Politics of Greenwich
# Politics of Greenwich

The politics of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

## Royal Borough of Greenwich

In 2012, Greenwich received royal status (Greenwich Park is one of the royal parks) Royal Status Summary of council election results:

| | Overall control | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | SDP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | Labour | 52 | 3 | - | - |
| 2018 | Labour | 42 | 9 | - | - |
| 2014 | Labour | 43 | 8 | - | - |
| 2010 | Labour | 40 | 11 | - | - |
| 2006 | Labour | 36 | 13 | 2 | - |
| 2002 | Labour | 38 | 9 | 4 | - |
| 1998 | Labour | 52 | 8 | 2 | - |
| 1994 | Labour | 47 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 1990 | Labour | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| 1986 | Labour | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| 1982 | Labour | 43 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | Labour | 45 | 17 | - | - |
| 1974 | Labour | 52 | 8 | - | - |
| 1971 | Labour | 55 | 5 | - | - |
| 1968 | Conservative | 22 | 38 | - | - |
| 1964 | Labour | 49 | 11 | - | - |

Following boundary changes in 2022, Greenwich is administered by 55 councillors. The Labour Party currently has an overall majority on the council, holding 52 seats, with the Conservatives holding 3. Labour has had a majority on the council since 1971.

### Electoral wards

From 2002 to 2022, the borough was divided into 17 wards, each electing three councillors every four years.

