| Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
| November 1935 - 3 vacancies |
| Henry Arnold |
|
(Con) |
841 |
62.8% |
| Reuben Elsden |
R |
(Con) |
796 |
59.4% |
| William Stanton |
R |
(Con) |
768 |
57.3% |
| Alfred Deeks |
|
(Lab) |
511 |
38.1% |
| Leonard Doggett |
|
(Lab) |
468 |
34.9% |
| Ernest Cutting |
|
(Lab) |
456 |
34.0% |
|
| November 1936 |
| William Stanton |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| November 1937 |
| Reuben Elsden |
R |
(Con) |
550 |
62.8% |
| Leonard Doggett |
|
(Lab) |
326 |
37.2% |
|
|
Con Maj 257 19.2%. Retiring 1938, 1937 & 1936.
|
No change.
|
No change, Con Maj 224 25.6%.
|
| November 1938 |
| Henry Arnold |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
|
No change.
|
No elections were held during World War II, any vacancies being filled by co-option. Elections resumed in November 1945.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, elections from 1949 were held in May instead of November - the terms of sitting councillors being extended by 6 months.
|
| November 1945 - 2 vacancies |
| Ernest Cutting |
|
(Lab) |
1018 |
58.7% |
| Leonard Wordingham |
|
(Lab) |
1006 |
58.0% |
| Arthur Biggs |
R |
(Con) |
746 |
43.0% |
| Clifford King |
|
(Con) |
698 |
40.3% |
|
| November 1946 |
| Alfred Shelley |
|
(Lab) |
1073 |
53.4% |
| Percy North |
|
(Con) |
935 |
46.6% |
|
| November 1947 |
| Kenneth Gilbert |
|
(Con) |
1444 |
55.8% |
| Leonard Wordingham |
R |
(Lab) |
1142 |
44.2% |
|
2 Lab gains, Maj 260 15.0%. Second place retiring in 1947.
Biggs had been co-opted during the war.
|
Lab gain, Maj 138 6.9%.
|
Con gain, Maj 302 11.7%.
|
| May 1949 |
| Harry Habin |
|
(Con) |
1291 |
53.3% |
| Ernest Cutting |
R |
(Lab) |
1129 |
46.7% |
|
| May 1950 |
| Herbert Finbow |
|
(Con) |
1227 |
50.7% |
| Alfred Shelley |
R |
(Lab) |
1193 |
49.3% |
|
| May 1951 |
| Kenneth Gilbert |
R |
(Con) |
1446 |
52.6% |
| Alfred Shelley |
|
(Lab) |
1301 |
47.4% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 162 6.7%.
|
Con gain, Maj 34 1.4%.
|
No change, Con Maj 145 5.3%.
|
| May 1952 - 2 vacancies |
| Ernest Cutting |
|
(Lab) |
1838 |
62.5% |
| Phyllis Clark |
|
(Lab) |
1738 |
59.1% |
| Harry Habin |
R |
(Con) |
1187 |
40.4% |
| Sidney West |
|
(Con) |
1119 |
38.0% |
|
| May 1953 |
| P.Jack Warren |
|
(Lab) |
1628 |
57.9% |
| Herbert Finbow |
R |
(Con) |
1186 |
42.1% |
|
| May 1954 |
| Phyllis Clark |
R |
(Lab) |
1610 |
61.5% |
| Harry Habin |
|
(Con) |
1007 |
38.5% |
|
|
2 Lab gains, Maj 551 18.7%. Second place retiring in 1954.
|
Lab gain, Maj 442 15.7%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 603 23.0%.
|
| May 1955 - 2 vacancies |
| Leonard Wordingham |
R |
(Lab) |
1575 |
56.2% |
| Florence Roden |
|
(Lab) |
1392 |
49.7% |
| Harry Woolgar |
|
(Con) |
1340 |
47.8% |
| John Eyles |
|
(Con) |
1300 |
46.4% |
|
| May 1956 |
| P.Jack Warren |
R |
(Lab) |
1465 |
71.6% |
| Arthur Moore |
|
(RPA) |
582 |
28.4% |
|
| May 1957 |
| Dennis Ash |
|
(Lab) |
1577 |
66.0% |
| Cyril Mercer |
|
(Con) |
812 |
34.0% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 52 1.9%. Second place retiring in 1957.
