The Wrythe (ward)

The Wrythe
Electoral ward for the Sutton London Borough Council
The Wrythe ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Sutton
County	Greater London
Population	10,938 (2021)
Electorate	7,890 (2022)
Major settlements	The Wrythe
Area	1.420 square kilometres (0.548 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	2
Councillors	Colin Stears   Bobby Dean   Patrick Ogbonna
GSS code	E05000568 (2002–2022) E05013769 (2022–present)

The Wrythe is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Sutton. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Sutton London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–2014	Susan Stears		Liberal Democrats
2002–2006	Sheila Siggins		Liberal Democrats
2002–2014	Roger Thistle		Liberal Democrats
2006–present	Colin Stears		Liberal Democrats
2014–2018	Callum Morton		Liberal Democrats
2014–2022	Nali Patel		Liberal Democrats
2018–2022	Sam Weatherlake		Liberal Democrats
2022–present	Bobby Dean		Liberal Democrats
2022–present	Patrick Ogbonna		Liberal Democrats

Sutton council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Sutton in 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.

2022 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Dean	1,492	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	1,337	43.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Ogbonna	1,225	39.4
	Conservative	Edward Dwight	1,175	37.8
	Conservative	Robert Okpuru	1,138	36.6
	Conservative	Daisy Pearce	1,084	34.8
	Labour	David Grant	534	17.2
	Labour	Margaret Thomas	488	15.7
	Labour	Cecil Tate	468	15.0
	Green	Faye Burnett	394	12.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Sutton council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2018 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	1,324	46.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Weatherlake	1,249	44.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nali Patel	1,224	43.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Will Curley	760	26.9	+9.4
	Conservative	Millie Shields	747	26.4	+9.8
	Conservative	Sebastian Wopinski	659	23.3	+10.4
	Labour	Sheila Berry	533	18.9	+3.4
	Labour	Carlos De Sousa	498	17.6	+3.5
	Labour	Paul McCarthy	476	16.8	+4.3
	Green	Penelope Mouncey	204	7.2	−3.1
	UKIP	John Bannon	196	6.9	−18.8
	Green	Michael Boulton	187	6.6	N/A
	UKIP	Bill Main-Ian	177	6.3	N/A
	UKIP	Gino Marotta	129	4.6	N/A
	Green	Phillip Mouncey	121	4.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout			2,829	34.09
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

2014 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Morton	1,341	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	1,337	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nali Patel	1,199	40.8
	UKIP	Chris Howe	754	25.7
	Conservative	Benjamin Scully	513	17.5
	Conservative	Charles Manton	487	16.6
	Labour	Deirdre Barry	455	15.5
	Labour	Alex Milligan	415	14.1
	Conservative	Marion Williams	378	12.9
	Labour	Tony Thorpe	365	12.4
	Green	Derek Coleman	303	10.3
Turnout			2,936	40.1	−26.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.

2010 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	2,566
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stears	2,491
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Thistle	2,229
	Conservative	Samantha Drew	1,511
	Conservative	Terry Faulds	1,432
	Conservative	Jim Simms	1,329
	Labour	Pat Simons	585
	Labour	Sean Hayward	570
	Labour	Andrew Theobald	562
	BNP	Sarah Bristow	451
	Green	Andrew Lindsay	377
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.

2006 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stears	1,436	54.3
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	1,405
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Thistle	1,370
	Conservative	Derek Lockhart	867	32.8
	Conservative	Christopher Wortley	834
	Conservative	Stephen Odunton	791
	Labour	Margaret Collier	343	13.0
	Labour	Catherine Magee	337
	Labour	Margaret Hughes	335
Turnout				36.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.

2002 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stears	1,176
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Siggins	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Thistle	1,103
	Conservative	Robert Creece	544
	Conservative	Christopher Wortley	540
	Conservative	Marion Williams	536
	Labour	Richard Collier	377
	Labour	Anthony Thorpe	365
	Labour	Bodipala Wijeyesinghe	354
	Green	Karin Andrews	118
	Green	William Fuller	99
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)