| Ward | Members elected in 2002 | Members elected in 2006 | Members elected in 2010 | Members elected in 2014 | Members elected in 2018 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abbey Wood | Clive Mardner (Lab) | Clive Mardner (Lab) | Clive Mardner (Lab) | Denise Hyland (Lab) | Ann-Marie Cousins (Lab) |
| Abbey Wood | Ismail Danesi (Lab) | Steve Offord (Lab) | Denise Hyland (Lab) | Clive Mardner (Lab) | Denise Hyland (Lab) |
| Abbey Wood | Steve Offord (Lab) | Jagir Sekhon (Lab) | Steve Offord (Lab) | Steve Offord (Lab) | Clive Mardner (Lab) |
| Blackheath Westcombe | Alex Grant (Lab) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | Alex Grant (Lab) | Cherry Parker (Lab) | Mariam Lolavar (Lab) |
| Blackheath Westcombe | Annie Keys (Lab) | Alex Wilson (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | Paul Morrissey (Lab) | Leo Fletcher (Lab) |
| Blackheath Westcombe | Rhodri Harris (Con) | Alex Grant (Lab) | Alex Wilson (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) |
| Charlton | Janet Gillman (Lab) | Janet Gillman (Lab) | Janet Gillman (Lab) | Allan MacCarthy (Lab) | Gary Dillon (Lab) |
| Charlton | Bob Lewis (Lab) | Allan MacCarthy (Lab) | Allan MacCarthy (Lab) | Miranda Williams (Lab) | Linda Perks (Lab) |
| Charlton | Gary Parker (Lab) | Gary Parker (Lab) | Gary Parker (Lab) | Gary Parker (Lab) | Gary Parker (Lab) |
| Coldharbour and New Eltham | Dorothy Mepsted (Con) | John Hills (Con) | Mandy Brinkhurst (Con) | John Hills (Con) | John Hills (Con) |
| Coldharbour and New Eltham | John Hills (Con) | Mandy Brinkhurst (Con) | John Hills (Con) | Mandy Brinkhurst (Con) | Matt Hartley (Con) |
| Coldharbour and New Eltham | Chris Taylor (Con) | Chris Taylor (Con) | Neil Dickinson (Con) | Matt Hartley (Con) | Roger Tester (Con) |
| Eltham North | Dermot Poston (Con) | Spencer Drury (Con) | Spencer Drury (Con) | Spencer Drury (Con) | Charlie Davis (Con) |
| Eltham North | Spencer Drury (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) | Nigel Fletcher (Con) | Linda Bird (Lab) | Linda Bird (Lab) |
| Eltham North | Douglas Ellison (Con) | Nigel Fletcher (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) | Wynn Davies (Lab) | Spencer Drury (Con) |
| Eltham South | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) | Eileen Glover (Con) | Matt Clare (Con) | Matt Clare (Con) |
| Eltham South | Eileen Glover (Con) | Eileen Glover (Con) | Matt Clare (Con) | Mark Elliott (Con) | Nigel Fletcher (Con) |
| Eltham South | Mark Pattenden (LibDem) | Elizabeth Truss (Con) | Adam Thomas (Con) | Nuala Geary (Con) | Pat Greenwell (Con) |
| Eltham West | Mick Hayes (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) | Bill Freeman (Lab) |
| Eltham West | Bill Freeman (Lab) | Bill Freeman (Lab) | Bill Freeman (Lab) | Bill Freeman (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) |
| Eltham West | Ray Walker (Lab) | Ray Walker (Lab) | Ray Walker (Lab) | Ray Walker (Lab) | Miranda Williams (Lab) |
| Glyndon | Don Austen (Lab) | Don Austen (Lab) | Don Austen (Lab) | Don Austen (Lab) | Tonia Ashikodi (Lab) |
| Glyndon | Paul Tyler (Lab) | Paul Tyler (Lab) | Radha Rabadia (Lab) | Peter Brooks (Lab) | Peter Brooks (Lab) |
| Glyndon | John Wakefield (Lab) | John Wakefield (Lab) | Chris Roberts (Lab) | Radha Rabadia (Lab) | Adel Khaireh (Lab) |
| Greenwich West | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) |
| Greenwich West | David Grant (Lab) | David Grant (Lab) | David Grant (Lab) | Matthew Pennycook (Lab) | Mehboob Khan (Lab) |
| Greenwich West | Jagir Sekhon (Lab) | Margaret Mythen (Lab) | Matthew Pennycook (Lab) | Aidan Smith (Lab) | Aidan Smith (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke with Hornfair | Norman Adams (Lab) | Graeme Coombes (Con) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke with Hornfair | John Cove (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) | Christine Grice (Lab) | Christine Grice (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke with Hornfair | David Gardner (Lab) | Andy Jennings (Con) | Hayley Fletcher (Lab) | David Stanley (Lab) | David Stanley (Lab) |
| Middle Park and Sutcliffe | Harry Potter (LibDem) | Brian Woodcraft (LibDem) | Christine May (Lab) | Christine May (Lab) | Ian Hawking (Lab) |
| Middle Park and Sutcliffe | Brian Woodcraft (LibDem) | Clare Morris (Lab) | Mark James (Lab) | Mark James (Lab) | Christine May (Lab) |
| Middle Park and Sutcliffe | Iain Gerrard (LibDem) | Paul Webbewood (LibDem) | Clare Morris (Lab) | Clare Morris (Lab) | Mark James (Lab) |
| Peninsula | Mary Mills (Lab) | Mary Mills (Lab) | Mary Mills (Lab) | Stephen Brain (Lab) | Stephen Brain (Lab) |
| Peninsula | Kuheli Mookerjee (Lab) | Dick Quibell (Lab) | Dick Quibell (Lab) | Denise Scott-McDonald (Lab) | Chris Lloyd (Lab) |
| Peninsula | Chris Roberts (Lab) | Chris Roberts (Lab) | Miranda Williams (Lab) | Chris Lloyd (Lab) | Denise Scott-McDonald (Lab) |
| Plumstead | Pete Challis (Lab) | Angela Cornforth (Lab) | Angela Cornforth (Lab) | Angela Cornforth (Lab) | Angela Cornforth (Lab) |
| Plumstead | Angela Cornforth (Lab) | Kanta Patel (Lab) | Matthew Morrow (Lab) | Matthew Morrow (Lab) | Rajinder James (Lab) |
| Plumstead | Alistair Macrae (Lab) | Sajid Jawaid (Lab) | Sajid Jawaid (Lab) | Rajinder Sehmar (Lab) | Matthew Morrow (Lab) |
| Shooters Hill | Michael Hayes (Lab) | John Kelly (Lab) | Barry Taylor (Lab) | Sarah Merrill (Lab) | Christopher Kirby (Lab) |
| Shooters Hill | John Kelly (Lab) | Danny Thorpe (Lab) | Jagir Sekhon (Lab) | Christopher Kirby (Lab) | Sarah Merrill (Lab) |
| Shooters Hill | Vicky Morse(Lab) | Denise Hyland (Lab) | Danny Thorpe (Lab) | Danny Thorpe (Lab) | Danny Thorpe (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | Peter Brooks (Lab) | Peter Brooks (Lab) | Peter Brooks (Lab) | Olu Babatola (Lab) | Olu Babatola (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | Jackie Smith (Lab) | Jackie Smith (Lab) | Peter Kotz (Lab) | Averil Lekau (Lab) | Averil Lekau (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | Peter Kotz (Lab) | Peter Kotz (Lab) | Jackie Smith (Lab) | Sizwe James(Lab) | Sizwe James(Lab) |
| Woolwich Common | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) | Beverley Jones (Lab) | Beverley Jones (Lab) | David Gardner (Lab) | David Gardner (Lab) |
| Woolwich Common | Rajwant Sidhu (Lab) | Rajwant Sidhu (Lab) | Rajwant Sidhu (Lab) | Harry Singh (Lab) | Anthony Okereke (Lab) |
| Woolwich Common | Harry Singh (Lab) | Harry Singh (Lab) | Harry Singh (Lab) | Abreen Hisbani (Lab) | Ivis Williams (Lab) |
| Woolwich Riverside | Barbara Barwick (Lab) | Barbara Barwick (Lab) | Barbara Barwick (Lab) | Barbara Barwick (Lab) | Jackie Smith (Lab) |
| Woolwich Riverside | Terry Hales (Lab) | Terry Hales (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) | Jackie Smith (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) |
| Woolwich Riverside | John Fahy (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) | Mohammed Iqbal (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) | Dominic Mbang (Lab) |