Wordingham was retiring councillor for East Chesterton.
|
No change, Lab Maj 883 43.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 765 32.0%.
|
| May 1958 |
| Leonard Wordingham |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1959 |
| P.Jack Warren |
R |
(Lab) |
1484 |
63.3% |
| Cyril Mercer |
|
(Con) |
859 |
36.7% |
|
| May 1960 |
| Dennis Ash |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change, Lab Maj 625 26.7%.
|
No change.
|
| Byelection - July 1960 |
| John N. Hughes |
|
(Lab) |
1039 |
60.6% |
| Paul Marquis |
|
(Con) |
676 |
39.4% |
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 363 21.2%. Retiring 1961.
|
| May 1961 |
| John N. Hughes |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1962 |
| P.Jack Warren |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1963 |
| Dennis Ash |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| |
| Byelection - July 1963 |
| Euphemia Davison |
|
(Lab) |
1392 |
72.3% |
| Phyllis Pink |
|
(Lib) |
532 |
27.7% |
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 860 44.7%. Retiring 1965.
|
| May 1964 |
| John N. Hughes |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
| Byelection - July 1964 |
| Doris Howe |
|
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change. Retiring 1966.
|
| |
| May 1965 |
| Euphemia Davison |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1966 |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| May 1967 |
| John N. Hughes |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1968 |
| William Goddard |
|
(Con) |
968 |
52.0% |
| Euphemia Davison |
R |
(Lab) |
893 |
48.0% |
|
| May 1969 |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
1020 |
49.5% |
| Derek Harrison |
|
(Con) |
885 |
42.9% |
| David Trotter |
|
(Lib) |
157 |
7.6% |
|
|
No change.
|
Con gain, Maj 75 4.0%. Boundary changes.
|
No change, Lab Maj 135 6.5%.
|
| May 1970 |
| John N. Hughes |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1971 |
| Alec Molt |
|
(Lab) |
1857 |
73.6% |
| Sidney Miller |
|
(Con) |
665 |
26.4% |
|
| May 1972 |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
1533 |
92.1% |
| Shirley Bailey |
|
(Com) |
132 |
7.9% |
|
|
No change.
|
Lab gain, Maj 1192 47.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 1401 84.1%.
|
|
Local Government Reorganisation & all-up elections. Abbey Ward was allocated 4 councillors pending re-warding.
|
| June 1973 - 4 vacancies |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| Alec Molt |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| O.M.Wendy Nicol |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| P.Jack Warren |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| - all unopposed |
|
|
|
All retiring in May 1976.
Nicol was retiring councillor for Arbury.
Warren was an Alderman.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Abbey lost the area west of the main railway line.
|
| May 1976 - 3 vacancies |
| P.Jack Warren |
R |
(Lab) |
763 |
53.7% |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
671 |
47.2% |
| Alec Molt |
R |
(Lab) |
627 |
44.1% |
| Edna Jones |
|
(Con) |
530 |
37.3% |
| Patricia Allen |
|
(Ind) |
168 |
11.8% |
|
| May 1978 |
| Alec Molt |
R |
(Lab) |
830 |
67.1% |
| Edna Jones |
|
(Con) |
407 |
32.9% |
| |
| |
| |
|
| May 1979 |
| Doris Howe |
R |
(Lab) |
2006 |
59.9% |
| Edna Jones |
|
(Con) |
945 |
28.2% |
| Bernard Greaves |
|
(Lib) |
400 |
11.9% |
| |
| |
|
|
Lab Maj 97 6.8%. Retiring in 1980, 1979 & 1978.
|
No change, Lab Maj 423 34.2%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 1061 31.7%.
