Greenwich London Borough Council elections


Greenwich London Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 55 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1964, ahead of the new system coming into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:

Council elections

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.

1978-1982

Resignation of Cllr James Foreman-Peck
Resignation of Cllr Joseph Stanyer
Resignation of Cllr John Dunbar
Resignation of Cllr Anthony Newman
Resignation of Cllr William White

1982-1986

Resignation of Cllr Francis Smith
Resignation of Cllr David Crowther
Resignation of Cllr Raymond Hatter

1986-1990

Resignation of Cllr Nicholas Smith
Resignation of Cllr Mervyn Jeffrey
Resignation of Cllr Steven Morgan

1990-1994

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Giles Brennand.
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr Kenneth Kear.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Roger Taylor.

1994-1998

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Adele Gordon-Peiniger.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Annette Barratt.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Sabiha Shahzad.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Claude Ramsey.

1998-2002

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Sidney Nicholson.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Marian Moseley.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Len Duvall.

2002-2006

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Alistair Macrae.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Michael Hayes.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Douglas Ellison.

2006-2010

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Kantabai Patel.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections.

2014-2018

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.

2018-2022

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Tonia Ashikodi.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Mehboob Khan.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Christine Grice.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Chris Kirby.

2022-2026

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr John Hills.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Sammy Backon.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Danny Thorpe.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Chris Lloyd, who was elected for the Labour Party but was sitting as a Liberal Democrat at the time of his resignation.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Ivis Williams.