Merton London Borough Council Merton London Borough Council, which styles itself Merton Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Merton in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majori ...

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is elected every four years; it has administrative control over the

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...

. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 57

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s have been elected from 20

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Local political parties

Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association

Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association is a residents association in the Longthornton area, which lies in the triangle between

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and Mitcham Eastfields. Between 1964 and 1994, LTRA contested elections in Merton, initially in the Mitcham Central ward. After the borough's wards were redrawn in 1978 and the Mitcham Central ward abolished, the LTRA contested elections in the Longthornton ward. LTRA won between three and four seats in the elections between 1964 and 1978. At the 1982 election, it was defeated by the Conservatives, who took all three seats in Longthornton. It subsequently regained a seat at a by-election in March 1984 and retook all three seats in the 1986 election. At the 1994 election, LTRA lost two seats to Labour. This was the last election that was contested by LTRA. By the time of the 1998 election, its last councillor no longer sat for the party.

Merton Park Ward Residents Association

Merton Park Ward Residents Association is a residents association in the

Merton Park Merton Park is an area in London Borough of Merton. Bordering areas are Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon and Raynes Park. It is southwest of Charing Cross. It lies east of Kingston upon Thames, west of Mitcham and north of Sutton. ...

ward. The MPWRA has two councillors on Merton London Borough Council, and for this purpose is registered as the political party Merton Park Ward Independent Residents. The MPWRA was formed in 1989 in order to contest a by-election that October in the Merton Park ward, caused by the resignation of a

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councillor. The MPWRA opposed the proposed extension of the

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relief road across a corner of the Merton Park Conservation Area, which required the demolition of several Victorian houses. At the by-election, Bridget Smith was elected for the MPWRA; this hung the council. In the following year's

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, the MPWRA gained all three council seats of the Merton Park ward, becoming the third-largest party on the council. The A24 relief road was not extended. The MPWRA held every seat in the ward in all subsequent elections, although the number of seats for the ward was reduced to two ahead of the 2022 elections. After the 2010 elections, the MPWRA provided support for a minority Labour administration until Labour regained a majority at the 2014 elections. Following seat gains for the Liberal Democrats on other wards at the 2018 elections, the MPWRA became the fourth-largest party on the council. Since its founding, the MPWRA has campaigned for the redevelopment of Nelson Hospital and the regeneration of

Morden Morden is a district and town in South London, England, now within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton, Londo ...

's town centre. The MPWRA publishes a quarterly local publication known as Forum.

Borough result maps

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List of council elections

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* 2022 Merton London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by three)

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.

1968-1971

1971-1974

1974-1978

1978-1982

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. George Watt. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. William A. Hillhouse.

1982-1986

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Glasspool. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Michael L. Page. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nancy Bone. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Dilley.

1986-1990

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James B. Garwood. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. David Mason. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David T. Williams. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kathryn E. Nicholls. The result meant that the Conservatives lost their one-seat majority on the council, placing the council under

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until the next election. Since this by-election, the Conservatives have yet to win back majority control of the council. This was the first election ever contested by the Merton Park Ward Residents Association, which had run in opposition to the council's proposed extension of the

relief road.

1990-1994

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

1994-1998

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. David R. Proctor. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Arthur M. Kennedy.

1998-2002

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Terence J. Daniels. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jennifer Willott.

2002-2006

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tony Giles. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leslie D. Mutch.

2006-2010

There were no by-elections.

2010-2014

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tariq M. Ahmad. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Gam Gurung.

2014-2018

The by-election was triggered by the death of Cllr. Maxi Martin of the Labour Party. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Imran Uddin of the Labour Party.

2018-2022

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Mark Kenny of the Labour Party. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kelly Braund of the Labour Party.

2022-2026

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr.

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of the Labour Party. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr.

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of the Labour Party.

References

Notes References
By-election results

External links

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