By-elections in 2002-2006 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Plumstead | 18 December 2003 | Kanta Patel (Lab) |
| Shooters Hill | 29 July 2004 | Danny Thorpe (Lab) |
| Eltham North | 10 February 2005 | Nigel Fletcher (Con) |

By-elections in 2006-2010 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Plumstead | 25 September 2008 | Matthew Morrow (Lab) |

By-elections in 2014-2018 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Greenwich West | 7 May 2015 | Mehboob Khan (Lab) |
| Glyndon | 5 May 2016 | Tonia Ashikodi (Lab) |
| Eltham North | 10 November 2016 | Charlie Davis (Con) |

By-elections in 2018-2022 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Glyndon | 6 May 2021 | Sandra Bauer |
| Kidbrooke with Hornfair | 6 May 2021 | Odette McGahey |
| Ward | Members elected in 1978 | Members elected in 1982 | Members elected in 1986 | Members elected in 1990 | Members elected in 1994 | Members elected in 1998 |
| Abbey Wood | Woodrow Clacher (Lab) | John Wakefield (Lab) | Graham Barnes (Alliance) | David Lewis (SDP) | David Lewis (SDP) | Clive Mardner (Lab) |
| Abbey Wood | Arthur Capelin (Lab) | Michael Yates (Lab) | Terry Malone (Alliance) | Terry Malone (SDP) | Terry Malone (SDP) | Derek Steedman (Lab) |
| Arsenal | Norman Sims (Lab) | David Whyte (Lab) | Lance Mulcahy (Lab) | Lance Mulcahy (Lab) | Justin Pierce (Lab) | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) |
| Avery Hill | Anthony Newman (Lab) | Edward Randall (Lib Alliance) | Edward Randall (Alliance) | Edward Randall (LibDem) | Edward Randall (LibDem) | Mark Pattenden (LibDem) |
| Blackheath | Arthur Rolfe (Con) | Arthur Rolfe (Con) | John Antcliffe (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | Geoff Brighty (Con) |
| Blackheath | James Foreman-Pack (Con) | Raymond Hatter (Con) | Robin Henderson (Con) | Robin Henderson (Con) | Chris Phillips (Con) | Rhodri Harris (Con) |
| Burrage | Philip Mornington (Lab) | James Draper (Lab) | James Draper (Lab) | Len Duvall (Lab) | Len Duvall (Lab) | Len Duvall (Lab) |
| Charlton | Roy Preston (Lab) | Dave Picton (Lab) | Dave Picton (Lab) | Dave Picton (Lab) | Dave Picton (Lab) | David Grant (Lab) |
| Charlton | Gurdip Dhillon (Lab) | Roy Preston (Lab) | Lesley Seary (Lab) | Sukhudev Sanghara (Lab) | Sukhudev Sanghara (Lab) | Sajid Jawaid (Lab) |
| Coldharbour | Eugene Keating (Lab) | Thomas Carter (Lab) | Thomas Carter (Lab) | William Jeavons (Lab) | Pete Challis (Lab) | Jacques Devaux (Lab) |
| Coldharbour | Ramon Martin (Lab) | Paul Richardson (Lab) | William Jeavons (Lab) | Pete Challis (Lab) | Jacques Devaux (Lab) | John Kelly (Lab) |
| Deansfield | Terence Jones (Con) | Terence Jones (Con) | Alec Miles (Con) | Alec Miles (Con) | Alec Miles (Con) | Alec Miles (Con) |
| Eltham Park | Wendy Mitchell (Con) | Wendy Mitchell (Con) | Wendy Mitchell (Con) | Wendy Mitchell (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) |
| Eltham Park | Colin Coulson-Thomas (Con) | Kenneth Kear (Con) | Kenneth Kear (Con) | Kenneth Kear (Con) | Michael Simpson (Con) | Michael Simpson (Con) |
| Eynsham | Alan Brooks (Lab) | Philip Graham (Lab) | Philip Graham (Lab) | John Rastall (SDP) | Barrie Groves (SDP) | Barrie Groves (Lab) |
| Eynsham | Derek Dean (Lab) | Laura Vincent (Lab) | Simon Oelman (Lab) | Barrie Groves (SDP) | John Rastall (SDP) | Ismail Danesi (Lab) |
| Ferrier | David Crowther (Lab) | David Crowther (Lab) | Serena Lovelace (Lab) | James Gillman (Lab) | Deborah Smith (Lab) | Mavis Best (Lab) |
