Bromley London Borough Council elections

Bromley London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Bromley. The council is elected every four years.

The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority before the new system came into full effect the following year. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:

Election	Overall Control		Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	UKIP	Ind/Localist
1964		Conservative	28	15	7	-	-
1968		Conservative	52	5	3	-	-
1971		Conservative	41	15	4	-	-
1974		Conservative	44	14	2	-	-
1978		Conservative	48	12	-	-	-
1982		Conservative	52	5	3	-	-
1986		Conservative	44	10	6	-	-
1990		Conservative	43	11	6	-	-
1994		Conservative	32	7	21	-	-
1998		No overall control	28	7	25	-	-
2002		Conservative	41	6	13	-	-
2006		Conservative	49	4	7	-	-
2010		Conservative	53	3	4	-	-
2014		Conservative	51	7	-	2	-
2018		Conservative	50	8	-	-	2
2022		Conservative	36	12	5	-	5

• 1964 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1968 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1971 Bromley London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[1][n 1]}
• 1974 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1978 Bromley London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]
• 1982 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1986 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1990 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 1994 Bromley London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 2][n 3][n 4][n 5][n 6]}
• 1998 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 2002 Bromley London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 2006 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 2010 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 2014 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 2018 Bromley London Borough Council election
• 2022 Bromley London Borough Council election

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Darwin by-election, 11 May 1967^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher David Mchenry Knox-Johnston	809	49.7
	Liberal	Joyce M Cater	775	47.6
	Labour	Gustav C White	43	2.6
Turnout

Bickley by-election, 27 June 1968^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Smith	1,977
	Liberal	W. R. Edwards	250
	Labour	Mrs E. Leys	183
Turnout				22.7

Petts Wood by-election, 27 June 1968^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. J. Harding	3,165
	Liberal	Keith H. Lock	2,010
	Labour	J. R. Constable	188
Turnout				41.3

Shortlands by-election, 27 June 1968^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard E. G. Davis	1,130
	Liberal	J. Bratt	150
	Labour	Christopher Richard Gaster	130
Turnout				17.9

Chelsfield by-election, 29 May 1969^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs Jean Tatham	1,634
	Liberal	S. D. Ellingworth	1,579
	Labour	G. Fielding	109
Turnout				49.9

St Mary Cray by-election, 29 May 1969^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roy Edey	1,292
	Conservative	Miss S. M. N. Gready	869
	Labour	S. T. Lack	371
Turnout				49.9

Eden Park by-election, 20 November 1969^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. E. Swatton	1,185
	Liberal	Ian Phillips	382
	Labour	Christopher Richard Gaster	186
Turnout				29.0

St Paul's Cray by-election, 5 February 1970^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edgar C. H. Smith	1,367
	Conservative	Albert E. Stayte	665
	Liberal	Miss J. Fudonger	283
Turnout				20.4

St Paul's Cray by-election, 31 July 1970^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. W. Edwards	1,511
	Conservative	Albert E. Stayte	507
	Liberal	J. J. Hart	166
Turnout				17.5

St Mary Cray by-election, 3 December 1970^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Spellar	1,180
	Liberal	Michael Edwardes-Evans	988
	Conservative	G. S. Edwards	618
Turnout				28.2

Penge by-election, 8 July 1971^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur J. Mansfield	1,156
	Conservative	R. C. Carter	504
	Liberal	William Huckin	488
Turnout				27.6

St Paul's Cray by-election, 22 July 1971^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs M. L. Wilson	1,809
	Conservative	Albert E. Stayte	417
	Liberal	Mrs A. M. Parfitt	249
Turnout				19.0

Bickley by-election, 11 November 1971^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Sellers	1,597
	Labour	Mrs J. Wood	535
	Liberal	Paul David A. Nash	188
Turnout				20.7

Chelsfield by-election, 18 November 1971^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. E. Johnson	1,400
	Liberal	Mrs F. B. Kirby	1,369
	Labour	Miss M. J. E. Healy	220
Turnout				38.6

St Mary Cray by-election, 18 May 1972^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter John Tozer	2,473
	Conservative	J. A. Collins	1,013
	Liberal	Mrs Kathleen E.C. Tarbolton	820
Turnout				38.5

Martins Hill & Town by-election, 24 May 1973^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. S. Reid	1,020
	Labour	Gordon Thomas Yates	799
	Liberal	Mrs M. M. Coulson	682
Turnout				24.2

West Wickham North by-election, 24 May 1973^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. C. Read	1,052
	Liberal	Peter A. Dodsworth	956
	Labour	Robert Armstrong	140
Turnout				28.6

West Wickham South by-election, 24 May 1973^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. G. Cope	1,218
	Liberal	Jeremy V. Cope	635
	Labour	John Richard Holbrook	317
Turnout				27.4

Farnborough by-election, 4 July 1974^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennifer Mary Hillier	2,067
	Liberal	Keith O. M. Challis	949
	Labour	Philip R. Edwards	368
Turnout				27.9

Petts Wood by-election, 4 July 1974^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan S. Cornish	2,272
	Liberal	Edward Babbs	1,555
	Labour	Antoni M. Ziolkowski	392
Turnout				36.3

Keston & Hayes by-election, 30 January 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Geoffrey Jones	1,898
	Liberal	Brian Harry Taylor	1,713
	Labour	Peter W. Rance	377
Turnout				35.3

Lawrie Park & Kent House by-election, 6 March 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John A. M. Lewis	894
	Labour	Janet I. Ambrose	741
	Liberal	Adrian G. Chapman	298
Turnout				31.9

Shortlands by-election, 6 March 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John A. Stewart	1,830
	Liberal	Ian Phillips	291
	Labour	Dr Jan Pollert	81
Turnout				26.3

Biggin Hill by-election, 2 October 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael J. Hughes	1,307
	Liberal	George H. Dunk	596
	Labour	Roy E. Hodsdon	529
Turnout				35.0

Darwin by-election, 2 October 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marion Audrey R. Roe	828
	Liberal	Derek J. Goldsmith	551
	Labour	Keith Aubrey Galley	93
Turnout				52.0

St Paul's Cray by-election, 23 October 1975^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek A. Wood	1,886
	Conservative	Albert E. Stayte	773
	Liberal	Nicholas J. Rowden	373
Turnout				24.4

Farnborough by-election, 22 January 1976^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter G. Nash	2,823
	Liberal	Keith O. M. Challis	1,804
	Labour	Philip R. Edwards	392
Turnout				40.5

West Wickham South by-election, 30 September 1976^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie G. Whitman	1,664
	Liberal	Alan G. Sewell	538
	Labour	Richard J. Cox	303
Turnout				31.8

Shortlands by-election, 24 March 1977^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian R. Reading	2,462
	Liberal	Phillip F. Khan-Panni	292
	Labour	Pauline M. Jones	212
Turnout				34.7

Bickley 26 July 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Doreen Moir	1,695	62.6
	Liberal	Peter G Hardie-Bick	423	15.6
	Labour	George W Bulline	305	11.3
	Ecology	Peter J Greenwood	286	10.6
Majority			1,272	47.0
Turnout			2,709	24.9
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Hector McDonald

Crofton 4 October 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard J Inniss	1,376	53.9
	Liberal	Dr Sandra E Ward	872	34.2
	Labour	Hilary U Powell	196	7.7
	Ecology	Peter J Greenwood	107	4.2
Majority			504	19.7
Turnout			2,551	31.5
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Keith G. Grieve

Petts Wood & Knoll 19 June 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Charles Woods	2,155	41.52
	Conservative	Stewart K Hopcraft	1,425	27.46
	Liberal	Byrom Lees	1,163	22.41
	Labour	Rosalie Huzzard	349	6.72
	Ecology	John W Taylor	98	1.89
Majority			730	14.06
Turnout			5,190	42.95
	Independent gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan S. Cornish

