Abbey (Merton ward)
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| Abbey | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Merton London Borough Council | |
 Abbey ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Merton |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 10,534 (2021)[a] |
| Electorate | 7,396 (2022) |
| Area | 1.376 square kilometres (0.531 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 1978 |
Abbey is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Merton. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns councillors to Merton London Borough Council.
2022 election
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2022.
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Braithwaite | 1,294 | 37.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mike Brunt | 1,169 | 34.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Klaar Dresselaers | 1,160 | 33.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 1,151 | 33.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Karen Peck | 1,133 | 32.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Zak Dada | 1,089 | 31.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nigel Benbow | 927 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Hayley Ormrod* | 858 | 24.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 796 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Peter Garrett | 391 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,439 | 46.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
2002–2022 Merton council elections
Abbey ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Merton in 2002.
2018 election
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eleanor Leslie Stringer | 1,476 | 42.8 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Charles Benbow | 1,446 | 41.9 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Ben Butler | 1,409 | 40.7 | −7.1 | |
| Conservative | Emma-Louise Vetriano | 1,399 | 40.6 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | 1,383 | 40.1 | +10.2 | |
| Labour | Dave Treanor | 1,323 | 38.4 | −8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew William Payne | 547 | 15.9 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 464 | 13.5 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Panos Topalis | 419 | 12.1 | +7.1 | |
| TUSC | Piero Miloro | 77 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abigail Jones | 1,563 | 47.9 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,560 | 47.8 | +11.5 | |
| Labour | Katy Neep | 1,519 | 46.5 | +15.4 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,136 | 34.8 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Smith | 1,104 | 33.8 | −5.8 | |
| Conservative | Cesar Sepulveda | 975 | 29.9 | −4.3 | |
| Green | David Wood | 425 | 13.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 284 | 8.7 | −17.0 | |
| UKIP | Rathy Alagaratnam | 259 | 7.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Heinrich | 202 | 6.2 | −16.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Tippett-Cooper | 162 | 5.0 | −17.4 | |
| Turnout | 3,458 | 45 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2010 election
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,888 | 39.6 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,758 | 36.8 | −1.7 | |
| Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,733 | 36.3 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Latif | 1,634 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
| Labour | Pauline Cowper | 1,542 | 32.3 | −2.2 | |
| Labour | Emma Nye | 1,484 | 31.1 | −3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Towner | 1,229 | 25.7 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Karim | 1,103 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Warne | 1,068 | 22.4 | +9.3 | |
| Turnout | 4,773 | 66.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2006 election
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diane Neil Mills | 1,297 | 41.2 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Marc Hanson | 1,282 | 40.7 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | Henry Nelless | 1,214 | 38.5 | +10.5 | |
| Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,147 | 36.4 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Michael Brunt | 1,087 | 34.5 | −5.3 | |
| Labour | Laxmi Attawar | 1,074 | 34.1 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 566 | 18.0 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Houilihan | 470 | 14.9 | −0.8 | |
| Green | Benjamin Walsh | 443 | 14.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 412 | 13.1 | −0.4 | |
| Turnout | 3,150 | 44.1 | +16.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2002 election
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Su Assinen | 766 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Abrams | 765 | 39.8 | ||
| Labour | Mick Fitzgerald | 710 | 37.0 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft | 644 | 33.5 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Bottell | 613 | 31.9 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Raymond | 538 | 28.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Brown | 320 | 16.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John O'Boyle | 301 | 15.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Celia Lee | 260 | 13.5 | ||
| Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 233 | 12.1 | ||
| Green | John Barrow | 180 | 9.3 | ||
| Green | Conal Cunningham | 166 | 8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,927 | 27.4 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