| Ferrier | Charles Parker (Lab) | Patrick Wells (Lab) | Edward McParland (Lab) | Edward McParland (Lab) | Michael Yates (Lab) | Deborah Smith (Lab) |
| Glyndon | Christopher Jeffrey (Lab) | Christopher Jeffrey (Lab) | Glyn Williams (Lab) | Clare Cronin (Lab) | Don Austen (Lab) | Don Austen (Lab) |
| Glyndon | Joseph Stanyer (Lab) | Glyn Williams (Lab) | Steven Morgan (Lab) | Satish Rai (Lab) | John Wakefield (Lab) | John Wakefield (Lab) |
| Herbert | Rees Vaughan (Lab) | Rees Vaughan (Lab) | Duncan Maxton (Lab) | Samuel Coker (Lab) | Samuel Coker (Lab) | Beverley Jones (Lab) |
| Herbert | John Dunbar (Lab) | Frank Smith (Lab) | Kanta Patel (Lab) | Kanta Patel (Lab) | Simon Oelman (Lab) | Rajwant Sidhu (Lab) |
| Hornfair | Jim Gillman (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) | Irene Hogben (Lab) | Janet Gillman (Lab) | Janet Gillman (Lab) |
| Hornfair | John Austin-Walker (Lab | John Austin-Walker (Lab) | John Austin-Walker (Lab) | Bob Lewis (Lab) | Bob Lewis (Lab) | Bob Lewis (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | Allan MacCarthy (Lab) | Geoff Brighty (Con) | James Coughlan (Lab) | James Coughlan (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | Nigel Edgerton (Lab) | Allan MacCarthy (Lab) | Michael Rees (Lab) | Giles Brennand (Con) | Sabiha Shahzad (Lab) | John Cove (Lab) |
| Lakedale | Richard Hove (Lab) | Victor Farlie (Lab) | Richard Norris (Lab) | Ashraith Francis (Lab) | Adele Gordon-Peiniger (Lab) | Carl Boothe (Lab) |
| Lakedale | Marie Kingwell (Lab) | James Coughlan (Lab) | Stephen Smith (Lab) | Sajid Jawaid (Lab) | Sajid Jawaid (Lab) | Barbara Barwick (Lab) |
| Middle Park | Hannah Stroud (Lab) | Hannah Stroud (Lab) | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) | Philip Graham (Lab) | Robert Harris (Lab) | Robert Harris (Lab) |
| Middle Park | John Shlackman (Lab) | John Shlackman (Lab) | John Shlackman (Lab) | Robert Harris (Lab) | Barry Taylor (Lab) | Barry Taylor (Lab) |
| New Eltham | David Hubber (Con) | David Hubber (Con) | Dorothy Mepsted (Con) | Dorothy Mepsted (Con) | Dorothy Mepsted (Con) | Dorothy Mepsted (Con) |
| New Eltham | Dermot Poston (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) | Dermot Poston (Con) | Martin Gooding (Con) | Peter May (Lab) | Sidney Nicholson (Con) |
| Nightingale | Margrett Bell (Lab) | Margrett Bell (Lab) | Pete Challis (Lab) | Andrew Gordon (Lab | Keith Scott (Lab) | Keith Scott (Lab) |
| Palace | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) | Peter King (Con) |
| Plumstead Common | Shirley Silverman (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) | Piara Rahi (Lab) | Vicky Morse (Lab) | Vicky Morse (Lab) | Vicky Morse (Lab) |
| Rectory Field | Norman Adams (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Victor Farlie (Lab) | Irene Hogben (Lab) | Angela Cornforth (Lab) |
| Rectory Field | Donald Swan (Lab) | Ronald Robinson (Lab) | Victor Farlie (Lab) | Norman Adams (Lab) | Derek Steedman (Lab) | Gary Parker (Lab) |
| St Alfege | Peter Bassett (Con) | Dot Bigwood (Lab) | Dot Bigwood (Lab) | Adele Gordon-Peiniger (Lab) | Chris Roberts (Lab) | Chris Roberts (Lab) |
| St Alfege | Robert Browne-Clayton (Con) | Robert Gosden (Lab) | David Clark (Lab) | Deborah Smith (Lab) | Kanta Patel (Lab) | Kanta Patel (Lab) |
| St Mary | Charles Brooker (Lab) | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) | Nicholas McShee (Lab) |
