2022 Sutton London Borough Council election

2022 Sutton Council election
← 2018 5 May 2022 2026 →

All 55 council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ruth Dombey Tom Drummond
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 33 seats, 38.8% 18 seats, 36.3%
Seats won 29 20
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 65,942 60,217
Percentage 39.6% 36.2%
Swing Increase 0.8% Decrease 0.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sheldon Vestey Tim Foster
Party Labour Independent
Last election 0 seats, 17.8% 3 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0
Popular vote 28,170 6,069
Percentage 16.9% 3.6%
Swing Decrease 0.9% Increase 1.3%

Leader before election

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Ruth Dombey
Liberal Democrats

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.

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.