This thread is the results of the local election in Merton and will be constantly updated as results are announced.
There will be a total of 57 councillors across 20 wards – meaning 29 are needed for full control of the council.
The total number of confirmed councillors as it stands:
Conservatives: 6
Labour: 29
Liberal Democrats: 17
Greens: 0
Independent/Other: 2
The makeup of the council pre-election:
Labour: 33
Conservatives: 17
Liberal Democrats: 6
Independent/Other: 4
WARDS DECLARED:
Abbey – Two Lib Dem and one Labour
Nigel Benbow (Con)- 927
Matthew Braithwaite (Lib Dem)- 1,294
Mike Brunt (Labour)- 1,169
Zak Dada (Labour)- 1,089
Klaar Dresselaers (Lib Dem)- 1,160
Peter Garratt (Green)- 391
Hayley Ormrod (Con)- 858
Karen Peck (Lab)- 1,133
Sivas Ranjan (Con) 796
Barry Smith (Lib Dem)- 1,151
Cannon Hill – Two Conservatives, one Liberal Democrat seat
Asif Ashraf (Lib Dem)- 1,168
Dave Barnes (Lab)- 1,049
Ryan Barnett (Lab)- 997
Pauline Cowper (Lab)- 984
Jenifer Gould (Lib Dem)- 1,329
Jae Henderson (Green)- 299
Nicholas McLean (Con)- 1,263
Michael Paterson (Con)- 1,193
Frank Pocock (Con)- 1,140
Richard Poole (Lib Dem)- 1,129
Cricket Green – Three Labour
Vincent Bolt (Lib Dem)- 169
Michael Butcher (Lab)- 1,778
Alex Forbes (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)- 80
Usaama Kaweesa (Lab)- 1,774
Peter Ludvigsen (Con)- 348
Gill Manly (Lab)- 1,816
Barbara Mansfield (Con)- 433
Gail Morrison (Lib Dem)- 182
Christopher Stanton (Green)- 274
Gary Watkinson (Con)- 351
William Woodward (Lib Dem)- 121
Figges Marsh – Three Labour seats
Agatha Akyigyina (Lab)- 1,962
April Shaley (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)- 84
Eloise Bailey (Lib Dem)- 152
Alice Hammond (Con)- 267
Natasha Irons (Lab)- 1,882
Daniel Johnston (Lab)- 1,753
Sally Pannifex (Green)- 221
John Raymond (Lib Dem)- 115
Linda Taylor (Con)- 293
Nicholas Thomas (Lib Dem)- 103
Tim Williamson (Con)- 257
Hillside – One Liberal Democrat, one Conservative seat
Rebecca Bottriekk (Lab)- 515
Rob Cossins (Con)- 1,015
Ursula Faulkner (Lib Dem)- 1,005
Susan Hicks (Lib Dem)- 1,105
Steven Hirsch (Lab)- 464
Dan Holden (Con)- 1,059
Lavender Fields – Three Labour seats
Rathy Alagaratnam (Con)- 420
Elizabeth Barker (Lib Dem)- 271
George Burridge (Green)- 365
Angela Cahill (Con)- 395
Billy Christie (Lab)- 1,580
Benedict Fletcher (Lib Dem)- 117
Edith Macauley (Lab)- 1,608
Simon Parritt (Lib Dem)- 166
Fred Rushton (Con)- 332
Sławek Szczepanski (Lab)- 1,390
Longthornton – Three Labour seats
Kaweh Beheshtizadeh (Lib Dem)- 191
Leila Boyd (Green)- 332
Brenda Fraser (Lab)- 1,869
Ross Garrod (Lab)- 1,8662
Nicholas Harris (Lib Dem)- 198
Simon Jones (Lib Dem)- 217
Brian Lewis-Lavender (Con)- 453
Michael Ormrod (Con)- 417
Marsie Skeete (Lab)- 1,584
Delvalee Willie (Con)- 425
Merton Park – Two Independent seats
Deborah Chadwick (Lab)- 575
Edward Foley (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)- 1,853
Alex Harris (Lab)- 498
Abdul Latif (Con)- 346
Najeeb Latif (Con)- 333
Emma Maddison (Lib Dem)- 293
Stephen Mercer (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)- 1,723
