# The Wrythe (ward)

The Wrythe is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Sutton. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Sutton London Borough Council.

## List of councillors

| Term | Councillor | Party |
| 2002–2014 | Susan Stears | Liberal Democrats |
| 2002–2006 | Sheila Siggins | Liberal Democrats |
| 2002–2014 | Roger Thistle | Liberal Democrats |
| 2006–present | Colin Stears | Liberal Democrats |
| 2014–2018 | Callum Morton | Liberal Democrats |
| 2014–2022 | Nali Patel | Liberal Democrats |
| 2018–2022 | Sam Weatherlake | Liberal Democrats |
| 2022–present | Bobby Dean | Liberal Democrats |
| 2022–present | Patrick Ogbonna | Liberal Democrats |

## Sutton council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Sutton in 2022.

### 2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.
2022 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bobby Dean | 1,492 | 47.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,337 | 43.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Ogbonna | 1,225 | 39.4 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Dwight | 1,175 | 37.8 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Okpuru | 1,138 | 36.6 | |
| | Conservative | Daisy Pearce | 1,084 | 34.8 | |
| | Labour | David Grant | 534 | 17.2 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Thomas | 488 | 15.7 | |
| | Labour | Cecil Tate | 468 | 15.0 | |
| | Green | Faye Burnett | 394 | 12.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
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## 2002–2022 Sutton council elections
### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,324 | 46.8 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Weatherlake | 1,249 | 44.2 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nali Patel | 1,224 | 43.3 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Will Curley | 760 | 26.9 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Millie Shields | 747 | 26.4 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Sebastian Wopinski | 659 | 23.3 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Sheila Berry | 533 | 18.9 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Carlos De Sousa | 498 | 17.6 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Paul McCarthy | 476 | 16.8 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Penelope Mouncey | 204 | 7.2 | −3.1 |
| | UKIP | John Bannon | 196 | 6.9 | −18.8 |
| | Green | Michael Boulton | 187 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Bill Main-Ian | 177 | 6.3 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Gino Marotta | 129 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Phillip Mouncey | 121 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 | 34.09 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2014 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Callum Morton | 1,341 | 45.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,337 | 45.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nali Patel | 1,199 | 40.8 | |
| | UKIP | Chris Howe | 754 | 25.7 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Scully | 513 | 17.5 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Manton | 487 | 16.6 | |
| | Labour | Deirdre Barry | 455 | 15.5 | |
| | Labour | Alex Milligan | 415 | 14.1 | |
| | Conservative | Marion Williams | 378 | 12.9 | |
| | Labour | Tony Thorpe | 365 | 12.4 | |
| | Green | Derek Coleman | 303 | 10.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,936 | 40.1 | −26.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.
2010 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 2,566 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 2,491 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 2,229 |
| | Conservative | Samantha Drew | 1,511 |
| | Conservative | Terry Faulds | 1,432 |
| | Conservative | Jim Simms | 1,329 |
| | Labour | Pat Simons | 585 |
| | Labour | Sean Hayward | 570 |
| | Labour | Andrew Theobald | 562 |
| | BNP | Sarah Bristow | 451 |
| | Green | Andrew Lindsay | 377 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### 2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2006 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 1,436 | 54.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stears | 1,405 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 1,370 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Lockhart | 867 | 32.8 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Wortley | 834 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Odunton | 791 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Collier | 343 | 13.0 |
| | Labour | Catherine Magee | 337 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Hughes | 335 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### 2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.
2002 Sutton London Borough Council election: The Wrythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Stears | 1,176 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Siggins | 1,142 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Thistle | 1,103 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Creece | 544 | | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Wortley | 540 | | |
| | Conservative | Marion Williams | 536 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Collier | 377 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony Thorpe | 365 | | |
| | Labour | Bodipala Wijeyesinghe | 354 | | |
| | Green | Karin Andrews | 118 | | |
| | Green | William Fuller | 99 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
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