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 14.3% of the vote and the Green Party received 10.3% of the vote, but neither party won any seats. The incumbent leader is the Conservative Colin Smith, who has held that position since 2017.

Council term

One of the Conservative councillors for the Kelsey and Eden Park ward resigned in October 2018 because he had to move due to work relocation. The November by-election was held for the party by the Conservative candidate Christine Harris. One of the Labour councillors for Crystal Palace ward, Marina Ahmad, resigned in 2021 to seek election as a member of the London Assembly for the Lambeth and Southwark constituency. A by-election was held on 5 May, the same date as the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election. The seat was held for the Labour Party by Ryan Thomson.

Along with most other London boroughs, Bromley was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should have 58 seats, a reduction of two, and produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation. The new boundaries consist of one single-member ward, six two-member wards and fifteen three-member wards.

Electoral process

Bromley, like the 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 by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by one, 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.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived 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. 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.

Previous council composition

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  Council composition before the 2022 election
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  Council composition after the 2022 election

Before 2022 election			After 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	50		Conservative	36
	Labour	8		Labour	12
	Liberal Democrats	0		Liberal Democrats	5
	Independent	2		Independent	5

Results summary

2022 Bromley London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	0	3	14	62.1	41.6	100,689	-2.5
	Labour	12	0	0	4	20.7	32.0	77,373	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	0	5	8.6	18.2	43,942	+3.5
	Chislehurst Matters	3	3	0	3	5.2	3.3	7,906	New
	Independent	2	0	0		3.4	1.6	3,761	-1.4
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	7,971	-7.3
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	394	New

Ward Results

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April 2022. Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Beckenham Town and Copers Cope

Beckenham Town and Copers Cope (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe-Jane Ross	1,900	36.9	+7.0
	Conservative	Michael Tickner*	1,763	34.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Will Connolly	1,762	34.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Stephen Wells*	1,733	33.7	−6.2
	Conservative	Carline Deal	1,676	32.6	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Marshall	1,651	32.1	+5.2
	Labour	Helen Brookfield	1,492	29.0	+5.3
	Labour	Qahir Bandali	1,292	25.1	+3.1
	Labour	Dermot McKibbin	1,243	24.2	+3.3
	Green	Ruth Fabricant	545	10.6	−0.8
Turnout			5,146	43
Registered electors			11,995
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bickley & Sundridge

Bickley & Sundridge (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Lymer*	2,671	51.6	−6.4
	Conservative	Colin Paul Smith*	2,643	51.1	−5.1
	Conservative	Kira Gabbert*	2,626	50.7	−7.6
	Labour	Kelly Jane Galvin	1,233	23.8	+3.5
	Labour	Laura Evans Vogel	1,182	22.8	+6.8
	Labour	Tom Davies	1,163	22.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Paul Cliff	996	19.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cooper	919	17.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Broadhurst	796	15.4	+1.5
	Green	Roisin Robertson	779	15.1	+2.6
Turnout			5,176	39
Registered electors			13,421
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Biggin Hill

Biggin Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Melanie May Stevens*	1,443	45.6	+8.8
	Independent	Sophie Alexandra Dunbar	1,323	41.8	+4.1
	Conservative	Victoria Claire Nightingale	1,136	35.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Andrew James King	1,069	33.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Gosst	361	11.4	+0.6
	Labour	Stephen Lloyd Cranenburgh	311	9.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce Westbrook	255	8.1	+2.6
	Labour	Margaret Ann Mills	232	7.3	+0.1
Turnout			3,165	37	−3
Registered electors			8,455
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Bromley Common and Holwood

Cllr Jonathan Laidlaw currently sits as an Independent.

Bromley Common and Holwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jefferys*	2,114	47.1	−12.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Laidlaw	2,019	45.0	−14.4
	Conservative	Sunil Gupta	1,927	42.9	−14.8
	Labour	Kay Abbs	1,470	32.8	+9.9
	Labour	Kathryn Watts	1,245	27.7	+5.9
	Labour	Amy de Vries	1,202	26.8	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Carter	813	18.1	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Denyer	794	17.7	+6.5
	Green	Hannah Witham	739	16.5	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Viner	559	12.5	+3.3
Turnout			4,488	32
Registered electors			13,949
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bromley Town

Bromley Town (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Ireland	1,929	44.8	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Webber	1,834	42.6	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Casey	1,828	42.5	+8.2
	Conservative	Nicky Dykes*	1,475	34.3	−5.5
	Conservative	Michael Rutherford*	1,430	33.2	−1.9
	Conservative	Will Harmer*	1,417	32.9	−4.6
	Labour	Will Conway	735	17.1	−6.9
	Labour	Larry Awobayiku	720	16.7	−6.7
	Labour	Jez Frampton	652	15.1	−5.3
	Green	Ann Garrett	512	11.9	+0.0
Turnout			4,304	38
Registered electors			11,353
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chelsfield

Chelsfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Botting*	1,838	51.8	−10.7
	Conservative	Angela Page*	1,765	49.7	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gerda Loosemore-Reppen	993	28.0	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Thurimella	772	21.7	+8.5
	Labour	Lynn Sellwood	541	15.2	−2.1
	Labour	Kola Abiola	524	14.8	−0.7
	Green	Daniel Sloan	467	13.2	+0.1
Turnout			3,551	41
Registered electors			8,720
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chislehurst

Chislehurst (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chislehurst Matters	Alison Stammers	2,827	58.9	New
	Chislehurst Matters	Mark Smith	2,548	53.1	New
	Chislehurst Matters	Michael Jack	2,531	52.7	New
	Conservative	Katy Boughey*	1,509	31.4	−35.3
	Conservative	Edward Fitzgerald	1,453	30.3	−29.7
	Conservative	Kieran Terry*	1,386	28.9	−33.6
	Labour	Juliet Owens	478	10.0	−6.1
	Labour	Ewan Greenwood	454	9.5	−4.7
	Labour	Christian Mole	438	9.1	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gill	252	5.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Wetton	249	5.2	−5.7
Turnout			4,801	41
Registered electors			11,576
	Chislehurst Matters gain from Conservative
	Chislehurst Matters gain from Conservative
	Chislehurst Matters gain from Conservative

Clock House

Clock House (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Arnold	3,464	66.1	+17.7
	Labour	Josh King*	3,305	63.1	+21.7
	Labour	Jeremy Adams	3,299	63.0	+19.2
	Conservative	Gemma Turrell	1,020	19.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Jack Miller	997	19.0	−6.8
	Conservative	Will Joce	991	18.9	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claudio Gambarotta	810	15.5	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Weaks	714	13.6	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Webber	679	13.0	−8.1
Turnout			5,237	41
Registered electors			12,647
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Crystal Palace and Anerley

Crystal Palace and Anerley (New) (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth McGregor	1,760	68.7	+5.7
	Labour	Ryan Thomson*	1,549	60.4	+7.3
	Green	Maria Psaras	548	21.4	+4.4
	Conservative	Penny Jones	317	12.4	−1.6
	Conservative	Joseph Ward	276	10.8	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Bridge	265	10.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Benefield	181	7.1	−2.7
Turnout			2,563	31
Registered electors			8,373
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darwin

Darwin (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Andrews	920	56.4	−16.4
	Independent	Julian Grainger	326	20.0	New
	Labour	Jeff Slee	162	9.9	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Loosemore	128	7.9	−0.2
	Green	Jan Wilson	89	5.5	−2.4
Turnout			1,630	36
Registered electors			4,241
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnborough and Crofton

Farnborough and Crofton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Evans*	2,941	54.2	−10.1
	Conservative	Charles Joel*	2,910	53.6	−9.3
	Conservative	Christopher Marlow*	2,773	51.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Anderson	1,239	22.8
	Labour	Cameron Bewley	1,154	21.3
	Labour	Christine McNamara	1,071	19.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Tweddle	1,038	19.1	+3.9
	Labour	Tim Fisher	977	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Mangold	910	16.8
	Green	Juergen Wiegerling	669	12.3
Turnout			5,427	40
Registered electors			13,524
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayes and Coney Hall

Hayes and Coney Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexa Michael*	2,527	52.0	−7.4
	Conservative	Thomas Turrell	2,347	48.3
	Conservative	Andrew Lee	2,184	44.9
	Labour	Susan Moore	1,552	31.9
	Labour	Thomas Morton	1,171	24.1
	Labour	Michael Roberts	1,049	21.6
	Green	Sarah Chant	986	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Griffiths	858	17.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Kemp	679	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew De Whalley	491	10.1
Turnout			4,859	40
Registered electors			12,106
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kelsey and Eden Park

Kelsey and Eden Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Harris*	2,073	44.9
	Conservative	Peter Dean*	2,064	44.7	−4.7
	Conservative	Diane Smith*	2,000	43.3	−5.0
	Labour	Marie Bardsley	1,877	40.6	+10.2
	Labour	John Dempster	1,691	36.6	+10.4
	Labour	Stephen Scott	1,627	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Hollamby	762	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stafford Fitch-Bunce	611	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Gorski	581	12.6
	Reform UK	Graham Reakes	105	2.3
Turnout			4,622	39
Registered electors			11,713
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mottingham

Mottingham (New) (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cartwright*	1,081	45.5	−0.2
	Conservative	Will Rowlands*	936	39.4	−1.4
	Labour	Simon Thompson	892	37.6
	Labour	Owen Wittekind	795	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Houghton	262	11.0
	Green	Saskia Sabelus	258	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin England	200	8.4
	Independent	Doreen Thompson	113	4.8
Turnout			8,063	29
Registered electors			8,063
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Orpington