Petts Wood & Knoll 30 October 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maureen Huntley	2,442	55.49
	Conservative	Stewart K Hopcraft	1,199	27.24
	Liberal	Byrom Lees	553	12.57
	Labour	Rosalie Huzzard	207	4.70
Registered electors			12,163
Majority			1,243	28.25
Turnout			4,401	36.18
	Independent gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the death of Don D.S. Adams

Bromley Common & Keston, 11 August 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert H Smith	1,738	50.5
	Conservative	Robert G Straker	1,324	38.5
	Labour	Mark Cole	377	11.0
Majority			414	12.0
Turnout			3,439	26.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Colin R. English

Copers Cope, 12 April 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher John Elgar	1,410	63.5
	SDP	Phyllis S Vickers	509	22.9
	Labour	Eric H Turner	255	11.5
	BNP	Andrew T Shotton	47	2.1
Majority			901	40.6
Turnout			2,221	35.0
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John L. Pritchard

Bickley, 21 March 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ervin G Muller	1,773	49.0
	Conservative	John M H Sibley	1,602	44.3
	Labour	Doris Partridge	243	6.7
Majority			171	4.7
Turnout			3,618	33.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice B. Kenward

Chislehurst, 28 March 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Kathleen Wykes	2,225	53.22
	SDP	Muriel A Letman	1,418	33.92
	Labour	Sheila G Donn	491	11.74
	BNP	Alfred Waite	47	1.12
Majority			807	19.30
Registered electors			12,744
Turnout			4,181	32.81
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward A. Rayner

Chelsfield & Goddington, 7 May 1987^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bruce G Panes	3,570	52.78
	Liberal	Margaret Howell	2,736	40.45
	Labour	Trevor E Phillips	458	6.77
Majority			834	12.33
Registered electors			12,192
Turnout			6,764	55.48
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph T. Heath

Bromley Common & Keston, 14 April 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jeremy Hudson Booth	2,100	50.34
	Conservative	Catherine Ann Bustard	1,688	40.46
	Labour	Peter G Warner	384	9.20
Majority			412	9.88
Registered electors			12,884
Turnout			4,172	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert H. Smith

Penge, 21 April 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Mansfield	1,258	54.08
	Conservative	Celia A Manson	549	23.60
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Holbech Boultbee	519	22.31
Majority			709	30.5
Registered electors			7,383
Turnout				31.56
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Arthur J. Mansfield

St Paul's Cray, 21 April 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Corinna Margaret Mary Smart	1,848	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas William Hawthorne	805	22.3
	Conservative	Bernard J Cobley	780	21.6
	SDP	Terence C Simpson	174	4.8
Majority			1,043	28.9
Turnout			3,607	29.6
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ira G. Walters

Petts Wood & Knoll, 6 April 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony M Owen	2,368	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Anthony Silvester	1,325	29.4
	Labour	Susan Ann Polydorou	450	10.0
	SDP	Christopher W Taylor	361	8.0
Majority			1,043	23.2
Turnout			4,504	37.5
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael J. Edwards

West Wickham North by-election, 26 March 1992^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Mary Hubbard	1,810	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Margaret Fitch	1,156	36.2
	Labour	Susan O'Dwyer	154	4.8
	SDP	Richard J. Cox	48	1.5
	Liberal	Carmel Martin	23	0.7
Majority			654	20.5
Turnout				45.3
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Montague I. Blazey.

Chelsfield & Goddington by-election, 13 May 1993^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graem Peters	3,931	69.2
	Conservative	Anthony Neil Youd	1,291	22.7
	Labour	Charles Walter Hailes	370	6.5
	Green	Nicola C. Ellingham	88	1.5
Majority			2,640	46.5
Turnout				48.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Reginald G. Adams.

Kelsey Park by-election, 20 October 1994^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roderick A. Reed	1,544
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hilary Whitaker	910
	Labour	Deborah Russell	330
	Independent	Colin C. Cole	55
	Liberal	George L. Whitehorn	15
Turnout
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen R. Oxenbridge.

