Barnet London Borough Council elections

Barnet London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Election Overall Control Conservative Labour Lib Dem
1964 Conservative 37 13 6
1968 Conservative 56 3 1
1971 Conservative 43 17 -
1974 Conservative 42 17 -
1978 Conservative 49 10 -
1982 Conservative 48 12 -
1986 Conservative 39 18 3
1990 Conservative 39 18 3
1994 No overall control 29 25 6
1998 No overall control 28 26 6
2002 Conservative 33 24 6
2006 Conservative 37 20 6
2010 Conservative 39 21 2
2014 Conservative 32 30 1
2018 Conservative 38 25 -
2022 Labour 22 41 -

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1969 have been:

Councillor Party From To
Alan Fletcher Conservative 1969 1973
Andrew Pares Conservative 1973 1975
Leslie Pym Conservative 1975 1991
Roy Schutz Conservative 1991 1994
Alan Williams Labour 1994 2002
Victor Lyon Conservative May 2002 17 May 2005
Brian Salinger Conservative 17 May 2005 16 May 2006
Mike Freer Conservative 16 May 2006 15 Dec 2009
Lynne Hillan Conservative 15 Dec 2009 17 May 2011
Richard Cornelius Conservative 15 Jun 2011 May 2019
Dan Thomas Conservative 21 May 2019 24 May 2022
Barry Rawlings Labour 24 May 2022

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Colindale by-election 7 May 1970 Labour
Friern Barnet by-election 10 June 1970 Conservative
Hadley by-election 10 June 1970 Conservative
Childs Hill by-election 25 September 1970 Conservative
East Finchley by-election 27 July 1972 Labour
Brunswick Park by-election 23 January 1975 Conservative
Woodhouse by-election 28 October 1976 Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election 14 April 1977 Labour
East Barnet by-election 29 September 1977 Conservative
Hadley by-election 22 November 1979 Conservative Conservative
St Paul's by-election 27 October 1983 Conservative Labour
Hadley by-election 20 November 1986 Conservative Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election 27 November 1986 Conservative Conservative
Arkley by-election 10 November 1988 Conservative Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election 10 November 1988 Conservative Conservative
Arkley by-election 9 March 1989 Conservative Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election 6 June 1991 Labour Labour
Mill Hill by-election 26 September 1991 Conservative Conservative
Garden Suburb by-election 6 May 1993 Conservative Conservative
West Hendon by-election 2 December 1993 Labour Labour
Colindale by-election 14 March 1996 Labour Labour
Colindale by-election 14 November 1996 Labour Labour
Edgware by-election 14 November 1996 Conservative Conservative
Hendon by-election 14 November 1996 Conservative Conservative
Woodhouse by-election 10 December 1998 Labour Labour
Garden Suburb by-election 23 November 2000 Conservative Conservative
Hadley by-election 23 November 2000 Conservative Conservative
Mill Hill by-election 23 November 2000 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Finchley by-election 15 March 2001 Conservative Conservative
Burnt Oak by-election 19 June 2003 Labour Labour
Hale by-election 5 February 2004 Labour Labour
Colindale by-election 7 April 2005 Labour Labour
Garden Suburb by-election 5 May 2005 Conservative Conservative
High Barnet by-election 15 December 2005 Conservative Liberal Democrats
East Barnet by-election 8 February 2007 Conservative Conservative
Hale by-election 1 May 2008 Conservative Conservative
Edgware by-election 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Totteridge by-election 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
East Finchley by-election 12 April 2012 Labour Labour
Brunswick Park by-election 31 May 2012 Conservative Labour
Underhill by-election 5 May 2016 Labour Labour
East Barnet by-election 6 May 2021 Labour Conservative
Edgware by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative

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