Orpington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Botting*	1,630	47.4	−14.7
	Conservative	Pauline Tunnicliffe*	1,608	46.7	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Das	1,026	29.8	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Morrison	991	28.8	+15.8
	Labour	Hannah Barlow	774	22.5	+1.9
	Labour	James Talbot	661	19.2	−1.4
Turnout			3,441	37
Registered electors			9,210
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penge and Cator

Penge and Cator (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathy Bance*	3,655	75.0	+9.1
	Labour	Simon Jeal*	3,082	63.2	+8.8
	Labour	Kevin Kennedy-Brooks*	2,742	56.3	−0.8
	Green	Geoffrey Allen	1,300	26.7	+6.1
	Conservative	Sam Griffiths	664	13.6
	Conservative	Josh Coldspring-White	658	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Burns	603	12.4
	Conservative	Sumeet Jalan	602	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Maxwell	370	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jones	288	5.9
Turnout			4,873	36
Registered electors			13,622
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Petts Wood and Knoll

Petts Wood and Knoll (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Onslow*	2,992	54.8	−14.5
	Conservative	Tony Owen*	2,905	53.2	−13.7
	Conservative	Simon Fawthrop*	2,880	52.8	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Catchpole	1,437	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Loosemore	1,293	23.7
	Labour	John Pead	1,170	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Stotesbury	1,133	20.8
	Labour	Charlotte Grievson	1,124	20.6
	Labour	Gareth Wretham	915	16.8
Turnout			5,457	43
Registered electors			12,828
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow

Gary Stevens was a sitting councillor for Cray Valley West.

Plaistow (New) (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alisa Igoe	1,566	44.5
	Labour	Tony McPartlan	1,514	43.0
	Conservative	Panos Papayannakos	1,390	39.5
	Conservative	Gary Stevens*	1,353	38.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Davis	344	9.8
	Green	Heather Wallace-Brown	316	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Furniss	297	8.4	−1.3
	Independent	Alice Akullu	80	2.3
Turnout			3,522	38
Registered electors			9,383
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shortlands and Park Langley

Shortlands and Park Langley (New) (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Felicity Bainbridge	2,262	46.4
	Conservative	Aisha Cuthbert*	2,151	44.1	−15.1
	Conservative	Adam Grant	2,110	43.3
	Labour	Joanna Crispin	1,542	31.6
	Labour	Peter Ayres	1,515	31.1
	Labour	Martin Spence	1,306	26.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Coleman	1,078	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Wells	980	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Suraj Gandecha	976	20.0
	Reform UK	Edward Apostolides	156	3.2
Turnout			4,874	39
Registered electors			12,497
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Mary CRAY

St Mary Cray (New) (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Bear*	1,930	46.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Shaun Slator	1,900	45.6
	Conservative	Harry Stranger*	1,847	44.3	+4.4
	Labour	Nathaniel Arthur	1,676	40.2	+2.6
	Labour	Richard Honess	1,627	39.1
	Labour	Deborah Price	1,590	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Webber	533	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Magrath	499	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mansell	448	10.8
Turnout			4,166	31
Registered electors			13,501
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's Cray

St Paul's Cray (New) (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Price	1,118	40.2
	Conservative	Colin Hitchins*	1,101	39.6	+0.5
	Labour	Rebecca Wiffen	1,089	39.1
	Conservative	Tina Powley	1,069	38.4
	Labour	Tim Westwood	1,028	36.9
	Conservative	Rahul Gupta	953	34.2
	Independent	Andy Wilson	476	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jones	300	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Alessio	295	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Sollitt	270	9.7
Turnout			2,783	24
Registered electors			11,686
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West Wickham

West Wickham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Brock*	2,341	51.6	−8.8
	Conservative	Hannah Gray*	2,172	47.9	−7.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Bennett*	2,164	47.7	−8.0
	Labour	Angela Barnett	1,308	28.9
	Labour	Philip Shemmings	1,256	27.7
	Labour	Peter Barnett	1,114	24.6
	Green	Angela Hulm	763	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachael Clarke	618	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bentley	557	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Pike	535	11.8
	Reform UK	Victor Jackson	133	2.9	−1.5
Turnout			4,533	39	−3
Registered electors			11,556
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2022-2026 by-elections

Hayes and Coney Hall by-election, 7 December 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Coldspring-White	1,541	48.0	3.1
	Labour	Susan Moore	962	30.0	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Griffiths	526	16.4	1.3
	Green	Sarah Chant	183	5.7	14.6
Turnout			3,212	27
Registered electors			12,063
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shortlands and Park Langley by-election, 2 May 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gemma Jade Turrell	2,835	42.4	1.7
	Labour	Charlotte Grievson	2,005	30.0	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gita Bapat	836	12.5	8.0
	Reform UK	Edward Apostolides	417	6.2	3.0
	Green	Louis Goddard-Glen	374	5.6	New
	Independent	Brendan Michael Donegan	219	3.3	New
	Conservative hold

The Shortlands and Park Langley by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Aisha Cuthbert.