Keiren O’Brien (Green)- 173
Christopher Oxford (Lib Dem)- 177
Pollard Hill – Three Labour seats
Daniel Amona (Con)-366
Toni Borrow (Lib Dem)- 125
Anthony Cole (Con)- 351
Joan Jenry (Lab)- 1930
Mary-Jane Jeanes (Lib Dem)- 122
Beth Mitchell (Lib Dem)- 343
Aidan Mundy (Lab)- 1,785
Matthew Payne (Lib Dem)- 89
Margaret Rogers (Green)- 174
Martin Whelton (Lab)- 1,785
Raynes Park – Three Liberal Democrat seats
Wayne Busbridge (Lab)- 707
Adam Bush (Con)- 1,264
Omar Bush (Con)- 1,223
David Dean (Con)- 1,287
Chessie Flack (Lib Dem)- 1,796
Peter Gay (Green)- 421
Becky Hooper (Lab)- 767
Harry Platts (Lab)- 662
Matthew Willis (Lib Dem)- 1,753
Victoria Wilson (Lib Dem)- 1,819
St Helier – Three Labour seats
Olivia Barlow (Con)- 475
Inam Bokth (Con)- 380
Rachel Brooks (Green)- 340
Stephen Crowe (Con)- 415
Helena Dollimore (Lab)- 1,393
Andrew Judge (Lab)- 1,262
Pippa Maslin (Green)- 386
Dennis Pearce (Lab)- 1,258
James Rae (Green)- 227
Richard Shilito (Lib Dem)- 149
Vivian Vella (Lib Dem)- 151
Guy Weston (Lib Dem)- 117
Village – Three Conservative seats
Max Austin (Con)- 1,909
Thomas Barlow (Con)- 1,931
Alexander Gallagher (Lib Dem)- 1,223
Andrew Howard (Con)- 1,850
Fergus Kirman (Lib Dem)- 1,254
Franca Ofeimu (Lab)- 465
Shirley Pritchard (Lab)- 495
Geoffrey Thomas (Lab)- 445
Sonja Timpson (Green)- 433
Tom Williams (Lib Dem)- 1166
Wandle – One Lib Dem and one Labour seat
Mark Allison (Lab)- 727
Kirsten Galea (Lib Dem)- 755
Philip Ling (Lib Dem)- 673
Guy Lockwood (Con)- 513
Calum McGrath (Con)- 472
Mehmood Naqshbandi (Green)- 253
Benjamin Smith (Green)- 166
Eleanor Stringer (Lab)- 740
West Barnes – Three Liberal Democrat seats
Lily Alimi (Con)- 1,038
John Barraball (Green)- 441
Hina Bokhari (Lib Dem)-1,655
Ben Butler (Lab)- 691
Joseph Hackett (Con)- 1,034
Gilli Lewis-Lavender (Con)- 1,114
Rob Newbery (Lab)- 701
John Oliver (Lib Dem)- 1,612
Robert Page (Lib Dem)- 1,348
Tessa Tyler Todd (Lab)- 711
Wimbledon Town and Dundonald – Three Liberal Democrat seats
Michael Bull (con)- 1,041
Laura Collins (green)- 572
Terry Daniels (Lab)- 583
Anthony Fairclough (Lib Dem)- 2,463
Suzanne Grocott (Con)-1,144
James Holmes (Con)- 1,053
Abigail Jones (Lab)- 704
Paul Kohler (Lib Dem)- 2,637
Simon McGrath (Lib Dem)- 2,252
Devina Paul (Lab)- 553
Ravensbury – Three Labour seats
Stephen Alambritis (Lab)- 1,497
Caroline Charles (Lab)- 1,504
Stephen Harbron (Lib Dem)- 173
Rory Holdt (Con)- 355
Sarah Holmes (Con)- 385
Peter McCabe (Lab)- 1,346
Thomas Moulton (Con)- 337
Hamish Norbrook (Lib Dem)- 153
Karen Ohara (Green)- 294
Sarah Weber (Lib Dem)- 192
Wimbledon Park – Three Liberal Democrat seats
Juliet Boyd (Green)- 593
Hugh Constant (Lab)- 783
Ed Gretton (Con)- 1,056
Jill Hall (Lib Dem)- 1,459
Janice Howard (Con)- 988
Samantha MacArthur (Lib Dem)- 1,377
Oonagh Moulton (Con)- 1,053
Motiur Rahman (Lab)- 621
Tony Reiss (Lib Dem)- 1,358
Pam Treanor (Lab)- 711
WARDS TO BE DECLARED:
Lower Morden – to be declared
You can check out the preview for the Merton local election here.
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