Barnet local elections

The London Borough of Barnet Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Conservative 1964 - 1994

Labour and Liberal Democrats Joint 1994 - 2002

Conservative 2002 -

Council elections

Barnet Council election, 1998

Barnet Council election, 2002

Barnet Council election, 2006

By-elections

Results between 1994 & 1998 Council Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas McKendry
votes = 1,962
percentage = 70.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Maund
votes = 425
percentage = 15.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Axworthy
votes = 257
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Norman Crisp
votes = 71
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Bernard Wright
votes = 65
percentage = 2.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,537
percentage = 55.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,780
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Danish Chopra
votes = 1,339
percentage = 71.0
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Maund
votes = 386
percentage = 20.5
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Axworthy
votes = 160
percentage = 8.5
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 953
percentage = 50.5
change = -4.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,885
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Spencer
votes = 1,189
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Sloam
votes = 1,129
percentage = 46.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Jacobs
votes = 138
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 60
percentage = 2.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,456
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Sherling
votes = 970
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Francome
votes = 885
percentage = 33.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Palin
votes = 821
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 85
percentage = 3.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,676
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Results between 1998 & 2002 Council Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Rogers
votes = 1,481
percentage = 49.4
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Treeby
votes = 1,098
percentage = 36.6
change = +9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Solomon Natelson
votes = 234
percentage = 7.8
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sean Hooker
votes = 184
percentage = 6.1
change = -2.8Election box majority
votes = 383
percentage = 12.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,997
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vanessa Gearson
votes = 1,162
percentage = 47.1
change = -8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Harris
votes = 811
percentage = 32.9
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Schneiderman
votes = 427
percentage = 17.3
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Miranda Dunn
votes = 67
percentage = 2.7
change = -2.7Election box majority
votes = 351
percentage = 14.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,467
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Prentice
votes = 1,743
percentage = 58.5
change = +12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthonakis Vourou
votes = 738
percentage = 24.7
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Nowell
votes = 357
percentage = 12.0
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Edelgard Vaswani
votes = 144
percentage = 2.7
change = -2.7Election box majority
votes = 1,005
percentage = 33.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,982
percentage = 21.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sean Hooker
votes = 1,496
percentage = 54.6
change = -2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hart
votes = 809
percentage = 29.5
change = +4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zakia Zubairi
votes = 385
percentage = 14.1
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Donald Lyven
votes = 49
percentage = 1.7
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 687
percentage = 25.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,739
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Freer
votes = 1,409
percentage = 54.0
change = +8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Underwood
votes = 862
percentage = 33.0
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Karen Hatchett
votes = 245
percentage = 9.4
change = -2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Edelgard Vaswani
votes = 95
percentage = 3.7
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 547
percentage = 19.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,611
percentage = 24.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Results between 2002 & 2006 Council Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Claire Farrier
votes = 1,774
percentage = 76.0
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sachin Rajput
votes = 329
percentage = 14.1
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Diana Iwi
votes = 178
percentage = 7.6
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Edelgard Vaswani
votes = 53
percentage = 2.3
change = -5.7Election box majority
votes = 1,445
percentage = 61.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,334
percentage = 23.2
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Mencer
votes = 1,329
percentage = 43.7
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lesley Evans
votes = 1,175
percentage = 38.7
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Cohen
votes = 423
percentage = 13.9
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = David Williams
votes = 113
percentage = 3.7
change = -2.1Election box majority
votes = 154
percentage = 5.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,040
percentage = 26.6
change = -9.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zakie Zubairi
votes = 1,154
percentage = 63.4
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Maund
votes = 299
percentage = 16.4
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Jacobs
votes = 220
percentage = 12.1
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = David Williams
votes = 73
percentage = 4.0
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Melvyn Smallman
votes = 45
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mirsad Becirovic
votes = 29
percentage = 1.6
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 855
percentage = 47.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,820
percentage = 20.1
change = -0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 3,365
percentage = 50.7
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,834
percentage = 27.6
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,154
percentage = 17.4
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate =
votes = 242
percentage = 3.6
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 42
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 1,531
percentage = 23.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 6,637
percentage = 66.9
change = +28.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Duncan McDonald
votes = 1,409
percentage = 44.4
change = +31.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bridget Perry
votes = 1,295
percentage = 40.8
change = -7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Roberts
votes = 354
percentage = 11.2
change = -11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Audrey Poppy
votes = 89
percentage = 2.8
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Johnson
votes = 26
percentage = 0.7
change = -5.2Election box majority
votes = 114
percentage = 3.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,173
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Cllr Kanti Patel resigned in October 2005. [ [http://www.barnettimes.co.uk/search/display.var.644633.0.resigning_tory_queries_integrity.php Barnet Times 27 October 2005] ] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election. [ [http://www.barnettimes.co.uk/search/display.var.662863.0.lib_dems_shock_win_at_byelection.php Barnet Times 16 December 2005] ]

Results between 2006 & 2010 Council Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joanna Tambourides
votes = 1,666
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Coakley Webb
votes = 1,025
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sean Hooker
votes = 552
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Howard Javes
votes = 147
percentage = 4.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 641
percentage = 18.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,390
percentage = 30.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Cllr Olwen Evans died on 25th December 2006 after a long battle with cancer. She had served East Barnet Ward as a councillor for 24 years (1978 - 1994 and 1998 - 2006). [ [http://www.barnettimes.co.uk/search/display.var.1101613.0.popular_councillor_loses_cancer_battle.php Barnet Times 5 January 2007] ] Turnout was reasonable but lower than usual for this ward due to snowfall on the day of the election, which closed many schools and curtailed refuse collection. [ [http://www.barnettimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1183929.0.tories_win_byelection.php Barnet Times 9 February 2007] ]

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Davey
votes = 2,798
percentage = 50.1
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alex Brodkin
votes = 1,882
percentage = 33.7
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Jacobs
votes = 487
percentage = 8.7
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Stephen Curry
votes = 213
percentage = 3.8
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew Newby
votes = 206
percentage = 3.7
change = -3.4Election box majority
votes = 916
percentage = 16.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 5,586
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

External links

* [http://www.barnet.gov.uk Barnet Council]