| St Mary | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) | Christine Williams (Lab) | Brian O'Sullivan (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) | John Fahy (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | Margaret Dean (Lab) | Benjamin Mansell (Lab) | Annette Barratt (Lab) | Roger Hook (Lab) | Annette Barratt (Lab) | Alistair Macrae (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | Benjamin Mansell (Lab) | Timothy Barnett (Lab) | William Murphy (Lab) | Thelma Purcell (Lab) | Claudia Slee (Lab) | Claudia Slee (Lab) |
| Sherard | Jeff Jeffrey (Lab) | Jeff Jeffrey (Lab) | Jeff Jeffrey (Lab) | Robert Callow (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) | Mick Hayes (Lab) |
| Sherard | Aleyne Friesner (Lab) | Aleyne Friesner (Lab) | Quentin Marsh (Lab) | Quentin Marsh (Lab) | Quentin Marsh (Lab) | Quentin Marsh (Lab) |
| Shrewsbury | Eileen Sharp (Con) | Eileen Sharp (Con) | Lewis Sergeant (Con) | Lewis Sergeant (Con) | Michael Hayes (Lab) | Michael Hayes (Lab) |
| Slade | Sydney Kingwell (Lab) | Marie Kingwell (SDP Alliance) | David Woodhead (Alliance) | John Austin-Walker (Lab) | Christopher Evans (Lab) | Pete Challis (Lab) |
| Slade | Babubhai Master (Lab) | David Woodhead (Lib Alliance) | Colin Smith (Alliance) | Annett Barratt (Lab) | David Woodhead (LibDem) | Ann Hutchinson (Lab) |
| Sutcliffe | Trevor Smart (Con) | Dingle Clark (Con) | Dingle Clark (Con) | Brian Woodcraft (LibDem) | Brian Woodcraft (LibDem) | Brian Woodcraft (LibDem) |
| Tarn | Derek Richards (Con) | Derek Richards (Con) | Derek Richards (Con) | Derek Richards (Con) | Derek Richards (Con) | Terry Malone (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | Lance Mulcahy (Lab) | Edward Claridge (Lab) | Don Austen (Alliance) | Edward Claridge (Lab) | Claude Ramsay (Lab) | Peter Brooks (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | Elsie Simmonds (Lab) | Lance Mulcahy (Lab) | Edward Claridge (Lab) | Patricia Claridge (Lab) | Peter Kotz (Lab) | Peter Kotz (Lab) |
| Trafalgar | Frank Burton (Lab) | Frank Burton (Lab) | Alexandra Birtles (Lab) | Elizabeth Farmer (Lab) | Marion Moseley (Lab) | Marion Moseley (Lab) |
| Trafalgar | David Cooper (Lab) | Clear Lloyd-Jones (Lab) | Elizabeth Farmer (Lab) | Roger Taylor (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) |
| Vanbrugh | Alice McCleery (Con) | Jeremy Wise (Con) | Trevor Allman (Lab) | Dot Bigwood (Lab) | Anthony Moon (Lab) | Alex Grant (Lab) |
| Vanbrugh | Jeremy Wise (Con) | Beryl Blackaby (Con) | Christopher Fay (Lab) | Anthony Moon (Lab) | Richard Rudkin (Lab) | Dave Picton (Lab) |
| Well Hall | Helen Gardener (Con) | Helen Gardener (Con) | Philip Dean (Con) | Clive Efford (Lab) | Clive Efford (Lab) | Bill Freeman (Lab) |
| Well Hall | Kenneth Kear (Con) | Alec Miles (Con) | Clive Efford (Lab) | Philip Dean (Con) | Ray Walker (Lab) | Ray Walker (Lab) |
| West | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | Maureen O'Mara (Lab) |
| West | William White (Lab) | Ephron Williams (Lab) | Ephron Williams (Lab) | Sabiha Shahzad (Lab) | Jagir Sekhon (Lab) | Jagir Sekhon (Lab) |
| Woolwich Common | Philip Graham (Lab) | Karen Waters (Lab) | Gurdip Dhillon (Lab) | Gurdip Dhillon (Lab) | Henry Pike (Lab) | Gurdip Dhillon (Lab) |
| Woolwich Common | Ramanial Naik (Lab) | William Jeavons (Lab) | Nicholas Smith (Lab) | Henry Pike (Lab) | Gurdip Dhillon (Lab) | Terry Hales (Lab) |