Bickley by-election, 18 April 1996^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon William Jenkins	2,263
	Liberal Democrats	David Malcolm Dear	1,929
	Labour	Kelly Jane Galvin	549
	Liberal	Ian Richmond	80
Turnout
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David M. Dear.

Bickley by-election, 29 October 1998^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John G. Gallop	1,828	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Gambell	1,110	34.9
	Labour	Alfred E. Parish	181	5.7
	National Front	Kevin Lowne	40	1.3
	Liberal	Elizabeth A. Steele	25	0.8
Majority			718	22.5
Turnout			3,184	30.2
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sheila A. Humphreys.

Bromley Common & Keston by-election, 1 July 1999^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen L. Carr	1,754	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lennard Douglas Woods	1,683	44.7
	Labour	George F. Johnstone	195	5.2
	Independent	Gary Badgett	81	2.2
	Green	Adrian G. Appley	49	1.3
Majority			71	1.9
Turnout			3,762	31.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul J. H. Booth.

Farnborough by-election, 24 February 2000^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy C. Stevens	1,460	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Evans	1,195	42.4
	Labour	Christopher John Price	81	2.9
	UKIP	Robert M. Bryant	43	1.5
	Green	Ann C. Garrett	37	1.3
Majority			265	9.5
Turnout			2,816	39.5
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Eric N. Goodman.

Chelsfield & Goddington by-election, 5 July 2001^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Patrick Greville Grainger	2,480	52.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Oldman	2,122	45.2
	Labour	Peter J. Lisle	88	1.9
Majority			358	7.7
Turnout			4,690	40.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Graem Peters.

Mottingham by-election, 5 July 2001^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles J. Rideout	746	49.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Ruth Johnstone	689	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Gambell	80	5.3
Majority			57	3.7
Turnout			1,515	24.6
	Conservative gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert J. Yeldham.

There were no by-elections.^[9]

Crystal Palace by-election, 6 September 2007^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Papworth	1,051	49.7
	Labour	Kevin C. Brooks	537	25.4
	Conservative	Jason M. Hadden	398	18.8
	Green	Karen A. Moran	129	6.1
Majority			514	24.3
Turnout			2,115	24.7
	Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Christopher R. Gaster.

Shortlands Ward by-election, 20 October 2011^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Jefferys	1,480	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anuja Prashar	490	19.6
	Labour	Gareth Wyn Davies	256	10.2
	UKIP	Emmett Jenner	153	6.1
	Green	Anna Martin	75	3.0
	BNP	Michael Lionel Payne	35	1.4
Majority			990
Turnout			2,489
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George R. Taylor.

Bromley Town by-election, 3 May 2012^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms. Nicky Dykes	2,484
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Webber	1,137
	Labour	Ms. Angela Stack	1,051
	Green	Ms. Ann C. Garrett	404
	UKIP	Owen Brolly	397
Turnout				42.8%
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Diana L. Macmull.

There were no by-elections from 2014 to 2018.^[14]

Kelsey and Eden Park by-election, 29 November 2018^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Harris	1,626	45.2
	Labour	Marie Bardsley	1,046	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Ireland	633	17.6
	UKIP	Graham Reakes	219	6.1
	Green	Paul Enock	73	2.0
Turnout			3597	29.17
	Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dave Wibberley

Crystal Palace by-election, 6 May 2021^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ryan David Thomson	2,235	53.1
	Green	Maria Costas Psaras	820	19.5
	Conservative	Tom Capon	783	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Suraj Rajesh Gandecha	370	8.8
Turnout			4208	42
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marina Ahmad

Hayes and Coney Hall by-election, 7 December 2023^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Coldspring-White	1,541	48.0
	Labour	Susan Moore	962	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Griffiths	526	16.4
	Green	Sarah Chant	183	5.7
Majority			579	18.0
Turnout			3,212
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Andrew Lee

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