|
| May 1980 |
| Richard Smith |
|
(Lab) |
1169 |
71.6% |
| Edna Jones |
|
(Con) |
365 |
22.4% |
| David Green |
|
(Lib) |
99 |
6.1% |
|
| May 1982 |
| Carey Widdows |
|
(Lab) |
1169 |
59.2% |
| Else Meyland-Smith |
|
(SDP) |
435 |
22.0% |
| Sally-Anne Worland |
|
(Con) |
372 |
18.8% |
|
| May 1983 |
| Eleanor Fairclough |
|
(Lab) |
1167 |
61.9% |
| Sally-Anne Worland |
|
(Con) |
488 |
25.9% |
| Kenneth Hales |
|
(Lib) |
230 |
12.2% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 804 49.2%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 734 37.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 679 36.0%.
|
| May 1984 |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
1208 |
62.3% |
| Peter Day |
|
(Con) |
550 |
28.4% |
| Don McBey |
|
(SDP) |
182 |
9.4% |
|
| May 1986 |
| Anthony Barnes |
|
(Lab) |
998 |
59.9% |
| Julie Hayward |
|
(Con) |
406 |
24.4% |
| Brian Whitt |
|
(SDP) |
263 |
15.8% |
|
| May 1987 |
| John Durrant |
|
(Lab) |
1069 |
55.4% |
| Julie Hayward |
|
(Con) |
583 |
30.2% |
| Simon Jordan |
|
(Lib) |
278 |
14.4% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 658 33.9%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 592 35.5%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 486 25.2%.
|
| May 1988 |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
1096 |
64.6% |
| Timothy Wheatley |
|
(Con) |
433 |
25.5% |
| Barrie Coombes |
|
(SLD) |
103 |
6.1% |
| Phillipa Bryan |
|
(Gre) |
64 |
3.8% |
|
| May 1990 |
| Anthony Barnes |
R |
(Lab) |
1401 |
67.0% |
| Sheila Cann |
|
(Con) |
436 |
20.8% |
| Stuart Emms |
|
(Gre) |
140 |
6.7% |
| Brian Whitt |
|
(LDm) |
115 |
5.5% |
|
| May 1991 |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
1050 |
61.4% |
| Robert Marven |
|
(Con) |
418 |
24.4% |
| Brian Whitt |
|
(LDm) |
169 |
9.9% |
| Phillipa Bryan |
|
(Gre) |
74 |
4.3% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 663 39.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 965 46.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 632 36.9%.
|
| May 1992 |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
801 |
57.6% |
| Joan Hill-Molyneux |
|
(Con) |
482 |
34.7% |
| Paul Harden |
|
(LDm) |
108 |
7.8% |
|
| May 1994 |
| Anthony Barnes |
R |
(Lab) |
965 |
66.2% |
| Jeremy Froggett |
|
(Con) |
253 |
17.4% |
| Joan Molyneux-Hill |
|
(LDm) |
239 |
16.4% |
|
| May 1995 |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
988 |
78.4% |
| Stephanie Langton |
|
(LDm) |
273 |
21.6% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 319 22.9%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 712 48.9%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 715 56.7%.
|
| May 1996 |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
882 |
71.5% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
200 |
16.2% |
| Stephanie Langton |
|
(LDm) |
151 |
12.2% |
|
| May 1998 |
| Mungai Mbayah |
|
(Lab) |
578 |
65.0% |
| Ann Watkins |
|
(Con) |
163 |
18.3% |
| Catherine Stebbings |
|
(LDm) |
148 |
16.6% |
|
| May 1999 |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
702 |
71.3% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
157 |
16.0% |
| G.Stephen Smith |
|
(LDm) |
76 |
7.7% |
| John G, Collins |
|
(Gre) |
49 |
5.0% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 682 55.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 415 46.7%.
