Abbey_(Merton_ward)

Abbey
Abbey
Electoral ward; for the Merton London Borough Council
	Abbey ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Merton
County	Greater London
Population	10,534 (2021)
Electorate	7,396 (2022)
Area	1.376 square kilometres (0.531 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978

Abbey (Merton ward)

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.

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[1] 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

[2022_results-2] [1]
Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2018_results-3] [2]
Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2014_results-4] [3]
Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2010_results-5] [4]
Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2006_results-6] [5]
Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2002_results-7] [6]
Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[1998_results-8] [7]
Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1994_results-9] [8]
Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1994). "London Borough Council Elections: 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1990_results-10] [9]
Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1990). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1986_results-11] [10]
"London Borough Council Elections: 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. August 1986. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1982_results-12] [11]
"London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1978_results-13] [12]
"London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 1978. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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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)

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

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

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

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

Abbey_(Merton_ward)

Abbey (Merton ward)

Merton council elections since 2022

2022 election

2002–2022 Merton council elections

2018 election

2014 election

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

1978–2002 Merton council elections

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

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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)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Electorate	7,396 (2022)
Area	1.376 square kilometres (0.531 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978

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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Dingwall	1,717	44.37	2.55
	Labour	Susan Assinen	1,643
	Labour	Adrian Holt	1,582
	Conservative	Anne Bottell	820	21.34	11.41
	Conservative	Margaret Connon	795
	Conservative	Philip Thorley	761
	Green	Jacqueline Barrow	589	15.87	5.96
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Barker	382	8.70	0.69
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Moss	331
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Rudd	257
	Independent	Monowara Ahmad	108	2.91	New
	Independent	Grace Giddins	97	2.61	0.58
	Independent	Muhammad Rahman	80	2.16	New
	Independent	Abdul Kalam	76	2.05	New
Registered electors			6,944		30
Turnout			3,267	47.05	4.38
Rejected ballots			4	0.12	0.02
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marie-Louise de Villiers	1,769	46.92
	Labour	Geoffrey Martin	1,665
	Labour	Ian Scott	1,620
	Conservative	Diana Harris	1,216	32.75
	Conservative	Kenneth Butt	1,195
	Conservative	Philip Thorley	1,116
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Barry	391	9.39
	Green	Wendy Flood	320	8.91
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Harvey	315
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Spencer-Phillips	304
	Independent	Grace Giddins	73	2.03
Registered electors			6,914
Turnout			3,556	51.43
Rejected ballots			5	0.14
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold