List of Greater London Council by-elections

This is a list of local by-elections to the Greater London Council between 1964 and 1986.

First session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Hammersmith 18 June 1964 Marjorie McIntosh Iris Mary Caroline Bonham Death Harrow 27 January 1966 Oliver John Galley Harold Trevor Mote Death

Second session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Greenwich 29 June 1967 Sheila Bradley John William Andrews Resignation Bromley 7 November 1968 Robert Joseph Turner David Anthony Harris Death Havering 12 December 1968 David Thornton William Alfred Sibley Resignation

Third session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Kensington and Chelsea 2 December 1971 Seton Forbes-Cockell Muriel Gumbel Death Wandsworth 1 June 1972 Norman George Mollett Prichard Alexander McLaughlin Death Barnet 19 October 1972 Arthur Sidney Peacock Rita Maisie Levy Death

Fourth session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Croydon North East 5 September 1974 David Howard Simpson Gladys Emma Morgan Previous election declared void Greenwich 24 October 1974 Peggy Arline Middleton Frederick William Styles Death Dagenham 30 January 1975 Robert John Crane Harry Kay Death Finchley 15 May 1975 Jean Leslie Scott Roland John Michael Freeman Resignation St Marylebone 8 April 1976 Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer Herbert Henry Sandford Resignation

Fifth session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Hayes and Harlington 15 December 1977 Albert James Retter Arthur Horace Sydney Hull Death Holborn and St Pancras South 8 March 1979 Richard Collins Charles Andrew Rossi Death Vauxhall 21 February 1980 Ewan Geddes Carr Brinley Howard Davies Death Croydon Central 20 March 1980 Gordon William Herbert Taylor Robert Gurth Hughes Resignation Croydon North East 20 March 1980 Gladys Emma Morgan Arthur James Rolfe Death Lewisham West 24 April 1980 Roger Eden Hiskey Alan Lewis Herbert Death

Sixth session By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause St Pancras North 29 October 1981 Anne Sofer Anne Sofer Resigned to recontest following changing parties Tottenham 5 May 1983 Andrew McIntosh Jennifer Fletcher Resignation Surbiton 15 September 1983 Geoffrey Seaton Anthony Francis Arbour Resignation Edmonton 20 September 1984 Kenneth Watson Little Kenneth Watson Little Resigned to recontest Hayes and Harlington 20 September 1984 John McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Resigned to recontest Lewisham West 20 September 1984 Alan Lewis Herbert Alan Lewis Herbert Resigned to recontest Paddington 20 September 1984 Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert Livingstone Resigned to recontest Battersea North 27 June 1985 Gladys Felicia Dimson John Vincent Norman Lucas Resignation Putney 11 July 1985 Andrew Phillip Harris Margaret Anne Jenkins Resignation Romford 11 July 1985 Bernard Brook-Partridge Robert James MacGillivray Neill Resignation Vauxhall 11 July 1985 Brinley Howard Davies Michael William Tuffrey Resignation

Aldermen Date Term ending Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause 6 July 1965 1967 Donald Oliver Soper Frederick Lionel Tonge Resignation 8 October 1968 1973 Nelly Margaret Walton Richard Maddock Brew Resignation 29 April 1969 1973 Timothy James Bligh Maurice Stephenson Death 28 April 1970 1973 David Gilbert Baker Ewan Geddes Carr Resignation 28 April 1970 1973 Brian Caldwell Cook Batsford Illtyd Harrington Resignation 28 April 1970 1973 Christopher John Chataway William Watts Resignation 4 May 1971 1976 (extended to 1977) Reginald Ernest Prentice Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley Resignation 19 October 1971 1973 Timothy Charles Farmer Bernard James Perkins Resignation 3 October 1972 1976 (extended to 1977) Gerard Folliott Vaughan Gordon William Herbert Taylor Resignation 21 September 1976 1979 (shortened to 1977) Oliver Piers Stutchbury David Howard Simpson Resignation

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