Mungai Mbayah sat as an Independent from 2000
|
No change, Lab Maj 545 55.4%.
|
| May 2000 |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
567 |
62.4% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
224 |
24.7% |
| Julian Huppert |
|
(LDm) |
117 |
12.9% |
| |
| |
|
| May 2002 |
| Caroline Hart |
|
(Lab) |
571 |
58.6% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
180 |
18.5% |
| Christopher Keating |
|
(LDm) |
113 |
11.6% |
| John G. Collins |
|
(Gre) |
60 |
6.2% |
| Mungai Mbaya |
R |
(Ind) |
51 |
5.2% |
|
| May 2003 |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
502 |
55.2% |
| Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
195 |
21.4% |
| Thomas Yates |
|
(LDm) |
142 |
15.6% |
| John G. Collins |
|
(Gre) |
71 |
7.8% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 343 37.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 391 40.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 307 33.7%.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Abbey regained the Riverside area west of the main railway line.
|
| June 2004 |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
725 |
41.8% |
| Caroline Hart |
R |
(Lab) |
615 |
35.5% |
| Richard Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
559 |
32.3% |
| Richard Dutton |
|
(Con) |
388 |
22.4% |
| Helen Elsom |
|
(LDm) |
360 |
20.8% |
| Edward Sexton |
|
(LDm) |
330 |
19.0% |
| Heather Macbeth-Hornett |
|
(Gre) |
322 |
18.6% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
322 |
18.6% |
| Magnus Gittins |
|
(Con) |
317 |
18.3% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
280 |
16.2% |
| Marcus Streets |
|
(LDm) |
279 |
16.1% |
|
| May 2006 |
| Miriam Lynn |
|
(Lab) |
668 |
37.4% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
464 |
26.0% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
362 |
20.3% |
| Edward Sexton |
|
(LDm) |
292 |
16.3% |
|
| May 2007 |
| Caroline Hart |
R |
(Lab) |
701 |
35.5% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
593 |
30.0% |
| Andrew Bower |
|
(Con) |
398 |
20.1% |
| Edward Sexton |
|
(LDm) |
284 |
14.4% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 171 9.9%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006.
|
No change, Lab Maj 204 11.4%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 108 5.5%.
|
| May 2008 |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
812 |
41.4% |
| John Durrant |
R |
(Lab) |
645 |
32.9% |
| Andrew Bower |
|
(Con) |
376 |
19.2% |
| Callie Leroux |
|
(LDm) |
129 |
6.6% |
|
| May 2010 |
| Adam Pogonowski |
|
(Gre) |
1104 |
29.7% |
| Christopher Brown |
|
(LDm) |
1010 |
27.2% |
| George Owers |
|
(Lab) |
848 |
22.8% |
| Lara Hillman |
|
(Con) |
758 |
20.4% |
|
| May 2011 |
| Caroline Hart |
R |
(Lab) |
1057 |
41.8% |
| Brett Hughes |
|
(Gre) |
796 |
31.5% |
| Craig Thomas |
|
(Con) |
414 |
16.4% |
| Christopher Brown |
|
(LDm) |
260 |
10.3% |
|
|
Gre gain, Maj 167 8.5%.
|
Gre gain, Maj 94 2.5%.
Pogonowski joined the Labour Party in May 2012
|
No change, Lab Maj 261 10.3%.
|
| May 2012 |
| Richard Johnson |
|
(Lab) |
963 |
54.4% |
| William Birkin |
|
(Gre) |
423 |
23.9% |
| Timothy Haire |
|
(Con) |
219 |
12.4% |
| Christopher Brown |
|
(LDm) |
165 |
9.3% |
|
| Byelection - May 2013 |
| Peter Roberts |
|
(Lab) |
878 |
51.4% |
| Oliver Perkins |
|
(Gre) |
336 |
19.7% |
| Eric Barrett-Payton |
|
(Con) |
284 |
16.6% |
| Marcus Streets |
|
(LDm) |
209 |
12.2% |
|
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 540 30.5%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 542 31.8%. Retiring 2014.