By-elections in 1998-2002 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| New Eltham | 23 March 2000 | John Hills (Con) |
| Trafalgar | 4 May 2000 | Mary Mills (Lab) |
| Burrage | 7 June 2001 | Harry Singh (Lab) |

By-elections in 1994-1998 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Lakedale | 29 June 1995 | Junior Boothe (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | 2 May 1996 | Alistair Macrae (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | 6 February 1997 | John Cove (Lab) |
| Thamesmead Moorings | 16 October 1997 | Peter Brooks (Lab) |

By-elections in 1990-1994 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Kidbrooke | 25 June 1992 | Hugh Harris (Con) |
| Eltham Park | 21 January 1993 | Dermot Poston (Con) |
| Eltham Park | 9 December 1993 | Marian Moseley (Lab) |

By-elections in 1986-1990 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Woolwich Common | 2 April 1987 | Michael Slavin (Alliance) |
| Eltham Park | 10 September 1987 | Robert Callow (Lab) |
| Glyndon | 28 January 1988 | David Hadden (SDP) |

By-elections in 1982-1986 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Herbert | 3 March 1983 | Julius Evaristo (Lab) |
| Ferrier | 20 September 1984 | Serena Lovelace (Lab) |
| Blackheath | 28 February 1985 | John Antcliffe (Con) |

By-elections in 1978-1982 Council

| Ward | Date of by-election | Member elected |
| - | - | - |
| Blackheath | 20 September 1979 | Patrick Jiggins (Con) |
| Glyndon | 25 September 1980 | Glyn Williams (Lab) |
| Herbert | 25 September 1980 | Francis Smith (Lab) |
| Avery Hill | 26 March 1981 | James Coughlan (Lab) |
| West | 7 May 1981 | Ephron Williams (Lab) |
| Ward | Members elected in 1964 | Members elected in 1968 | Members elected in 1971 | Members elected in 1974 |
| Abbey Wood | Nick Burbage (Lab) | Nick Burbage (Lab) | John Cartwright (Lab) | John Cartwright (Lab) |
| Abbey Wood | George Offord (Lab) | John Cartwright (Lab) | George Offord (Lab) | George Offord (Lab) |
| Abbey Wood | David Ramsey (Lab) | George Offord (Lab) | David Ramsey (Lab) | Arthur Capelin (Lab) |
| Academy | Graham Dean (Lab) | Maurice Pollard (Con) | Vivienne Good (Lab) | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) |
| Academy | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) | Olive Wood (Con) | Rees Vaughan (Lab) | Rees Vaughan (Lab) |
| Blackheath | Ian Davison (Con) | Geoffrey Stow (Con) | Alexander Middleton (Lab) | Darrell Spurgeon (Lab) |
| Blackheath | Donald Thurley (Con) | Donald Thurley (Con) | Geoffrey Stow (Con) | James Coughlan (Lab) |
| Charlton | Walter Clarke (Con) | Margaret Mendez (Con) | Elizabeth Costello (Lab) | Roy Preston (Lab) |
| Charlton | Thomas Smith (Lab) | Frederick Mills (Con) | Henry Read (Lab) | Nigel Edgerton (Lab) |
| Coldharbour | William Brooks (Lab) | Minnie Cole (Con) | Eugene Keating (Lab) | Eugene Keating (Lab) |
| Coldharbour | Dereck Dean (Lab) | Evelyn King (Con) | Ramon Martin (Lab) | Ramon Martin (Lab) |
| Eastcombe | Kathleen Bullard (Lab) | Silvio Bertram (Con) | Donald Swan (Lab) | David Cooper (Lab) |
| Eastcombe | John Saunders (Lab) | John Lewis (Con) | David Warrell (Lab) | Donald Swan (Lab) |
| Eltham | Sheila Bradley (Con) | Hector McDonald (Con) | Hector McDonald (Con) | Wendy Mitchell (Con) |
| Eltham | Frank Newland (Con) | Frank Newland (Con) | Frank Newland (Con) | A Rooth (Con) |
| Eynsham | Leonard Heath (Lab) | Dereck Dean (Lab) | Dereck Dean (Lab) | Dereck Dean (Lab) |
| Eynsham | Norman Sims (Lab) | Norman Sims (Lab) | John Winter (Lab) | Frederick Styles (Lab) |
| Hornfair | Roland Moyle (Lab) | Kenneth Johnson (Con) | John Austin-Walker (Lab) | John Austin-Walker (Lab) |
| Hornfair | Robert Score (Lab) | Arthur Rolfe (Con) | Nigel Edgerton (Lab) | Jim Gillman (Lab) |
| Horn Park | Mervyn Jeffrey (Lab) | David Hubber (Con) | Charles Parker (Lab) | Charles Parker (Lab) |
| Horn Park | Nellie Woods (Lab) | Dermot Poston (Con) | John Shlackman (Lab) | John Shlackman (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | Gwilym Jones (Lab) | Gladys Barry (Con) | Margrett Bell (Lab) | Henry Read (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | Henry Read (Lab) | Anthony de Silva (Con) | Ian Smith (Lab) | Gwendolene Wheatley (Lab) |
| Kidbrooke | Darrell Spurgeon (Lab) | Kenneth Valpy (Con) | Gwendolene Wheatley (Lab) | Ian Smith (Lab) |
| Marsh | Jessie Chrisp (Lab) | Stewart Atkins (Con) | Frank Burton (Lab) | Frank Burton (Lab) |
| Marsh | Ada Kennedy (Lab) | Tom Smith (Lab) | Richard Ille-Smith (Lab) | Richard Ille-Smith (Lab) |
| Middle Park | Thomas Blann (Lab) | Wendy Mitchell (Con) | John Garrett (Lab) | Hannah Stroud (Lab) |
| Middle Park | Hannah Stroud (Lab) | Michael Pattenden (Con) | Hannah Stroud (Lab) | Margaret Dean (Lab) |
| New Eltham | Roger Fyson (Con) | Paul Batterbury (Con) | Patrick Devine (Lab) | R J English (Con) |
