2022 Sutton London Borough Council election

The 2022 Sutton London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Sutton London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Sutton Council election
5 May 2022
All 55 council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ruth Dombey Tom Drummond Sheldon Vestey
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election 33 seats, 38.8% 18 seats, 36.3% 0 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 29 20 3
Seat change 4 2 3
Popular vote 65,942 60,217 28,170
Percentage 39.6% 36.2% 16.9%
Swing 0.8% 0.1% 0.9%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Tim Foster
Party Independent
Last election 3 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 3
Seat change 0
Popular vote 6,069
Percentage 3.6%
Swing 1.3%
Leader of the Council before election

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

 Elected Leader

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

In the previous election in 2018, the Liberal Democrats maintained their longstanding control of the council, winning 33 out of the 54 seats with the Conservative Party forming the principal opposition with eighteen of the remaining 21 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55.

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