|
| |
| May 2014 |
| Peter Roberts |
R |
(Lab) |
1130 |
48.7% |
| Oscar Gillespie |
|
(Gre) |
480 |
20.7% |
| Marcus Streets |
|
(LDm) |
384 |
16.5% |
| Eric Barrett-Payton |
|
(Con) |
328 |
14.1% |
|
| May 2015 |
| Caroline Hart |
R |
(Lab) |
1645 |
42.5% |
| Nichola Martin |
|
(LDm) |
831 |
21.5% |
| Monica Hone |
|
(Gre) |
701 |
18.1% |
| David Cowan |
|
(Con) |
696 |
18.0% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 650 28.0%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 814 21.0%.
|
| May 2016 |
| Richard Johnson |
R |
(Lab) |
1235 |
61.3% |
| Monica Hone |
|
(Gre) |
292 |
14.5% |
| Nicky Shepard |
|
(LDm) |
266 |
13.2% |
| Angela Ozturk |
|
(Con) |
222 |
11.0% |
|
| May 2018 |
| Nicky Massey |
|
(Lab) |
1283 |
57.0% |
| Nicky Shepard |
|
(LDm) |
466 |
20.7% |
| David Smith |
|
(Con) |
263 |
11.7% |
| Naomi Bennett |
|
(Gre) |
240 |
10.7% |
|
| May 2019 |
| Haf Davies |
|
(Lab) |
1055 |
50.0% |
| Naomi Bennett |
|
(Gre) |
477 |
22.6% |
| Jake Butt |
|
(LDm) |
328 |
15.6% |
| David Smith |
|
(Con) |
179 |
8.5% |
| Boris Boyd |
|
(Rnw) |
69 |
3.3% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 943 46.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 817 36.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 578 27.4%.
|
|
General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic). Abbey Ward gained the St Matthews Gardens area from Petersfield.
|
| May 2021 - 3 vacancies |
| Naomi Bennett |
|
(Gre) |
1178 |
41.3% |
| Hannah Copley |
|
(Gre) |
1144 |
40.2% |
| Haf Davies |
R |
(Lab) |
1090 |
38.3% |
| Matthew Howard |
|
(Gre) |
1033 |
36.3% |
| Richard Johnson |
R |
(Lab) |
1029 |
36.1% |
| Nicky Massey |
R |
(Lab) |
1014 |
35.6% |
| Timothy Haire |
|
(Con) |
299 |
10.5% |
| Elizabeth Parkin |
|
(LDm) |
270 |
9.5% |
| Geoffrey Owen |
|
(Con) |
236 |
8.3% |
| Paul Roper |
|
(Con) |
234 |
8.2% |
| Sophie West |
|
(LDm) |
199 |
7.0% |
| Zoe Zhang |
|
(LDm) |
149 |
5.2% |
|
| May 2022 |
| Matthew Howard |
|
(Gre) |
1254 |
48.0% |
| Amanda Hawkes |
|
(Lab) |
974 |
37.3% |
| David Smith |
|
(Con) |
201 |
7.7% |
| Rosemary Ansell |
|
(LDm) |
184 |
7.0% |
|
| May 2023 |
| Elliot Tong |
|
(Gre) |
1077 |
42.8% |
| Zarina Anwar |
|
(Lab) |
804 |
31.9% |
| David Smith |
|
(Con) |
463 |
18.4% |
| Rosemary Ansell |
|
(LDm) |
174 |
6.9% |
|
|
Lab Maj 57 2.0%. Retiring 2024, 2023 & 2022.
|
Gre gain, Maj 280 10.7%.
|
Gre Maj 273 10.8%.
|
| May 2024 |
| Naomi Bennett |
R |
(Gre) |
1189 |
52.1% |
| Ben Cartwright |
|
(Lab) |
650 |
28.5% |
| David Smith |
|
(Con) |
226 |
9.9% |
| Rosie Ansell |
|
(LDm) |
173 |
7.6% |
| Simon Bignell |
|
(CPB) |
42 |
1.8% |
|
|
|
No change, Gre Maj 539 23.6%.
|
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