| New Eltham | Winifred Hulbert (Con) | Winifred Hulbert (Con) | Catherine Jeffrey (Lab) | David Hubber (Con) |
| New Eltham | Leslie Smith (Con) | Leslie Smith (Con) | Roger Simmons (Lab) | Dermot Poston (Con) |
| Park | Henry Coutts (Lab) | Dennis Mills (Con) | Edward Razzell (Lab) | Frank Smith (Lab) |
| Park | Harry Icough (Lab) | Kathleen Ross (Con) | Judith Rees (Lab) | Margaret Bourne (Lab) |
| St George's | Peggy Middleton (Lab) | Arthur Capelin (Lab) | Arthur Capelin (Lab) | Margrett Bell (Lab) |
| St George's | Mabel Polley (Lab) | Janet Rigby (Lab) | Frederick Styles (Lab) | Joseph Stanyer (Lab) |
| St Margaret's | James Dey (Lab) | Jack Helm (Con) | Alfred Bassett (Lab) | Azile Everitt (Lab) |
| St Margaret's | Azile Everitt (Lab) | Neil Hughes-Narborough (Con) | Ann Campbell (Lab) | Alfred Bassett (Lab) |
| St Margaret's | James Hamilton (Lab) | Eileen Sharp (Con) | Derek Penfold (Lab) | Shirley Silverman (Lab) |
| St Mary's | William Flood (Lab) | Edward Chapman (Lab) | Edward Chapman (Lab) | Norman Sims (Lab) |
| St Mary's | Ian Smith (Lab) | Harry Tatman (Lab) | Norman Sims (Lab) | Elizabeth Costello (Lab) |
| St Mary's | Edward Williams (Lab) | Edward Williams (Lab) | James Spencer (Lab) | Derek Penfold (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | Marie Kingwell (Lab) | Marie Kingwell (Lab) | David Coates (Lab) | Richard Neve (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | Richard Neve (Lab) | Richard Neve (Lab) | Marie Kingwell (Lab) | David Coates (Lab) |
| St Nicholas | Hubert Reilly (Lab) | Hubert Reilly (Lab) | Richard Neve (Lab) | Marie Kingwell (Lab) |
| Sherard | Tom Coombs (Lab) | Tom Coombs (Lab) | Tom Coombs (Lab) | Tom Coombs (Lab) |
| Sherard | Terry Malone (Lab) | Terry Malone (Lab) | Jeff Jeffrey (Lab) | Jeff Jeffrey (Lab) |
| Shooters Hill | Charlie Miles (Con) | Charlie Miles (Con) | Charlie Miles (Con) | Albert Selves (Con) |
| Shooters Hill | Albert Selves (Con) | Albert Selves (Con) | Albert Selves (Con) | Sidney Wayment (Con) |
| Slade | Joyce Carroll (Lab) | Percy Conie (Con) | Thomas Little (Lab) | Sidney Kingwell (Lab) |
| Slade | Daisy Munns (Lab) | George Gibbs (Con) | Edward McCarthy (Lab) | Benjamin Mansell (Lab) |
| Trafalgar | Charlie Scales (Lab) | Charlie Scales (Lab) | Charlie Scales (Lab) | Len Squirrell (Lab) |
| Trafalgar | Len Squirrell (Lab) | Len Squirrell (Lab) | Len Squirrell (Lab) | Charlie Scales (Lab) |
| Vanbrugh | Jim Manners (Con) | Jim Manners (Con) | Kathleen Brooks (Lab) | James Spencer (Lab) |
| Vanbrugh | Elsie Pennington (Con) | Sidney Wayment (Con) | Michael O’Toole (Lab) | Dennis Mills (Con) |
| Well Hall | Ernest Bell (Lab) | Jean Avery (Con) | Ernest Bell (Lab) | Ernest Bell (Lab) |
| Well Hall | Maisie Bradley (Lab) | David Liddle (Con) | Paul Sudds (Lab) | Mrs G A Bonner (Lab) |
| West | William Darvill (Lab) | William Darvill (Lab) | Margaret Dean (Lab) | Kathleen Brooks (Lab) |
| West | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) | William Strong (Lab) |
| Woolwich | Evelyn Mansell (Lab) | Evelyn Mansell (Lab) | Philip Mornington (Lab) | J Costello (Lab) |
| Woolwich | Philip Mornington (Lab) | Philip Mornington (Lab) | Joseph Stanyer (Lab) | Philip Mornington (Lab) |

## Westminster Parliament

The borough contains the constituencies of:

* Eltham
* Erith and Thamesmead (shared with the London Borough of Bexley)
* Greenwich and Woolwich

As of the 2010 General Election, all three are represented by Labour MPs.

