List of Greater London Council by-elections

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This is a list of local by-elections to the Greater London Council between 1964 and 1986.

First session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Hammersmith 18 June 1964 Marjorie McIntosh Labour Iris Mary Caroline Bonham Labour Death[1]
Harrow 27 January 1966 Oliver John Galley Conservative Harold Trevor Mote Conservative Death[2]

Second session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Greenwich 29 June 1967 Sheila Bradley Conservative John William Andrews Labour Resignation[3]
Bromley 7 November 1968 Robert Joseph Turner Conservative David Anthony Harris Conservative Death[4]
Havering 12 December 1968 David Thornton Conservative William Alfred Sibley Conservative Resignation[5]

Third session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Kensington and Chelsea 2 December 1971 Seton Forbes-Cockell Conservative Muriel Gumbel Conservative Death[6][7]
Wandsworth 1 June 1972 Norman George Mollett Prichard Labour Alexander McLaughlin Labour Death[8][7]
Barnet 19 October 1972 Arthur Sidney Peacock Conservative Rita Maisie Levy Conservative Death[9][7]

Fourth session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Croydon North East 5 September 1974 David Howard Simpson Labour Gladys Emma Morgan Conservative Previous election declared void[10][11]
Greenwich 24 October 1974 Peggy Arline Middleton Labour Frederick William Styles Labour Death[11]
Dagenham 30 January 1975 Robert John Crane Labour Harry Kay Labour Death[11]
Finchley 15 May 1975 Jean Leslie Scott Conservative Roland John Michael Freeman Conservative Resignation[11]
St Marylebone 8 April 1976 Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer Conservative Herbert Henry Sandford Conservative Resignation[11]

Fifth session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Hayes and Harlington 15 December 1977 Albert James Retter Conservative Arthur Horace Sydney Hull Conservative Death[12]
Holborn and St Pancras South 8 March 1979 Richard Collins Labour Charles Andrew Rossi Labour Death[12]
Vauxhall 21 February 1980 Ewan Geddes Carr Labour Brinley Howard Davies Labour Death[12]
Croydon Central 20 March 1980 Gordon William Herbert Taylor Conservative Robert Gurth Hughes Conservative Resignation[10][12]
Croydon North East 20 March 1980 Gladys Emma Morgan Conservative Arthur James Rolfe Conservative Death[10][12]
Lewisham West 24 April 1980 Roger Eden Hiskey Conservative Alan Lewis Herbert Labour Death[12]

Sixth session[edit]

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
St Pancras North 29 October 1981 Anne Sofer Labour Anne Sofer Alliance Resigned to recontest following changing parties[13]
Tottenham 5 May 1983 Andrew McIntosh Labour Jennifer Fletcher Labour Resignation[13]
Surbiton 15 September 1983 Geoffrey Seaton Conservative Anthony Francis Arbour Conservative Resignation[13]
Edmonton 20 September 1984 Kenneth Watson Little Labour Kenneth Watson Little Labour Resigned to recontest[13][14]
Hayes and Harlington 20 September 1984 John Martin McDonnell Labour John Martin McDonnell Labour Resigned to recontest[13][14]
Lewisham West 20 September 1984 Alan Lewis Herbert Labour Alan Lewis Herbert Labour Resigned to recontest[13][14]
Paddington 20 September 1984 Kenneth Robert Livingstone Labour Kenneth Robert Livingstone Labour Resigned to recontest[13][14]
Battersea North 27 June 1985 Gladys Felicia Dimson Labour John Vincent Norman Lucas Labour Resignation[13]
Putney 11 July 1985 Andrew Phillip Harris Labour Margaret Anne Jenkins Labour Resignation[13]
Romford 11 July 1985 Bernard Brook-Partridge Conservative Robert James MacGillivray Neill Conservative Resignation[13]
Vauxhall 11 July 1985 Brinley Howard Davies Labour Michael William Tuffrey Alliance Resignation[13]

Aldermen[edit]

Date Term ending Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
6 July 1965 1967 Donald Oliver Soper Labour Frederick Lionel Tonge Labour Resignation
8 October 1968 1973 Nelly Margaret Walton Conservative Richard Maddock Brew Conservative Resignation
29 April 1969 1973 Timothy James Bligh Conservative Maurice Stephenson Conservative Death
28 April 1970 1973 David Gilbert Baker Conservative Ewan Geddes Carr Labour Resignation
28 April 1970 1973 Brian Caldwell Cook Batsford Conservative Illtyd Harrington Labour Resignation
28 April 1970 1973 Christopher John Chataway Conservative William Watts Labour Resignation
4 May 1971 1976 (extended to 1977) Reginald Ernest Prentice Labour Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley Labour Resignation
19 October 1971 1973 Timothy Charles Farmer Labour Bernard James Perkins Labour Resignation
3 October 1972 1976 (extended to 1977) Gerard Folliott Vaughan Conservative Gordon William Herbert Taylor Conservative Resignation
21 September 1976 1979 (shortened to 1977) Oliver Piers Stutchbury Labour David Howard Simpson Labour Resignation

References[edit]

  1. ^ "General Election of Greater London Councillors" (PDF). 9 April 1964. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Harrow". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ "General Election of Greater London Councillors" (PDF). 13 April 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Bromley". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Havering". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Kensington and Chelsea". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  8. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Wandsworth". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  9. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Barnet". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Croydon". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 5 May 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 7 May 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Appendix B By-elections for Greater London councillors, May 1981 to May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d Clayton, Hugh (21 September 1984). "Livingstone poll win denounced as 'stunt'". The Times. No. 61942. London, England.
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