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

First session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Hammersmith18 June 1964Marjorie McIntosh LabourIris Mary Caroline Bonham LabourDeath[1]
Harrow27 January 1966Oliver John Galley ConservativeHarold Trevor Mote ConservativeDeath[2]

Second session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Greenwich29 June 1967Sheila Bradley ConservativeJohn William Andrews LabourResignation[3]
Bromley7 November 1968Robert Joseph Turner ConservativeDavid Anthony Harris ConservativeDeath[4]
Havering12 December 1968David Thornton ConservativeWilliam Alfred Sibley ConservativeResignation[5]

Third session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Kensington and Chelsea2 December 1971Seton Forbes-Cockell ConservativeMuriel Gumbel ConservativeDeath[6][7]
Wandsworth 1 June 1972Norman George Mollett Prichard LabourAlexander McLaughlin LabourDeath[8][7]
Barnet19 October 1972Arthur Sidney Peacock ConservativeRita Maisie Levy ConservativeDeath[9][7]

Fourth session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Croydon North East5 September 1974David Howard Simpson LabourGladys Emma Morgan ConservativePrevious election declared void[10][11]
Greenwich 24 October 1974Peggy Arline Middleton LabourFrederick William Styles LabourDeath[11]
Dagenham 30 January 1975Robert John Crane LabourHarry Kay LabourDeath[11]
Finchley15 May 1975Jean Leslie Scott ConservativeRoland John Michael Freeman ConservativeResignation[11]
St Marylebone8 April 1976Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer ConservativeHerbert Henry Sandford ConservativeResignation[11]

Fifth session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Hayes and Harlington15 December 1977Albert James Retter ConservativeArthur Horace Sydney Hull ConservativeDeath[12]
Holborn and St Pancras South8 March 1979Richard Collins LabourCharles Andrew Rossi LabourDeath[12]
Vauxhall21 February 1980Ewan Geddes Carr LabourBrinley Howard Davies LabourDeath[12]
Croydon Central20 March 1980Gordon William Herbert Taylor ConservativeRobert Gurth Hughes ConservativeResignation[10][12]
Croydon North East20 March 1980Gladys Emma Morgan ConservativeArthur James Rolfe ConservativeDeath[10][12]
Lewisham West24 April 1980Roger Eden Hiskey ConservativeAlan Lewis Herbert LabourDeath[12]

Sixth session

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
St Pancras North29 October 1981Anne Sofer LabourAnne Sofer AllianceResigned to recontest following changing parties[13]
Tottenham5 May 1983Andrew McIntosh LabourJennifer Fletcher LabourResignation[13]
Surbiton15 September 1983Geoffrey Seaton ConservativeAnthony Francis Arbour ConservativeResignation[13]
Edmonton20 September 1984Kenneth Watson Little LabourKenneth Watson Little LabourResigned to recontest[13][14]
Hayes and Harlington20 September 1984John Martin McDonnell LabourJohn Martin McDonnell LabourResigned to recontest[13][14]
Lewisham West20 September 1984Alan Lewis Herbert LabourAlan Lewis Herbert LabourResigned to recontest[13][14]
Paddington20 September 1984Kenneth Robert Livingstone LabourKenneth Robert Livingstone LabourResigned to recontest[13][14]
Battersea North27 June 1985Gladys Felicia Dimson LabourJohn Vincent Norman Lucas LabourResignation[13]
Putney11 July 1985Andrew Phillip Harris LabourMargaret Anne Jenkins LabourResignation[13]
Romford11 July 1985Bernard Brook-Partridge ConservativeRobert James MacGillivray Neill ConservativeResignation[13]
Vauxhall11 July 1985Brinley Howard Davies LabourMichael William Tuffrey AllianceResignation[13]

Aldermen

Date Term ending Incumbent Party Winner Party 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

References

  1. ↑ "General Election of Greater London Councillors" (PDF). 9 April 1964. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Harrow". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "General Election of Greater London Councillors" (PDF). 13 April 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Bromley". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Havering". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Kensington and Chelsea". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Wandsworth". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Barnet". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Croydon". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 5 May 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 7 May 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Appendix B By-elections for Greater London councillors, May 1981 to May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Clayton, Hugh (21 September 1984). "Livingstone poll win denounced as 'stunt'". The Times. No. 61942. London, England.
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