List of Greater London Council by-elections

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

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]

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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]

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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]

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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]

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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]

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By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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 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	Ken 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]

Date	Term ending	Incumbent		Winner		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

v t e Greater London Council
Elections	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 By-elections
Members	Chairmen Committee chairs Members
Leaderships	Bill Fiske Desmond Plummer Reg Goodwin Horace Cutler Ken Livingstone
Electoral divisions (1965–1973)	Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster and the City of London
Electoral divisions (1973–1986)	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Deptford Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Southgate Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West
Relevant legislation	London Government Act 1963 London Cab Act 1968 Port of London Act 1970 Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1972 London Cab Act 1973 Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 London Regional Transport Act 1984 London Regional Transport (Amendment) Act 1985 Local Government Act 1985
Other topics	County Hall Inner London Education Authority London Transport Executive